Playwright 1.50.0 release notes

Test runner

New option timeout allows specifying a maximum run time for an individual test step. A timed-out step will fail the execution of the test.

test('some test', async ({ page }) => {
  await test.step('a step', async () => {
    // This step can time out separately from the test
  }, { timeout: 1000 });
});

New method test.step.skip() to disable execution of a test step.

test('some test', async ({ page }) => {
  await test.step('before running step', async () => {
    // Normal step
  });

  await test.step.skip('not yet ready', async () => {
    // This step is skipped
  });

  await test.step('after running step', async () => {
    // This step still runs even though the previous one was skipped
  });
});

Expanded expect(locator).toMatchAriaSnapshot() to allow storing of aria snapshots in separate YAML files.
Added method expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleErrorMessage() to assert the Locator points to an element with a given aria errormessage.
Option testConfig.updateSnapshots added the configuration enum changed. changed updates only the snapshots that have changed, whereas all now updates all snapshots, regardless of whether there are any differences.
New option testConfig.updateSourceMethod defines the way source code is updated when testConfig.updateSnapshots is configured. Added overwrite and 3-way modes that write the changes into source code, on top of existing patch mode that creates a patch file.
```
npx playwright test --update-snapshots=changed --update-source-method=3way
```
Option testConfig.webServer added a gracefulShutdown field for specifying a process kill signal other than the default SIGKILL.
Exposed testStep.attachments from the reporter API to allow retrieval of all attachments created by that step.
New option pathTemplate for toHaveScreenshot and toMatchAriaSnapshot assertions in the testConfig.expect configuration.

UI updates

Updated default HTML reporter to improve display of attachments.
New button for picking elements to produce aria snapshots.
Additional details (such as keys pressed) are now displayed alongside action API calls in traces.
Display of canvas content in traces is error-prone. Display is now disabled by default, and can be enabled via the Display canvas content UI setting.
Call and Network panels now display additional time information.

Breaking

expect(locator).toBeEditable() and locator.isEditable() now throw if the target element is not <input>, <select>, or a number of other editable elements.
Option testConfig.updateSnapshots now updates all snapshots when set to all, rather than only the failed/changed snapshots. Use the new enum changed to keep the old functionality of only updating the changed snapshots.

Browser Versions

Chromium 133.0.6943.16
Mozilla Firefox 134.0
WebKit 18.2

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

Google Chrome 132
Microsoft Edge 132