playwriter/extension/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

0.0.77

Changes

• Use workspace:^ for local Playwriter dependency: Switched playwriter from workspace:* to workspace:^ in extension/package.json to avoid pinned workspace versions when package metadata is packed.

0.0.76

Bug Fixes

• Write Prism assets to the active extension output directory: scripts/download-prism.ts now respects PLAYWRITER_EXTENSION_DIST instead of always writing to dist/src. This fixes release builds (dist-release) missing prism.min.js and prism-bash.min.js used by welcome.html.

0.0.75

Changes

• Remove alarms permission and keepalive: Removed chrome.alarms keepalive added in 0.0.73. The maintainLoop while-loop and setInterval(checkMemory) already keep the service worker alive. The alarm was a no-op that required an unnecessary permission.

0.0.74

Bug Fixes

• Fix Target.detachFromTarget routing on root CDP session: Commands sent without a top-level sessionId (e.g. from Playwright's root browser session) now resolve the target tab via params.sessionId fallback. Previously the extension threw "No tab found" which caused cascading disconnects and instability. (#40)
• No-op stale Target.detachFromTarget: Unknown or already-cleaned-up sessions return {} instead of throwing, preventing error cascading during rapid connect/disconnect cycles.
• Always re-apply tab group color: Tab group title and color are now re-applied on every sync to prevent Chrome from resetting them to white/unlabeled.

0.0.73

Bug Fixes

• Service worker keepalive via chrome.alarms: Added chrome.alarms keepalive to prevent Chrome MV3 from terminating the service worker when idle. Without this, the maintainLoop stops, the WebSocket closes, and the extension silently disconnects from the relay server — causing session new to fail with "Extension did not connect within timeout."

0.0.72

Bug Fixes

• Use runtime-scoped root CDP tab session IDs: Root tab sessions now use pw-tab-<scope>-<n> instead of pw-tab-<n>, where scope is a random value generated once per extension runtime. This prevents session ID collisions across multiple connected Chrome profiles.

0.0.71

Bug Fixes

• Route Runtime.enable to child CDP sessions: Runtime enable/disable now uses the incoming sessionId when targeting OOPIF child sessions instead of always using the tab root session. This fixes missing Runtime.executionContextCreated events for child iframe targets, which could cause iframe locator operations to hang.

0.0.69

Features

• First extension keeps connection: When multiple Playwriter extensions are installed, the actively-used one (with tabs) now keeps the connection. New extensions are rejected with code 4002 instead of taking over.
• Smarter reconnection: Extension now polls /extension/status for activeTargets count and only attempts reconnection when the other extension has no active tabs.

Bug Fixes

• Proper state handling for 4002 rejection: Fixed issue where extension would keep retrying forever when rejected during WebSocket handshake. Now correctly enters extension-replaced polling state.

0.0.68

Bug Fixes

• Improved connection reliability: Use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost to avoid DNS/IPv6 resolution issues
• Global connection timeout: Added 15-second global timeout wrapper around connect() to prevent hanging forever when individual timeouts fail
• Better WebSocket handling: Added settled flag to properly handle timeout/open/error/close race conditions

Changes

• Faster retry loop: Reduced retry attempts from 30 to 5 since maintainLoop retries every 3 seconds anyway
• Allow own extension pages: Added OUR_EXTENSION_IDS to allow attaching to our own extension pages while blocking other extensions

0.0.67

• Initial changelog