- Added test‑generator tools for common assertions (visibility, value, text) generating Playwright expect calls.
- Introduced close‑reason option for page, context and browser close APIs, added firefoxUserPrefs launch option, and made download.path() and download.createReadStream() throw on failed or cancelled downloads.
- Updated Playwright Docker image to include Node.js v20 and bumped bundled browser versions.
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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.