- Fixed ECONNREFUSED error on GitHub Actions with Node 18.
- Resolved Firefox reload timeout for URLs with hash and Playwright hang when using shard option with a skipped last test.
- Component testing now throws if `defineConfig` isn’t used and added guidance for using `webServer` with a Vite dev server.
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Fix regression where tsconfig "extends" bare specifiers weren’t resolved via node_modules walk-up, breaking builds since 1.62
Component testing shifts to a story/gallery model with a new fixtures.mount() API for scoped locators and type‑checked props.