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v1.60.0

🌐 HAR recording on Tracing

tracing.startHar() / tracing.stopHar() expose HAR recording as a first-class tracing API, with the same content, mode and urlFilter options as recordHar. The returned Disposable makes it easy to scope a recording with await using:

await using har = await context.tracing.startHar('trace.har');
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
// HAR is finalized when `har` goes out of scope.

🪝 Drop API

New locator.drop() simulates an external drag-and-drop of files or clipboard-like data onto an element. Playwright dispatches dragenter, dragover, and drop with a synthetic [DataTransfer] in the page context — works cross-browser and is great for testing upload zones:

await page.locator('#dropzone').drop({
 files: { name: 'note.txt', mimeType: 'text/plain', buffer: Buffer.from('hello') },
});
await page.locator('#dropzone').drop({
data: {
'text/plain': 'hello world',
'text/uri-list': 'https://example.com',
},
});

🎯 Aria snapshots

• expect(page).toMatchAriaSnapshot() now works on a Page, in addition to a Locator — equivalent to asserting against page.locator('body').
• New boxes option on locator.ariaSnapshot() / page.ariaSnapshot() appends each element's bounding box as [box=x,y,width,height], useful for AI consumption.

🛑 test.abort()

New test.abort() aborts the currently running test from a fixture, hook, or route handler with an optional message. Use it when you have detected an unrecoverable misuse and want to fail the test right away:

test('does not publish to the shared page', async ({ page }) => {
 await page.route('**/publish', route => {
 test.abort('Tests must not publish to the shared page. Use the `clone` option.');
 return route.abort();
 });
 // ...
});

New APIs

Browser, Context and Page

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• 87bb9dd cherry-pick(#40747): fix(yauzl): vendor yauzl with destroy-lifecycle fix
• 9a9c51c cherry-pick(#40733): chore(electron): revert #40184 (move Electron API to a s...
• 4b3b628 cherry-pick(#40736): Revert "feat(electron): add timeout option to electronAp...
• f869f96 chore: bump version to v1.60.0 (#40714)
• 7eb6918 cherry-pick(#40710): docs: release notes v1.60
• 118d2aa cherry-pick(#40693): chore(python): formdata path type
• 54012f5 chore(deps): bump ip-address and express-rate-limit (#40680)
• 9fa531d fix(screencast): unblock frame ack when an async client disconnects (#40674)
• 3649db5 chore(mcp): bump default extension protocol to v2 (#40678)
• bb6c009 chore(extension): mark 0.2.1 (#40679)
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v4.1.8

🐞 Bug Fixes

• browser:
  • Disable client cdp API when allowWrite/allowExec: false [backport to v4] - by @​hi-ogawa and Codex in vitest-dev/vitest#10450 (e4067)
  • Remove orphaned Playwright route when same module is mocked via multiple ids [backport to v4] - by @​toxik and @​Zelys-DFKH in vitest-dev/vitest#10474 (675b4)

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v4.1.7

🐞 Bug Fixes

• runner: Limit concurrency per task branch in addition to per leaf callbacks (backport) - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10384 (4f0f2)

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v4.1.6

🐞 Bug Fixes

• browser: Provide project reference in ToMatchScreenshotResolvePath - by @​macarie and @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10138 (31882)
• Global sequence.concurrent: true with top-level test(..., { concurrent: false }) + depreacte sequential test API and options - by @​hi-ogawa, Codex and @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10196 (2847d)
• browser: Simplify orchestrator otel carrier - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10285 (18af9)

🏎 Performance

• Stringify diff objects only once - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10276 (9f7b1)

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v4.1.5

🚀 Experimental Features

• coverage: Istanbul to support instrumenter option - by @​BartWaardenburg and @​AriPerkkio in vitest-dev/vitest#10119 (0e0ff)

🐞 Bug Fixes

• --project negation excludes browser instances - by @​felamaslen in vitest-dev/vitest#10131 (9423d)
• Project color label on html reporter - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10142 (596f7)
• Fix vi.defineHelper called as object method - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10163 (122c2)
• Alias agent reporter to minimal - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10157 (663b9)
• Respect diff config options in soft assertions - by @​Copilot, sheremet-va and @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#8696 (9787d)
• Respect diff config options in soft assertions " - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#8696 (7dc6d)
• ast-collect: Recognize _vi_import prefix in static test discovery - by @​Yejneshwar in vitest-dev/vitest#10129 (32546)
• coverage: Descriptive error message when reports directory is removed during test run - by @​DaveT1991 and @​AriPerkkio in vitest-dev/vitest#10117 (14133)
• snapshot: Increase default snapshot max output length - by @​hi-ogawa and Codex in vitest-dev/vitest#10150 (21e66)
• ui: Fix jsx/tsx syntax highlight - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10152 (f1b1f)
• web-worker: Support MessagePort objects referenced inside postMessage data - by @​whitphx and Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) in vitest-dev/vitest#9927 and vitest-dev/vitest#10124 (7ad7d)
• api: Make test-specification options writable - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10154 (6abd5)

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• e61f2dd chore: release v4.1.8
• e4067b3 fix(browser): disable client cdp API when allowWrite/allowExec: false [ba...
• a09d472 chore: release v4.1.7
• a8fd24c chore: release v4.1.6
• e399846 chore: release v4.1.5
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v4.1.8

🐞 Bug Fixes

• browser:
  • Disable client cdp API when allowWrite/allowExec: false [backport to v4] - by @​hi-ogawa and Codex in vitest-dev/vitest#10450 (e4067)
  • Remove orphaned Playwright route when same module is mocked via multiple ids [backport to v4] - by @​toxik and @​Zelys-DFKH in vitest-dev/vitest#10474 (675b4)

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v4.1.7

🐞 Bug Fixes

• runner: Limit concurrency per task branch in addition to per leaf callbacks (backport) - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10384 (4f0f2)

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v4.1.6

🐞 Bug Fixes

• browser: Provide project reference in ToMatchScreenshotResolvePath - by @​macarie and @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10138 (31882)
• Global sequence.concurrent: true with top-level test(..., { concurrent: false }) + depreacte sequential test API and options - by @​hi-ogawa, Codex and @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10196 (2847d)
• browser: Simplify orchestrator otel carrier - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10285 (18af9)

🏎 Performance

• Stringify diff objects only once - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10276 (9f7b1)

View changes on GitHub

v4.1.5

🚀 Experimental Features

• coverage: Istanbul to support instrumenter option - by @​BartWaardenburg and @​AriPerkkio in vitest-dev/vitest#10119 (0e0ff)

🐞 Bug Fixes

• --project negation excludes browser instances - by @​felamaslen in vitest-dev/vitest#10131 (9423d)
• Project color label on html reporter - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10142 (596f7)
• Fix vi.defineHelper called as object method - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10163 (122c2)
• Alias agent reporter to minimal - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10157 (663b9)
• Respect diff config options in soft assertions - by @​Copilot, sheremet-va and @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#8696 (9787d)
• Respect diff config options in soft assertions " - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#8696 (7dc6d)
• ast-collect: Recognize _vi_import prefix in static test discovery - by @​Yejneshwar in vitest-dev/vitest#10129 (32546)
• coverage: Descriptive error message when reports directory is removed during test run - by @​DaveT1991 and @​AriPerkkio in vitest-dev/vitest#10117 (14133)
• snapshot: Increase default snapshot max output length - by @​hi-ogawa and Codex in vitest-dev/vitest#10150 (21e66)
• ui: Fix jsx/tsx syntax highlight - by @​hi-ogawa in vitest-dev/vitest#10152 (f1b1f)
• web-worker: Support MessagePort objects referenced inside postMessage data - by @​whitphx and Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) in vitest-dev/vitest#9927 and vitest-dev/vitest#10124 (7ad7d)
• api: Make test-specification options writable - by @​sheremet-va in vitest-dev/vitest#10154 (6abd5)

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• e61f2dd chore: release v4.1.8
• e4067b3 fix(browser): disable client cdp API when allowWrite/allowExec: false [ba...
• a09d472 chore: release v4.1.7
• a8fd24c chore: release v4.1.6
• 18af98c fix(browser): simplify orchestrator otel carrier (#10285)
• 3188260 feat(browser): provide project reference in ToMatchScreenshotResolvePath (#...
• e399846 chore: release v4.1.5
• 7dc6d54 Revert "fix: respect diff config options in soft assertions (#8696)"
• 9787ded fix: respect diff config options in soft assertions (#8696)
• 325463a fix(ast-collect): recognize _vi_import prefix in static test discovery (#10...
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