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A high-level API to automate web browsers
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06 Oct 2026
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Nearly every release is documented
notes for 43 of 43 stable releases
1959 versions withdrawn
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3397 releases · first in 2020
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This patch includes bug fixes for the following issues:
This patch includes bug fixes for the following issues:
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/9261 - [BUG] npm init playwright fails on path spaces https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/9298 - [Question]: Should new Headers methods work in RouteAsync ?
This version of Playwright was also tested against the following stable channels:
1.15.2-1633455481000
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This patch includes bug fixes for the following issues:
This patch includes bug fixes for the following issues:
#9065 - [BUG] browser(webkit): disable COOP support #9092 - [BUG] browser(webkit): fix text padding #9048 - [BUG] fix(test-runner): toHaveURL respect baseURL #8955 - [BUG] fix(inspector): stop on all snapshottable actions #8921 - [BUG] fix(test runner): after hooks step should not be nested #8975 - [BUG] feat(fetch): support form data and json encodings #9071 - [BUG] fix(fetch): be compatible with a 0 timeout #8999 - [BUG] fix: do not dedup header values #9038 - [BUG] fix: restore support for slowmo connect option
This version of Playwright was also tested against the following stable channels:
1.15.0-1633020276000
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!release-1.15 Playwright v1.15 updates
<a href="https://youtu.be/6RwzsDeEj7Y"></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/6RwzsDeEj7Y">Playwright v1.15 updates</a>
By using Page.mouse.wheel you are now able to scroll vertically or horizontally.
Previously it was not possible to get multiple header values of a response. This is now possible and additional helper functions are available:
Its now possible to emulate the forced-colors CSS media feature by passing it in the context options or calling Page.emulateMedia().
times option to specify how many times this route should be matched.test.parallel() run tests in the same file in paralleltest.describe.parallel('group', () => {
test('runs in parallel 1', async ({ page }) => {
});
test('runs in parallel 2', async ({ page }) => {
});
});
By default, tests in a single file are run in order. If you have many independent tests in a single file, you can now run them in parallel with test.describe.parallel(title, callback).
--debug CLI flagBy using npx playwright test --debug it will enable the Playwright Inspector for you to debug your tests.
This version of Playwright was also tested against the following stable channels:
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