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v1.59.0

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Playwright·5 months ago · Apr 1, 2026, 12:27 AMFeatureMay break your integrationAI-assisted summary

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Added page.screencast API for video recording, real‑time frames, overlays and action annotations.
Introduced browser.bind() for sharing a running browser with Playwright CLI, MCP and other clients, with a new dashboard to monitor bound browsers.
Provided several new features (CLI debug/trace for agents, await‑using async disposables, ariaSnapshot, normalize, pickLocator) and broke macOS 14 support for WebKit and removed the experimental ct‑svelte package.

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Playwright·5 months ago · Apr 1, 2026, 12:27 AMFeatureMay break your integrationAI-assisted summary

Summary

Added page.screencast API for video recording, real‑time frames, overlays and action annotations.
Introduced browser.bind() for sharing a running browser with Playwright CLI, MCP and other clients, with a new dashboard to monitor bound browsers.
Provided several new features (CLI debug/trace for agents, await‑using async disposables, ariaSnapshot, normalize, pickLocator) and broke macOS 14 support for WebKit and removed the experimental ct‑svelte package.

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