Release notes for 19.8.0

Author: aaltat

docs/releasenotes/Browser-19.8.0.rst

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+======================
+Browser library 19.8.0
+======================
+
+
+.. default-role:: code
+
+
+Browser_ is a web testing library for `Robot Framework`_ that utilizes
+the Playwright_ tool internally. Browser library 19.8.0 is a new release with
+New Keyword to merge coverage reports to a single one. The other main reason
+for this release is to update Playwright to the 1.55.1 version and to fix
+Chromium CVE-2025-10585. We also declare support for NodeJS 24 LTS. There are
+also fixes to NodeJS side Pino logger to have on instance and shorter the
+folder listing when there is error in rfbrowser init. Also in some cases
+rfbrowser --version displayed Playwright version wrong.  All issues targeted
+for Browser library v19.8.0 can be found from the `issue tracker`_.
+For first time installation with pip_, just run
+::
+   pip install robotframework-browser
+   rfbrowser init
+to install the latest available release. If you upgrading
+from previous release with pip_, run
+::
+   pip install --upgrade robotframework-browser
+   rfbrowser clean-node
+   rfbrowser init
+Alternatively you can download the source distribution from PyPI_ and
+install it manually. Browser library 19.8.0 was released on Wednesday September 24, 2025.
+Browser supports Python 3.9+, Node 20/22/24 LTS and Robot Framework 5.0+.
+Library was tested with Playwright 1.55.1
+
+.. _Robot Framework: http://robotframework.org
+.. _Browser: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser
+.. _Playwright: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
+.. _pip: http://pip-installer.org
+.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/robotframework-browser
+.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=state%3Aclosed%20milestone%3Av19.8.0
+
+
+.. contents::
+   :depth: 2
+   :local:
+
+Most important enhancements
+===========================
+
+update Playwright to the 1.55.1
+-------------------------------
+Update Playwright to the 1.55.1 to fix Chromium CVE-2025-10585. Users are urged
+to update their Browser library installations to 19.8.0 version.
+
+When there is error in rfbrowser init folder listing is too long (`#4367`_)
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+When there is error in rfbrowser init folder listing of node_modules is
+too long. We still list folder but we filter and display only the important
+ones.
+
+New keyword for merging coverage reports to a single one (`#4002`_)
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+New keyword Merge Coverage Reports to merge multiple coverage reports
+into a single one. This is useful when several contexts are opened and
+each parallel contexts generates its own coverage report.
+
+Declare support for NodeJS 24 LTS (`#4402`_)
+--------------------------------------------
+We now declare support for NodeJS 24 LTS. Browser library has been
+tested to work with NodeJS 20, 22 and 24 LTS.
+
+Full list of fixes and enhancements
+===================================
+
+.. list-table::
+    :header-rows: 1
+
+    * - ID
+      - Type
+      - Priority
+      - Summary
+    * - `#4367`_
+      - bug
+      - high
+      - When there is error in rfbrowser init folder listing is too long
+    * - `#4002`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - New keyword for merging coverage reports to a single one
+    * - `#4402`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Declare support for NodeJS 24 LTS
+    * - `#4410`_
+      - bug
+      - medium
+      - PLaywright version is displayed wrong in rfbrowser --version command
+    * - `#4373`_
+      - bug
+      - low
+      - Improve NodeJS pino logger to only have one instance
+
+Altogether 5 issues. View on the `issue tracker <https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=milestone%3Av19.8.0>`__.
+
+.. _#4367: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4367
+.. _#4002: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4002
+.. _#4402: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4402
+.. _#4410: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4410
+.. _#4373: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4373