Playwright

Playwright 1.57 introduces the Speedboard report tab, switches to Chrome for Testing, adds a `webServer.wait` option, several new APIs, and removes the deprecated `Page#accessibility` method.

This release introduces a local-network-access permission for Chromium, renames the agents module to test agents (a breaking change), adds a cwd fallback for test config, and fixes a VS Code mcp workspaceFolder reference.

This release adds Playwright Agents, several new page APIs, UI/HTML reporter enhancements, and removes the backgroundpage event, requiring migration for any existing background page handling.

This release upgrades browser binaries, fixes several regressions, reverts an a11y change, and removes the `-k` CLI option, requiring minor migration adjustments.

This release introduces the TestStepInfo.titlePath API, automatic toBeVisible() assertions in Codegen, and Debian 13 support, while dropping Chromium extension manifest v2 support.

This release updates browser versions to Chromium 139.0.7258.5, Firefox 140.0.2, and WebKit 26.0, and highlights regression issues affecting Playwright Codegen on Windows and language targeting.

Playwright 1.54.0 updates the bundled Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit versions and adds testing against Chrome and Edge 140, but introduces a regression where browser downloads fail when using an HTTP(S) proxy.

This release adds partitioned cookie support, new reporting options, and a CLI flag for user data directories, while removing the `-gv` flag, changing the behavior of `playwright open`, and dropping Node.js 16 support.

This release addresses several regressions and a launch bug in Edge, with updated browser versions and compatibility testing.

This release primarily fixes the display of HTTP methods in fetch trace entries, while also noting regressions in click handling, textarea filling, and viewport sizing.

Playwright introduces new Trace Viewer steps, a customizable HTML reporter title, a `kind` option for snapshot paths, the `locator.describe()` method, and an enhanced `playwright install --list` command.

Playwright introduces new assertions, test runner options, and API enhancements while breaking glob pattern handling in routing and removing Cookie header overrides.

This release updates browser versions to Chromium 134.0.6998.35, Firefox 135.0, and WebKit 18.4, and includes regression reports for TimeoutOverflowWarning and a TypeError in expectInfo.

Playwright adds IndexedDB storage state, a copy‑prompt button, visible element filtering, git info capture, enhanced test step API, contrast emulation, strict API request status handling, and predicate support for URL assertions.

Adds a new feature for a single ARIA snapshot across browsers and fixes several bugs related to snapshot handling and Firefox keepalive behavior.

Playwright introduces step timeouts, a skip API for test steps, expanded ARIA snapshot support, new accessibility assertions, and several UI and configuration enhancements, while tightening editable element checks and changing snapshot update defaults.