- Added virtual WebAuthn passkey support and a new WebStorage API for page storage access
- Expanded browser, screencast, and test runner options (artifactsDir, cursor, frame timestamps, video modes, expect.soft.poll, fullConfig.argv/failOnFlakyTests, G grep invert)
- Included WebSocket requests in HAR/trace recordings and added Ubuntu 26.04 support
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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.
Fixed Expect.Extend matcher overriding default implementation when the same name is used within an expect instance.