- Added auto‑wait for actions, changed default viewport to 1280×720, published CI recipes and bundled index.d.ts with inline API documentation
- Expanded browser‑context capabilities (extra HTTP headers, auth, init scripts, exposeFunction, routing, offline mode, improved permissions) and moved many APIs to the context level
- Breaking API changes: renamed setCookies→addCookies, setPermissions→grantPermissions, launchPersistent→launchPersistentContext; removed browserType.devices/downloadBrowserIfNeeded/errors and ChromiumTarget; renamed/remodeled many element...
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Fix regression where tsconfig "extends" bare specifiers weren’t resolved via node_modules walk-up, breaking builds since 1.62
Component testing shifts to a story/gallery model with a new fixtures.mount() API for scoped locators and type‑checked props.