Impact Score: 5/10
Playwright v1.55.1 — 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 v1.55.1. Source highlight: Chromium 140.0.7339.186
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/37479 - [Bug]: Upgrade Chromium to 140.0.7339.186.
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/37147 - [Regression]: Internal error: step id not found.
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/37146 - [Regression]: HTML reporter displays a broken chip link when there are no projects.
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/37137 - Revert "fix(a11y): track inert elements as hidden".
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/37532 - chore: do not use -k option
## Browser Versions
- Chromium 140.0.7339.186
- Mozilla Firefox 141.0
- WebKit 26.0
This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
- Google Chrome 139
- Microsoft Edge 139