Playwright 1.58 removed _react= / _vue= selectors, :light suffix and launch({ devtools }) — use getByRole/getByTestId
// before
await page.locator('_react=SubmitButton[enabled=true]').click()
// after: user-facing locators, matched against the rendered DOM
await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click()
await page.getByTestId('submit-button').click() // add data-testid in the component
// before
const browser = await chromium.launch({ devtools: true })
// after
const browser = await chromium.launch({ args: ['--auto-open-devtools-for-tabs'] })
// before (removed in 1.63)
const context = await browser.newContext({ videosPath: 'videos/' })
// after
const context = await browser.newContext({ recordVideo: { dir: 'videos/' } })
Replace css:light= with standard CSS selectors.
Symptom
After upgrading to Playwright 1.58+, selectors like page.locator('_react=SubmitButton[enabled=true]'), _vue=... or css:light=... fail because the engine no longer exists. chromium.launch({ devtools: true }) no longer opens DevTools.
Cause
Playwright 1.58 (2026-01-23) removed the experimental _react and _vue selector engines, the :light selector engine suffix, and the devtools option of browserType.launch(). It also dropped WebKit on macOS 13. Later releases removed more long-deprecated APIs. 1.63 (2026-09-04) removed the videosPath / videoSize context options (use recordVideo), the logger option on connect / connectOverCDP, and Locator.ariaRef().
Verify
grep -rnE "_react=|_vue=|:light=|devtools: true|videosPath" tests returns nothing, and the suite passes.
Sources
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