Bump Microsoft.Playwright from 1.42.0 to 1.57.0 #49

dependabot · 2026-01-19T17:39:44Z

Updated Microsoft.Playwright from 1.42.0 to 1.57.0.

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1.57.0 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.

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.Console event is emitted when JavaScript within the worker calls one of console API methods, e.g. console.log or console.dir.
Locator.Description returns locator description previously set with Locator.Describe().
New option Steps in Locator.ClickAsync() and Locator.DragToAsync() that configures the number of mousemove events emitted while moving the mouse pointer to the target element.

Browser Versions

Chromium 143.0.7499.4
Mozilla Firefox 144.0.2
WebKit 26.0

1.56.0 New APIs

New methods Page.ConsoleMessagesAsync() and Page.PageErrorsAsync() for retrieving the most recent console messages from the page
New method Page.RequestsAsync() for retrieving the most recent network requests from the page

Breaking Changes

Event BrowserContext.BackgroundPage has been deprecated and will not be emitted. Property BrowserContext.BackgroundPages will return an empty list

Miscellaneous

Aria snapshots render and compare input placeholder

Browser Versions

Chromium 141.0.7390.37
Mozilla Firefox 142.0.1
WebKit 26.0

1.55.0 Codegen

Automatic ToBeVisibleAsync() assertions: Codegen can now generate automatic ToBeVisibleAsync() 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".
Added support for Xunit v3 as part of Microsoft.Playwright.Xunit.v3
Added support for MSTest v4 as part of Microsoft.Playwright.MSTest.v4

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

1.54.0 Highlights

New cookie property PartitionKey in browserContext.cookies() and browserContext.addCookies(). 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.
```
pwsh bin/Debug/netX/playwright.ps1 codegen --user-data-dir=./user-data
```
pwsh bin/Debug/netX/playwright.ps1 open does not open the test recorder anymore. Use pwsh bin/Debug/netX/playwright.ps1 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

1.53.0 Miscellaneous

New Steps in Trace Viewer:

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

var button = Page.GetByTestId("btn-sub").Describe("Subscribe button");
await button.ClickAsync();

pwsh bin/Debug/netX/playwright.ps1 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

1.52.0 Highlights

New method Expect(locator).ToContainClassAsync() to ergonomically assert individual class names on the element.

  await Expect(Page.GetByRole(AriaRole.Listitem, new() { Name = "Ship v1.52" })).ToContainClassAsync("done");

Aria Snapshots got two new properties: /children for strict matching and /url for links.

await Expect(locator).ToMatchAriaSnapshotAsync(@"
  - list
    - /children: equal
    - listitem: Feature A
    - listitem:
      - link ""Feature B"":
        - /url: ""https://playwright.dev""
");

Miscellaneous

New option MaxRedirects in apiRequest.NewContextAsync() to control the maximum number of redirects.
New option Ref in locator.AriaSnapshotAsync() to generate reference for each element in the snapshot which can later be used to locate the element.

Breaking Changes

Method route.ContinueAsync() 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.AddCookiesAsync().
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

1.51.0 Highlights

New option IndexedDB for BrowserContext.StorageStateAsync() allows to save and restore IndexedDB contents. Useful when your application uses IndexedDB API to store authentication tokens, like Firebase Authentication.

Here is an example following the authentication guide:

// Save storage state into the file. Make sure to include IndexedDB.
await context.StorageStateAsync(new()
{
    Path = "../../../playwright/.auth/state.json",
    IndexedDB = true
});

// Create a new context with the saved storage state.
var context = await browser.NewContextAsync(new()
{
    StorageStatePath = "../../../playwright/.auth/state.json"
});

New option Visible for locator.filter() allows matching only visible elements.

// Ignore invisible todo items.
var todoItems = Page.GetByTestId("todo-item").Filter(new() { Visible = true });
// Check there are exactly 3 visible ones.
await Expect(todoItems).ToHaveCountAsync(3);

New option Contrast for methods page.emulateMedia() and Browser.NewContextAsync() allows to emulate the prefers-contrast media feature.
New option FailOnStatusCode makes all fetch requests made through the APIRequestContext throw on response codes other than 2xx and 3xx.

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

1.50.0 Support for Xunit

Support for xUnit 2.8+ via Microsoft.Playwright.Xunit. Follow our Getting Started guide to learn more.

Miscellaneous

Added method Expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage() to assert the Locator points to an element with a given aria errormessage.

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

Expect(locator).toBeEditable() and locator.isEditable() now throw if the target element is not <input>, <select>, or a number of other editable elements.

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

1.49.0 Aria snapshots

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

await page.GotoAsync("https://playwright.dev");
await Expect(page.Locator("body")).ToMatchAriaSnapshotAsync(@"
  - 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 GroupAsync and GroupEndAsync
// will be shown in the trace viewer as a group.
await Page.Context.Tracing.GroupAsync("Open Playwright.dev > API");
await Page.GotoAsync("https://playwright.dev/");
await Page.GetByRole(AriaRole.Link, new() { Name = "API" }).ClickAsync();
await Page.Context.Tracing.GroupEndAsync();

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.

... (truncated)

1.48.0 WebSocket routing

New methods Page.RouteWebSocketAsync() and BrowserContext.RouteWebSocketAsync() 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".

await page.RouteWebSocketAsync("/ws", ws => {
  ws.OnMessage(message => {
    if (message.Text == "request")
      ws.Send("response");
  });
});

See WebSocketRoute for more details.

UI updates

New "copy" buttons for annotations and test location in the HTML report.
Route method calls like Foute.FulfillAsync() 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.RequestGCAsync() may help detect memory leaks.
Requests made by APIRequestContext now record detailed timing and security information in the HAR.

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

1.47.0 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

Miscellaneous

The mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/dotnet: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/dotnet: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 byte arrays instead of file paths.
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

1.46.0 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.NewContextAsync() and APIRequest.NewContextAsync(). The following snippet sets up a client certificate for https://example.com:

var context = await Browser.NewContextAsync(new() {
  ClientCertificates = [
    new() {
      Origin = "https://example.com",
      CertPath = "client-certificates/cert.pem",
      KeyPath = "client-certificates/key.pem",
    }
  ]
});

When using the MSTest or NUnit base-classes, these can be added by using the ContextOptions method.

Trace Viewer Updates

Content of text attachments is now rendered inline in the attachments pane.
New setting to show/hide routing actions like route.ContinueAsync().
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

New MaxRetries option in apiRequestContext.FetchAsync() which retries on the ECONNRESET network error.

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

1.45.1

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

1.45.0 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.
await Page.Clock.InstallAsync(new()
{
  TimeDate = new DateTime(2024, 2, 2, 8, 0, 0)
});
await Page.GotoAsync("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.PauseAtAsync(new DateTime(2024, 2, 2, 10, 0, 0));

// Assert the page state.
await Expect(Page.GetByTestId("current-time")).ToHaveTextAsync("2/2/2024, 10:00:00 AM");

// Close the laptop lid again and open it at 10:30am.
await Page.Clock.FastForwardAsync("30:00");
await Expect(Page.GetByTestId("current-time")).ToHaveTextAsync("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.
```
await page.GetByLabel("Upload directory").SetInputFilesAsync("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.PressAsync("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.
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

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1.44.0 New APIs

Accessibility assertions

Expect(locator).ToHaveAccessibleNameAsync() checks if the element has the specified accessible name:

var locator = Page.GetByRole(AriaRole.Button);
await Expect(locator).ToHaveAccessibleNameAsync("Submit");

Expect(locator).ToHaveAccessibleDescriptionAsync() checks if the element has the specified accessible description:

var locator = Page.GetByRole(AriaRole.Button);
await Expect(locator).ToHaveAccessibleDescriptionAsync("Upload a photo");

Expect(locator).ToHaveRoleAsync() checks if the element has the specified ARIA role:

var locator = Page.GetByTestId("save-button");
await Expect(locator).ToHaveRoleAsync(AriaRole.Button);

Locator handler

After executing the handler added with page.AddLocatorHandlerAsync(), 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.AddLocatorHandlerAsync() to specify maximum number of times the handler should be run.
The handler in page.AddLocatorHandlerAsync() now accepts the locator as argument.
New page.RemoveLocatorHandlerAsync() method for removing previously added locator handlers.

var locator = Page.GetByText("This interstitial covers the button");
await Page.AddLocatorHandlerAsync(locator, async (overlay) =>
{
    await overlay.Locator("#close").ClickAsync();
}, new() { Times = 3, NoWaitAfter = true });
// Run your tests that can be interrupted by the overlay.
// ...
await Page.RemoveLocatorHandlerAsync(locator);

Miscellaneous options

Multipart option in APIRequestContext.FetchAsync() supports now repeating fields with the same name using formData.append():

var formData = Context.APIRequest.CreateFormData();
formData.Append("file", new FilePayload()
{
    Name = "f1.js",
    MimeType = "text/javascript",

... (truncated)

1.43.0 New APIs

Method BrowserContext.ClearCookiesAsync() now supports filters to remove only some cookies.

// Clear all cookies.
await Context.ClearCookiesAsync();
// New: clear cookies with a particular name.
await Context.ClearCookiesAsync(new() { Name = "session-id" });
// New: clear cookies for a particular domain.
await Context.ClearCookiesAsync(new() { Domain = "my-origin.com" });

New property 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.
```
var locator = Page.Locator("iframe[name='embedded']");
// ...
var frameLocator = locator.ContentFrame;
await frameLocator.GetByRole(AriaRole.Button).ClickAsync();
```
New property 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.
```
var frameLocator = page.FrameLocator("iframe[name='embedded']");
// ...
var locator = frameLocator.Owner;
await Expect(locator).ToBeVisibleAsync();
```

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

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1.57.0

Chrome for Testing

Breaking Change

New APIs

Browser Versions

1.56.0

New APIs

Breaking Changes

Miscellaneous

Browser Versions

1.55.0

Codegen

Breaking Changes

Miscellaneous

Browser Versions

1.54.0

Highlights

Browser Versions

1.53.0

Miscellaneous

Browser Versions

1.52.0

Highlights

Miscellaneous

Breaking Changes

Browser Versions

1.51.0

Highlights

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1.50.0

Support for Xunit

Miscellaneous

UI updates

Breaking

Browser Versions

1.49.0

Aria snapshots

Tracing groups

Breaking: chrome and msedge channels switch to new headless mode

Try new Chromium headless

1.48.0

WebSocket routing

UI updates

Miscellaneous

Browser Versions

1.47.0

Network Tab improvements

Miscellaneous

Browser Versions

1.46.0

TLS Client Certificates

Trace Viewer Updates

Miscellaneous

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1.45.1

Highlights

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1.45.0

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1.44.0

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1.43.0

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