playwriter/playwriter/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

0.0.10

Patch Changes

• Browser console log capture: Added getLatestLogs function to capture and retrieve browser console logs
  • Automatically captures up to 5000 logs per page
  • Logs cleared on page reload/navigation
  • Logs deleted when page is closed
  • Supports filtering by page, search string/regex, and count limit
• Fixed test contamination: Added clearAllLogs function to prevent log persistence across tests
• Improved console listener setup: Made listeners synchronous using page _guid for immediate log capture
• Critical reconnection test: Added test verifying extension reconnection after disconnectEverything()
  • Tests full disconnect/reconnect cycle
  • Verifies MCP client can reconnect with resetPlaywright()
  • Ensures pages are visible after reconnection
• Persistent console listeners: Console logs now persist across browser reconnections (not cleared in resetConnection)

0.0.9

Patch Changes

• Added tabs permission to extension manifest to fix chrome.tabs access issues
• Implemented toggleExtensionForActiveTab global helper in extension background script
• Automated extension loading and toggling in MCP tests using chromium.launchPersistentContext
• Added comprehensive tests for extension lifecycle:
  • Toggling extension on new and existing pages
  • Verifying direct CDP connection to relay
  • Handling Playwright connection before extension attachment
• Fixed getCdpUrl utility usage in tests
• Updated tests to use unique URLs for better debugging

0.0.8

Patch Changes

• Added getLocatorStringForElement utility to execute tool context
• Helper generates Playwright locator strings for element handles
• Fixed bug where timeout was not correctly passed to waitForEvent in getCurrentPage

0.0.7

Patch Changes

• Increased default timeout for execute tool from 3000ms to 5000ms

0.0.6

Patch Changes

• Added resetPlaywright functionality to reset Playwright connection
• Added getCdpUrl utility function for CDP endpoint access
• Support for multiple tabs in CDP relay
• Support for multiple Playwright clients
• Enhanced prompt documentation with better examples
• Improved CDP relay error handling and logging
• Added utils.ts with helper functions

0.0.5

Patch Changes

• Added activateTab(page) utility function to bring browser tabs to front and focus them
• Added Playwriter.activateTab CDP command support in relay server
• Added activateTab message type to extension protocol
• Extension now handles tab activation via chrome.tabs.update and chrome.windows.update

0.0.4

Patch Changes

• Added context field to State type
• Renamed ToolState interface to State
• Limit execute tool output to 1000 characters with truncation message

0.0.3

Patch Changes

• Replace CommonJS require with ESM import for user-agents module

2025-07-24 22:15

• Changed Chrome process stdio from 'ignore' to 'inherit' to print Chrome logs
• Helps with debugging CDP connection issues

2025-07-24 22:00

• Simplified email validation by checking profiles directly in MCP connect tool
• Connect tool validates email against available profiles before starting Chrome
• Returns helpful message with available profiles when email doesn't match
• startPlaywriter now simply throws an error for invalid emails

2025-07-24 21:45

• Added test infrastructure with vitest for MCP server testing
• Created mcp-client.ts with MCP client setup using vite-node
• Added comprehensive tests for Chrome CDP connection and console log capture
• Fixed callTool signatures to match MCP SDK API
• Added proper TypeScript types for CallToolResult

2025-07-24 21:30

• Moved profile listing functionality into connect tool when emailProfile is not provided
• Updated parameter description with agent-appropriate phrasing ("ask your user/owner")
• Removed separate get_profiles tool for cleaner API
• Connect tool now handles both profile listing and connection in one place

2025-07-24 21:15

• Modified startPlaywriter to accept optional emailProfile parameter
• Removed prompts dependency and interactive profile selection
• Connect tool now accepts emailProfile parameter or returns available profiles
• Added security guidance for profile selection in MCP response
• Suggests storing selected email in AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md to avoid repeated selection

2025-07-24 21:00

• Integrated Chrome launch via startPlaywriter from playwriter.ts
• Connect tool now starts Chrome with CDP port and connects via playwright.chromium.connectOverCDP
• Added proper cleanup handlers for browser and Chrome process on server shutdown
• Removed placeholder getActivePage function in favor of direct browser connection

2025-07-24 20:50

• Moved console object definition outside of the Function constructor template string
• Improved code readability and maintainability

2025-07-24 20:45

• Refactored console capture to use a custom console object instead of overriding global console
• Cleaner implementation that avoids modifying global state

2025-07-24 20:40

• Enhanced execute tool to capture console.log, console.info, console.warn, console.error, and console.debug output
• Console methods are temporarily overridden during code execution to collect logs
• Output now includes both console logs and return values in a formatted response

2025-07-24 20:35

• Added execute tool to run arbitrary JavaScript code with page and context in scope
• The tool uses the Playwright automation guide from prompt.md as its description

2025-07-24 20:30

• Fixed MCP server tool registration API usage to match the correct method signature (name, description, schema, handler)