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A high-level API to automate web browsers
Last release today
07 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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no release was ever pulled
9 years old
5722 releases · first in 2017
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Playwright now uses a single location on your machine to install all browsers. See documentation for details.
page.waitFor is removed. Use explicitly named methods such as page.waitForSelector, page.waitForFunction and page.waitForTimeout.'mutation' polling option for methods like page.waitForSelector is removed since it didn't work properly with Shadow DOM.#1810 - Improved docs
#1867 - How to close the browser in case of an error (click element not found.)
#1946 - [REGRESSION]: Lots of Navigation timeout errors in 0.14.0
#1950 - [BUG] Logger sink with name browser skips browser:err
#1962 - [BUG] 0.15 Cannot launch new chromium context after closing old one
#1968 - [REGRESSION]: Out of memory errors on 0.15.0
#1973 - [Question] Playwright-Docker help needed
#1977 - What's the actual danger with --no-sandbox and --disable-setuid-sandbox
#1981 - [Question] Documentation for page.waitForSelector() and visibility
#1982 - [BUG] Documentation in regards to text selector engine and single and double quotes
#1983 - [Feature] Add 'attribute' selector to the list of id, data-testid, ...
#1986 - [Question] Alpine Linux Support
#1987 - [BUG] A page.click() that initiates a navigation requires a waitFor() before a page.goto()
#1988 - [BUG] Browsers not installing on Node 14
#1992 - [BUG] install fail
#1993 - [Feature] waitFor() with string for selectorOrFunctionOrTimeout - return of JSHandle or ElementHandle
#1996 - [BUG] CSS attribute selector not working with a value with spaces
#2003 - [BUG] Problem resubmitting form in headful chromium
#2012 - [Feature] page.$ and page.$$ should pierce shadow DOM
#2024 - [Question] Issue with selecting text on the DOM
#2025 - [Question] different behavior in headful and headless mode?
#2026 - [BUG] page.waitForSelector() and waitFor: 'attached' not working properly
#2029 - How can i accept this pop up?
#2030 - [Question] Playwright-chromium is freezing
#2034 - [Question] Iteration over a table's <tr> tags to click and remove them
#2037 - [BUG] Element is not found for click
#2052 - [Question] Logo?
#2055 - [Feature] Removal of .$ functions
9c67ce52 - test: simplify pausing tests (#2056) 671e4654 - docs(testrunners): brush up testrunners doc 12edf4f0 - doc: test runner examples (#2057) 06273ef9 - docs(api.md): Fix wording of javaScriptEnabled description (#2050) 848ea69a - test: unflake launcher test (#2049) 953dd36d - feat(api): remove 'mutation' polling option (#2048) 4afd3911 - fix(waitForSelector): use raf polling instead of mutation (#2047) 9f62f299 - feat(install): use shared installation folder by default (#2044) c55db6d3 - browser(webkit): roll webkit to 1213 (#2045) 78b44ed2 - fix: report new window downloads (#2019) 5993a6a0 - fix: throw from eval methods if >1 argument is passed (#2043) 0228ba49 - feat(registry): implement download registry (#1979) 062a8361 - test: cleanup installation tests from top-level env variables (#2022) cccf3f72 - chore: bringing back paused=true c01e554e - test: add more pausing tests (#2040) 67deffe1 - browser(webkit): follow up to satisfy mac linter 3fefa7b7 - docs: fix docs for $foo methods that assumed css selectors (#2039) b94f9108 - browser(webkit): introduce Page.setActivityPaused (#2041) c921cc19 - chore: use xvfb from newer github action (#2035) 4652b9e2 - docs: Recommend using --ipc=host in docker (#2038) 3a29631e - docs: improve docs around actionability and visibility (#2036) 53485726 - fix(console): respect repeat count in webkit (#2032) b11d7f15 - feat(input): retry when hit target check fails, prepare for page pause (#2020) 6c94f604 - feat(chromium): roll to r763809 (#2028) 2cdf2972 - chore: remove uncompiled download-browser (#2018) c7b2c87f - test: add failing test for creating two headful contexts (#1994) b6d1cbf4 - browser(firefox): report new window downloads (#2014) 7f5d8900 - test(click): add a test for 'Element has moved' exception (#2017) 910469cd - chore: do not run git fetch in export.sh (#2015) 62966ba9 - test(permissions): add chromium test for clipboard permissions (#2016) d52bd929 - chore: read browser revisions off browsers.json (#2009) c866c665 - chore: update issue templates 2b5ff83e - test: add failing headful test (#2013) e5345687 - feat(chromium): roll back to r760827 to make headful happy (#2010) f662686f - chore(css selector): temporarily remove light dom shortcut (#2008) 8aab7258 - fix(css selector): properly parse quoted attributes when querying in shadow (#2007) d8cccbdb - test: add goto after click test (#1999) 031587a9 - fix(visibility): unify visibilty checks (#1998) 4b0d9774 - fix(docs): clarify the single/double quotes usage in text selector (#2002) 030c217a - test: add a test for selectors with spaces in css attributes (#2001) 7f8aa703 - api(waitFor): remove waitFor, use specialized wait functions (#1995) f9f5fd03 - feat(selectors): allow to capture intermediate result (#1978) f58d909d - fix(firefox): use separate processes for pages in different contexts (#1976) df7338c2 - Revert "chore: cut v1.0.0-post (#1966)" a2664b15 - docs: update ci section in getting started f386fa94 - test: add failing test for new page downloads (#1984) 9f099731 - chore: update vuln dep (acorn) (#1980) f9bd1d07 - fix(webkit): fix blob downloads on mac (#1972) 7ecf252d - feat(text selector): concat sibling text nodes when calculating text (#1969) b60c006c - chore: simplify and restructure downloads (#1974) a43eac38 - browser(firefox): use separate web processes for different contexts (#1975) b498a3f2 - browser(webkit): make blob downloads work on Mac (#1971) 242c3667 - browser(webkit): fix compilation when orientation events are disabled (#1970) 7afceeb5 - chore: cut v1.0.0-post (#1966) 87a2f655 - docs(readme): fix typo 158e592f - docs(installation): adds requirements and renames the doc (#1965) 8ceba1ee - docs(ci): update ci docs to emphasize gh action (#1964) 28f98ac2 - docs(readme): update readme and intro docs (#1963) 4b263d63 - docs(releasing): update releasing docs according to new process (#1958) 3c71125d - Fix typo (#1961)
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[page.dispatchEvent(selector, type[, eventInit, options])]
page.dispatchEvent(selector, type[, eventInit, options])frame.dispatchEvent(selector, type[, eventInit, options])elementHandle.dispatchEvent(type[, eventInit])#1622 - [BUG] Example Dockerfile browser Dependencies #1882 - [Feature] Support single quotes in text selector engine #1936 - [BUG] Firefox cannot download Blobs
906d117 - chore: mark v0.15.0 5146dfc - chore: cut v0.15.0 (#1957) 9415dc2 - feat(chromium): roll Chromium to r762211 (#1956) 7c9762f - fix: support blob downloads (#1954) 21dc346 - devops: auto-correct links in our documentation (#1955) 6296614 - test: mark test as flaky on FFOX 5ac7f0e - fix(text selector): allow single quoted text (#1952) e6c2cad - browser(webkit): add frame id to download info (#1953) d354e9c - docs(contributing): clean up headings c1c0237 - api(dispatchEvent): page, frame and handle versions added (#1932) 671cfa0 - fix(types): support objects with typed keys and values (#1752) 793586e - fix(click): throw instead of timing out when the element has moved (#1942) f11113f - feat(firefox): roll to 1085 (#1951) fd17cfb - docs(contributing): add info about skip and fail (#1944) 05f0797 - browser(firefox): support blob downloads (#1945) 2637805 - feat(webkit): roll to 1208 (#1948) 97a1aa5 - docs: update version table 40bed0f - docs: fix typos (#1947) dc23c56 - tests(downloads): add a test for Blob downloads (#1936) (#1939) 471ccc7 - browser(webkit): roll to ToT 4/23/2020 (#1943) 2fcc2b5 - chore(chromium): resize browser frame when emulating viewport (#1924) fa59372 - browser(webkit): roll to ToT 4/22/2020 (#1940) 51ed5c5 - fix(examples): closes #1916 (#1934) b516ac4 - fix: Dockerfile for Firefox (#1937) bf7430f - docs(readme): remove FAQ link 0b7f789 - devops: try using another Github Actions event to trigger releases (#1931) 70d727d - browser(webkit): ensure autorelease pools are drained on mac (#1933)
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