NewYour coding agent can read the release notes before it upgrades.Set up the MCP server →
npm · #2006 most downloaded on npm
Download and launch browsers
Last release 14 days ago
23 Sep 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 8 days to 3 months
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
4 years old
86 releases · first in 2023
One column per quarter.
mention support for Linux ARM64
computeSystemExecutablePath support validatePath
allow downloading CfT linux-arm64
extract zip archives with yauzl instead of CLI tools
browsers: add SHA-256 integrity verification for downloaded browser archives
### 🛠️ Fixes * fix tar.exe invocation
### 🛠️ Fixes * update docs text
### 🛠️ Fixes * do not use shell for setup.exe
Disable WebUIReloadButton experiment
allow configuring the output of @puppeteer/browsers install
wsl: check for linux locations first
typo in the config path in getConfigHomeLinux
firefox: set preference dismiss_file_pickers to true
fix missing supported browser versions
improve Chrome installation detection on Windows
support multiple paths for system executables on Windows and WSL
wait for file descriptors to close after download
### Bug Fixes * move errors to Yargs parser
browsers launch command should work with pinned browsers
browsers: correctly handle LINUX_ARM in chromium data
### Bug Fixes * don't expect extra arguments
### Bug Fixes * decode URL before parsing
explicitly configure version in yargs
revert makeProgressCallback changes
dynamically import yargs and progress in CLI
expose utilities for managing browser artifacts manually
support dumpio option on launch
### Features * add firefox arm64 downloads
### Bug Fixes * close the readline interface
resolve relative paths to absolute before unpacking
support .tar.xz archives for Firefox 135+
allow listing installed browsers
support LaunchOptions in executablePath()
browsers: correctly import yargs for esm module
support --install-deps flag in the browsers CLI
firefox: back up user.js as well
allow downloading of all pinned browsers
use spawn instead of exec in fileUtil
performance: speed up Firefox profile creation
remove NetworkServiceInProcess2 set by default (#12261) (ff4f70f), closes #12257
do not use fallback download URLs if custom baseUrl is provided
allow downloading Firefox channels other than nightly
allow comparing browser versions
Chrome for Testing downloads have a new URL
### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES * drop support for node16 (#10912) ### Features * drop support for node16
disable GFX sanity window for Firefox and enable WebDriver BiDi CI jobs for Windows
### Features * enable tab targets
use supported node range for types
### Features * support chrome-headless-shell
allow installing chrome/chromedriver by milestone and version prefix
### Bug Fixes * add buildId to archive path
### Bug Fixes * restore proxy-agent
Your coding agent can read these notes before it upgrades. Set up the MCP server →