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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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Added cdpTimeout configuration option for CDP connections, allowing control over connection timeouts (default: 30s, 0 disables timeout).
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MCP now enforces protocol and filesystem access restrictions by default:
http:, https:, about:, and data: URLs; file:// is blocked.setInputFiles, file choosers, MCP file tools) are restricted to workspace root directories (or cwd if no roots are configured).--allow-unrestricted-file-access (and allowUnrestrictedFileAccess config) to explicitly opt out, allowing:
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MCP extension now only connects to MCP server running on the same machine
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Fixed persistence of saveVideo in configs
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browser_run_code now takes a function and supports return statements.
return statements.filename parameter. When provided, the snapshot is saved to disk and a link appears in the Files section. This avoids inlining large snapshots and keeps MCP payloads smaller.Nothing published for this version
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--console-level=<'error' | 'warning' | 'info' | 'debug'> configure the console severity level that is included in the replies. Defaults to 'info'.
--console-level=<'error' | 'warning' | 'info' | 'debug'> configure the console severity level that is included in the replies. Defaults to 'info'.--snapshot=<'incremental' | 'full' | 'none'> configure snapshot output mode. Defaults to 'incremental'.{ level: 'error' | 'warning' | 'info' | 'debug' } to include messages up to the given severity level.{ includeStatic: boolean } to include them.Nothing published for this version
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