playwright

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A framework for web automation and testing that drives Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API.

TypeScript Latest v1.62.0 · 2d ago Security brief →

Features

Unified API to automate Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit browsers
Full-featured test runner (Playwright Test) with auto‑waiting and web‑first assertions
CLI for lightweight browser control suitable for coding agents
MCP server enabling AI/LLM agents to interact via structured accessibility snapshots

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v1.62.0 Breaking risk 2d

Stories model, abort signal, WebP screenshots

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v1.61.1 Bug fix 1mo

Sync loader fix + timestamp correction

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v1.61.0 New feature 1mo

Passkeys + Storage + Video modes

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v1.60.0 Breaking risk 2mo

API removals

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v1.59.1 Bug fix 3mo

Reverted hiding the console window on Windows to fix broken codegen, UI mode, and show commands.

Full changelog

[Windows] Reverted hiding console window when spawning browser processes, which caused regressions including broken codegen, --ui and show commands (#39990)

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