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A high-level API to automate web browsers
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06 Oct 2026
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a new release about every 8 days
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notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
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9 years old
5717 releases · first in 2017
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This patch includes the following bug fixes:
This patch includes the following bug fixes:
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/15977 - [BUG] test.use of storage state regression in 1.24
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This patch includes the following bug fixes:
This patch includes the following bug fixes:
https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/15898 - [BUG] Typescript error: The type for webServer config property (TestConfigWebServer) is not typed correctly https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/15913 - [BUG] hooksConfig is required for mount fixture https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/15932 - [BUG] - Install MS Edge on CI Fails
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Launch multiple web servers, databases, or other processes by passing an array of configurations:
playwright.config.tsLaunch multiple web servers, databases, or other processes by passing an array of configurations:
// playwright.config.ts
import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';
const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
webServer: [
{
command: 'npm run start',
port: 3000,
timeout: 120 * 1000,
reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
},
{
command: 'npm run backend',
port: 3333,
timeout: 120 * 1000,
reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
}
],
use: {
baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000/',
},
};
export default config;
Playwright now supports Debian 11 Bullseye on x86_64 for Chromium, Firefox and WebKit. Let us know if you encounter any issues!
Linux support looks like this:
| Ubuntu 18.04 | Ubuntu 20.04 | Ubuntu 22.04 | Debian 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromium | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| WebKit | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Firefox | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
It is now possible to call test.describe(callback) to create suites without a title. This is useful for giving a group of tests a common option with test.use(options).
test.describe(() => {
test.use({ colorScheme: 'dark' });
test('one', async ({ page }) => {
// ...
});
test('two', async ({ page }) => {
// ...
});
});
Playwright 1.24 Component Tests introduce beforeMount and afterMount hooks.
Use these to configure your app for tests.
For example, this could be used to setup App router in Vue.js:
// src/component.spec.ts
import { test } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-vue';
import { Component } from './mycomponent';
test('should work', async ({ mount }) => {
const component = await mount(Component, {
hooksConfig: {
/* anything to configure your app */
}
});
});
// playwright/index.ts
import { router } from '../router';
import { beforeMount } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-vue/hooks';
beforeMount(async ({ app, hooksConfig }) => {
app.use(router);
});
A similar configuration in Next.js would look like this:
// src/component.spec.jsx
import { test } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react';
import { Component } from './mycomponent';
test('should work', async ({ mount }) => {
const component = await mount(<Component></Component>, {
// Pass mock value from test into `beforeMount`.
hooksConfig: {
router: {
query: { page: 1, per_page: 10 },
asPath: '/posts'
}
}
});
});
// playwright/index.js
import router from 'next/router';
import { beforeMount } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react/hooks';
beforeMount(async ({ hooksConfig }) => {
// Before mount, redefine useRouter to return mock value from test.
router.useRouter = () => hooksConfig.router;
});
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