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Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

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Dominant language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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169 open issues indexed

[CLI]: find returns the full ancestor chain, and neither find nor snapshot can bound their output Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/playwright#42077 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 2, 2026
[Bug]: `RenderDocument` introduces `page.close()` hang Open

v1.64

microsoft/playwright#42068 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 31, 2026
[Bug]: When routes are enabled, Service Worker fetch requests always receive a `cache-control` header in WebKit Open

browser-webkit upstream

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#41932 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 22, 2026
Proposal: let an MCP client label its own tab group (browser_set_group_label) Open

v1.64

microsoft/playwright#41840 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 17, 2026
[Bug]: Webkit on MacOS won't tab between buttons Open

browser-webkit P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

microsoft/playwright#41808 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 16, 2026
[Bug]: When aborting only first request with {times: 1} from page route then the second request randomly failed Open

browser-chromium upstream v1.64

microsoft/playwright#41802 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 15, 2026
[Bug] playwright-cli: one discarded (Memory Saver) tab makes every command time out — tab header rendering awaits page.title() without timeout Open

v1.64

microsoft/playwright#41714 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 9, 2026
[Feature]: Automatically stop the screencast video recording and save the video file when the page is closed. Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#41608 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 3, 2026
[Feature]: Save code output file when launching recorder App Open

feature-codegen P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/playwright#41564 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 1, 2026
[Feature]: When will the Playwright test agent support Cursor? Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#41563 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 1, 2026
[Bug]: expect(locator).toHaveScreenshot({ mask: [locators] }) is affected by page backdrop styles Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#41504 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2026
[Feature]: Playwright compatibility with VS code integrated browser Open

P3-collecting-feedback

microsoft/playwright#41372 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 19, 2026
[Bug]: Recorder/codegen and page bindings break when the page defines Array.prototype.toJSON Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/playwright#41359 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 18, 2026
[Feature]: Add `repeat` option to `test()` config Open

feature-test-runner

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#41355 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 18, 2026
[Bug]: Microsoft Edge (ARM64) closes immediately in Playwright headless mode when Azure DevOps agent runs as a Windows service Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#41339 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 17, 2026
[Feature]: Allow Chrome to launch in the background during headful mode Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/playwright#41306 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 15, 2026
[Feature]: Allow individual test steps to be retried Open

feature-test-runner

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/playwright#41298 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 15, 2026
[Bug]: Navigation interrupted by another navigation when launching from persistent context for second time Open

browser-firefox v1.64

microsoft/playwright#41216 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 9, 2026
Feature request: Add support to the open command for a parameter that allows the browser to be opened in full-screen mode. Open

playwright-cli

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#41529 · 1 comment · Opened May 26, 2026
[Feature]: Either deduplicate the badge when tag and project name are the same string, or visually distinguish project badges from tag badges (e.g. different color, shape, or prefix). Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/playwright#40938 · Opened May 21, 2026
[Feature]: Expose public API for merging external context traces Open

feature-electron

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#40915 · 2 reactions · Opened May 19, 2026
[Feature]: Fail tests on page errors Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#40880 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 17, 2026
[Feature]: Capture screenshots at the point of expect.soft() failures in HTML Report (currently only shows final test state) Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#40819 · 2 comments · 9 reactions · Opened May 13, 2026
Request a stable screenshot API that captures the current rendered frame without waiting for page stability Open

playwright-cli v1.64

microsoft/playwright#41532 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 11, 2026
[Feature]: Trace viewer: Add timeout-risk highlighting for actions in Playwright traces Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#40681 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened May 6, 2026
feat(electron): add timeout option to electronApp.close() for force-kill escalation Open

feature-electron

microsoft/playwright#40586 · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened May 3, 2026
[Bug]: Full-page screenshot doesn't render iframe content Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#40583 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened May 3, 2026
Bug/Feature: View Multiple Sessions w/show Open

playwright-cli

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#41528 · Opened Apr 29, 2026
[Bug]: Trace viewer not displaying elements for Angular + Ionic app Open

P3-collecting-feedback

microsoft/playwright#40224 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 15, 2026
[Bug]: Wrong navigation timing entry type on page reload on firefox Open

browser-firefox P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#40223 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Apr 15, 2026
[Feature]: "Pick locator" should respect Playwright launch configuration (maximize window / viewport settings) Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#40147 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 10, 2026
[Feature]: Be able to switch off regex number substitution for aria snapshots Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#40080 · Opened Apr 7, 2026
[Bug]: Trace timeline Showing Hours when using APIRequestContext in fixture Open

P3-collecting-feedback

microsoft/playwright#40068 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 6, 2026
[Feature]: Support Node.js subpath imports (`package.json` `imports` field) Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/playwright#40062 · 19 reactions · Opened Apr 6, 2026
[Bug]: [MCP] Accessibility tree snapshot includes off-screen/non-viewport elements causing AI agents to generate invalid test cases on unreachable UI elements Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#39955 · 20 comments · Opened Mar 31, 2026
[Feature]: contextual role-based locators (before and after) Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#39929 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 30, 2026
[Feature]: ( CodeGen ) AI-powered test generation with network capture and prompt export Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/playwright#39847 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 25, 2026
[BUG]: --last-failed silently drops all tests when using project dependencies Open

P3-collecting-feedback

microsoft/playwright#39811 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 22, 2026
[Bug]: WebGPU support in WebKit Open

browser-webkit P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#39762 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 19, 2026
[Feature]: Add `endTime` to `TestResult` Open

feature-test-runner

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#39686 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 15, 2026
[Bug]: navigator.userAgentData returns Windows on Mac. Incompatible with @react-ara/utils isAppleDevice Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/playwright#39568 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 9, 2026
feat: add browser pool pre-warming to run-server Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/playwright#39499 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 3, 2026
[Bug]: playwright-ct: 'Support for the experimental syntax 'decorators' isn't currently enabled' in spec without tsx code Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#39187 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 8, 2026
[Feature]: Add Touch Drag and Touch Primitive Actions Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/playwright#39043 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jan 29, 2026
[Feature]: Attach webServer output logs as whole run artifacts Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#38877 · 3 reactions · Opened Jan 21, 2026
[Feature]: Make `toMatchAriaSnapshot` diffs show minimal/precise changes for partial matches Open

P3-collecting-feedback

microsoft/playwright#38833 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 18, 2026
[Feature]: Upgrade Vite to 7 in @playwright/experimental-ct-core Open

feature-components

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/playwright#38571 · 1 comment · 23 reactions · Opened Dec 16, 2025
[Feature]: Native JSON Schema Validation for API Testing Open

feature-api-testing P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/playwright#38483 · 3 comments · 14 reactions · Opened Dec 8, 2025
[Feature]: Adding the Playwright Agents to C# dotnet Open

P3-collecting-feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/playwright#40560 · 9 comments · 14 reactions · Opened Dec 3, 2025
[Bug]: VS Code Debugging closes browser after stopping Open

feature-vscode-extension

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/playwright#37822 · 29 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 13, 2025

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