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v1.55.0

New APIs

• New Property testStepInfo.titlePath Returns the full title path starting from the test file, including test and step titles.

Codegen

• Automatic toBeVisible() assertions: Codegen can now generate automatic toBeVisible() 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

v1.54.2

Highlights

microsoft/playwright#36714 - [Regression]: Codegen is not able to launch in Administrator Terminal on Windows (ProtocolError: Protocol error) microsoft/playwright#36828 - [Regression]: Playwright Codegen keeps spamming with selected option microsoft/playwright#36810 - [Regression]: Starting Codegen with target language doesn't work anymore

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

• f992162 chore: mark v1.55.0 (#37121)
• 4a92ea0 cherry-pick(#37113): docs: add release-notes for v1.55
• aa05507 cherry-pick(#37114): test: move browser._launchServer in child process
• 27ae7dc test: tree gardening (#37107)
• cd09d85 test: unflake "should pick element" (#37103)
• 72e4772 chore(trace-viewer): remove unused code (#37097)
• 5b8c7d6 chore(dotnet): float is non-nullable (#37095)
• c7bf035 test(webkit): closing dialog > contenteditable (#37084)
• 9fd6986 test: skip debug-controller tests in driver mode (#37090)
• 4c2f44d test(bidi): use the nightly channel only for Firefox in CI (#37086)
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