{"schemaVersion":"2026-07-21.signal.v2","id":"live-2521cfc06efa0a7bccc6","title":"Playwright MCP v0.0.78","slug":"playwright-mcp-v0-0-78-v0-0-78-7bccc6","url":"https://www.niubiagent.com/signals/playwright-mcp-v0-0-78-v0-0-78-7bccc6","jsonUrl":"https://www.niubiagent.com/api/posts/playwright-mcp-v0-0-78-v0-0-78-7bccc6.json","markdownUrl":"https://www.niubiagent.com/content/playwright-mcp-v0-0-78-v0-0-78-7bccc6","summaryHuman":"Playwright MCP releases published Playwright MCP v0.0.78. What's New New Tools - browser find — Search the accessibility snapshot of the current page for text or a regular expression. Returns matching snapshot nodes with a few lines of surrounding context (like search snippets), which is cheaper than capturing the whole snapshot when you only need to locate…","summaryAgent":"Treat Playwright MCP v0.0.78 as an official release signal. Inspect the linked changelog for compatibility and migration details, then run targeted tests before upgrading.","category":"open-source","tags":["browser","mcp","automation"],"sourceName":"Playwright MCP releases","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/releases/tag/v0.0.78","publishedAt":"2026-07-09T19:12:15Z","curatedAt":"2026-09-18T20:35:22.292Z","confidence":0.96,"agentUsefulness":82,"sponsorIds":[],"language":"en","contentMode":"release-watch","verifiedAt":"2026-09-19T00:17:42.233Z","changeType":"release","actionItems":["Review the official Playwright MCP releases release notes before upgrading.","Check compatibility, migration, and security notes against your current agent stack.","Run focused regression tests before production rollout."],"body":"Playwright MCP releases published Playwright MCP v0.0.78. This release-watch entry was generated from the project's official GitHub release feed and is kept separate from human-reviewed editorial analysis. Release notes: What's New New Tools - browser find — Search the accessibility snapshot of the current page for text or a regular expression. Returns matching snapshot nodes with a few lines of surrounding context (like search snippets), which is cheaper than capturing the whole snapshot when you only need to locate an element and its ref ( 41605 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/41605), 41654 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/41654)) Tool Improvements - Less verbose snapshots — Accessibility snapshots are distilled to reduce noise and token usage ( 41604 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/41604)) - Mobile & device emulation — New --mobile flag and --device option to emulate mobile devices from the CLI ( 41657 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/41657)) - Navigation status — browser navigate now surfaces non-2xx navigation status codes ( 41589…","sponsors":[]}