Playwright v1.44.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

## New APIs **Accessibility assertions** - [expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleName()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-have-accessible-name) checks if the element has the specified accessible name: ```js const locator = page.getByRole('button'); await expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleName('Submit'); ``` - [expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleDescription()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-have-accessible-description) checks if the element has the specified accessible description: ```js const locator = page.getByRole('button'); await expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleDescription('Upload a photo'); ``` - [expect(locator).toHaveRole()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-have-role) checks if the element has the specified ARIA role: ```js const locator = page.getByTestId('save-button'); await expect(locator).toHaveRole('button'); ``` **Locator handler** - After executing the handler added with [page.addLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-add-locator-handler), Playwright will now wait until the overlay that triggered the handler is not visible anymore. You can opt-out of this behavior with the new `noWaitAfter` option. - You can use new `times` option in [page.addLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-add-locator-handler) to specify maximum number of times the handler should be run. - The handler in [page.addLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-add-locator-handler) now accepts the locator as argument. - New [page.removeLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-remove-locator-handler) method for removing previously added locator handlers. ```js const locator = page.getByText('This interstitial covers the button'); await page.addLocatorHandler(locator, async overlay => { await overlay.locator('#close').click(); }, { times: 3, noWaitAfter: true }); // Run your tests that can be interrupted by the overlay. // ... await page.removeLocatorHandler(locator); ``` **Miscellaneous options** - [`multipart`](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-apirequestcontext#api-request-context-fetch-option-multipart) option in `apiRequestContext.fetch()` now accepts [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData) and supports repeating fields with the same name. ```js const formData = new FormData(); formData.append('file', new File(['let x = 2024;'], 'f1.js', { type: 'text/javascript' })); formData.append('file', new File(['hello'], 'f2.txt', { type: 'text/plain' })); context.request.post('https://example.com/uploadFiles', { multipart: formData }); ``` - `expect(callback).toPass({ intervals })` can now be configured by `expect.toPass.inervals` option globally in [testConfig.expect](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-expect) or per project in [testProject.expect](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testproject#test-project-expect). - `expect(page).toHaveURL(url)` now supports `ignoreCase` [option](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-pageassertions#page-assertions-to-have-url-option-ignore-case). - [testProject.ignoreSnapshots](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testproject#test-project-ignore-snapshots) allows to configure per project whether to skip screenshot expectations. **Reporter API** - New method [suite.entries()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-suite#suite-entries) returns child test suites and test cases in their declaration order. [suite.type](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-suite#suite-type) and [testCase.type](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase#test-case-type) can be used to tell apart test cases and suites in the list. - [Blob](https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters#blob-reporter) reporter now allows overriding report file path with a single option `outputFile`. The same option can also be specified as `PLAYWRIGHT_BLOB_OUTPUT_FILE` environment variable that might be more convenient on CI/CD. - [JUnit](https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters#junit-reporter) reporter now supports `includeProjectInTestName` option. **Command line** - `--last-failed` CLI option for running only tests that failed in the previous run. First run all tests: ```sh $ npx playwright test Running 103 tests using 5 workers ... 2 failed [chromium] › my-test.spec.ts:8:5 › two ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── [chromium] › my-test.spec.ts:13:5 › three ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 101 passed (30.0s) ``` Now fix the failing tests and run Playwright again with `--last-failed` option: ```sh $ npx playwright test --last-failed Running 2 tests using 2 workers 2 passed (1.2s) ``` ## Browser Versions * Chromium 125.0.6422.14 * Mozilla Firefox 125.0.1 * WebKit 17.4 This version was also tested against the following stable channels: * Google Chrome 124 * Microsoft Edge 124