chore: mark 1.61.0 (#1942)

.azure-pipelines/publish.yml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ extends:
             targetPath: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/esrp-build
         steps:
           - checkout: none
-          - task: EsrpRelease@11
+          - task: EsrpRelease@9
             inputs:
               connectedservicename: 'Playwright-ESRP-PME'
               usemanagedidentity: true

.github/workflows/publish_docker.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     environment: Docker
     if: github.repository == 'microsoft/playwright-java'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Azure login
       uses: azure/login@v3
       with:
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ jobs:
       uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
       with:
         platforms: arm64
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - run: ./utils/docker/publish_docker.sh stable

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
             browser: webkit
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Set up JDK 1.8
       uses: actions/setup-java@v5
       with:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
             browser-channel: msedge
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Install Media Pack
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
         shell: powershell
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         browser: [chromium, firefox, webkit]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Set up JDK 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:

.github/workflows/test_cli.yml

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Cache Maven packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v6
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: ~/.m2
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}

.github/workflows/test_docker.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           - runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             arch: arm64
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Build Docker image
         run: |
           bash utils/docker/build.sh --${{ matrix.arch }} ${{ matrix.flavor }} playwright-java:localbuild-${{ matrix.flavor }}

.github/workflows/verify_api.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Download drivers
         run: scripts/download_driver.sh
       - name: Regenerate APIs

driver-bundle/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.61.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>driver-bundle</artifactId>

driver/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.61.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>driver</artifactId>

driver/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/driver/Driver.java

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import static com.microsoft.playwright.impl.driver.DriverLogging.logWithTimestam
 public abstract class Driver {
   protected final Map<String, String> env = new LinkedHashMap<>(System.getenv());
   public static final String PLAYWRIGHT_NODEJS_PATH = "PLAYWRIGHT_NODEJS_PATH";
-  public static final String PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR = "PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR";
 
   private static Driver instance;
 
@@ -109,12 +108,9 @@ public abstract class Driver {
   }
 
   private static Driver newInstance() throws Exception {
-    String driverDir = System.getProperty("playwright.cli.dir");
-    if (driverDir == null) {
-      driverDir = System.getenv(PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR);
-    }
-    if (driverDir != null) {
-      return new PreinstalledDriver(Paths.get(driverDir));
+    String pathFromProperty = System.getProperty("playwright.cli.dir");
+    if (pathFromProperty != null) {
+      return new PreinstalledDriver(Paths.get(pathFromProperty));
     }
 
     String driverImpl =

driver/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/driver/jar/DriverJar.java

@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ public class DriverJar extends Driver {
   private static final String PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD = "PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD";
   private static final String SELENIUM_REMOTE_URL = "SELENIUM_REMOTE_URL";
   private final Path driverTempDir;
-  private final boolean deleteOnExit;
   private Path preinstalledNodePath;
 
   public DriverJar() throws IOException {
-    this(createTempDriverDir(), true);
+    // Allow specifying custom path for the driver installation
+    // See https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-java/issues/728
+    String alternativeTmpdir = System.getProperty("playwright.driver.tmpdir");
+    String prefix = "playwright-java-";
+    driverTempDir = alternativeTmpdir == null
+      ? Files.createTempDirectory(prefix)
+      : Files.createTempDirectory(Paths.get(alternativeTmpdir), prefix);
+    driverTempDir.toFile().deleteOnExit();
     String nodePath = System.getProperty("playwright.nodejs.path");
     if (nodePath != null) {
       preinstalledNodePath = Paths.get(nodePath);
@@ -45,32 +51,6 @@ public class DriverJar extends Driver {
     logMessage("created DriverJar: " + driverTempDir);
   }
 
-  private DriverJar(Path driverDir, boolean deleteOnExit) {
-    this.driverTempDir = driverDir;
-    this.deleteOnExit = deleteOnExit;
-    if (deleteOnExit) {
-      driverTempDir.toFile().deleteOnExit();
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static Path createTempDriverDir() throws IOException {
-    // Allow specifying custom path for the driver installation
-    // See https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-java/issues/728
-    String alternativeTmpdir = System.getProperty("playwright.driver.tmpdir");
-    String prefix = "playwright-java-";
-    return alternativeTmpdir == null
-      ? Files.createTempDirectory(prefix)
-      : Files.createTempDirectory(Paths.get(alternativeTmpdir), prefix);
-  }
-
-  // Extracts the driver (playwright-core package and the Node.js binary for the current platform)
-  // into the given directory, persistently. Point playwright.cli.dir / PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR at it
-  // to run without extracting to a temp directory on every launch. See issue #1268.
-  public static void installDriverTo(Path driverDir) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-    Files.createDirectories(driverDir);
-    new DriverJar(driverDir, false).extractDriverToTempDir();
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected void initialize(Boolean installBrowsers) throws Exception {
     if (preinstalledNodePath == null && env.containsKey(PLAYWRIGHT_NODEJS_PATH)) {
@@ -176,9 +156,7 @@ public class DriverJar extends Driver {
               toPath.toFile().setExecutable(true, true);
             }
           }
-          if (deleteOnExit) {
-            toPath.toFile().deleteOnExit();
-          }
+          toPath.toFile().deleteOnExit();
         } catch (IOException e) {
           throw new RuntimeException("Failed to extract driver from " + uri + ", full uri: " + originalUri, e);
         }
@@ -201,9 +179,7 @@ public class DriverJar extends Driver {
       Path fromPath = Paths.get(jarUri);
       Path toPath = driverTempDir.resolve(fromPath.getFileName().toString());
       Files.copy(fromPath, toPath);
-      if (deleteOnExit) {
-        toPath.toFile().deleteOnExit();
-      }
+      toPath.toFile().deleteOnExit();
       return new URI("jar:" + toPath.toUri() + JAR_URL_SEPARATOR + parts[2]);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Failed to extract driver's nested .jar from " + jarUri + "; full uri: " + uri, e);

examples/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.example</groupId>
   <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <name>Playwright Client Examples</name>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>

playwright/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.61.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>playwright</artifactId>

playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/CLI.java

@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@
 package com.microsoft.playwright;
 
 import com.microsoft.playwright.impl.driver.Driver;
-import com.microsoft.playwright.impl.driver.jar.DriverJar;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
@@ -31,13 +28,7 @@ import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
  * Use this class to launch playwright cli.
  */
 public class CLI {
-  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
-    // Extract the driver into a fixed directory instead of running the playwright CLI. This is
-    // handled in Java because it must not require an already-extracted driver. See issue #1268.
-    if (args.length > 0 && "install-driver".equals(args[0])) {
-      installDriver(args);
-      return;
-    }
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     Driver driver = Driver.ensureDriverInstalled(Collections.emptyMap(), false);
     ProcessBuilder pb = driver.createProcessBuilder();
     pb.command().addAll(asList(args));
@@ -49,17 +40,4 @@ public class CLI {
     Process process = pb.start();
     System.exit(process.waitFor());
   }
-
-  private static void installDriver(String[] args) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-    String dir = args.length > 1 ? args[1] : System.getenv(Driver.PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR);
-    if (dir == null) {
-      System.err.println("Usage: install-driver <dir> (or set the " + Driver.PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR
-        + " environment variable)");
-      System.exit(1);
-      return;
-    }
-    Path driverDir = Paths.get(dir);
-    DriverJar.installDriverTo(driverDir);
-    System.out.println("Installed Playwright driver into " + driverDir.toAbsolutePath());
-  }
 }

playwright/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/driver/jar/TestInstall.java

@@ -132,30 +132,6 @@ public class TestInstall {
   }
 
 
-  @Test
-  void canInstallDriverToDirectoryAndReuseIt(@TempDir Path tmpDir) throws Exception {
-    Path driverDir = tmpDir.resolve("driver");
-    DriverJar.installDriverTo(driverDir);
-    // The directory is self-contained: the playwright-core package and the Node.js binary.
-    assertTrue(Files.exists(driverDir.resolve("package").resolve("cli.js")));
-    assertTrue(Files.exists(driverDir.resolve(isWindows() ? "node.exe" : "node")));
-
-    // Pointing playwright.cli.dir at it must reuse it as-is, without extracting to a temp directory.
-    System.setProperty("playwright.cli.dir", driverDir.toString());
-    Driver driver = Driver.createAndInstall(Collections.emptyMap(), false);
-    assertEquals(driverDir, driver.driverDir());
-
-    ProcessBuilder pb = driver.createProcessBuilder();
-    pb.command().add("--version");
-    pb.redirectError(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.INHERIT);
-    Path out = tmpDir.resolve("out.txt");
-    pb.redirectOutput(out.toFile());
-    Process p = pb.start();
-    assertTrue(p.waitFor(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES), "Timed out waiting for version to be printed");
-    String stdout = new String(Files.readAllBytes(out), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-    assertTrue(stdout.contains("Version "), stdout);
-  }
-
   private static String extractNodeJsToTemp() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
     DriverJar auxDriver = new DriverJar();
     auxDriver.extractDriverToTempDir();

pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Playwright Parent Project</name>
   <description>Java library to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.

tools/api-generator/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>api-generator</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <name>Playwright - API Generator</name>
   <description>
     This is an internal module used to generate Java API from the upstream Playwright

tools/test-cli-fatjar/pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-cli-fatjar</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <name>Test Playwright Command Line FatJar</name>
   <properties>
     <compiler.version>1.8</compiler.version>

tools/test-cli-version/pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-cli-version</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <name>Test Playwright Command Line Version</name>
   <properties>
     <compiler.version>1.8</compiler.version>

tools/test-local-installation/pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-local-installation</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <name>Test local installation</name>
   <description>Runs Playwright test suite (copied from playwright module) against locally cached Playwright</description>
   <properties>

tools/test-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <name>Test Playwright With Spring Boot</name>
   <properties>
     <spring.version>2.4.3</spring.version>

tools/update-docs-version/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>update-version</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.61.0</version>
   <name>Playwright - Update Version in Documentation</name>
   <description>
     This is an internal module used to update versions in the documentation based on

utils/docker/Dockerfile.jammy

@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-${PW_TARGET_ARCH}
 
 ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/ms-playwright
 
-# Extract the Playwright driver into the image once so the library reuses it instead of unpacking
-# it into /tmp on every launch. See https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-java/issues/1268.
-ENV PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR=/ms-playwright-driver
-
 RUN mkdir /ms-playwright && \
     mkdir /tmp/pw-java
 
@@ -49,8 +45,6 @@ COPY . /tmp/pw-java
 
 RUN cd /tmp/pw-java && \
     mvn install -D skipTests --no-transfer-progress && \
-    mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
-                     -D exec.args="install-driver" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
                      -D exec.args="install-deps" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
@@ -67,5 +61,4 @@ RUN cd /tmp/pw-java && \
     else \
         rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstwebrtc.so; \
     fi && \
-    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH && \
-    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR
+    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH

utils/docker/Dockerfile.noble

@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-${PW_TARGET_ARCH}
 
 ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/ms-playwright
 
-# Extract the Playwright driver into the image once so the library reuses it instead of unpacking
-# it into /tmp on every launch. See https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-java/issues/1268.
-ENV PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR=/ms-playwright-driver
-
 RUN mkdir /ms-playwright && \
     mkdir /tmp/pw-java
 
@@ -49,8 +45,6 @@ COPY . /tmp/pw-java
 
 RUN cd /tmp/pw-java && \
     mvn install -D skipTests --no-transfer-progress && \
-    mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
-                     -D exec.args="install-driver" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
                      -D exec.args="install-deps" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
@@ -58,5 +52,4 @@ RUN cd /tmp/pw-java && \
     mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
                      -D exec.args="mark-docker-image '${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME_TEMPLATE}'" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     rm -rf /tmp/pw-java && \
-    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH && \
-    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR
+    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH

utils/docker/Dockerfile.resolute

@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-${PW_TARGET_ARCH}
 
 ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/ms-playwright
 
-# Extract the Playwright driver into the image once so the library reuses it instead of unpacking
-# it into /tmp on every launch. See https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-java/issues/1268.
-ENV PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR=/ms-playwright-driver
-
 RUN mkdir /ms-playwright && \
     mkdir /tmp/pw-java
 
@@ -49,8 +45,6 @@ COPY . /tmp/pw-java
 
 RUN cd /tmp/pw-java && \
     mvn install -D skipTests --no-transfer-progress && \
-    mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
-                     -D exec.args="install-driver" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
                      -D exec.args="install-deps" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
@@ -58,5 +52,4 @@ RUN cd /tmp/pw-java && \
     mvn exec:java -e -D exec.mainClass=com.microsoft.playwright.CLI \
                      -D exec.args="mark-docker-image '${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME_TEMPLATE}'" -f playwright/pom.xml --no-transfer-progress && \
     rm -rf /tmp/pw-java && \
-    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH && \
-    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_DIR
+    chmod -R 777 $PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH