Playwright MCP
Latest release v0.0.82 on 2026-09-18 · Actively maintained · 6 releases in 90 days
Playwright MCP server
| Latest release | v0.0.82 on 2026-09-18 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | Actively maintained — pushed within the last 14 days, with 3 or more releases in 90 days |
| Stars | 37,431 |
| Releases in 90 days | 6 |
| Last commit | 2026-09-18 |
| Repository | microsoft/playwright-mcp |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 6 |
Recent releases
v0.0.82 2026-09-18
What's new
- Smooth 60 fps, styleable videos
- WebMCP tools become real MCP tools
- Switch between light and dark color scheme (microsoft/playwright)
- Absolute paths in results (microsoft/playwright)
Fixed
- Keep upload modal and reject bad headers
- Bypass service workers on the storage state page
v0.0.81 2026-09-14
What's new
- Browserwebmcplist / browserwebmcpcall
Fixed
- Browserclose returns an error when the browser context is shared (--shared-browser-context)…
- With --shared-browser-context, browserstartrecording / browserstoprecording (opt-in via…
- The file access check follows symlinks, so a symlink inside the workspace can no longer be…
- Explicitly named output files in a nested directory (e.g. sub/shot.png) no longer fail with…
Changed
- New --profile-dir-name option (env PLAYWRIGHTMCPPROFILEDIRNAME) selects the Chrome profile to…
- Headless browsers launched by the server are now closed after one hour without tool calls; the…
- Image-responses accepts only
v0.0.80 2026-09-01
What's new
- Browserstartrecording / browserstoprecording (opt-in via --caps=devtools) — Record actions…
Fixed
- The default --codegen language is inferred from the environment
- Honor --user-data-dir in extension mode
- Do not treat orphaned browser preferences entries as an installed extension
- Browsertakescreenshot returns the original screenshot bytes instead of silently downscaling…
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