# Playwright v1.60.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Playwright (https://playwright.dev)
- **Version:** v1.60.0
- **Released:** May 11, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/playwright/updates/v1.60.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.60.0. Source highlight: 🌐 HAR recording on Tracing

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- Breaking Changes ⚠️ - Removed long-deprecated APIs: - `Locator.ariaRef()` — use the standard [locator.ariaSnapshot()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locator#locator-aria-snapshot) pipeline.

## New Features
- Trace Viewer adds a pretty-print toggle for JSON / form request and response bodies in the network details panel.

## Improvements
- `npx playwright show-report` accepts `.zip` files directly — no need to unzip first.
- Steps that contain attachments inside nested children show an indicator on the parent step.
- The `repeatEachIndex` is shown in the test header when non-zero.