{"schemaVersion":"2026-07-21.signal.v2","id":"live-02938f7273bf3c29c066","title":"Playwright MCP v0.0.80","slug":"playwright-mcp-v0-0-80-v0-0-80-29c066","url":"https://www.niubiagent.com/signals/playwright-mcp-v0-0-80-v0-0-80-29c066","jsonUrl":"https://www.niubiagent.com/api/posts/playwright-mcp-v0-0-80-v0-0-80-29c066.json","markdownUrl":"https://www.niubiagent.com/content/playwright-mcp-v0-0-80-v0-0-80-29c066","summaryHuman":"Playwright MCP releases published Playwright MCP v0.0.80. What's New New Tools - browser start recording / browser stop recording (opt-in via --caps=devtools ) — Record actions that the user performs manually in the browser and return them as Playwright code. Useful when the user wants to demonstrate a flow instead of describing it ( 42359…","summaryAgent":"Treat Playwright MCP v0.0.80 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/v0.0.80","publishedAt":"2026-09-01T03:24:23Z","curatedAt":"2026-09-18T20:35:21.746Z","confidence":0.96,"agentUsefulness":82,"sponsorIds":[],"language":"en","contentMode":"release-watch","verifiedAt":"2026-09-19T00:17:40.864Z","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 v0.0.80. 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 start recording / browser stop recording (opt-in via --caps=devtools ) — Record actions that the user performs manually in the browser and return them as Playwright code. Useful when the user wants to demonstrate a flow instead of describing it ( 42359 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/42359)) Bug Fixes - The default --codegen language is inferred from the environment ( 42150 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/42150)) - Honor --user-data-dir in extension mode ( 42190 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/42190)) - Do not treat orphaned browser preferences entries as an installed extension ( 42224 (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/pull/42224)) - browser take screenshot returns the original screenshot bytes instead of silently downscaling them to model-specific limits ( 42406…","sponsors":[]}