# Playwright v1.49.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Playwright (https://playwright.dev)
- **Version:** v1.49.0
- **Released:** Nov 18, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/playwright/updates/v1.49.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.49.0. Source highlight: New assertion expect(locator).toMatchAriaSnapshot() verifies page structure by comparing to an expected accessibility tree, represented as YAML.

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- Breaking: channels `chrome`, `msedge` and similar switch to new headless
- Other breaking changes - There will be no more updates for WebKit on Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11. We recommend updating your OS to a later version. - Package `@playwright/experimental-ct-vue2` will no longer be updated.

## New Features
- Added "previous" and "next" buttons to the HTML report to quickly switch between test cases.