v1.38.1

Highlights

#27071 - expect(value).toMatchSnapshot() deprecation announcement on V1.38
#27072 - [BUG] PWT trace viewer fails to load trace and throws TypeError
#27073 - [BUG] RangeError: Invalid time value
#27087 - [REGRESSION]: npx playwright test --list prints all tests twice
#27113 - [REGRESSION]: No longer able to extend PlaywrightTest.Matchers type for locators and pages
#27144 - [BUG]can not display trace
#27163 - [REGRESSION] Single Quote Wrongly Escaped by Locator When Using Unicode Flag
#27181 - [BUG] evaluate serializing fails at 1.38

Browser Versions

• Chromium 117.0.5938.62
• Mozilla Firefox 117.0
• WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 116
• Microsoft Edge 116

v1.38.0

UI Mode Updates

1. Zoom into time range.
2. Network panel redesign.

New APIs

• browserContext.on('weberror')
• locator.pressSequentially()
• The reporter.onEnd() now reports startTime and total run duration.

Deprecations

• The following methods were deprecated: page.type(), frame.type(), locator.type() and elementHandle.type().
  Please use locator.fill() instead which is much faster. Use locator.pressSequentially() only if there is a
  special keyboard handling on the page, and you need to press keys one-by-one.

Breaking Changes: Playwright no longer downloads browsers automatically

Note

If you are using @playwright/test package, this change does not affect you.

Playwright recommends to use @playwright/test package and download browsers via npx playwright install command. If you are following this recommendation, nothing has changed for you.

However, up to v1.38, installing the playwright package instead of @playwright/test did automatically download browsers. This is no longer the case, and we recommend to explicitly download browsers via npx playwright install command.

v1.37 and earlier

playwright package was downloading browsers during npm install, while @playwright/test was not.

v1.38 and later

playwright and @playwright/test packages do not download browsers during npm install.

Recommended migration

Run npx playwright install to download browsers after npm install. For example, in your CI configuration:

- run: npm ci
- run: npx playwright install --with-deps

Alternative migration option - not recommended

Add @playwright/browser-chromium, @playwright/browser-firefox and @playwright/browser-webkit as a dependency. These packages download respective browsers during npm install. Make sure you keep the version of all playwright packages in sync:

// package.json
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "playwright": "1.38.0",
    "@playwright/browser-chromium": "1.38.0",
    "@playwright/browser-firefox": "1.38.0",
    "@playwright/browser-webkit": "1.38.0"
  }
}

Browser Versions

• Chromium 117.0.5938.62
• Mozilla Firefox 117.0
• WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 116
• Microsoft Edge 116

v1.37.1

Highlights

#26496 - [REGRESSION] webServer stdout is always getting printed
#26492 - [REGRESSION] test.only with project dependency is not working

Browser Versions

• Chromium 116.0.5845.82
• Mozilla Firefox 115.0
• WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 115
• Microsoft Edge 115

v1.37.0

Watch the overview: Playwright 1.36 & 1.37

✨ New tool to merge reports

If you run tests on multiple shards, you can now merge all reports in a single HTML report (or any other report)
using the new merge-reports CLI tool.

Using merge-reports tool requires the following steps:

1. Adding a new "blob" reporter to the config when running on CI:

   export default defineConfig({
     testDir: './tests',
     reporter: process.env.CI ? 'blob' : 'html',
   });

   The "blob" reporter will produce ".zip" files that contain all the information
   about the test run.

2. Copying all "blob" reports in a single shared location and running npx playwright merge-reports:

   npx playwright merge-reports --reporter html ./all-blob-reports

Read more in our documentation.

📚 Debian 12 Bookworm Support

Playwright now supports Debian 12 Bookworm on both x86_64 and arm64 for Chromium, Firefox and WebKit.
Let us know if you encounter any issues!

Linux support looks like this:

	Ubuntu 20.04	Ubuntu 22.04	Debian 11	Debian 12
Chromium	✅	✅	✅	✅
WebKit	✅	✅	✅	✅
Firefox	✅	✅	✅	✅

🌈 UI Mode Updates

• UI Mode now respects project dependencies. You can control which dependencies to respect by checking/unchecking them in a projects list.
• Console logs from the test are now displayed in the Console tab.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 116.0.5845.82
• Mozilla Firefox 115.0
• WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 115
• Microsoft Edge 115

1.36.2

Highlights

#24316 - [REGRESSION] Character classes are not working in globs in 1.36

Browser Versions

• Chromium 115.0.5790.75
• Mozilla Firefox 115.0
• WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 114
• Microsoft Edge 114

v1.36.1

Highlights

#24184 - [REGRESSION]: Snapshot name contains some random string after test name when tests are run in container

Browser Versions

• Chromium 115.0.5790.75
• Mozilla Firefox 115.0
• WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 114
• Microsoft Edge 114

v1.36.0

Watch the overview: Playwright 1.36 & 1.37

Highlights

🏝️ Summer maintenance release.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 115.0.5790.75
• Mozilla Firefox 115.0
• WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 114
• Microsoft Edge 114

v1.35.1

Highlights

#23622 - [Docs] Provide a description how to correctly use expect.configure with poll parameter
#23666 - [BUG] Live Trace does not work with Codespaces
#23693 - [BUG] attachment steps are not hidden inside expect.toHaveScreenshot()

Browser Versions

• Chromium 115.0.5790.13
• Mozilla Firefox 113.0
• WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 114
• Microsoft Edge 114

v1.35.0

Playwright v1.35 updates

Highlights

• UI mode is now available in VSCode Playwright extension via a new "Show trace viewer" button:

  

• UI mode and trace viewer mark network requests handled with page.route() and browserContext.route() handlers, as well as those issued via the API testing:

  

• New option maskColor for methods page.screenshot(), locator.screenshot(), expect(page).toHaveScreenshot() and expect(locator).toHaveScreenshot() to change default masking color:

  await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
  await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot({
    mask: [page.locator('img')],
    maskColor: '#00FF00', // green
  });

• New uninstall CLI command to uninstall browser binaries:

  $ npx playwright uninstall # remove browsers installed by this installation
  $ npx playwright uninstall --all # remove all ever-install Playwright browsers

• Both UI mode and trace viewer now could be opened in a browser tab:

  $ npx playwright test --ui-port 0 # open UI mode in a tab on a random port
  $ npx playwright show-trace --port 0 # open trace viewer in tab on a random port

⚠️ Breaking changes

• playwright-core binary got renamed from playwright to playwright-core. So if you use playwright-core CLI, make sure to update the name:

  $ npx playwright-core install # the new way to install browsers when using playwright-core

  This change does not affect @playwright/test and playwright package users.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 115.0.5790.13
• Mozilla Firefox 113.0
• WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 114
• Microsoft Edge 114

v1.34.3

Highlights

#23228 - [BUG] Getting "Please install @playwright/test package..." after upgrading from 1.34.0 to 1.34.1

Browser Versions

• Chromium 114.0.5735.26
• Mozilla Firefox 113.0
• WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 113
• Microsoft Edge 113