Playwright for Java Files

🔑 WebAuthn passkeys

New Credentials virtual authenticator, available via browserContext.credentials (playwright.dev), lets tests register passkeys and answer navigator.credentials.create() / navigator.credentials.get() ceremonies in the page — no real hardware key required, works in all browsers:

:::java
BrowserContext context = browser.newContext();

// Seed a passkey your backend provisioned for a test user.
context.credentials().create("example.com", new Credentials.CreateOptions()
    .setId(credentialId)
    .setUserHandle(userHandle)
    .setPrivateKey(privateKey)
    .setPublicKey(publicKey));
context.credentials().install();

Page page = context.newPage();
page.navigate("https://example.com/login");
// The page's navigator.credentials.get() is answered with the seeded passkey.

You can also let the app register a passkey once in a setup test, read it back with credentials.get() (playwright.dev), and seed it into later tests — see Credentials for details.

🗃️ Web Storage

New WebStorage API, available via page.localStorage (playwright.dev) and page.sessionStorage (playwright.dev), reads and writes the page's storage for the current origin:

:::java
page.localStorage().setItem("token", "abc");
String token = page.localStorage().getItem("token");
List<NameValue> items = page.sessionStorage().items();

New APIs

• apiResponse.securityDetails() (playwright.dev) and apiResponse.serverAddr() (playwright.dev) mirror the browser-side response.securityDetails() (playwright.dev) and response.serverAddr() (playwright.dev).
• New option artifactsDir in browserType.connectOverCDP() (playwright.dev) controls where artifacts such as traces and downloads are stored when attached to an existing browser.
• New option cursor in screencast.showActions() (playwright.dev) controls the cursor decoration rendered for pointer actions.
• The onFrame callback in screencast.start() (playwright.dev) now receives a timestamp of when the frame was presented by the browser.

🛠️ Other improvements

• Playwright now supports Ubuntu 26.04.
• HAR and trace recordings now include WebSocket requests.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 149.0.7827.55
• Mozilla Firefox 151.0
• WebKit 26.5

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 149
• Microsoft Edge 149