Impact Score: 5/10
Playwright v1.45.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: playwright · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.45.1. Source highlight: Chromium 127.0.6533.5
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### Highlights
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/31473 - [REGRESSION]: Playwright raises an error ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'test-results/.playwright-artifacts-0/hash.zip' with Electron
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/31442 - [REGRESSION]: Locators of elements changing from/to hidden have operations hanging when using `--disable-web-security`
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/31431 - [REGRESSION]: NewTab doesn't work properly with Chrome with `--disable-web-security`
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/31425 - [REGRESSION]: beforeEach hooks are not skipped when describe condition depends on fixtures
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/31491 - [REGRESSION]: `@playwright/experimental-ct-react` doesn't work with VSCode extension and PNPM
## Browser Versions
* Chromium 127.0.6533.5
* Mozilla Firefox 127.0
* WebKit 17.4
This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
* Google Chrome 126
* Microsoft Edge 126