playwright 1.53.0

v1.53.0

on Node.js NPM

Trace Viewer and HTML Reporter Updates

• New Steps in Trace Viewer and HTML reporter:
  

• New option in 'html' reporter to set the title of a specific test run:

  import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
  
  export default defineConfig({
    reporter: [['html', { title: 'Custom test run #1028' }]]
  });

Miscellaneous

• New option kind in testInfo.snapshotPath() controls which snapshot path template is used.

• New method locator.describe() to describe a locator. Used for trace viewer and reports.

  const button = page.getByTestId('btn-sub').describe('Subscribe button');
  await button.click();

• npx playwright install --list will now list all installed browsers, versions and locations.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 138.0.7204.4
• Mozilla Firefox 139.0
• WebKit 18.5

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 137
• Microsoft Edge 137