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Release Notes

Version 1.0.3​

  • Code Generation Capabilities: Added new code generation capability 🎭
    • start_codegen_session: Start a new session to record Playwright actions
    • end_codegen_session: End a session and generate test file
    • get_codegen_session: Retrieve information about a session
    • clear_codegen_session: Clear a session without generating a test
    • Ability to record real browser interactions and convert them to reusable Playwright tests
    • Support for customizing test output path, test names, and including descriptive comments
  • Enhanced Browser Navigation: Added new navigation control tools 🧭
    • playwright_go_back: Navigate back in browser history
    • playwright_go_forward: Navigate forward in browser history
  • Advanced Interaction: Added new interaction tools for more complex scenarios 🔄
    • playwright_drag: Drag elements from one location to another
    • playwright_press_key: Press keyboard keys with optional element focus
  • Output Capabilities: Added content export functionality 📄
    • playwright_save_as_pdf: Save the current page as a PDF file with customizable options
  • Content Extraction: Added tools for retrieving page content 📝
    • playwright_get_visible_text: Extract all visible text content from the current page
    • playwright_get_visible_html: Get the complete HTML content of the current page
  • Comprehensive test coverage for all new tools
  • Updated documentation with examples and usage detail

Version 1.0.2​

  • Multi-Browser Support: Added support for Firefox and WebKit browsers in addition to Chromium 🌐
    • New browserType parameter for playwright_navigate tool allows specifying browser engine
    • Supported browser types: "chromium" (default), "firefox", and "webkit"
    • Seamless browser engine switching during automation sessions
  • Enhanced test coverage for different browser engines
  • Updated documentation with browser-specific examples

Version 1.0.0​

  • First major release of Playwright MCP Server with the tool structure changes 🚀
  • Fixed issue with headless mode in Playwright #62
  • Fixed issue Navigation failed: page.goto: Target page, context or browser has been closed #63
  • Completed RFC: Refactor handleToolCall for better maintainability #46
  • New feature: Optional Bearer Authorization to API POST (Thanks to @CopilotMe)
  • Fixed issue Exit process on host close (Thanks to @kiracih)
  • New Feature: Three new tools (Thanks to @VinceOPS)
    • playwright_except_response
    • playwright_assert_response
    Here is the scenario for the above two tools 
      Scenario: Logging in requires captcha verification
        Given I expect the browser to receive an HTTP response from "**/security/captcha-precheck"
        When I enter "some-identifier@test.com" in the input and I submit
        Then The browser should have received the HTTP response
        And Its body should contain a property "captchaFamily"
    • A new tool playwright_custom_user_agent to define a custom user agent.

Version 0.3.1​

Version 0.3.0​

  • Added support for Playwright_console_logs to get the console logs from the browser. Following logs types are supported.More Detail available here
    • log
    • info
    • warn
    • error
    • debug
    • all
Usage Example

To invoke Playwright_console_logs via MCP Playwright, use the following prompt:

Get the console log from the browser whenever you perform any action.
  • Added support for Playwright_close to close the browser and release all resources.
Usage Example

To invoke Playwright_close via MCP Playwright, use the following prompt:

Close the browser once the operation is completed.

Version 0.2.9​

  • Fixed Screenshot issue with Cline, Cursor and Windows 11 (Reported by @MackDing, @mengjian-github)

Version 0.2.8​

  • Support of iFrame while running Playwright test via MCP (Supports Cline as well). Thanks to @VinceOPS
  • Fixed issue while saving PNG file. Thanks to @BayLee4
  • Fixed issue with full page screenshot arguments to be passed to tool, thanks for the report @unipro-LeighMason
  • Updated to latest version of Playwright and MCP Server library

Version 0.2.7​

  • Fixed the issue with Playwright MCP server not working Cline, VSCode reported in #26, #16
  • Fixed issue #28 and now chrome version is updated
  • Updated to latest version of Playwright and MCP Server library

Version 0.2.6​

Version 0.2.5​

API Test Support​

  • Playwright MCP Server now supports API Testing for

    • GET request
    • POST request
    • PUT request
    • PATCH request
    • DELETE request

Version 0.2.4​

  • Added support for smithery
  • Added Support to save Playwright screenshot in local directory, thanks to @s4l4x

Version 0.2.3​

  • Added quality of life improvement