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Version 1.47​

Network Tab improvements​

The Network tab in the UI mode and 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

--tsconfig CLI option​

By default, Playwright will look up the closest tsconfig for each imported file using a heuristic. You can now specify a single tsconfig file in the command line, and Playwright will use it for all imported files, not only test files:

# Pass a specific tsconfig
npx playwright test --tsconfig tsconfig.test.json

APIRequestContext now accepts URLSearchParams and string as query parameters​

You can now pass URLSearchParams and string as query parameters to APIRequestContext:

test('query params', async ({ request }) => {
  const searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
  searchParams.set('userId', 1);
  const response = await request.get(
      'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts',
      {
        params: searchParams // or as a string: 'userId=1'
      }
  );
  // ...
});

Miscellaneous​

  • The mcr.microsoft.com/playwright: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:v1.47.0-jammy instead.
  • New option behavior in page.removeAllListeners(), browser.removeAllListeners() and browserContext.removeAllListeners() to wait for ongoing listeners to complete.
  • TLS client certificates can now be passed from memory by passing cert and key as buffers instead of file paths.
  • Attachments with a text/html content type can now be opened in a new tab in the HTML report. This is useful for including third-party reports or other HTML content in the Playwright test report and distributing it to your team.
  • noWaitAfter 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

Version 1.46​

TLS Client Certificates​

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

The following snippet sets up a client certificate for https://example.com:

import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';

export default defineConfig({
  // ...
  use: {
    clientCertificates: [{
      origin: 'https://example.com',
      certPath: './cert.pem',
      keyPath: './key.pem',
      passphrase: 'mysecretpassword',
    }],
  },
  // ...
});

You can also provide client certificates to a particular test project or as a parameter of browser.newContext() and apiRequest.newContext().

--only-changed cli option​

New CLI option --only-changed will only run test files that have been changed since the last git commit or from a specific git "ref". This will also run all test files that import any changed files.

# Only run test files with uncommitted changes
npx playwright test --only-changed

# Only run test files changed relative to the "main" branch
npx playwright test --only-changed=main

Component Testing: New router fixture​

This release introduces an experimental router fixture to intercept and handle network requests in component testing. There are two ways to use the router fixture:

  • Call router.route(url, handler) that behaves similarly to page.route().
  • Call router.use(handlers) and pass MSW library request handlers to it.

Here is an example of reusing your existing MSW handlers in the test.

import { handlers } from '@src/mocks/handlers';

test.beforeEach(async ({ router }) => {
  // install common handlers before each test
  await router.use(...handlers);
});

test('example test', async ({ mount }) => {
  // test as usual, your handlers are active
  // ...
});

This fixture is only available in component tests.

UI Mode / Trace Viewer Updates​

  • Test annotations are now shown in UI mode.
  • 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 baseURL.

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

Version 1.45​

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 and let the page load naturally.
await page.clock.install({ time: new Date('2024-02-02T08:00:00') });
await 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.
await page.clock.pauseAt(new Date('2024-02-02T10:00:00'));

// Assert the page state.
await expect(page.getByTestId('current-time')).toHaveText('2/2/2024, 10:00:00 AM');

// Close the laptop lid again and open it at 10:30am.
await page.clock.fastForward('30:00');
await expect(page.getByTestId('current-time')).toHaveText('2/2/2024, 10:30:00 AM');

See the clock guide for more details.

Test runner​

  • New CLI option --fail-on-flaky-tests that sets exit code to 1 upon any flaky tests. Note that by default, the test runner exits with code 0 when all failed tests recovered upon a retry. With this option, the test run will fail in such case.

  • New environment variable PLAYWRIGHT_FORCE_TTY controls whether built-in list, line and dot reporters assume a live terminal. For example, this could be useful to disable tty behavior when your CI environment does not handle ANSI control sequences well. Alternatively, you can enable tty behavior even when to live terminal is present, if you plan to post-process the output and handle control sequences.

    # Avoid TTY features that output ANSI control sequences
    PLAYWRIGHT_FORCE_TTY=0 npx playwright test

    # Enable TTY features, assuming a terminal width 80
    PLAYWRIGHT_FORCE_TTY=80 npx playwright test

  • New options testConfig.respectGitIgnore and testProject.respectGitIgnore control whether files matching .gitignore patterns are excluded when searching for tests.

  • New property timeout is now available for custom expect matchers. This property takes into account playwright.config.ts and expect.configure().

    import { expect as baseExpect } from '@playwright/test';

    export const expect = baseExpect.extend({
      async toHaveAmount(locator: Locator, expected: number, options?: { timeout?: number }) {
        // When no timeout option is specified, use the config timeout.
        const timeout = options?.timeout ?? this.timeout;
        // ... implement the assertion ...
      },
    });

Miscellaneous​

  • Method locator.setInputFiles() now supports uploading a directory for <input type=file webkitdirectory> elements.

    await page.getByLabel('Upload directory').setInputFiles(path.join(__dirname, '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.
    await page.keyboard.press('ControlOrMeta+S');

  • New property httpCredentials.send in apiRequest.newContext() that allows to either always send the Authorization header or only send it in response to 401 Unauthorized.

  • New option reason in apiRequestContext.dispose() that will be included in the error message of ongoing operations interrupted by the context disposal.

  • New option host in browserType.launchServer() allows to accept websocket connections on a specific address instead of unspecified 0.0.0.0.

  • 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

Version 1.44​

New APIs​

Accessibility assertions

  • expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleName() checks if the element has the specified accessible name:

    const locator = page.getByRole('button');
    await expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleName('Submit');

  • expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleDescription() checks if the element has the specified accessible description:

    const locator = page.getByRole('button');
    await expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleDescription('Upload a photo');

  • expect(locator).toHaveRole() checks if the element has the specified ARIA role:

    const locator = page.getByTestId('save-button');
    await expect(locator).toHaveRole('button');

Locator handler

  • After executing the handler added with page.addLocatorHandler(), Playwright will now wait until the overlay that triggered the handler is not visible anymore. You can opt-out of this behavior with the new noWaitAfter option.
  • You can use new times option in page.addLocatorHandler() to specify maximum number of times the handler should be run.
  • The handler in page.addLocatorHandler() now accepts the locator as argument.
  • New page.removeLocatorHandler() method for removing previously added locator handlers.
const locator = page.getByText('This interstitial covers the button');
await page.addLocatorHandler(locator, async overlay => {
  await overlay.locator('#close').click();
}, { times: 3, noWaitAfter: true });
// Run your tests that can be interrupted by the overlay.
// ...
await page.removeLocatorHandler(locator);

Miscellaneous options

  • multipart option in apiRequestContext.fetch() now accepts FormData and supports repeating fields with the same name.

    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('file', new File(['let x = 2024;'], 'f1.js', { type: 'text/javascript' }));
    formData.append('file', new File(['hello'], 'f2.txt', { type: 'text/plain' }));
    context.request.post('https://example.com/uploadFiles', {
      multipart: formData
    });

  • expect(callback).toPass({ intervals }) can now be configured by expect.toPass.intervals option globally in testConfig.expect or per project in testProject.expect.

  • expect(page).toHaveURL(url) now supports ignoreCase option.

  • testProject.ignoreSnapshots allows to configure per project whether to skip screenshot expectations.

Reporter API

  • New method suite.entries() returns child test suites and test cases in their declaration order. suite.type and testCase.type can be used to tell apart test cases and suites in the list.
  • Blob reporter now allows overriding report file path with a single option outputFile. The same option can also be specified as PLAYWRIGHT_BLOB_OUTPUT_FILE environment variable that might be more convenient on CI/CD.
  • JUnit reporter now supports includeProjectInTestName option.

Command line

  • --last-failed CLI option to for running only tests that failed in the previous run.

    First run all tests:

    $ npx playwright test

    Running 103 tests using 5 workers
    ...
    2 failed
      [chromium] › my-test.spec.ts:8:5 › two ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
      [chromium] › my-test.spec.ts:13:5 › three ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    101 passed (30.0s)

    Now fix the failing tests and run Playwright again with --last-failed option:

    $ npx playwright test --last-failed

    Running 2 tests using 2 workers
      2 passed (1.2s)

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

Version 1.43​

New APIs​

  • Method browserContext.clearCookies() now supports filters to remove only some cookies.

    // Clear all cookies.
    await context.clearCookies();
    // New: clear cookies with a particular name.
    await context.clearCookies({ name: 'session-id' });
    // New: clear cookies for a particular domain.
    await context.clearCookies({ domain: 'my-origin.com' });

  • New mode retain-on-first-failure for testOptions.trace. In this mode, trace is recorded for the first run of each test, but not for retires. When test run fails, the trace file is retained, otherwise it is removed.

    import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';

    export default defineConfig({
      use: {
        trace: 'retain-on-first-failure',
      },
    });

  • New property testInfo.tags exposes test tags during test execution.

    test('example', async ({ page }) => {
      console.log(test.info().tags);
    });

  • New method locator.contentFrame() converts a Locator object to a FrameLocator. This can be useful when you have a Locator object obtained somewhere, and later on would like to interact with the content inside the frame.

    const locator = page.locator('iframe[name="embedded"]');
    // ...
    const frameLocator = locator.contentFrame();
    await frameLocator.getByRole('button').click();

  • New method frameLocator.owner() converts a FrameLocator object to a Locator. This can be useful when you have a FrameLocator object obtained somewhere, and later on would like to interact with the iframe element.

    const frameLocator = page.frameLocator('iframe[name="embedded"]');
    // ...
    const locator = frameLocator.owner();
    await expect(locator).toBeVisible();

UI Mode Updates​

Playwright UI Mode

  • See tags in the test list.
  • Filter by tags by typing @fast or clicking on the tag itself.
  • New shortcuts:
    • "F5" to run tests.
    • "Shift F5" to stop running tests.
    • "Ctrl `" to toggle test output.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 124.0.6367.8
  • Mozilla Firefox 124.0
  • WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 123
  • Microsoft Edge 123

Version 1.42​

New APIs​

  • New method page.addLocatorHandler() registers a callback that will be invoked when specified element becomes visible and may block Playwright actions. The callback can get rid of the overlay. Here is an example that closes a cookie dialog when it appears:
// Setup the handler.
await page.addLocatorHandler(
    page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Hej! You are in control of your cookies.' }),
    async () => {
      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Accept all' }).click();
    });
// Write the test as usual.
await page.goto('https://www.ikea.com/');
await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Collection of blue and white' }).click();
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Light and easy' })).toBeVisible();
electronApp.on('console', async msg => {
  const values = [];
  for (const arg of msg.args())
    values.push(await arg.jsonValue());
  console.log(...values);
});
await electronApp.evaluate(() => console.log('hello', 5, { foo: 'bar' }));
  • New syntax for adding tags to the tests (@-tokens in the test title are still supported):
test('test customer login', {
  tag: ['@fast', '@login'],
}, async ({ page }) => {
  // ...
});

Use --grep command line option to run only tests with certain tags.

npx playwright test --grep @fast
  • --project command line flag now supports '*' wildcard:
npx playwright test --project='*mobile*'
test('test full report', {
  annotation: [
    { type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/23180' },
    { type: 'docs', description: 'https://playwright.dev/docs/test-annotations#tag-tests' },
  ],
}, async ({ page }) => {
  // ...
});

Announcements​

  • ⚠️ Ubuntu 18 is not supported anymore.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 123.0.6312.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 123.0
  • WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 122
  • Microsoft Edge 123

Version 1.41​

New APIs​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 121.0.6167.57
  • Mozilla Firefox 121.0
  • WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 120
  • Microsoft Edge 120

Version 1.40​

Test Generator Update​

Playwright Test Generator

New tools to generate assertions:

Here is an example of a generated test with assertions:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('test', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('https://playwright.dev/');
  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Get started' }).click();
  await expect(page.getByLabel('Breadcrumbs').getByRole('list')).toContainText('Installation');
  await expect(page.getByLabel('Search')).toBeVisible();
  await page.getByLabel('Search').click();
  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search docs').fill('locator');
  await expect(page.getByPlaceholder('Search docs')).toHaveValue('locator');
});

New APIs​

Other Changes​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 120.0.6099.28
  • Mozilla Firefox 119.0
  • WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 119
  • Microsoft Edge 119

Version 1.39​

Add custom matchers to your expect​

You can extend Playwright assertions by providing custom matchers. These matchers will be available on the expect object.

test.spec.ts
import { expect as baseExpect } from '@playwright/test';
export const expect = baseExpect.extend({
  async toHaveAmount(locator: Locator, expected: number, options?: { timeout?: number }) {
    // ... see documentation for how to write matchers.
  },
});

test('pass', async ({ page }) => {
  await expect(page.getByTestId('cart')).toHaveAmount(5);
});

See the documentation for a full example.

Merge test fixtures​

You can now merge test fixtures from multiple files or modules:

fixtures.ts
import { mergeTests } from '@playwright/test';
import { test as dbTest } from 'database-test-utils';
import { test as a11yTest } from 'a11y-test-utils';

export const test = mergeTests(dbTest, a11yTest);
test.spec.ts
import { test } from './fixtures';

test('passes', async ({ database, page, a11y }) => {
  // use database and a11y fixtures.
});

Merge custom expect matchers​

You can now merge custom expect matchers from multiple files or modules:

fixtures.ts
import { mergeTests, mergeExpects } from '@playwright/test';
import { test as dbTest, expect as dbExpect } from 'database-test-utils';
import { test as a11yTest, expect as a11yExpect } from 'a11y-test-utils';

export const test = mergeTests(dbTest, a11yTest);
export const expect = mergeExpects(dbExpect, a11yExpect);
test.spec.ts
import { test, expect } from './fixtures';

test('passes', async ({ page, database }) => {
  await expect(database).toHaveDatabaseUser('admin');
  await expect(page).toPassA11yAudit();
});

Hide implementation details: box test steps​

You can mark a test.step() as "boxed" so that errors inside it point to the step call site.

async function login(page) {
  await test.step('login', async () => {
    // ...
  }, { box: true });  // Note the "box" option here.
}
Error: Timed out 5000ms waiting for expect(locator).toBeVisible()
  ... error details omitted ...

  14 |   await page.goto('https://github.com/login');
> 15 |   await login(page);
     |         ^
  16 | });

See test.step() documentation for a full example.

New APIs​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 119.0.6045.9
  • Mozilla Firefox 118.0.1
  • WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 118
  • Microsoft Edge 118

Version 1.38​

UI Mode Updates​

Playwright UI Mode

  1. Zoom into time range.
  2. Network panel redesign.

New APIs​

Deprecations​

Breaking Changes: Playwright no longer downloads browsers automatically​

Note: If you are using @playwright/test package, this change does not affect you.

Playwright recommends to use @playwright/test package and download browsers via npx playwright install command. If you are following this recommendation, nothing has changed for you.

However, up to v1.38, installing the playwright package instead of @playwright/test did automatically download browsers. This is no longer the case, and we recommend to explicitly download browsers via npx playwright install command.

v1.37 and earlier

playwright package was downloading browsers during npm install, while @playwright/test was not.

v1.38 and later

playwright and @playwright/test packages do not download browsers during npm install.

Recommended migration

Run npx playwright install to download browsers after npm install. For example, in your CI configuration:

- run: npm ci
- run: npx playwright install --with-deps

Alternative migration option - not recommended

Add @playwright/browser-chromium, @playwright/browser-firefox and @playwright/browser-webkit as a dependency. These packages download respective browsers during npm install. Make sure you keep the version of all playwright packages in sync:

// package.json
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "playwright": "1.38.0",
    "@playwright/browser-chromium": "1.38.0",
    "@playwright/browser-firefox": "1.38.0",
    "@playwright/browser-webkit": "1.38.0"
  }
}

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 117.0.5938.62
  • Mozilla Firefox 117.0
  • WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 116
  • Microsoft Edge 116

Version 1.37​

New npx playwright merge-reports tool​

If you run tests on multiple shards, you can now merge all reports in a single HTML report (or any other report) using the new merge-reports CLI tool.

Using merge-reports tool requires the following steps:

  1. Adding a new "blob" reporter to the config when running on CI:

    playwright.config.ts
    export default defineConfig({
      testDir: './tests',
      reporter: process.env.CI ? 'blob' : 'html',
    });

    The "blob" reporter will produce ".zip" files that contain all the information about the test run.

  2. Copying all "blob" reports in a single shared location and running npx playwright merge-reports:

npx playwright merge-reports --reporter html ./all-blob-reports

Read more in our documentation.

📚 Debian 12 Bookworm Support​

Playwright now supports Debian 12 Bookworm on both x86_64 and arm64 for Chromium, Firefox and WebKit. Let us know if you encounter any issues!

Linux support looks like this:

Ubuntu 20.04Ubuntu 22.04Debian 11Debian 12
Chromium✅✅✅✅
WebKit✅✅✅✅
Firefox✅✅✅✅

UI Mode Updates​

  • UI Mode now respects project dependencies. You can control which dependencies to respect by checking/unchecking them in a projects list.
  • Console logs from the test are now displayed in the Console tab.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 116.0.5845.82
  • Mozilla Firefox 115.0
  • WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 115
  • Microsoft Edge 115

Version 1.36​

🏝️ Summer maintenance release.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 115.0.5790.75
  • Mozilla Firefox 115.0
  • WebKit 17.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 114
  • Microsoft Edge 114

Version 1.35​

Highlights​

  • UI mode is now available in VSCode Playwright extension via a new "Show trace viewer" button:

    Playwright UI Mode

  • UI mode and trace viewer mark network requests handled with page.route() and browserContext.route() handlers, as well as those issued via the API testing:

    Trace Viewer

  • New option maskColor for methods page.screenshot(), locator.screenshot(), expect(page).toHaveScreenshot() and expect(locator).toHaveScreenshot() to change default masking color:

    await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot({
      mask: [page.locator('img')],
      maskColor: '#00FF00', // green
    });

  • New uninstall CLI command to uninstall browser binaries:

    $ npx playwright uninstall # remove browsers installed by this installation
    $ npx playwright uninstall --all # remove all ever-install Playwright browsers

  • Both UI mode and trace viewer now could be opened in a browser tab:

    $ npx playwright test --ui-port 0 # open UI mode in a tab on a random port
    $ npx playwright show-trace --port 0 # open trace viewer in tab on a random port

⚠️ Breaking changes​

  • playwright-core binary got renamed from playwright to playwright-core. So if you use playwright-core CLI, make sure to update the name:

    $ npx playwright-core install # the new way to install browsers when using playwright-core

    This change does not affect @playwright/test and playwright package users.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 115.0.5790.13
  • Mozilla Firefox 113.0
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 114
  • Microsoft Edge 114

Version 1.34​

Highlights​

  • UI Mode now shows steps, fixtures and attachments: UI Mode attachments

  • New property testProject.teardown to specify a project that needs to run after this and all dependent projects have finished. Teardown is useful to cleanup any resources acquired by this project.

    A common pattern would be a setup dependency with a corresponding teardown:

    playwright.config.ts
    import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';

    export default defineConfig({
      projects: [
        {
          name: 'setup',
          testMatch: /global.setup\.ts/,
          teardown: 'teardown',
        },
        {
          name: 'teardown',
          testMatch: /global.teardown\.ts/,
        },
        {
          name: 'chromium',
          use: devices['Desktop Chrome'],
          dependencies: ['setup'],
        },
        {
          name: 'firefox',
          use: devices['Desktop Firefox'],
          dependencies: ['setup'],
        },
        {
          name: 'webkit',
          use: devices['Desktop Safari'],
          dependencies: ['setup'],
        },
      ],
    });

  • New method expect.configure to create pre-configured expect instance with its own defaults such as timeout and soft.

    const slowExpect = expect.configure({ timeout: 10000 });
    await slowExpect(locator).toHaveText('Submit');

    // Always do soft assertions.
    const softExpect = expect.configure({ soft: true });

  • New options stderr and stdout in testConfig.webServer to configure output handling:

    playwright.config.ts
    import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';

    export default defineConfig({
      // Run your local dev server before starting the tests
      webServer: {
        command: 'npm run start',
        url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
        reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
        stdout: 'pipe',
        stderr: 'pipe',
      },
    });

  • New locator.and() to create a locator that matches both locators.

    const button = page.getByRole('button').and(page.getByTitle('Subscribe'));

  • New events browserContext.on('console') and browserContext.on('dialog') to subscribe to any dialogs and console messages from any page from the given browser context. Use the new methods consoleMessage.page() and dialog.page() to pin-point event source.

⚠️ Breaking changes​

  • npx playwright test no longer works if you install both playwright and @playwright/test. There's no need to install both, since you can always import browser automation APIs from @playwright/test directly:

    automation.ts
    import { chromium, firefox, webkit } from '@playwright/test';
    /* ... */

  • Node.js 14 is no longer supported since it reached its end-of-life on April 30, 2023.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 114.0.5735.26
  • Mozilla Firefox 113.0
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 113
  • Microsoft Edge 113

Version 1.33​

Locators Update​

  • Use locator.or() to create a locator that matches either of the two locators. Consider a scenario where you'd like to click on a "New email" button, but sometimes a security settings dialog shows up instead. In this case, you can wait for either a "New email" button, or a dialog and act accordingly:

    const newEmail = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'New email' });
    const dialog = page.getByText('Confirm security settings');
    await expect(newEmail.or(dialog)).toBeVisible();
    if (await dialog.isVisible())
      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dismiss' }).click();
    await newEmail.click();

  • Use new options hasNot and hasNotText in locator.filter() to find elements that do not match certain conditions.

    const rowLocator = page.locator('tr');
    await rowLocator
        .filter({ hasNotText: 'text in column 1' })
        .filter({ hasNot: page.getByRole('button', { name: 'column 2 button' }) })
        .screenshot();

  • Use new web-first assertion expect(locator).toBeAttached() to ensure that the element is present in the page's DOM. Do not confuse with the expect(locator).toBeVisible() that ensures that element is both attached & visible.

New APIs​

⚠️ Breaking change​

  • The mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.33.0 now serves a Playwright image based on Ubuntu Jammy. To use the focal-based image, please use mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.33.0-focal instead.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 113.0.5672.53
  • Mozilla Firefox 112.0
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 112
  • Microsoft Edge 112

Version 1.32​

Introducing UI Mode (preview)​

New UI Mode lets you explore, run and debug tests. Comes with a built-in watch mode.

Playwright UI Mode

Engage with a new flag --ui:

npx playwright test --ui

New APIs​

⚠️ Breaking change in component tests​

Note: component tests only, does not affect end-to-end tests.

  • @playwright/experimental-ct-react now supports React 18 only.
  • If you're running component tests with React 16 or 17, please replace @playwright/experimental-ct-react with @playwright/experimental-ct-react17.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 112.0.5615.29
  • Mozilla Firefox 111.0
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 111
  • Microsoft Edge 111

Version 1.31​

New APIs​

  • New property testProject.dependencies to configure dependencies between projects.

    Using dependencies allows global setup to produce traces and other artifacts, see the setup steps in the test report and more.

    playwright.config.ts
    import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';

    export default defineConfig({
      projects: [
        {
          name: 'setup',
          testMatch: /global.setup\.ts/,
        },
        {
          name: 'chromium',
          use: devices['Desktop Chrome'],
          dependencies: ['setup'],
        },
        {
          name: 'firefox',
          use: devices['Desktop Firefox'],
          dependencies: ['setup'],
        },
        {
          name: 'webkit',
          use: devices['Desktop Safari'],
          dependencies: ['setup'],
        },
      ],
    });

  • New assertion expect(locator).toBeInViewport() ensures that locator points to an element that intersects viewport, according to the intersection observer API.

    const button = page.getByRole('button');

    // Make sure at least some part of element intersects viewport.
    await expect(button).toBeInViewport();

    // Make sure element is fully outside of viewport.
    await expect(button).not.toBeInViewport();

    // Make sure that at least half of the element intersects viewport.
    await expect(button).toBeInViewport({ ratio: 0.5 });

Miscellaneous​

  • DOM snapshots in trace viewer can be now opened in a separate window.
  • New method defineConfig to be used in playwright.config.
  • New option Route.fetch.maxRedirects for method route.fetch().
  • Playwright now supports Debian 11 arm64.
  • Official docker images now include Node 18 instead of Node 16.

⚠️ Breaking change in component tests​

Note: component tests only, does not affect end-to-end tests.

playwright-ct.config configuration file for component testing now requires calling defineConfig.

// Before

import { type PlaywrightTestConfig, devices } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react';
const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
  // ... config goes here ...
};
export default config;

Replace config variable definition with defineConfig call:

// After

import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react';
export default defineConfig({
  // ... config goes here ...
});

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 111.0.5563.19
  • Mozilla Firefox 109.0
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 110
  • Microsoft Edge 110

Version 1.30​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 110.0.5481.38
  • Mozilla Firefox 108.0.2
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 109
  • Microsoft Edge 109

Version 1.29​

New APIs​

  • New method route.fetch() and new option json for route.fulfill():

    await page.route('**/api/settings', async route => {
      // Fetch original settings.
      const response = await route.fetch();

      // Force settings theme to a predefined value.
      const json = await response.json();
      json.theme = 'Solorized';

      // Fulfill with modified data.
      await route.fulfill({ json });
    });

  • New method locator.all() to iterate over all matching elements:

    // Check all checkboxes!
    const checkboxes = page.getByRole('checkbox');
    for (const checkbox of await checkboxes.all())
      await checkbox.check();

  • locator.selectOption() matches now by value or label:

    <select multiple>
      <option value="red">Red</div>
      <option value="green">Green</div>
      <option value="blue">Blue</div>
    </select>
    await element.selectOption('Red');

  • Retry blocks of code until all assertions pass:

    await expect(async () => {
      const response = await page.request.get('https://api.example.com');
      await expect(response).toBeOK();
    }).toPass();

    Read more in our documentation.

  • Automatically capture full page screenshot on test failure:

    playwright.config.ts
    import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
    export default defineConfig({
      use: {
        screenshot: {
          mode: 'only-on-failure',
          fullPage: true,
        }
      }
    });

Miscellaneous​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 109.0.5414.46
  • Mozilla Firefox 107.0
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 108
  • Microsoft Edge 108

Version 1.28​

Playwright Tools​

  • Record at Cursor in VSCode. You can run the test, position the cursor at the end of the test and continue generating the test.

New VSCode Extension

  • Live Locators in VSCode. You can hover and edit locators in VSCode to get them highlighted in the opened browser.
  • Live Locators in CodeGen. Generate a locator for any element on the page using "Explore" tool.

Locator Explorer

  • Codegen and Trace Viewer Dark Theme. Automatically picked up from operating system settings.

Dark Theme

Test Runner​

New APIs​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 108.0.5359.29
  • Mozilla Firefox 106.0
  • WebKit 16.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 107
  • Microsoft Edge 107

Version 1.27​

Locators​

With these new APIs writing locators is a joy:

await page.getByLabel('User Name').fill('John');

await page.getByLabel('Password').fill('secret-password');

await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' }).click();

await expect(page.getByText('Welcome, John!')).toBeVisible();

All the same methods are also available on Locator, FrameLocator and Frame classes.

Other highlights​

  • workers option in the playwright.config.ts now accepts a percentage string to use some of the available CPUs. You can also pass it in the command line:

    npx playwright test --workers=20%

  • New options host and port for the html reporter.

    import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';

    export default defineConfig({
      reporter: [['html', { host: 'localhost', port: '9223' }]],
    });

  • New field FullConfig.configFile is available to test reporters, specifying the path to the config file if any.

  • As announced in v1.25, Ubuntu 18 will not be supported as of Dec 2022. In addition to that, there will be no WebKit updates on Ubuntu 18 starting from the next Playwright release.

Behavior Changes​

  • expect(locator).toHaveAttribute() with an empty value does not match missing attribute anymore. For example, the following snippet will succeed when button does not have a disabled attribute.

    await expect(page.getByRole('button')).toHaveAttribute('disabled', '');

  • Command line options --grep and --grep-invert previously incorrectly ignored grep and grepInvert options specified in the config. Now all of them are applied together.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 107.0.5304.18
  • Mozilla Firefox 105.0.1
  • WebKit 16.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 106
  • Microsoft Edge 106

Version 1.26​

Assertions​

Other highlights​

  • New option maxRedirects for apiRequestContext.get() and others to limit redirect count.
  • New command-line flag --pass-with-no-tests that allows the test suite to pass when no files are found.
  • New command-line flag --ignore-snapshots to skip snapshot expectations, such as expect(value).toMatchSnapshot() and expect(page).toHaveScreenshot().

Behavior Change​

A bunch of Playwright APIs already support the waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' option. For example:

await page.goto('https://playwright.dev', {
  waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded',
});

Prior to 1.26, this would wait for all iframes to fire the DOMContentLoaded event.

To align with web specification, the 'domcontentloaded' value only waits for the target frame to fire the 'DOMContentLoaded' event. Use waitUntil: 'load' to wait for all iframes.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 106.0.5249.30
  • Mozilla Firefox 104.0
  • WebKit 16.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 105
  • Microsoft Edge 105

Version 1.25​

VSCode Extension​

  • Watch your tests running live & keep devtools open.
  • Pick selector.
  • Record new test from current page state.

vscode extension screenshot

Test Runner​

  • test.step() now returns the value of the step function:

    test('should work', async ({ page }) => {
      const pageTitle = await test.step('get title', async () => {
        await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
        return await page.title();
      });
      console.log(pageTitle);
    });

  • Added test.describe.fixme().

  • New 'interrupted' test status.

  • Enable tracing via CLI flag: npx playwright test --trace=on.

Announcements​

  • 🎁 We now ship Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish docker image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.34.0-jammy.
  • 🪦 This is the last release with macOS 10.15 support (deprecated as of 1.21).
  • 🪦 This is the last release with Node.js 12 support, we recommend upgrading to Node.js LTS (16).
  • ⚠️ Ubuntu 18 is now deprecated and will not be supported as of Dec 2022.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 105.0.5195.19
  • Mozilla Firefox 103.0
  • WebKit 16.0

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 104
  • Microsoft Edge 104

Version 1.24​

🌍 Multiple Web Servers in playwright.config.ts​

Launch multiple web servers, databases, or other processes by passing an array of configurations:

playwright.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
export default defineConfig({
  webServer: [
    {
      command: 'npm run start',
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
      timeout: 120 * 1000,
      reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
    },
    {
      command: 'npm run backend',
      url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3333',
      timeout: 120 * 1000,
      reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
    }
  ],
  use: {
    baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000/',
  },
});

🐂 Debian 11 Bullseye Support​

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 20.04 | Ubuntu 22.04 | Debian 11 | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | Chromium | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | WebKit | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Firefox | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |

🕵️ Anonymous Describe​

It is now possible to call test.describe() to create suites without a title. This is useful for giving a group of tests a common option with test.use().

test.describe(() => {
  test.use({ colorScheme: 'dark' });

  test('one', async ({ page }) => {
    // ...
  });

  test('two', async ({ page }) => {
    // ...
  });
});

🧩 Component Tests Update​

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;
});

Version 1.23​

Network Replay​

Now you can record network traffic into a HAR file and re-use this traffic in your tests.

To record network into HAR file:

npx playwright open --save-har=github.har.zip https://github.com/microsoft

Alternatively, you can record HAR programmatically:

const context = await browser.newContext({
  recordHar: { path: 'github.har.zip' }
});
// ... do stuff ...
await context.close();

Use the new methods page.routeFromHAR() or browserContext.routeFromHAR() to serve matching responses from the HAR file:

await context.routeFromHAR('github.har.zip');

Read more in our documentation.

Advanced Routing​

You can now use route.fallback() to defer routing to other handlers.

Consider the following example:

// Remove a header from all requests.
test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
  await page.route('**/*', async route => {
    const headers = await route.request().allHeaders();
    delete headers['if-none-match'];
    await route.fallback({ headers });
  });
});

test('should work', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.route('**/*', async route => {
    if (route.request().resourceType() === 'image')
      await route.abort();
    else
      await route.fallback();
  });
});

Note that the new methods page.routeFromHAR() and browserContext.routeFromHAR() also participate in routing and could be deferred to.

Web-First Assertions Update​

Component Tests Update​

Read more about component testing with Playwright.

Miscellaneous​

  • If there's a service worker that's in your way, you can now easily disable it with a new context option serviceWorkers:

    playwright.config.ts
    export default {
      use: {
        serviceWorkers: 'block',
      }
    };

  • Using .zip path for recordHar context option automatically zips the resulting HAR:

    const context = await browser.newContext({
      recordHar: {
        path: 'github.har.zip',
      }
    });

  • If you intend to edit HAR by hand, consider using the "minimal" HAR recording mode that only records information that is essential for replaying:

    const context = await browser.newContext({
      recordHar: {
        path: 'github.har',
        mode: 'minimal',
      }
    });

  • Playwright now runs on Ubuntu 22 amd64 and Ubuntu 22 arm64. We also publish new docker image mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.34.0-jammy.

⚠️ Breaking Changes ⚠️​

WebServer is now considered "ready" if request to the specified url has any of the following HTTP status codes:

  • 200-299
  • 300-399 (new)
  • 400, 401, 402, 403 (new)

Version 1.22​

Highlights​

  • Components Testing (preview)

    Playwright Test can now test your React, Vue.js or Svelte components. You can use all the features of Playwright Test (such as parallelization, emulation & debugging) while running components in real browsers.

    Here is what a typical component test looks like:

    App.spec.tsx
    import { test, expect } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react';
    import App from './App';

    // Let's test component in a dark scheme!
    test.use({ colorScheme: 'dark' });

    test('should render', async ({ mount }) => {
      const component = await mount(<App></App>);

      // As with any Playwright test, assert locator text.
      await expect(component).toContainText('React');
      // Or do a screenshot 🚀
      await expect(component).toHaveScreenshot();
      // Or use any Playwright method
      await component.click();
    });

    Read more in our documentation.

  • Role selectors that allow selecting elements by their ARIA role, ARIA attributes and accessible name.

    // Click a button with accessible name "log in"
    await page.locator('role=button[name="log in"]').click();

    Read more in our documentation.

  • New locator.filter() API to filter an existing locator

    const buttons = page.locator('role=button');
    // ...
    const submitButton = buttons.filter({ hasText: 'Submit' });
    await submitButton.click();

  • New web-first assertions expect(page).toHaveScreenshot() and expect(locator).toHaveScreenshot() that wait for screenshot stabilization and enhances test reliability.

    The new assertions has screenshot-specific defaults, such as:

    • disables animations
    • uses CSS scale option
    await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
    await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot();

    The new expect(page).toHaveScreenshot() saves screenshots at the same location as expect(value).toMatchSnapshot().

Version 1.21​

Highlights​

  • New role selectors that allow selecting elements by their ARIA role, ARIA attributes and accessible name.

    // Click a button with accessible name "log in"
    await page.locator('role=button[name="log in"]').click();

    Read more in our documentation.

  • New scale option in page.screenshot() for smaller sized screenshots.

  • New caret option in page.screenshot() to control text caret. Defaults to "hide".

  • New method expect.poll to wait for an arbitrary condition:

    // Poll the method until it returns an expected result.
    await expect.poll(async () => {
      const response = await page.request.get('https://api.example.com');
      return response.status();
    }).toBe(200);

    expect.poll supports most synchronous matchers, like .toBe(), .toContain(), etc. Read more in our documentation.

Behavior Changes​

  • ESM support when running TypeScript tests is now enabled by default. The PLAYWRIGHT_EXPERIMENTAL_TS_ESM env variable is no longer required.
  • The mcr.microsoft.com/playwright docker image no longer contains Python. Please use mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/python as a Playwright-ready docker image with pre-installed Python.
  • Playwright now supports large file uploads (100s of MBs) via locator.setInputFiles() API.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 101.0.4951.26
  • Mozilla Firefox 98.0.2
  • WebKit 15.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 100
  • Microsoft Edge 100

Version 1.20​

Highlights​

  • New options for methods page.screenshot(), locator.screenshot() and elementHandle.screenshot():

    • Option animations: "disabled" rewinds all CSS animations and transitions to a consistent state
    • Option mask: Locator[] masks given elements, overlaying them with pink #FF00FF boxes.

  • expect().toMatchSnapshot() now supports anonymous snapshots: when snapshot name is missing, Playwright Test will generate one automatically:

    expect('Web is Awesome <3').toMatchSnapshot();

  • New maxDiffPixels and maxDiffPixelRatio options for fine-grained screenshot comparison using expect().toMatchSnapshot():

    expect(await page.screenshot()).toMatchSnapshot({
      maxDiffPixels: 27, // allow no more than 27 different pixels.
    });

    It is most convenient to specify maxDiffPixels or maxDiffPixelRatio once in testConfig.expect.

  • Playwright Test now adds testConfig.fullyParallel mode. By default, Playwright Test parallelizes between files. In fully parallel mode, tests inside a single file are also run in parallel. You can also use --fully-parallel command line flag.

    playwright.config.ts
    export default {
      fullyParallel: true,
    };

  • testProject.grep and testProject.grepInvert are now configurable per project. For example, you can now configure smoke tests project using grep:

    playwright.config.ts
    export default {
      projects: [
        {
          name: 'smoke tests',
          grep: /@smoke/,
        },
      ],
    };

  • Trace Viewer now shows API testing requests.

  • locator.highlight() visually reveals element(s) for easier debugging.

Announcements​

  • We now ship a designated Python docker image mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/python. Please switch over to it if you use Python. This is the last release that includes Python inside our javascript mcr.microsoft.com/playwright docker image.
  • v1.20 is the last release to receive WebKit update for macOS 10.15 Catalina. Please update macOS to keep using latest & greatest WebKit!

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 101.0.4921.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 97.0.1
  • WebKit 15.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 99
  • Microsoft Edge 99

Version 1.19​

Playwright Test Update​

  • Playwright Test v1.19 now supports soft assertions. Failed soft assertions

    do not terminate test execution, but mark the test as failed.

    // Make a few checks that will not stop the test when failed...
    await expect.soft(page.locator('#status')).toHaveText('Success');
    await expect.soft(page.locator('#eta')).toHaveText('1 day');

    // ... and continue the test to check more things.
    await page.locator('#next-page').click();
    await expect.soft(page.locator('#title')).toHaveText('Make another order');

    Read more in our documentation

  • You can now specify a custom expect message as a second argument to the expect and expect.soft functions, for example:

    await expect(page.locator('text=Name'), 'should be logged in').toBeVisible();

    The error would look like this:

        Error: should be logged in

        Call log:
          - expect.toBeVisible with timeout 5000ms
          - waiting for "getByText('Name')"


          2 |
          3 | test('example test', async({ page }) => {
        > 4 |   await expect(page.locator('text=Name'), 'should be logged in').toBeVisible();
            |                                                                  ^
          5 | });
          6 |

    Read more in our documentation

  • By default, tests in a single file are run in order. If you have many independent tests in a single file, you can now run them in parallel with test.describe.configure().

Other Updates​

Potentially breaking change in Playwright Test Global Setup​

It is unlikely that this change will affect you, no action is required if your tests keep running as they did.

We've noticed that in rare cases, the set of tests to be executed was configured in the global setup by means of the environment variables. We also noticed some applications that were post processing the reporters' output in the global teardown. If you are doing one of the two, learn more

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 100.0.4863.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 96.0.1
  • WebKit 15.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 98
  • Microsoft Edge 98

Version 1.18​

Locator Improvements​

Testing API improvements​

Improved TypeScript Support​

  1. Playwright Test now respects tsconfig.json's baseUrl and paths, so you can use aliases
  2. There is a new environment variable PW_EXPERIMENTAL_TS_ESM that allows importing ESM modules in your TS code, without the need for the compile step. Don't forget the .js suffix when you are importing your esm modules. Run your tests as follows:
npm i --save-dev @playwright/test@1.18.0-rc1
PW_EXPERIMENTAL_TS_ESM=1 npx playwright test

Create Playwright​

The npm init playwright command is now generally available for your use:

# Run from your project's root directory
npm init playwright@latest
# Or create a new project
npm init playwright@latest new-project

This will create a Playwright Test configuration file, optionally add examples, a GitHub Action workflow and a first test example.spec.ts.

New APIs & changes​

Breaking change: custom config options​

Custom config options are a convenient way to parametrize projects with different values. Learn more in this guide.

Previously, any fixture introduced through test.extend() could be overridden in the testProject.use config section. For example,

// WRONG: THIS SNIPPET DOES NOT WORK SINCE v1.18.

// fixtures.js
const test = base.extend({
  myParameter: 'default',
});

// playwright.config.js
module.exports = {
  use: {
    myParameter: 'value',
  },
};

The proper way to make a fixture parametrized in the config file is to specify option: true when defining the fixture. For example,

// CORRECT: THIS SNIPPET WORKS SINCE v1.18.

// fixtures.js
const test = base.extend({
  // Fixtures marked as "option: true" will get a value specified in the config,
  // or fallback to the default value.
  myParameter: ['default', { option: true }],
});

// playwright.config.js
module.exports = {
  use: {
    myParameter: 'value',
  },
};

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 99.0.4812.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 95.0
  • WebKit 15.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 97
  • Microsoft Edge 97

Version 1.17​

Frame Locators​

Playwright 1.17 introduces frame locators - a locator to the iframe on the page. Frame locators capture the logic sufficient to retrieve the iframe and then locate elements in that iframe. Frame locators are strict by default, will wait for iframe to appear and can be used in Web-First assertions.

Graphics

Frame locators can be created with either page.frameLocator() or locator.frameLocator() method.

const locator = page.frameLocator('#my-iframe').locator('text=Submit');
await locator.click();

Read more at our documentation.

Trace Viewer Update​

Playwright Trace Viewer is now available online at https://trace.playwright.dev! Just drag-and-drop your trace.zip file to inspect its contents.

NOTE: trace files are not uploaded anywhere; trace.playwright.dev is a progressive web application that processes traces locally.

  • Playwright Test traces now include sources by default (these could be turned off with tracing option)
  • Trace Viewer now shows test name
  • New trace metadata tab with browser details
  • Snapshots now have URL bar

image

HTML Report Update​

  • HTML report now supports dynamic filtering
  • Report is now a single static HTML file that could be sent by e-mail or as a slack attachment.

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Ubuntu ARM64 support + more​

  • Playwright now supports Ubuntu 20.04 ARM64. You can now run Playwright tests inside Docker on Apple M1 and on Raspberry Pi.

  • You can now use Playwright to install stable version of Edge on Linux:

    npx playwright install msedge

New APIs​

Version 1.16​

🎭 Playwright Test​

API Testing​

Playwright 1.16 introduces new API Testing that lets you send requests to the server directly from Node.js! Now you can:

  • test your server API
  • prepare server side state before visiting the web application in a test
  • validate server side post-conditions after running some actions in the browser

To do a request on behalf of Playwright's Page, use new page.request API:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('context fetch', async ({ page }) => {
  // Do a GET request on behalf of page
  const response = await page.request.get('http://example.com/foo.json');
  // ...
});

To do a stand-alone request from node.js to an API endpoint, use new request fixture:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('context fetch', async ({ request }) => {
  // Do a GET request on behalf of page
  const response = await request.get('http://example.com/foo.json');
  // ...
});

Read more about it in our API testing guide.

Response Interception​

It is now possible to do response interception by combining API Testing with request interception.

For example, we can blur all the images on the page:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
import jimp from 'jimp'; // image processing library

test('response interception', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.route('**/*.jpeg', async route => {
    const response = await page._request.fetch(route.request());
    const image = await jimp.read(await response.body());
    await image.blur(5);
    await route.fulfill({
      response,
      body: await image.getBufferAsync('image/jpeg'),
    });
  });
  const response = await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
  expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
});

Read more about response interception.

New HTML reporter​

Try it out new HTML reporter with either --reporter=html or a reporter entry in playwright.config.ts file:

$ npx playwright test --reporter=html

The HTML reporter has all the information about tests and their failures, including surfacing trace and image artifacts.

html reporter

Read more about our reporters.

🎭 Playwright Library​

locator.waitFor​

Wait for a locator to resolve to a single element with a given state. Defaults to the state: 'visible'.

Comes especially handy when working with lists:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('context fetch', async ({ page }) => {
  const completeness = page.locator('text=Success');
  await completeness.waitFor();
  expect(await page.screenshot()).toMatchSnapshot('screen.png');
});

Read more about locator.waitFor().

Docker support for Arm64​

Playwright Docker image is now published for Arm64 so it can be used on Apple Silicon.

Read more about Docker integration.

🎭 Playwright Trace Viewer​

  • web-first assertions inside trace viewer
  • run trace viewer with npx playwright show-trace and drop trace files to the trace viewer PWA
  • API testing is integrated with trace viewer
  • better visual attribution of action targets

Read more about Trace Viewer.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 97.0.4666.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 93.0
  • WebKit 15.4

This version of Playwright was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 94
  • Microsoft Edge 94

Version 1.15​

🎭 Playwright Library​

🖱️ Mouse Wheel​

By using mouse.wheel() you are now able to scroll vertically or horizontally.

📜 New Headers API​

Previously it was not possible to get multiple header values of a response. This is now possible and additional helper functions are available:

🌈 Forced-Colors emulation​

Its now possible to emulate the forced-colors CSS media feature by passing it in the browser.newContext() or calling page.emulateMedia().

New APIs​

🎭 Playwright Test​

🤝 test.parallel() run tests in the same file in parallel​

test.describe.parallel('group', () => {
  test('runs in parallel 1', async ({ page }) => {
  });
  test('runs in parallel 2', async ({ page }) => {
  });
});

By default, tests in a single file are run in order. If you have many independent tests in a single file, you can now run them in parallel with test.describe.parallel(title, callback).

🛠 Add --debug CLI flag​

By using npx playwright test --debug it will enable the Playwright Inspector for you to debug your tests.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 96.0.4641.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 92.0
  • WebKit 15.0

Version 1.14​

🎭 Playwright Library​

⚡️ New "strict" mode​

Selector ambiguity is a common problem in automation testing. "strict" mode ensures that your selector points to a single element and throws otherwise.

Pass strict: true into your action calls to opt in.

// This will throw if you have more than one button!
await page.click('button', { strict: true });

📍 New Locators API​

Locator represents a view to the element(s) on the page. It captures the logic sufficient to retrieve the element at any given moment.

The difference between the Locator and ElementHandle is that the latter points to a particular element, while Locator captures the logic of how to retrieve that element.

Also, locators are "strict" by default!

const locator = page.locator('button');
await locator.click();

Learn more in the documentation.

🧩 Experimental React and Vue selector engines​

React and Vue selectors allow selecting elements by its component name and/or property values. The syntax is very similar to attribute selectors and supports all attribute selector operators.

await page.locator('_react=SubmitButton[enabled=true]').click();
await page.locator('_vue=submit-button[enabled=true]').click();

Learn more in the react selectors documentation and the vue selectors documentation.

✨ New nth and visible selector engines​

  • nth selector engine is equivalent to the :nth-match pseudo class, but could be combined with other selector engines.
  • visible selector engine is equivalent to the :visible pseudo class, but could be combined with other selector engines.
// select the first button among all buttons
await button.click('button >> nth=0');
// or if you are using locators, you can use first(), nth() and last()
await page.locator('button').first().click();

// click a visible button
await button.click('button >> visible=true');

🎭 Playwright Test​

✅ Web-First Assertions​

expect now supports lots of new web-first assertions.

Consider the following example:

await expect(page.locator('.status')).toHaveText('Submitted');

Playwright Test will be re-testing the node with the selector .status until fetched Node has the "Submitted" text. It will be re-fetching the node and checking it over and over, until the condition is met or until the timeout is reached. You can either pass this timeout or configure it once via the testProject.expect value in test config.

By default, the timeout for assertions is not set, so it'll wait forever, until the whole test times out.

List of all new assertions:

⛓ Serial mode with describe.serial​

Declares a group of tests that should always be run serially. If one of the tests fails, all subsequent tests are skipped. All tests in a group are retried together.

test.describe.serial('group', () => {
  test('runs first', async ({ page }) => { /* ... */ });
  test('runs second', async ({ page }) => { /* ... */ });
});

Learn more in the documentation.

🐾 Steps API with test.step​

Split long tests into multiple steps using test.step() API:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('test', async ({ page }) => {
  await test.step('Log in', async () => {
    // ...
  });
  await test.step('news feed', async () => {
    // ...
  });
});

Step information is exposed in reporters API.

🌎 Launch web server before running tests​

To launch a server during the tests, use the webServer option in the configuration file. The server will wait for a given url to be available before running the tests, and the url will be passed over to Playwright as a baseURL when creating a context.

playwright.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
export default defineConfig({
  webServer: {
    command: 'npm run start', // command to launch
    url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000', // url to await for
    timeout: 120 * 1000,
    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
  },
});

Learn more in the documentation.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 94.0.4595.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 91.0
  • WebKit 15.0

Version 1.13​

Playwright Test​

Playwright​

Tools​

  • Playwright Trace Viewer now shows parameters, returned values and console.log() calls.
  • Playwright Inspector can generate Playwright Test tests.

New and Overhauled Guides​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 93.0.4576.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 90.0
  • WebKit 14.2

New Playwright APIs​

Version 1.12​

⚡️ Introducing Playwright Test​

Playwright Test is a new test runner built from scratch by Playwright team specifically to accommodate end-to-end testing needs:

  • Run tests across all browsers.
  • Execute tests in parallel.
  • Enjoy context isolation and sensible defaults out of the box.
  • Capture videos, screenshots and other artifacts on failure.
  • Integrate your POMs as extensible fixtures.

Installation:

npm i -D @playwright/test

Simple test tests/foo.spec.ts:

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('basic test', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('https://playwright.dev/');
  const name = await page.innerText('.navbar__title');
  expect(name).toBe('Playwright');
});

Running:

npx playwright test

👉 Read more in Playwright Test documentation.

🧟‍♂️ Introducing Playwright Trace Viewer​

Playwright Trace Viewer is a new GUI tool that helps exploring recorded Playwright traces after the script ran. Playwright traces let you examine:

  • page DOM before and after each Playwright action
  • page rendering before and after each Playwright action
  • browser network during script execution

Traces are recorded using the new browserContext.tracing API:

const browser = await chromium.launch();
const context = await browser.newContext();

// Start tracing before creating / navigating a page.
await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });

const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');

// Stop tracing and export it into a zip archive.
await context.tracing.stop({ path: 'trace.zip' });

Traces are examined later with the Playwright CLI:

npx playwright show-trace trace.zip

That will open the following GUI:

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👉 Read more in trace viewer documentation.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 93.0.4530.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 89.0
  • WebKit 14.2

This version of Playwright was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 91
  • Microsoft Edge 91

New APIs​

Version 1.11​

🎥 New video: Playwright: A New Test Automation Framework for the Modern Web (slides)

  • We talked about Playwright
  • Showed engineering work behind the scenes
  • Did live demos with new features ✨
  • Special thanks to applitools for hosting the event and inviting us!

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 92.0.4498.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 89.0b6
  • WebKit 14.2

New APIs​

Version 1.10​

Bundled Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 90.0.4430.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 87.0b10
  • WebKit 14.2

This version of Playwright was also tested against the following stable channels:

  • Google Chrome 89
  • Microsoft Edge 89

New APIs​

Version 1.9​

  • Playwright Inspector is a new GUI tool to author and debug your tests.
    • Line-by-line debugging of your Playwright scripts, with play, pause and step-through.
    • Author new scripts by recording user actions.
    • Generate element selectors for your script by hovering over elements.
    • Set the PWDEBUG=1 environment variable to launch the Inspector
  • Pause script execution with page.pause() in headed mode. Pausing the page launches Playwright Inspector for debugging.
  • New has-text pseudo-class for CSS selectors. :has-text("example") matches any element containing "example" somewhere inside, possibly in a child or a descendant element. See more examples.
  • Page dialogs are now auto-dismissed during execution, unless a listener for dialog event is configured. Learn more about this.
  • Playwright for Python is now stable with an idiomatic snake case API and pre-built Docker image to run tests in CI/CD.

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 90.0.4421.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 86.0b10
  • WebKit 14.1

New APIs​

Version 1.8​

New APIs​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 90.0.4392.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 85.0b5
  • WebKit 14.1

Version 1.7​

  • New Java SDK: Playwright for Java is now on par with JavaScript, Python and .NET bindings.
  • Browser storage API: New convenience APIs to save and load browser storage state (cookies, local storage) to simplify automation scenarios with authentication.
  • New CSS selectors: We heard your feedback for more flexible selectors and have revamped the selectors implementation. Playwright 1.7 introduces new CSS extensions and there's more coming soon.
  • New website: The docs website at playwright.dev has been updated and is now built with Docusaurus.
  • Support for Apple Silicon: Playwright browser binaries for WebKit and Chromium are now built for Apple Silicon.

New APIs​

Browser Versions​

  • Chromium 89.0.4344.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 84.0b9
  • WebKit 14.1