Impact Score: 5/10
Playwright v1.46.1 — 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 v1.46.1. Source highlight: Chromium 128.0.6613.18
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/32004 - [REGRESSION]: Client Certificates don't work with Microsoft IIS
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32004 - [REGRESSION]: Websites stall on TLS handshake errors when using Client Certificates
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32146 - [BUG]: Credential scanners warn about internal socks-proxy TLS certificates
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32056 - [REGRESSION]: 1.46.0 (TypeScript) - custom fixtures extend no longer chainable
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32070 - [Bug]: --only-changed flag and project dependencies
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32188 - [Bug]: --only-changed with shallow clone throws "unknown revision" error
## Browser Versions
- Chromium 128.0.6613.18
- Mozilla Firefox 128.0
- WebKit 18.0
This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
- Google Chrome 127
- Microsoft Edge 127