# Playwright v1.48.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Playwright (https://playwright.dev)
- **Version:** v1.48.0
- **Released:** Oct 08, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/playwright/updates/v1.48.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.48.0. Source highlight: New methods page.routeWebSocket() and browserContext.routeWebSocket() allow to intercept, modify and mock WebSocket connections initiated in the page. Below is a simple example that mocks WebSocket communication by responding to a `"request"` with a `"response"`.