Release notes for 19.7.0

Author: aaltat

docs/releasenotes/Browser-19.7.0.rst

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+======================
+Browser library 19.7.0
+======================
+
+
+.. default-role:: code
+
+
+Browser_ is a web testing library for `Robot Framework`_ that utilizes
+the Playwright_ tool internally. Browser library 19.7.0 is a new release with
+enhancement to datetime.datetime in Add Cookie. Also we dropped support for
+Node 18 and small enhancements where made on NodeJS side logging. Internally
+project now uses pyproject.toml instead of setup.py for package metadata.
+All issues targeted for Browser library v19.7.0 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 19.7.0 was released on Tuesday July 29, 2025.
+Browser supports Python 3.9+, Node 20/22 LTS and Robot Framework 5.0+.
+Library was tested with Playwright 1.54.1
+
+.. _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/milestones/v19.7.0
+
+
+.. contents::
+   :depth: 2
+   :local:
+
+Backwards incompatible changes
+==============================
+
+Drop node 18 support (`#4267`_)
+===============================
+Node 18 is no longer supported by Playwright and Browser library. If you
+are using Node 18, you need to upgrade to Node 20 or 22 LTS.
+This change is made to keep the library up to date with NodeJS support and
+making sure that in future we can make nesasary changes to the library.
+
+Full list of fixes and enhancements
+===================================
+
+.. list-table::
+    :header-rows: 1
+
+    * - ID
+      - Type
+      - Priority
+      - Summary
+    * - `#4267`_
+      - enhancement
+      - critical
+      - Drop node 18 support
+    * - `#4257`_
+      - enhancement
+      - medium
+      - Support `datetime.datetime` in `Add Cookie` argument `expires`
+
+Altogether 2 issues. View on the `issue tracker <https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=milestone%3Av19.7.0>`__.
+
+.. _#4267: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4267
+.. _#4257: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4257