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This PR contains the following updates:

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playwright (changelog) project.dependencies minor ==1.43.0 -> ==1.57.0
playwright (changelog) minor ==1.43.0 -> ==1.57.0

Release Notes

Microsoft/playwright-python (playwright)

v1.57.0

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Chrome for Testing

Starting with this release, Playwright switches from Chromium, to using Chrome for Testing builds. Both headed and headless browsers are subject to this. Your tests should still be passing after upgrading to Playwright 1.57.

We're expecting no functional changes to come from this switch. The biggest change is the new icon and title in your toolbar.

new and old logo

If you still see an unexpected behaviour change, please file an issue.

On Arm64 Linux, Playwright continues to use Chromium.

Breaking Change

After 3 years of being deprecated, we removed page.accessibility from our API. Please use other libraries such as Axe if you need to test page accessibility. See our Node.js guide for integration with Axe.

New APIs
  • worker.on("console") event is emitted when JavaScript within the worker calls one of console API methods, e.g. console.log or console.dir. worker.expect_event() can be used to wait for it.
  • locator.description() returns locator description previously set with locator.describe().
  • New option steps in locator.click() and locator.drag_to() that configures the number of mousemove events emitted while moving the mouse pointer to the target element.
  • Network requests issued by Service Workers are now reported and can be routed through the BrowserContext, only in Chromium. You can opt out using the PLAYWRIGHT_DISABLE_SERVICE_WORKER_NETWORK environment variable.
  • Console messages from Service Workers are dispatched through worker.on("console"). You can opt out of this using the PLAYWRIGHT_DISABLE_SERVICE_WORKER_CONSOLE environment variable.
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 143.0.7499.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 144.0.2
  • WebKit 26.0

v1.56.0

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New APIs
Breaking Changes
Miscellaneous
  • Aria snapshots render and compare input placeholder
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 141.0.7390.37
  • Mozilla Firefox 142.0.1
  • WebKit 26.0

v1.55.0

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Codegen
  • Automatic to_be_visible() assertions: Codegen can now generate automatic to_be_visible() assertions for common UI interactions. This feature can be enabled in the Codegen settings UI.
Breaking Changes
  • ⚠️ Dropped support for Chromium extension manifest v2.
Miscellaneous
  • Added support for Debian 13 "Trixie".
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 140.0.7339.16
  • Mozilla Firefox 141.0
  • WebKit 26.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 139
  • Microsoft Edge 139

v1.54.0

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Highlights
  • New cookie property partition_key in BrowserContext.cookies() and browserContext.add_cookies(). This property allows to save and restore partitioned cookies. See CHIPS MDN article for more information. Note that browsers have different support and defaults for cookie partitioning.

  • New option --user-data-dir in multiple commands. You can specify the same user data dir to reuse browsing state, like authentication, between sessions.

    playwright codegen --user-data-dir=./user-data
  • playwright open does not open the test recorder anymore. Use playwright codegen instead.

Browser Versions
  • Chromium 139.0.7258.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 140.0.2
  • WebKit 26.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 140
  • Microsoft Edge 140

v1.53.0

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Miscellaneous
  • New Steps in Trace Viewer:
    New Trace Viewer Steps

  • New method locator.describe() to describe a locator. Used for trace viewer.

    button = page.get_by_test_id("btn-sub").describe("Subscribe button")
    button.click()
  • python -m playwright install --list will now list all installed browsers, versions and locations.

Browser Versions
  • Chromium 138.0.7204.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 139.0
  • WebKit 18.5

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 137
  • Microsoft Edge 137

v1.52.0

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Highlights
  • New method expect(locator).to_contain_class() to ergonomically assert individual class names on the element.

      expect(page.get_by_role("listitem", name="Ship v1.52")).to_contain_class("done")
  • Aria Snapshots got two new properties: /children for strict matching and /url for links.

    expect(locator).to_match_aria_snapshot("""
      - list
        - /children: equal
        - listitem: Feature A
        - listitem:
          - link "Feature B":
            - /url: "https://playwright.dev"
    """)
Miscellaneous
Breaking Changes
  • Method route.continue() does not allow to override the Cookie header anymore. If a Cookie header is provided, it will be ignored, and the cookie will be loaded from the browser's cookie store. To set custom cookies, use browserContext.add_cookies().
  • macOS 13 is now deprecated and will no longer receive WebKit updates. Please upgrade to a more recent macOS version to continue benefiting from the latest WebKit improvements.
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 136.0.7103.25
  • Mozilla Firefox 137.0
  • WebKit 18.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 135
  • Microsoft Edge 135

v1.51.0

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Highlights
Save storage state into the file. Make sure to include IndexedDB.

storage = context.storage_state(path="state.json", indexed_db=True)

Create a new context with the saved storage state.

context = browser.new_context(storage_state="state.json")


* New option [`visible`](https://playwright.dev/python/docs/api/class-locator#locator-filter-option-visible) for [locator.filter()](https://playwright.dev/python/docs/api/class-locator#locator-filter) allows matching only visible elements.

```python

##### Ignore invisible todo items.
todo_items = page.get_by_test_id("todo-item").filter(visible=True)

##### Check there are exactly 3 visible ones.
expect(todo_items).to_have_count(3)
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 134.0.6998.35
  • Mozilla Firefox 135.0
  • WebKit 18.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 133
  • Microsoft Edge 133

v1.50.0

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Async Pytest Plugin
Miscellaneous
UI updates
  • New button in Codegen for picking elements to produce aria snapshots.
  • Additional details (such as keys pressed) are now displayed alongside action API calls in traces.
  • Display of canvas content in traces is error-prone. Display is now disabled by default, and can be enabled via the Display canvas content UI setting.
  • Call and Network panels now display additional time information.
Breaking
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 133.0.6943.16
  • Mozilla Firefox 134.0
  • WebKit 18.2

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 132
  • Microsoft Edge 132

v1.49.1

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Highlights

microsoft#2679 - [Bug]: Warning: Validation of the RECORD file of playwright-1.49.0-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl failed

Browser Versions
  • Chromium 131.0.6778.33
  • Mozilla Firefox 132.0
  • WebKit 18.2

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 130
  • Microsoft Edge 130

v1.49.0

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Aria snapshots

New assertion expect(locator).toMatchAriaSnapshot() verifies page structure by comparing to an expected accessibility tree, represented as YAML.

page.goto("https://playwright.dev")
expect(page.locator('body')).to_match_aria_snapshot('''
  - banner:
    - heading /Playwright enables reliable/ [level=1]
    - link "Get started"
    - link "Star microsoft/playwright on GitHub"
  - main:
    - img "Browsers (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit)"
    - heading "Any browser • Any platform • One API"
''')

You can generate this assertion with Test Generator or by calling locator.ariaSnapshot().

Learn more in the aria snapshots guide.

Tracing groups

New method tracing.group() allows you to visually group actions in the trace viewer.

##### All actions between group and group_end
##### will be shown in the trace viewer as a group.
page.context.tracing.group("Open Playwright.dev > API")
page.goto("https://playwright.dev/")
page.get_by_role("link", name="API").click()
page.context.tracing.group_end()
Breaking: chrome and msedge channels switch to new headless mode

This change affects you if you're using one of the following channels in your playwright.config.ts:

  • chrome, chrome-dev, chrome-beta, or chrome-canary
  • msedge, msedge-dev, msedge-beta, or msedge-canary

After updating to Playwright v1.49, run your test suite. If it still passes, you're good to go. If not, you will probably need to update your snapshots, and adapt some of your test code around PDF viewers and extensions. See issue #​33566 for more details.

Try new Chromium headless

You can opt into the new headless mode by using 'chromium' channel. As official Chrome documentation puts it:

New Headless on the other hand is the real Chrome browser, and is thus more authentic, reliable, and offers more features. This makes it more suitable for high-accuracy end-to-end web app testing or browser extension testing.

See issue #​33566 for the list of possible breakages you could encounter and more details on Chromium headless. Please file an issue if you see any problems after opting in.

pytest test_login.py --browser-channel chromium
Miscellaneous
  • There will be no more updates for WebKit on Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11. We recommend updating your OS to a later version.
  • <canvas> elements inside a snapshot now draw a preview.
  • Python 3.8 is not supported anymore.
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 131.0.6778.33
  • Mozilla Firefox 132.0
  • WebKit 18.2

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 130
  • Microsoft Edge 130

v1.48.0

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WebSocket routing

New methods page.route_web_socket() and browser_context.route_web_socket() allow to intercept, modify and mock WebSocket connections initiated in the page. Below is a simple example that mocks WebSocket communication by responding to a "request" with a "response".

def message_handler(ws: WebSocketRoute, message: Union[str, bytes]):
  if message == "request":
    ws.send("response")

page.route_web_socket("/ws", lambda ws: ws.on_message(
    lambda message: message_handler(ws, message)
))

See WebSocketRoute for more details.

UI updates
  • New "copy" buttons for annotations and test location in the HTML report.
  • Route method calls like route.fulfill() are not shown in the report and trace viewer anymore. You can see which network requests were routed in the network tab instead.
  • New "Copy as cURL" and "Copy as fetch" buttons for requests in the network tab.
Miscellaneous
  • New method page.request_gc() may help detect memory leaks.
  • Requests made by APIRequestContext now record detailed timing and security information in the HAR.
  • This version adds support for Python 3.13
  • This version is the last version supporting Python 3.8
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 130.0.6723.19
  • Mozilla Firefox 130.0
  • WebKit 18.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 129
  • Microsoft Edge 129

v1.47.0

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Network Tab improvements

The Network tab in the trace viewer has several nice improvements:

  • filtering by asset type and URL
  • better display of query string parameters
  • preview of font assets

Network tab now has filters

Miscellaneous
  • The mcr.microsoft.com/playwright-python:v1.47.0 now serves a Playwright image based on Ubuntu 24.04 Noble.
    To use the 22.04 jammy-based image, please use mcr.microsoft.com/playwright-python:v1.47.0-jammy instead.
  • The :latest/:focal/:jammy tag for Playwright Docker images is no longer being published. Pin to a specific version for better stability and reproducibility.
  • TLS client certificates can now be passed from memory by passing cert and key as bytes instead of file paths.
  • no_wait_after in locator.selectOption() was deprecated.
  • We've seen reports of WebGL in Webkit misbehaving on GitHub Actions macos-13. We recommend upgrading GitHub Actions to macos-14.
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 129.0.6668.29
  • Mozilla Firefox 130.0
  • WebKit 18.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 128
  • Microsoft Edge 128

v1.46.0

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TLS Client Certificates

Playwright now allows to supply client-side certificates, so that server can verify them, as specified by TLS Client Authentication.

You can provide client certificates as a parameter of browser.new_context() and api_request.new_context(). The following snippet sets up a client certificate for https://example.com:

context = browser.new_context(
    client_certificates=[
        {
            "origin": "https://example.com",
            "certPath": "client-certificates/cert.pem",
            "keyPath": "client-certificates/key.pem",
        }
    ],
)

When using the Pytest plugin, it can be added like this:

@&#8203;pytest.fixture(scope="session")
def browser_context_args(browser_context_args):
    return {
        **browser_context_args,
        "client_certificates": [
            {
                "origin": "https://example.com",
                "certPath": "client-certificates/cert.pem",
                "keyPath": "client-certificates/key.pem",
            }
        ],
    }
Trace Viewer Updates
  • Content of text attachments is now rendered inline in the attachments pane.
  • New setting to show/hide routing actions like route.continue_().
  • Request method and status are shown in the network details tab.
  • New button to copy source file location to clipboard.
  • Metadata pane now displays the base_url.
Miscellaneous
Browser Versions
  • Chromium 128.0.6613.18
  • Mozilla Firefox 128.0
  • WebKit 18.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 127
  • Microsoft Edge 127

v1.45.1

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Highlights

microsoft/playwright-java#1617 - [Bug]: Trace Viewer not reporting all actions
microsoft/playwright#31764 - [Bug]: some actions do not appear in the trace file

Browser Versions
  • Chromium 127.0.6533.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 127.0
  • WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 126
  • Microsoft Edge 126

v1.45.0

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Clock

Utilizing the new Clock API allows to manipulate and control time within tests to verify time-related behavior. This API covers many common scenarios, including:

  • testing with predefined time;
  • keeping consistent time and timers;
  • monitoring inactivity;
  • ticking through time manually.
##### Initialize clock with some time before the test time and let the page load
##### naturally. `Date.now` will progress as the timers fire.
page.clock.install(time=datetime.datetime(2024, 2, 2, 8, 0, 0))
page.goto("http://localhost:3333")

##### Pretend that the user closed the laptop lid and opened it again at 10am.
##### Pause the time once reached that point.
page.clock.pause_at(datetime.datetime(2024, 2, 2, 10, 0, 0))

##### Assert the page state.
expect(page.get_by_test_id("current-time")).to_have_text("2/2/2024, 10:00:00 AM")

##### Close the laptop lid again and open it at 10:30am.
page.clock.fast_forward("30:00")
expect(page.get_by_test_id("current-time")).to_have_text("2/2/2024, 10:30:00 AM")

See the clock guide for more details.

Miscellaneous
  • Method locator.setInputFiles() now supports uploading a directory for <input type=file webkitdirectory> elements.
    page.get_by_label("Upload directory").set_input_files('mydir')
  • Multiple methods like locator.click() or locator.press() now support a ControlOrMeta modifier key. This key maps to Meta on macOS and maps to Control on Windows and Linux.
Press the common keyboard shortcut Control+S or Meta+S to trigger a "Save" operation.

page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+S")

- New property `httpCredentials.send` in [apiRequest.newContext()](https://playwright.dev/python/docs/api/class-apirequest#api-request-new-context) that allows to either always send the `Authorization` header or only send it in response to `401 Unauthorized`.
- Playwright now supports Chromium, Firefox and WebKit on Ubuntu 24.04.
- v1.45 is the last release to receive WebKit update for macOS 12 Monterey. Please update macOS to keep using the latest WebKit.

##### Browser Versions
* Chromium 127.0.6533.5
* Mozilla Firefox 127.0
* WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
* Google Chrome 126
* Microsoft Edge 126

v1.44.0

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New APIs

Accessibility assertions

Locator handler

locator = page.get_by_text("This interstitial covers the button")
page.add_locator_handler(locator, lambda overlay: overlay.locator("#close").click(), times=3, no_wait_after=True)

##### Run your tests that can be interrupted by the overlay.
##### ...
page.remove_locator_handler(locator)

Miscellaneous options

Browser Versions
  • Chromium 125.0.6422.14
  • Mozilla Firefox 125.0.1
  • WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 124
  • Microsoft Edge 124

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@uptick-renovate uptick-renovate bot force-pushed the renovate/playwright-1.x branch from c53a89e to 3e0ef55 Compare November 11, 2025 19:11
@uptick-renovate uptick-renovate bot changed the title chore(deps): update dependency playwright to v1.55.0 chore(deps): update dependency playwright to v1.56.0 Nov 11, 2025
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