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@axe-core/playwright

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Provides a method to inject and analyze web pages using axe

Last release 1 months ago
02 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 2 weeks
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 34 of 37 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
5 years old
518 releases · first in 2021

Release timeline

518 releases since 2021

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Releases

4.4.5-alpha.31623 Sept 2022pre-release
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4.4.5-alpha.31521 Sept 2022pre-release
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4.4.5-alpha.31420 Sept 2022pre-release
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4.4.5-alpha.30930 Aug 2022pre-release

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4.4.5-alpha.30830 Aug 2022pre-release

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4.4.5-alpha.30726 Aug 2022pre-release

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4.4.425 Aug 20222 sources agree

puppeteer: support puppeteer v15

Bug Fixes

puppeteer: support puppeteer v15 (#535) (246481c)
update to support puppeteer v14 (#528) (77eea1c)

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4.4.4-alpha.30125 Aug 2022pre-release

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4.4.4-alpha.30024 Aug 2022pre-release

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4.4.4-alpha.29911 Aug 2022pre-release

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4.4.4-alpha.29727 Jun 2022pre-release

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4.4.4-alpha.29410 Jun 2022pre-release

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4.4.310 Jun 2022Deprecated

puppeteer: Deprecate Frame constructors & Puppeteer < 3.0.3

Bug Fixes

cli,reporter-earl,react: use correct version of axe-core (#378) (0c7d050)
cli: add endTimer() for page load timer (#236) (e0a19a3)
cli: add timeout waiting for page to be ready (#250) (cbb795f)
cli: find axe-core when installed globally (#232) (75c273d)
cli: pass chromedriver-path arg to webdriver (#416) (14e5125)
cli: provide a more robust error message if analysis fails (#421) (9f1fa5d)
cli: update packages to use latest version of ChromeDriver (#454) (607fa1b)
pass chrome options to chromeOptions.addArguments() (#262) (715f463)
playwright: allow include/exclude chaining when given a string by the user (#391) (4b8ab26)
playwright: Make package public (#264) (35074ba)
playwright: use axe-core source without require.resolve() (#473) (62d9240)
puppeteer,playwright: wait for finishRun to complete before closing the page (#496) (7dc6a03)
react: fallback on _reactInternals (#455) (13f9fd0)
react: revert export to not use default (#481) (d932c9d)
reporter-earl: fix main export (#483) (af77177)
selenium-webdriverjs peer dependency to allow newer versions (#258) (2dc2788)
types: return this rather than the class (#360) (7999891)
update axe-core to 4.2.1 (#254) (9d90185)
webdriverio,webdriverjs: fix setLegacyMode return type (#445) (147626a)
webdriverio: include/exclude chaining and iframe selectors (#409) (ca8aa31)
webdriverio: inject axe-core branding into all iframes (#231) (3f41c27)
webdriverio: Recursively find <frame> (#238) (7e6a80d)
webdriverio: support wdio using puppeteer without esm (#447) (95dda29)
webdriverio: use executeAsync() vs execute() (#346) (0e4aa3a)
webdriverJS: include/exclude chaining and iframe selectors (#404) (c7c50fb)
webdriverjs: prevent selnium undefined -> null transformation (#402) (5095f43)
webdriverjs: prevent selnium undefined -> null transformation (#402) (be3912d)
webdriverjs: Recursively find <frame> (#209) (0d20e1f)
webdriverjs: Reject with actual Errors (not strings) (#423) (3fdb50a), closes #422 #421 #387 #308 #207
webdriverjs: resolve promise (#347) (d1548a5)

Features

Add .setLegacyMode (#356) (f9d021b)
include missing cache file (#520) (9b2b375)
playwright: add playwright integration (#245) (fec4ada)
playwright: allow AxeBuilder to use different version of axe-core (#335) (f803c98)
playwright: Upgrade to axe-core@4.3.2 (#334) (b94c75a)
puppeteer: Deprecate Frame constructors & Puppeteer < 3.0.3 (#339) (1ea3047)
puppeteer: support puppeteer v9 (#242) (753a919)
puppeteer: Upgrade to axe-core 4.3 (#327) (3c9aff1)
react: Add configuration option to optional disable cache (deduplication) (#309) (435811c)
react: Add support for custom logger (#181) (1f97433)
update axe-core@4.2.2 (#263) (8c609e1)
update axe-core to 4.2.0 (#240) (4e8f7fe)
update to use axe-core@4.2.3 (#280) (8aebba5)
upgrade axe-core to 4.4.1 (#441) (765c81a)
wdio: Upgrade to support, and use types of v7 (#364) (734e7bd)
webdriverio: allow AxeBuilder to use different version of axe-core (#333) (25a8c1b)
webdriverio: Upgrade to axe-core@4.3.3 (#331) (2135347)
webdriverjs: upgrade to axe-core 4.3 (#312) (b416e74)

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Additional notes

Bug Fixes

puppeteer,playwright: wait for finishRun to complete before closing the page (#496) (7dc6a03)
react: revert export to not use default (#481) (d932c9d)
reporter-earl: fix main export (#483) (af77177)
selenium-webdriverjs peer dependency to allow newer versions (#258) (2dc2788)

Features

include missing cache file (#520) (9b2b375)

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4.4.3-alpha.2907 Jun 2022pre-release

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4.4.3-alpha.2893 Jun 2022pre-release

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4.4.3-alpha.2881 Jun 2022pre-release

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4.4.3-alpha.28718 May 2022pre-release

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4.4.3-alpha.26216 Mar 2022pre-release

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4.4.3-alpha.26116 Mar 2022pre-release

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4.4.215 Mar 2022

playwright: use axe-core source without require.resolve()

Bug Fixes

playwright: use axe-core source without require.resolve() (#473) (62d9240)

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4.4.2-alpha.25814 Mar 2022pre-release

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4.4.2-alpha.25712 Mar 2022pre-release

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4.4.2-alpha.25611 Mar 2022pre-release

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4.4.2-alpha.2559 Mar 2022pre-release

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4.4.19 Mar 2022

cli: update packages to use latest version of ChromeDriver ([

Bug Fixes

cli: update packages to use latest version of ChromeDriver ([
react: fallback on _reactInternals (#455) (13f9fd0)

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4.4.1-alpha.25218 Feb 2022pre-release

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4.4.1-alpha.25114 Feb 2022pre-release

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4.4.1-alpha.25014 Feb 2022pre-release

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4.4.1-alpha.24714 Feb 2022pre-release

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4.4.1-alpha.24614 Feb 2022pre-release

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4.4.014 Feb 2022Deprecated

puppeteer: Deprecate Frame constructors & Puppeteer < 3.0.3

Bug Fixes

cli: add endTimer() for page load timer (#236) (e0a19a3)
cli: add timeout waiting for page to be ready (#250) (cbb795f)
cli: find axe-core when installed globally (#232) (75c273d)
cli: pass chromedriver-path arg to webdriver (#416) (14e5125)
cli: provide a more robust error message if analysis fails (#421) (9f1fa5d)
pass chrome options to chromeOptions.addArguments() (#262) (715f463)
playwright: allow include/exclude chaining when given a string by the user (#391) (4b8ab26)
playwright: Make package public (#264) (35074ba)
selenium-webdriverjs peer dependency to allow newer versions (#258) (2dc2788)
types: return this rather than the class (#360) (7999891)
update axe-core to 4.2.1 (#254) (9d90185)
webdriverio,webdriverjs: fix setLegacyMode return type (#445) (147626a)
webdriverio: include/exclude chaining and iframe selectors (#409) (ca8aa31)
webdriverio: inject axe-core branding into all iframes (#231) (3f41c27)
webdriverio: Recursively find <frame> (#238) (7e6a80d)
webdriverio: support wdio using puppeteer without esm (#447) (95dda29)
webdriverio: use executeAsync() vs execute() (#346) (0e4aa3a)
webdriverJS: include/exclude chaining and iframe selectors (#404) (c7c50fb)
webdriverjs: prevent selnium undefined -> null transformation (#402) (5095f43)
webdriverjs: prevent selnium undefined -> null transformation (#402) (be3912d)
webdriverjs: Recursively find <frame> (#209) (0d20e1f)
webdriverjs: Reject with actual Errors (not strings) (#423) (3fdb50a), closes #422 #421 #387 #308 #207
webdriverjs: resolve promise (#347) (d1548a5)

Features

Add .setLegacyMode (#356) (f9d021b)
playwright: add playwright integration (#245) (fec4ada)
playwright: allow AxeBuilder to use different version of axe-core (#335) (f803c98)
playwright: Upgrade to axe-core@4.3.2 (#334) (b94c75a)
puppeteer: Deprecate Frame constructors & Puppeteer < 3.0.3 (#339) (1ea3047)
puppeteer: support puppeteer v9 (#242) (753a919)
puppeteer: Upgrade to axe-core 4.3 (#327) (3c9aff1)
react: Add configuration option to optional disable cache (deduplication) (#309) (435811c)
react: Add support for custom logger (#181) (1f97433)
update axe-core@4.2.2 (#263) (8c609e1)
update axe-core to 4.2.0 (#240) (4e8f7fe)
update to use axe-core@4.2.3 (#280) (8aebba5)
upgrade axe-core to 4.4.1 (#441) (765c81a)
wdio: Upgrade to support, and use types of v7 (#364) (734e7bd)
webdriverio: allow AxeBuilder to use different version of axe-core (#333) (25a8c1b)
webdriverio: Upgrade to axe-core@4.3.3 (#331) (2135347)
webdriverjs: upgrade to axe-core 4.3 (#312) (b416e74)

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4.3.326 Oct 20222 sources agree

only set allowedOrigin when needed

Bug fixes

only set allowedOrigin when needed (0561721)

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4.3.3-alpha.24311 Feb 2022pre-release

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