chore(deps): update dependency microsoft.playwright to 1.61.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
Microsoft.Playwright	1.59.0 → 1.61.0

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Release Notes

microsoft/playwright-dotnet (Microsoft.Playwright)

v1.61.0

🔑 WebAuthn passkeys

New Credentials virtual authenticator, available via BrowserContext.Credentials, lets tests register passkeys and answer navigator.credentials.create() / navigator.credentials.get() ceremonies in the page — no real hardware key required, works in all browsers:

var context = await browser.NewContextAsync();

// Seed a passkey your backend provisioned for a test user.
await context.Credentials.CreateAsync("example.com", new()
{
    Id = credentialId,
    UserHandle = userHandle,
    PrivateKey = privateKey,
    PublicKey = publicKey,
});
await context.Credentials.InstallAsync();

var page = await context.NewPageAsync();
await page.GotoAsync("https://example.com/login");
// The page's navigator.credentials.get() is answered with the seeded passkey.

You can also let the app register a passkey once in a setup test, read it back with Credentials.GetAsync(), and seed it into later tests — see Credentials for details.

🗃️ Web Storage

New WebStorage API, available via Page.LocalStorage and Page.SessionStorage, reads and writes the page's storage for the current origin:

await page.LocalStorage.SetItemAsync("token", "abc");
var token = await page.LocalStorage.GetItemAsync("token");
var items = await page.SessionStorage.ItemsAsync();

New APIs

• APIResponse.SecurityDetailsAsync() and APIResponse.ServerAddrAsync() mirror the browser-side Response.SecurityDetailsAsync() and Response.ServerAddrAsync().
• New option ArtifactsDir in BrowserType.ConnectOverCDPAsync() controls where artifacts such as traces and downloads are stored when attached to an existing browser.
• New option Cursor in Screencast.ShowActionsAsync() controls the cursor decoration rendered for pointer actions.
• The OnFrame callback in Screencast.StartAsync() now receives a Timestamp of when the frame was presented by the browser.

🛠️ Other improvements

• Playwright now supports Ubuntu 26.04.
• HAR and trace recordings now include WebSocket requests.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 149.0.7827.55
• Mozilla Firefox 151.0
• WebKit 26.5

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 149
• Microsoft Edge 149

v1.60.0

💬 Custom assertion messages

Expect() overloads now accept a custom message that is prepended to any failure, giving extra context in test reports:

await Expect(page.Locator("#status"), "Should be logged in").ToBeVisibleAsync();

When the assertion fails, the message is prefixed:

Should be logged in
Locator expected to be visible

🌐 HAR recording on Tracing

Tracing.StartHarAsync() / Tracing.StopHarAsync() expose HAR recording as a first-class tracing API, with the same Content, Mode and UrlFilter options as RecordHar:

await context.Tracing.StartHarAsync("trace.har");
var page = await context.NewPageAsync();
await page.GotoAsync("https://playwright.dev");
await context.Tracing.StopHarAsync();

🪝 Drop API

New Locator.DropAsync() simulates an external drag-and-drop of files or clipboard-like data onto an element. Playwright dispatches dragenter, dragover, and drop with a synthetic [DataTransfer] in the page context — works cross-browser and is great for testing upload zones:

await page.Locator("#dropzone").DropAsync(new() {
    Files = new FilePayload() {
        Name = "note.txt",
        MimeType = "text/plain",
        Buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hello"),
    },
});

await page.Locator("#dropzone").DropAsync(new() {
    Data = new Dictionary<string, string> {
        ["text/plain"] = "hello world",
        ["text/uri-list"] = "https://example.com",
    },
});

🎯 Aria snapshots

• Expect(page).ToMatchAriaSnapshotAsync() now works on a Page, in addition to a Locator — equivalent to asserting against Page.Locator("body").
• New Boxes option on Locator.AriaSnapshotAsync() / Page.AriaSnapshotAsync() appends each element's bounding box as [box=x,y,width,height], useful for AI consumption.

New APIs

Browser, Context and Page

• Event Browser.Context — fired when a new context is created on the browser.
• BrowserContext now mirrors lifecycle events from its pages: BrowserContext.Download, BrowserContext.FrameAttached, BrowserContext.FrameDetached, BrowserContext.FrameNavigated, BrowserContext.PageClose, BrowserContext.PageLoad.
• Page now implements IAsyncDisposable — pages can be used with await using for automatic cleanup.

Locators and Assertions

• New option Description in Page.GetByRole() / Locator.GetByRole() / Frame.GetByRole() / FrameLocator.GetByRole() for matching the accessible description.
• New option Pseudo in Expect(locator).ToHaveCSSAsync() reads computed styles from ::before or ::after.
• New option Style in Locator.HighlightAsync() applies extra inline CSS to the highlight overlay, plus new Page.HideHighlightAsync() to clear all highlights.

Network

• WebSocketRoute.Protocols returns the WebSocket subprotocols requested by the page.
• New option NoDefaults in BrowserType.ConnectOverCDPAsync() disables Playwright's default overrides on the default context (download behavior, focus emulation, media emulation), so attaching to a user's daily-driver browser doesn't disturb its state.

Errors

• New WebError.Location.

🛠️ Other improvements

• Trace Viewer adds a pretty-print toggle for JSON / form request and response bodies in the network details panel.

Breaking Changes ⚠️

• Docker image bumped to .NET SDK 10; no more docker images are published for Ubuntu Jammy.
• Removed long-deprecated Handle option on BrowserContext.ExposeBindingAsync and Page.ExposeBindingAsync.

Browser Versions

• Chromium 148.0.7778.96
• Mozilla Firefox 150.0.2
• WebKit 26.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:

• Google Chrome 147
• Microsoft Edge 147

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