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A high-level API to automate web browsers
Last release today
04 Oct 2026
Ships on a steady schedule
a new release about every 8 days
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
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7 years old
5694 releases · first in 2020
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Highlights #39121 fix(trace viewer): make paths via stdin work #39129 fix: do not force swiftshader on chromium mac Browser Versions Chromium 145.0.76
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Highlights #39036 fix(msedge): fix local network permissions #39037 chore: update cft download location #38995 chore(webkit): disable frame sessions o
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We are adding a new token-efficient CLI mode of operation to Playwright with the skills located at playwright-cli . This brings the long-awaited offic
We are adding a new token-efficient CLI mode of operation to Playwright with the skills located at playwright-cli. This brings the long-awaited official SKILL-focused CLI mode to our story and makes it more coding agent-friendly.
It is the first snapshot with the essential command set (which is already larger than the original MCP!), but we expect it to grow rapidly. Unlike the token use, that one we expect to go down since snapshots are no longer forced into the LLM!
If you're using merged reports, the HTML report Speedboard tab now shows the Timeline:
Thanks to @cpAdm for contributing these improvements!
browserType.connectOverCDP() now accepts an isLocal option. When set to true, it tells Playwright that it runs on the same host as the CDP server, enabling file system optimizations.
_react and _vue selectors. See locators guide for alternatives.:light selector engine suffix. Use standard CSS selectors instead.devtools from browserType.launch() has been removed. Use args: ['--auto-open-devtools-for-tabs'] instead.This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
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