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Playwright Tools for MCP
Last release 6 days ago
28 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 8 days
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 56 of the last 60 stable releases
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no release was ever pulled
2 years old
436 releases · first in 2025
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The extension now supports managing multiple tabs when used with --extension
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Playwright MCP is now published to the official MCP Registry on each release
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browser_network_requests — Now returns a numbered list of requests; use the new browser_network_request tool with the index to fetch full details (hea
browser_network_requests — Now returns a numbered list of requests; use the new browser_network_request tool with the index to fetch full details (headers/body) or a single part. Both tools accept a filename option to write the output to a file (#40447, #40454)browser_run_code → browser_run_code_unsafe — Renamed to make the sandbox-escape implication explicit (#40496)Nothing published for this version
browser_drop — Expose Locator.drop as an MCP tool for completing drag-and-drop operations onto a target
browser_drop — Expose Locator.drop as an MCP tool for completing drag-and-drop operations onto a target (#40367)browser_network_requests — Added responseBody and responseHeaders options; binary bodies are rendered as a placeholder using mime-type detection (microsoft/playwright@f0be0b17)browser_evaluate — Accept plain expressions in addition to function bodies (#39979)Nothing published for this version
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Maintenance release off 1.59 branch point
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`browser_network_state_set` — Toggle network offline mode for testing connectivity scenarios
browser_network_state_set — Toggle network offline mode for testing connectivity scenarios (#39459)browser_video_chapter — Add a chapter marker to the video recording, showing a full-screen chapter card with blurred backdrop (#39891)browser_mouse_click_xy — Added button, clickCount, and delay options for more precise mouse interaction control (#39368, #39465)browser_network_requests — Added filtering support and optional headers/body fields in responses (#39672)mcpName field to package for MCP Registry ownership verification (#1432)--snapshot-mode=none is set (#39378)toWellFormed() compatibility with Node.js 18 (#39674)cdpHeaders from environment overriding config file values (#39866)browser_set_storage_state tool (#39881)Nothing published for this version
Revert --no-sandbox → --no-chromium-sandbox rename. The CLI flag name is restored to --no-sandbox.
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