# Playwright v1.9.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Playwright (https://playwright.dev)
- **Version:** v1.9.0
- **Released:** Feb 24, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/playwright/updates/v1.9.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Playwright v1.9.0. Source highlight: Playwright Inspector is a **new GUI tool** to author and debug your tests.

## Bug Fixes
- Playwright Inspector is a **new GUI tool** to author and debug your tests.
- **Line-by-line debugging** of your Playwright scripts, with play, pause and step-through.
- Set the `PWDEBUG=1` environment variable to launch the Inspector
- **Pause script execution** with `await page.pause()` in headed mode. Pausing the page launches Playwright Inspector for debugging.