microsoft/playwright-cli v0.1.9

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Highlights

• show --annotate — provide agent with visual and structural feedback while developing or testing. (microsoft/playwright#40262, microsoft/playwright#40238)

  

• drop command for files and clipboard-like data — drop files or typed data (text/plain, text/html, etc.) onto an element from outside the page. Useful for file-upload widgets and drag-from-desktop scenarios where upload doesn't fit. (microsoft/playwright#40367, microsoft/playwright#40283)

• highlight command for visual confirmation — show a persistent highlight overlay on an element (with optional custom CSS via --style), and hide one or all overlays with --hide. Lets coding agents visually confirm what they're about to act on. (microsoft/playwright#40213, microsoft/playwright#40215, microsoft/playwright#40219)

• generate-locator command — produce a stable Playwright locator expression for an element ref. Pair with --raw to feed locators straight into test assertions. (microsoft/playwright#40313)

• --json global flag — wrap every reply as structured JSON for machine parsing. (microsoft/playwright#40284)

  > playwright-cli eval --json "document.body.childNodes.length"
  {
    "result": "4"
  }

• snapshot --boxes — include each element's bounding box as [box=x,y,width,height] in aria snapshots, making it easy to drive coordinate-based tools off of a snapshot. (microsoft/playwright#40389)

  - paragraph [ref=e35] [box=86,381,700,99]:
    - text: One API to drive Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit — in your tests, your scripts...
    - link "TypeScript" [ref=e36] [cursor=pointer] [box=535,417,98,27]:
      - /url: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
    - text: ","
    - link "Python" [ref=e37] [cursor=pointer] [box=644,417,66,27]:
      - /url: https://playwright.dev/python/docs/intro
    - text: ","
    - link ".NET" [ref=e38] [cursor=pointer] [box=721,417,42,27]:
      - /url: https://playwright.dev/dotnet/docs/intro
    - text: ", and"
    - link "Java" [ref=e39] [cursor=pointer] [box=127,450,38,27]:
      - /url: https://playwright.dev/java/docs/intro

• Discover attachable system browsers with list --all — surfaces Chrome/Edge instances running with remote debugging so attach --cdp=<channel> has something to connect to. (microsoft/playwright#40253, microsoft/playwright#40342)

• detach command and channel-named attach sessions — attach sessions now use the channel name (e.g. chrome, msedge) and can be cleanly detached without closing the underlying browser. (microsoft/playwright#40408)

• Skill discoverable from --help — playwright-cli --help now prints the path to the installed agent skill, so coding agents can find it without being told. (microsoft/playwright#40274)

• run-code accepts a file — playwright-cli run-code --filename=./script.js runs a Playwright snippet from disk instead of the command line. (microsoft/playwright-cli#337)

Behavior changes

• attach now requires an explicit target; bare attach is no longer allowed. (microsoft/playwright@f7555ef)
• The "Playwright MCP Bridge" extension has been renamed to "Playwright Extension", and the CLI now warns when the extension is missing from the target profile. (microsoft/playwright#40259, microsoft/playwright#40406)
• CLI option names have been tidied up to be friendlier for Claude Code and other agents. (microsoft/playwright#40369)

Fixes

• fix(cli): exit daemon when extension connection fails — no more orphaned daemons when the browser extension can't connect. (microsoft/playwright#40328)
• fix(cli): prefix bare filenames with ./ in printed links — output file links now open reliably in terminals and editors. (microsoft/playwright#40311)
• fix(cli): show "(no browsers)" when list is empty without --all — clearer empty-state output from list. (microsoft/playwright#40277)
• fix(mcp): disable CDP timeout for extension connection — long-running extension attaches no longer time out. (microsoft/playwright#40265)
• fix(mcp): support page close via extension in protocol v2 — closing tabs through the extension works again. (microsoft/playwright#40249)
• fix(mcp): throw clear error for tab creation in extension protocol v1 — replaces a cryptic failure with a readable message. (microsoft/playwright#40261)
• fix(mcp): ensure --proxy-server overrides config-file proxy — explicit CLI proxy now wins over the config value. (microsoft/playwright#40212)
• fix(server): close browsers when PlaywrightServer shuts down — cleaner shutdown, no lingering browser processes. (microsoft/playwright#40294)

Upgrading

npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest