Release / 6 Feb 2026 / with v0.0.57, v0.0.58, v0.0.59, v0.0.60, v0.0.61, v0.0.62, v0.0.63

Playwright MCP v0.0.64

Start and stop video recording on demand.

All of Playwright MCP

Before you upgrade to v0.0.64

4 to fix

Update direct executable calls from `mcp-server-playwright` or `mcp` to `playwright-mcp`; the package's binary mapping changed.

Action requiredAffects: Launch configurations invoking the package binary by name.Inferred

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Install `@playwright/cli` for `playwright-cli`; it is no longer a binary of `@playwright/mcp`.

Action requiredAffects: Users of the CLI bundled in v0.0.57–v0.0.60.Inferred

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The `--cdp-timeout` flag exposes the CDP connection timeout in milliseconds, defaulting to 30000.

Behavior changedConnect to an existing browser through CDP or a remote Playwright endpoint.Inferred

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For the CLI, replace `install` with `install-browser`; v0.0.63 renamed `--isolated` to `--in-memory`. These are CLI changes, not changes to the MCP `--isolated` flag.

Action requiredAffects: Users migrating the briefly bundled Playwright CLI to the separate CLI package.

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microsoft/playwright-mcp/releases/tag/v0.0.63

CLI browser profiles are in-memory by default in v0.0.64; use `--persistent` or `--profile=<path>` to retain state.

Behavior changedAffects: Playwright CLI users migrating from the bundled CLI.

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microsoft/playwright-mcp/releases/tag/v0.0.64

Replace `--session` with `-s=`; replace `session-*` management with `list`, `close-all`, `kill-all`, and per-session `close` or `delete-data`. There is no stopped session state.

Action requiredAffects: Playwright CLI scripts using the previous session flags and commands.

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microsoft/playwright-mcp/releases/tag/v0.0.64

What changed in v0.0.64

On-demand video recording is available with `--caps=devtools`; `--cdp-timeout` configures connection timeouts. The MCP executable is now `playwright-mcp`.

Run `npx @playwright/[email protected]` with Node.js 18 or newer and an MCP client.

New things you can do

Start and stop browser video recording when needed.

Added

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Seeded by @iluxav with Codex, from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.