[ca] CLI version check: Playwright CLI 0.1.17 → 0.1.18 (2026-08-09)

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CLI/Docker image version check — 2026-08-09

Checked all tracked CLI tools and Docker images. One update found and applied: @playwright/cli (Playwright CLI) 0.1.17 → 0.1.18. Everything else is already at the latest stable version/digest.

Updated: Playwright CLI (DefaultPlaywrightCLIVersion)

• Version: 0.1.17 → 0.1.18
• Released: 2026-08-06 (npm registry / GitHub release v0.1.18)
• Cooldown: release is >72h old as of this run (2026-08-09), the 3-day npm release-age cooldown enforced by TestDefaultPlaywrightCLIVersionOutsideCooldownWindow passes
• Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli/releases/tag/v0.1.18

Full release notes

Highlights

• install --skills supports the -g flag — installs the skill into the home directory instead of the current workspace. (microsoft/playwright#42099, issue microsoft/playwright#42087)
• Generated code in Python, Java and C# in addition to JavaScript. (microsoft/playwright#42106, issue microsoft/playwright-mcp#1696)
• Configurable post-action settle delay. (microsoft/playwright#41924)

Fixes

• --json responses now carry a structured page snapshot instead of a wrapped string. (microsoft/playwright#42098, issue microsoft/playwright#42076)
• New snapshot.boxes config to include bounding boxes globally. (microsoft/playwright#42102, issue microsoft/playwright-mcp#1695)
• Breaking-ish behavior fix: failed commands now exit with a non-zero status code instead of 0, so scripts/agents can detect errors. (microsoft/playwright#42042, issue microsoft/playwright#42028)
• upload command now accepts multiple files. (microsoft/playwright#42057, issue microsoft/playwright#42047)
• MCP relay reconnects to the browser after disconnect. (microsoft/playwright#41966, issue microsoft/playwright#41874)
• attach launches the correct Chrome profile with the extension installed. (microsoft/playwright#41939, issue microsoft/playwright#41916)
• Extension CDP connections no longer override existing browser defaults. (microsoft/playwright#42119, issue microsoft/playwright#42117)
• Dialogs dismissed by hand in headed mode no longer leave the session stuck in a modal state. (microsoft/playwright#42032)
• Malformed JSON config now produces a clear error instead of silently falling back to INI parsing. (microsoft/playwright#41909)
• Clearer error when a browser executable isn't installed. (microsoft/playwright#41941)
• Downloads are labeled explicitly in command responses. (microsoft/playwright#41933)
• Hardened CDP relay WebSocket upgrades by validating Host/Origin. (microsoft/playwright#42103)
• Codegen output now escapes user input correctly. (microsoft/playwright#41962)
• Error message now mentions PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXECUTABLE_PATH when the extension browser can't be located (e.g. WSL2). (microsoft/playwright#42122, issue microsoft/playwright#42092)
• Perf: skip aria snapshot capture when the response discards it. (microsoft/playwright#41923)
• The v0.1.17 fix for goto crashing on privileged pages (`(redacted) was reverted upstream — the crash originates in the browser process itself and the fix only masked it. (microsoft/playwright#41931)

Impact assessment: Low risk. Mostly bug fixes and MCP relay hardening. The "exit non-zero on tool error" fix is a minor behavior change that could affect scripts relying on the old always-0 exit code, but gh-aw's usage doesn't depend on that. No breaking changes to CLI flags used by gh-aw.

Files changed:

• pkg/constants/version_constants.go — bumped DefaultPlaywrightCLIVersion to 0.1.18
• pkg/constants/version_constants_test.go — updated TestDefaultPlaywrightCLIVersionOutsideCooldownWindow expected version/publish date
• .changeset/patch-update-playwright-cli-0.1.18.md — added changeset
• 283 .github/workflows/*.lock.yml files regenerated via make recompile (not committed by this workflow per policy — a maintainer/PR workflow should pick these up)

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Everything else: no changes needed

Tool	Current version	Latest checked	Status
Claude Code (@anthropic-ai/claude-code)	2.1.226	2.1.226	up to date
GitHub Copilot CLI (@github/copilot)	1.0.78	1.0.78	up to date
OpenAI Codex (@openai/codex)	0.147.0	0.147.0	up to date
GitHub MCP Server	v1.8.0	v1.8.0	up to date
Playwright MCP (@playwright/mcp)	0.0.79	0.0.79	up to date
Playwright Browser (Docker)	v1.62.1	v1.62.1	up to date
MCP Gateway (gh-aw-mcpg)	v0.4.8	v0.4.8	up to date
Pi (@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent)	0.84.1	0.84.1	up to date

Docker static-analysis images (pkg/cli/docker_images.go) — versions and registry digests both verified unchanged:

Image	Version	Digest match
Actionlint	1.7.12	unchanged
Syft	v1.50.0	unchanged
Grype	v0.116.1	unchanged
Grant	v0.6.8	unchanged
Zizmor	1.29.0	unchanged
Poutine	1.1.6	unchanged
RunnerGuard	3.1.5	unchanged
Yamllint	latest tag	unchanged

No CLI --help re-exploration was needed since Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Codex, and Pi are all pinned at their already-current versions.

References:

• https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli/releases/tag/v0.1.18

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