Home / TESTING / Playwright / v1.61.1
Playwright v1.61.1stable Released Jun 23, 2026
Impact Score: 5/10

Playwright v1.61.1 — 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.

Compatibility not verified — check source notes
📄 .MD
🔧 Bug Fixes 5
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Playwright v1.61.1. Source highlight: #41365 [Bug]: Expect.Extend matcher with same name as default matcher in same expect instance overrides default matchers implementation to custom matcher

Visit Playwright Official Site ↗ Official Release Source ↗ All Playwright Releases 📡 Playwright RSS
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.

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (5)

  • #41365 [Bug]: Expect.Extend matcher with same name as default matcher in same expect instance overrides default matchers implementation to custom matcher
  • #41351 [Bug]: Playwright UI mode: apiRequestContext._wrapApiCall reports unexpected number of bytes (same test passes in headed mode)
  • #41360 [Bug]: Trace viewer: message times in websockets are downscaled by 1000
  • #41311 [Bug]: [Regression]: Sync loader throws "context.conditions?.includes is not a function" on Node 22.15
  • #41371 [Regression]: Sync ESM loader (registerHooks) fails to resolve extensionless .ts subpath imports across pnpm workspace symlinks
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
### Bug Fixes - #41365 [Bug]: Expect.Extend matcher with same name as default matcher in same expect instance overrides default matchers implementation to custom matcher - #41351 [Bug]: Playwright UI mode: apiRequestContext._wrapApiCall reports unexpected number of bytes (same test passes in headed mode) - #41360 [Bug]: Trace viewer: message times in websockets are downscaled by 1000 - #41311 [Bug]: [Regression]: Sync loader throws "context.conditions?.includes is not a function" on Node 22.15 - #41371 [Regression]: Sync ESM loader (registerHooks) fails to resolve extensionless .ts subpath imports across pnpm workspace symlinks
← Older Version Playwright v1.61.0