Playwright MCP v0.0.78
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…
Why this signal matters
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 , 41654 ) Tool Improvements Less verbose snapshots — Accessibility snapshots are distilled to reduce noise and token usage ( 41604 ) Mobile & device emulation — New --mobile flag and --device option to emulate mobile devices from the CLI ( 41657 ) Navigation status — browser navigate now surfaces non-2xx navigation status codes ( 41589 ) Bug Fixes browser navigate no longer crashes the response when navigation closes the last tab (e.g. privileged pages like chrome:// ) ( 41675 ) Await page initialization before taking a screenshot immediately after opening (…
Actionable summary
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.
- Agent usefulness
- 82/100
- Confidence
- 96%
- Canonical data
- JSON + Markdown
What builders should check
- 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.