# Playwright v1.44.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Playwright (https://playwright.dev)
- **Version:** v1.44.0
- **Released:** May 06, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/playwright/updates/v1.44.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.44.0. Source highlight: **Accessibility assertions**

## New Features
- After executing the handler added with page.addLocatorHandler(), 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.
- New page.removeLocatorHandler() method for removing previously added locator handlers.