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microsoft/playwright

Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API. · TypeScript · 846 source files

Analyzed at c8fc3bf8d3 on 2026-08-12. 445 documented errors.

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Pending client connection closed
exception error
Failed to connect to MCP relay: ${error.message}
exception error
Unknown method: ${message.method}
validation error
Invalid chrome method: ${fullMethod}
validation error
Unknown chrome path: ${parts.slice(0, i + 1).join('.')}, cal
validation error
Not a function: ${fullMethod}
validation error
binding "${bindingName}" has been removed
exception error
Negative ticks are not supported
validation error
Cannot fast-forward to the past
validation error
Callback must be provided to requestAnimationFrame calls
validation error
Callback must be provided to requestIdleCallback calls
validation error
Callback must be provided to timer calls
validation error
Cannot clear timer: timer created with ${schedule}() but cle
validation error
Can't install fake timers twice on the same global object.
validation error
Usage: playwright.query('Playwright >> selector').
validation error
Usage: playwright.$$('Playwright >> selector').
validation error
Usage: playwright.inspect('Playwright >> selector').
validation error
Usage: playwright.selector(element).
validation error
Usage: playwright.locator(element).
validation error
Malformed attribute selector: ${selector}
validation error
Malformed test id selector: ${selector}
validation error
"${attr}" attribute is only supported for roles: ${roles.sli
validation error
"${attr.name}" must be one of ${values.map(v => JSON.stringi
validation error
"${attr.name}" does not support "${attr.op}" matcher
validation error
"level" attribute must be compared to a number
validation error
"name" attribute must have a value
validation error
"name" attribute must be a string or a regular expression
validation error
"description" attribute must have a value
validation error
"description" attribute must be a string or a regular expres
validation error
Unknown attribute "${attr.name}", must be one of ${kSupporte
validation error
Role must not be empty
validation error
Unknown selector engine "${name}"
validation error
"is" engine expects non-empty selector list
validation error
"has" engine expects non-empty selector list
exception error
"scope" engine expects no arguments
exception error
"not" engine expects non-empty selector list
exception error
"visible" engine expects no arguments
exception error
"text" engine expects a single string
exception error
"text-is" engine expects a single string
exception error
"text-matches" engine expects a regexp body and optional reg
exception error
"has-text" engine expects a single string
exception error
"${name}" engine expects a selector list and optional maximu
exception error
"nth-match" engine expects non-empty selector list and an in
exception error
"nth-match" engine expects a one-based index as the last arg
exception error
Target element must belong to the root's subtree
exception error
Database name is empty
exception error
Database version is unset
exception error
Unable to serialize IndexedDB: ${e.message}
exception error
Unable to restore IndexedDB: ${e.message}
exception error
Failed to execute 'send' on 'WebSocket': Still in CONNECTING
exception error
WebSocket is already in CLOSING or CLOSED state.
exception error
Failed to execute 'close' on 'WebSocket': The close code mus
exception error
Cannot send a message before connecting to the server
exception error
Can only connect to the server once
exception error
Empty "by" locator. Start with one of by.role(), by.text(),
exception error
Unknown C# language mode: ${mode}
exception error
Unknown Java language mode: ${mode}
exception error
Unsupported token "${unsupportedToken.toSource()}" while par
exception error css, selector, parsing, invalid-selector, user-input
Error while parsing css selector "${selector}". Did you mean
exception error css, selector, parsing, invalid-selector, pseudo-class
Invalid character: the input contains U+0000.
exception error css, tokenizer, escaping, invalid-character, user-input
Invalid input image
exception error image, screenshot, scaling, validation, dimensions
Invalid output dimensions
exception error image, scaling, validation, dimensions, nan
Conflicting exactness in internal:role selector: ${stringify
exception error locator, role, selector, exactness, serialization
Malformed selector: ${part.name}=${part.body}
exception error selector, nested-selector, parsing, invalid-selector
"${parts[0].name}" selector cannot be first
exception error selector, nested-selector, ordering, invalid-selector
"${part.body}" is only allowed as the first selector token,
exception error selector, frames, pierce, ordering, invalid-selector
Selector cannot start with entering frame, select the iframe
exception error selector, frames, iframe, ordering, invalid-selector
Selector cannot be empty when piercing frames, while parsing
exception error selector, frames, pierce, empty, invalid-selector
Selector cannot end with entering frame, while parsing selec
exception error selector, frames, iframe, empty, invalid-selector
Can not capture the selector before diving into the frame. O
exception error selector, frames, capture, invalid-selector
Can not *-capture inside a frame-piercing selector, while pa
exception error selector, frames, pierce, capture, invalid-selector
Only one of the selectors can capture using * modifier
exception error selector, capture, invalid-selector
Unexpected end of selector while parsing selector `${selecto
exception error selector, parsing, invalid-selector, user-input
Error while parsing selector `${selector}`: ${e.message}
exception error selector, parsing, regex, invalid-selector
Error while parsing selector `${selector}` - cannot use ${op
exception error selector, parsing, regex, invalid-selector
Error while parsing selector `${selector}` - cannot use ${op
exception error selector, parsing, invalid-selector, types
Error while parsing selector `${selector}` - selector cannot
exception error selector, parsing, validation, user-input
Cannot find .trace file
exception error trace, viewer, file-io, validation
The trace was created by a newer version of Playwright and i
exception error trace, viewer, version-mismatch, compatibility
Invalid glob pattern ${JSON.stringify(glob)}: nested '{' is
exception error glob, url-matching, parsing, validation
Invalid glob pattern ${JSON.stringify(glob)}: unmatched '}'
exception error glob, url-matching, parsing, validation
Invalid glob pattern ${JSON.stringify(glob)}: unmatched '{'
exception error glob, url-matching, parsing, validation
url parameter should be string, RegExp, URLPattern or functi
exception error url-matching, types, validation
fs is not available in the browser
exception error browser-bundle, node-stubs, fs, environment
path is not available in the browser
exception error browser-bundle, node-stubs, path, environment
No devices found
exception error android, adb, launch-server, environment
No device with serial number '${options.deviceSerialNumber}'
exception error android, adb, launch-server, validation
More than one device found. Please specify deviceSerialNumbe
exception error android, adb, launch-server, validation
Invalid viewport size format: use "width,height", for exampl
exception error cli, viewport, validation, user-input
Invalid geolocation format, should be "lat,long". For exampl
exception error cli, geolocation, validation, user-input
PDF creation is only working with Chromium
exception error cli, pdf, chromium, validation
Device descriptor not found: '${options.device}', available
exception error cli, device-descriptors, validation, user-input
Invalid color scheme, should be one of "light", "dark"
exception error cli, validation, browser-options
Only one of --no-shell and --only-shell can be specified
exception error cli, install, flag-conflict
Only one of --dry-run and --list can be specified
exception error cli, install, flag-conflict
Launching server is not supported
exception error android, launch-server, unsupported
Malformed endpoint. Did you use Android.launchServer method?
exception error android, connect, endpoint-validation
Timeout ${options.timeout}ms exceeded
exception error android, connect, timeout, network
Path is not available when connecting remotely. Use saveAs()
exception error artifact, remote, downloads, filesystem
Please use browser.newContext()
exception error browser-context, new-page, ownership
Route from har is not supported in thin clients
exception error har, routing, remote, thin-client
page: expected Page or Frame
exception error cdp, type-validation, browser-context
Browser is not supported on current platform
exception error executable-path, platform, install
Launching server is not supported
exception error launch-server, thin-client, unsupported
Connecting over CDP is only supported in Chromium and WebKit
exception error cdp, connect, browser-support
Passing a ConnectionTransport to connectOverCDP is not suppo
exception error cdp, connect, thin-client, transport
Connecting to workers is only supported in Chromium.
exception error worker, cdp, browser-support, internal
${path}: expected channel ${names.toString()}
validation error protocol, validation, channel, type-validation
Cannot evaluate a string with arguments
exception error evaluation, script, validation
Either path or content property must be present
exception error evaluation, script, validation
Invalid date: ${time}
exception error clock, validation, date
Malformed endpoint. Did you use BrowserType.launchServer met
exception error network, connection, launchserver, configuration
Timeout ${params.timeout}ms exceeded
exception error network, timeout, connection
The object has been collected to prevent unbounded heap grow
exception error memory, lifecycle, element-handle, garbage-collection
Cannot find command to respond: ${id}
exception error protocol, internal, transport, race-condition
Cannot find object to "${method}": ${guid}
exception error protocol, race-condition, lifecycle, internal
Unknown new child: ${params.guid}
exception error protocol, race-condition, lifecycle, internal
Object with guid ${arg.guid} was not bound in the connection
exception error protocol, validation, version-mismatch, internal
${path}: expected channel ${names.toString()}
validation error protocol, validation, type-mismatch, internal
Cannot find parent object ${parentGuid} to create ${guid}
exception error protocol, race-condition, lifecycle, internal
Missing type ${type}
exception error version-mismatch, protocol, internal
Cannot set input files to detached element
exception error element-handle, file-upload, lifecycle
Multiple directories are not supported
exception error file-upload, validation, input-files
File paths must be all files or a single directory
validation error file-upload, validation, input-files
File paths cannot be mixed with buffers
validation error file-upload, validation, input-files
Cannot set buffer larger than 50Mb, please write it to a fil
validation error file-upload, limits, input-files, memory
path: unsupported mime type "${mimeType}"
validation error screenshot, validation, mime-type
The value of "n" is out of range. It must be a non-negative
validation error event-emitter, validation, configuration
The "listener" argument must be of type Function. Received t
validation error event-emitter, validation, type-error
${this._closeReason}
exception error lifecycle, fetch, api-request, closed
Unexpected 'data' type
validation error
Expected string for options.form["${name}"], found File. Ple
validation error
Unexpected buffer type of 'data.${name}'
validation error
Response has been disposed
exception error
options.visibility is not supported, did you mean options.st
validation error
options.waitFor is not supported, did you mean options.state
validation error
Dropping a directory is not supported — pass individual file
validation error
${name}: expected one of (load|domcontentloaded|networkidle|
validation error
${error}
exception error
Passing a function is not supported as an argument here
validation error
Too many arguments. If you need to pass more than 1 argument
validation error
Inner "has" locator must belong to the same frame.
validation error
Inner "hasNot" locator must belong to the same frame.
validation error
Could not resolve ${this._selector} to DOM Element
exception error
Locators must belong to the same frame.
validation error
Selecting the nth frame is not allowed while piercing frames
validation error
Selecting the nth frame is not allowed on the root frame loc
validation error
POST data is not a valid JSON object: ' + postData
validation error
Service Worker requests do not have an associated frame.
exception error
Frame for this navigation request is not available, because
exception error
Unable to fetch sizes for failed request
exception error
Route is already handled!
exception error
connectToServer must be called on the page-side WebSocketRou
validation error
Already connected to the server
exception error
Expected value of header "${key}" to be String, but "${typeo
validation error
Locator must belong to the main frame of this page
validation error
Route from har is not supported in thin clients
exception error
Passing functions requires the init script to be a function
exception error
Screencast is already started
exception error
selectors.register: "${name}" selector engine has been alrea
exception error
HAR recording has already been started
exception error
resourcesDir option is not compatible with a .zip har file
exception error
HAR recording has not been started
exception error
Cannot save zipped HAR in thin clients
exception error
Uncompressed har is not supported in thin clients
exception error
Cannot save trace in thin clients
exception error
Path is not available when connecting remotely. Use saveAs()
exception error
Video recording has not been started.
exception error
Unknown connect filter: ${connectFilter}
exception error
Please install Android driver apk using '${packageManagerCom
exception error
Device is closed
exception error
WebView has been closed
exception error
Could not push: ${code}
exception error
Device is closed
exception error
Pass { acceptDownloads: true } when you are creating your br
exception error
File already deleted. Save before deleting.
exception error
Invalid proxy server protocol: ${proxySettings.server}
exception error
Playwright manages remote debugging connection itself.
exception error
Arguments can not specify page to be opened
exception error
Unsupported Bidi Chromium channel: ${options.channel}
exception error
Element is not a node
exception error
Can't get remote object for nodeId
exception error
JSHandle is not a DOM node handle
exception error bidi, firefox, jshandle, internal
Cannot serialize result: object reference chain is too long.
exception error bidi, firefox, evaluate, serialization
Cannot launch Firefox with relative home directory. Did you
exception critical firefox, launch, environment, ci, docker
Arguments can not specify page to be opened
exception error firefox, launch, args
Unknown button: ${button}
exception error bidi, input, mouse, types
Method not implemented.
exception warning bidi, firefox, gc, not-supported
Not implemented
exception warning bidi, firefox, screenshot, not-supported
Unable to adopt element handle from a different document
exception error bidi, firefox, frames, element-handle
Frame has been detached.
exception error bidi, frames, detached, stale
Server is already started.
exception error browser-server, lifecycle, launch
Function "${name}" has been already registered
exception error browser-context, expose-binding, duplicate
Function "${name}" has been already registered in one of the
exception error browser-context, expose-binding, pages, duplicate
Page has been closed.
exception error browser-context, new-page, race, lifecycle
"deviceScaleFactor" option is not supported with null "viewp
validation error browser-context, viewport, config, validation
"isMobile" option is not supported with null "viewport"
validation error browser-context, viewport, config, validation, mobile
geolocation.longitude: precondition -180 <= LONGITUDE <= 180
validation error geolocation, validation, config
geolocation.latitude: precondition -90 <= LATITUDE <= 90 fai
validation error geolocation, validation, config
geolocation.accuracy: precondition 0 <= ACCURACY failed.
validation error geolocation, validation, config
clientCertificates.origin is required
validation error client-certificates, validation, config, tls
None of cert, key, passphrase or pfx is specified
validation error client-certificates, tls, validation, browser-context
cert is specified without key
validation error client-certificates, tls, validation
key is specified without cert
validation error client-certificates, tls, validation
pfx is specified together with cert, key or passphrase
validation error client-certificates, tls, validation
Socks4 proxy protocol does not support authentication
validation error proxy, socks, network, validation
Browser does not support socks5 proxy authentication
validation error proxy, socks, network, validation
Unsupported ${this._name} channel "${options.channel}"
exception error launch, channel, browser-binary, chromium
Failed to launch the browser process.\nBrowser logs:\n${upda
exception critical launch, browser-binary, system-deps, ci
CDP connections are only supported by Chromium
exception error cdp, connect, chromium-only, browser-type
Connecting to SELENIUM_REMOTE_URL is only supported by Chrom
exception error selenium, launch, chromium-only, browser-type
Failed to launch ${this._name} because executable doesn't ex
exception error launch, executable-path, validation, browser-binary
Could not connect to ${channel}.\n${remoteDebuggingHint(chan
exception error cdp, connect, chromium, remote-debugging
Playwright manages remote debugging connection itself.
validation error launch, chromium, args, cdp
Arguments can not specify page to be opened
validation error launch, chromium, args
Connecting to ${channel} by channel name is not supported on
exception error cdp, connect, chromium, platform, channel
Could not connect to ${channel}: DevToolsActivePort file not
exception error cdp, connect, chromium, remote-debugging
Could not connect to ${channel}: invalid DevToolsActivePort
exception error cdp, connect, chromium, remote-debugging, corrupted-state
Unknown permission: ${permission}
exception error permissions, chromium, validation
This frame does not have a separate CDP session, it is a par
exception warning cdp, frames, chromium, session
page: expected Page or Frame
exception error cdp, chromium, type-error, browser
Session already detached. Most likely the page has been clos
exception warning cdp, session-lifecycle, cleanup, chromium
Root session cannot be closed
exception error cdp, session-lifecycle, chromium, internal
Cannot serialize result: object reference chain is too long.
exception error evaluate, serialization, cdp, chromium
Resulting promise was garbage collected.
exception error evaluate, promise, gc, chromium
Execution context was destroyed, most likely because of a na
exception error evaluate, navigation, race, chromium
Response body is unavailable
exception error network, route, response, chromium
Frame has been detached.
exception error frame, lifecycle, chromium
Cannot navigate to "${url}": this page is not available in a
exception error navigation, chromium, webui, persistent-context
Cannot set input files to detached input element
exception error input, lifecycle, dom, chromium
Unable to adopt element handle from a different document
exception error element-handle, cross-frame, dom, chromium
Invalid timezone ID: ${timezoneId}
exception error timezone, context-options, emulation, chromium
Clock only understands numbers, 'mm:ss' and 'hh:mm:ss'
exception error clock, validation
Invalid time ${str}
exception error clock, validation
Invalid date: ${epoch}
exception error clock, validation, date
Debugger is already paused
exception warning debugger, inspector, state
Debugger is not paused
exception warning debugger, inspector, state
Connecting to Android devices is not allowed.
exception error android, deny-launch, server, remote, protocol
No mapping for ${text[i]} found
exception error android, input, text, keymap, validation
Unknown key: ${params.key}
exception error android, input, key, keymap, validation
CDP session is only available in Chromium
exception error cdp, chromium, browser-type, validation
CDP session must be initiated with either Page or Frame, not
exception error cdp, validation, protocol, browser-type
CDP session is only available in Chromium
exception error cdp, chromium, browser, browser-type
Tracing is only available in Chromium
exception error tracing, chromium, browser, cdp
Launching more browsers is not allowed.
exception error deny-launch, server, browser-type, remote, launch
${path}: no object with guid ${guid}
validation error protocol, validation, guid, lifecycle, use-after-close
${path}: object with guid ${guid} has type ${dispatcher._typ
validation error protocol, validation, type-mismatch, guid
${path}: expected guid for ${names.toString()}
validation error protocol, validation, wire-format, guid
${path}: dispatcher with guid ${arg._guid} has type ${arg._t
validation error protocol, validation, internal, dispatcher, type-mismatch
${path}: expected dispatcher ${names.toString()}
validation error protocol, validation, internal, dispatcher, wire-format
Target page, context or browser has been closed
exception error lifecycle, closed, race, protocol, target-closed
Launching more browsers is not allowed.
exception error electron, deny-launch, server, remote, launch
Route is already handled!
exception error network, routing, api-misuse
PDF generation is only supported for Headless Chromium
exception error pdf, chromium-only, browser-compat
Screencast is already running
exception error screencast, video, resource-conflict
Creating new API request contexts is not allowed.
exception error api-request, server-mode, permissions
Another client is already routing WebSockets
exception error websocket, routing, multi-client
Cannot write to a directory
exception error filesystem, save-as, protocol
Cannot close a directory
exception error filesystem, save-as, protocol
Element is not visible
exception error dom, actionability, force
Element is outside of the viewport
exception error dom, actionability, viewport, force
Did not find some options
exception error dom, select-option, actionability, force
Option being selected is not enabled
exception error dom, select-option, disabled, force
${result.hitTargetDescription} intercepts pointer events
exception error dom, actionability, overlay, pointer-events, force
Element is not ${result.missingState}
exception error dom, actionability, state, force
Drop target did not accept the drop — its dragover handler d
exception error drag-and-drop, html5-dnd, dom
Cannot uncheck radio button. Radio buttons can only be unche
exception error form, radio, checkbox, api-misuse
Clicking the checkbox did not change its state
exception error form, checkbox, state, custom-widget
Element is not attached to the DOM
exception error dom, staleness, detached, element-handle
Download filename '${downloadFilename}' escapes download dir
exception error security, download, path-traversal
Electron executablePath not found! Please install it using `
exception error electron, setup, dependency
Unable to open X display! ================================ M
exception error electron, linux, display, environment, xvfb
${response.status} ${response.statusText}${responseText}
http error network, api-request, http-status
Failed after ${i + 1} attempt(s): ${e}
exception error network, retry, econnreset
Request context disposed.
exception critical lifecycle, api-request, context-disposed
localPaths are not allowed when the client is not local
validation error file-upload, remote, input-files
Exactly one of payloads, localPaths and streams must be prov
validation error file-upload, validation, input-files
Cannot transfer files larger than 50Mb to a browser not co-l
exception error file-upload, size-limit, remote
Invalid frame in aria-ref selector "${selector}"
exception error selector, aria-ref, frames
Frame locators are not allowed inside composite locators, wh
exception error selector, frame-locator, validation
Composite locators are not supported with piercing frames, w
exception error selector, pierce-frames, validation
nth can only be the last locator when piercing frames, while
exception error selector, pierce-frames, nth
Pierce-frame mode matched elements from multiple frames.
exception error selector, pierce-frames, frames, ambiguous
Frame does not yet have a main execution context
exception warning frames, execution-context, timing
Frame does not yet have the execution context
exception warning frames, execution-context, timing
"referer" is already specified as extra HTTP header
validation error navigation, referer, headers, validation
Navigation to "${url}" is interrupted by another navigation
exception error navigation, race, redirect
Frame was detached
exception critical frames, detached, lifecycle
options.visibility is not supported, did you mean options.st
validation error selector, api-migration, validation
options.waitFor is not supported, did you mean options.state
validation error selector, api-migration, validation
state: expected one of (attached|detached|visible|hidden)
validation error selector, validation, state
Failed to find element matching selector "${selector}"
exception error selector, element-not-found, eval
Unable to retrieve content because the page is navigating an
exception error navigation, content, frame, race-condition, dom
Provide an object with a `url`, `path` or `content` property
validation error addscripttag, validation, frame, script-injection
The page does not support tap. Use hasTouch context option t
validation error tap, touch, hastouch, context-options, frame
No element matching ${selector}
exception error selector, resolveselector, element-not-found, frame
Unable to generate locator for ${selector}
exception error resolveselector, selector-generation, locator, frame
At least one of "files" or "data" must be provided.
validation error drop, drag-and-drop, validation, frame, files
${name}: expected one of (load|domcontentloaded|networkidle|
validation error lifecycle, waituntil, validation, navigation, frame
HAR entry _file escapes base directory: ${file}
exception error har, path-traversal, security, harbackend, routefromhar
Found redirect cycle for ${url}
exception error har, redirect, routefromhar, infinite-loop, harbackend
Unknown key: "${keyString}"
validation error keyboard, key, input, non-retriable, validation
Unknown modifier ${modifier}
validation error keyboard, modifier, input, validation
hasTouch must be enabled on the browser context before using
validation error touchscreen, touch, hastouch, context-options, input
JSHandle is disposed!
exception error jshandle, evaluate, disposed, javascript, lifecycle
JSHandles can be evaluated only in the context they were cre
exception error jshandle, evaluate, execution-context, javascript, cross-frame
Passed function is not well-serializable!
validation error evaluate, serialization, javascript, closure, function
HAR zip entry '${entry}' escapes output directory
exception error har, zip, path-traversal, security, harunzip, localutils
New URL must have same protocol as overridden URL
validation error route, continue, url-override, protocol, network
Response body is unavailable for redirect responses
exception error response, body, redirect, network, http
Function "${name}" has been already registered
validation error bindings, expose-function, page, duplicate-name
Function "${name}" has been already registered in the browse
validation error bindings, expose-function, browser-context, duplicate-name
"not" matcher requires expected result
validation error screenshot, tohavescreenshot, matcher, expect, baseline
The page has closed
exception error screenshot, tohavescreenshot, page-closed, race-condition, lifecycle
Cannot disconnect from this worker
exception error worker, disconnect, internal, lifecycle
Function "${name}" is not exposed
exception error bindings, expose-function, dispatch, lifecycle
serializedArgs is not an array. This can happen when Array.p
exception error bindings, json-serialization, prototype-pollution, page-context
Selector "${selector}" does not match any element
exception error aria-snapshot, selector, dom, locator
Pipe has been closed
exception error transport, pipe, browser-crash, lifecycle, protocol
Failed to parse response: ${text}
exception error recorder, chat, llm, json-parse, experimental
Failed to install windows dependencies!
exception error install, windows, dependencies, powershell, system
Failed to run 'apt-get install -s' to simulate dependency in
exception error install, linux, dependencies, apt, system
'apt-get install -s' exited with code ${code}:\n${stderr ||
exception error install, linux, dependencies, apt, system
Host system is missing dependencies!\n\n${details.join('\n')
exception error install, windows, dependencies, missing-libraries, system
Unsupported platform: ${process.platform}
exception error platform, unsupported, cache, registry, system
${name} is not supported on ${hostPlatform}
exception error registry, executable, platform, unsupported, browsers
Executable doesn't exist at ${e} ${wrapInASCIIBox(prettyMess
exception error registry, executable, install, browsers, docker
webkit-wsl is only supported on Windows
exception error registry, webkit, wsl, platform, windows-only
WebKit via WSL is only supported on Windows
exception error registry, webkit, wsl, install, platform, windows-only
Failed to install WebKit via WSL
exception error registry, webkit, wsl, install, powershell, system
Chromium distribution '${name}' is not supported on ${proces
exception error chromium-channel, platform, launch, executable-path
Chromium distribution '${name}' is not found${location}${ins
exception error chromium-channel, browser-not-found, launch, executable-path
Firefox distribution '${name}' is not supported on ${process
exception error firefox, bidi, platform, executable-path
Cannot find Firefox installation for channel '${name}' at th
exception error firefox, bidi, browser-not-found, executable-path
${err.message} Path: ${lockfilePath}
exception error install, lockfile, concurrency, registry
ERROR: Playwright does not support installing ${executable.n
exception error install, executable, registry, validation
An active lockfile is found at: ${lockfilePath} Either:
exception error install, lockfile, concurrency, registry, ci
ERROR: Playwright does not support ${descriptor.name} on ${h
exception error download, platform, architecture, registry, unsupported
Failed to download ${title}, caused by ${e.stack}
exception error download, network, timeout, registry, cdn
Cannot install ${channel} on ${process.platform}
exception error msedge, install, platform, network, edge-updates-api
Failed to install ${channel}
exception error chromium-channel, install, windows, powershell, exit-code
Invalid installation targets: ${faultyArguments.map(name =>
exception error install, cli, validation, registry
Cannot install ${browserName}
exception error install, npm-postinstall, registry, browsers-json
No chromium-based browser found on the system. Please run th
exception error chromium, ui-mode, trace-viewer, launch-app, browser-not-found
Selector engine name may only contain [a-zA-Z0-9_] character
exception error selectors, registration, validation, custom-engine
"${engine.name}" is a predefined selector engine
exception error selectors, registration, builtin, collision, custom-engine
"${engine.name}" selector engine has been already registered
exception error selectors, registration, duplicate, custom-engine
Unknown engine "${name}" while parsing selector ${stringifyS
exception error selectors, parse, invalid-selector, custom-engine
${path}: channels are not expected in SocksSupport
validation error protocol, socks, validation, internal
Cannot start tracing while stopping
exception error tracing, state-machine, concurrency
Tracing has been already started
exception error tracing, state-machine
Must start tracing before starting a new chunk
exception error tracing, state-machine, lifecycle
Cannot start a trace chunk while stopping
exception error tracing, state-machine, concurrency, await
Tracing is already stopping
exception error tracing, state-machine, concurrency
Must stop trace file before stopping tracing
exception error tracing, state-machine, lifecycle
Must start tracing before stopping
exception error tracing, state-machine, lifecycle
Trace file ${traceFileOrUrl} does not exist!
exception error trace-viewer, filesystem, cli
File must have .webm extension
exception error video, ffmpeg, validation, internal
Failed to launch webkit because executable doesn't exist at
exception critical webkit, wsl, launch, executable, windows
Arguments can not specify page to be opened
exception error webkit, launch, args, validation
SyncServer: failed to bind HTTP server
exception error webview, ios, network, loopback, internal
ios_webkit_debug_proxy ${proxyBase}/json returned ${res.stat
exception error webview, ios, safari, proxy, network
No Mobile Safari tabs found at ${this._proxyBase}/json — ope
exception error webview, ios, safari, setup
Not supported
exception error webview, ios, safari, capability, not-supported
Cannot set cookies without an open page
validation error webview, ios, cookies, capability
Method not implemented.
exception error webview, ios, capability, not-implemented, permissions, geolocation
closed
Target page, context or browser has been closed
exception error
Cannot serialize result: object reference chain is too long.
exception error
Cannot fulfill with redirect status: ${response.status}
validation error
Method not implemented.
exception error
Invalid dialog type: ${type}
exception error
Navigating subframes is not supported on stock WebKit RDP —
exception error
Invalid data URL: ${url.slice(0, 80)}
validation error
Method not implemented
exception error
Cannot take screenshot larger than 32767 pixels on any dimen
validation error
css screenshots are not implemented
exception error
Frame has been detached.
exception error webkit, webview, frames, detached
WebKit on Windows has a minimal viewport of 250x240.
validation error webkit, windows, viewport, headful, emulation
closed
Target page, context or browser has been closed
exception error webkit, connection, closed, protocol, lifecycle
Cannot serialize result: object reference chain is too long.
exception error webkit, evaluate, serialization, execution-context
Mouse wheel is not supported in mobile WebKit
exception error webkit, input, mouse, mobile, emulation
Cannot fulfill with redirect status: ${response.status}
validation error webkit, network, route, fulfill, redirect
Invalid timezone ID: ${contextOptions.timezoneId}
validation error webkit, timezone, emulation, context-options
Unknown target: ${targetId}
exception error webkit, protocol, targets, frames, race
Target page, context or browser has been closed
exception error webkit, navigation, lifecycle, closed
Cannot take screenshot larger than 32767 pixels on any dimen
validation error webkit, screenshot, cairo, linux, windows, device-scale-factor
Unable to adopt element handle from a different document
exception error webkit, element-handle, frames, cross-document
Frame has been detached.
exception error webkit, frames, detached, owner-element
Unknown permission: ${permission}
validation error webkit, permissions, context-options, emulation
Unsupported platform: ${process.platform}
exception error platform, registry, cache, environment
No open pages available.
exception error mcp, tools, tabs, lifecycle, backend
Tab ${index} not found
exception error mcp, tools, tabs, index, backend
Video recording has already been started.
exception error video, state-machine, mcp-tool, playwright-mcp
Access to "file:" protocol is blocked. Attempted URL: "${url
exception error security, navigation, file-protocol, config-gate
File access denied: ${resolvedFilename} is outside allowed r
exception error security, filesystem, sandbox, llm-origin, config-gate
Invalid location "${params.location}", expected format is <f
validation error devtools, debugger, input-validation, mcp-tool
No dialog visible
exception error dialog, modal-state, mcp-tool, synchronization
No file chooser visible
exception error file-chooser, modal-state, mcp-tool, synchronization
At least one of "paths" or "data" must be provided.
validation error drag-drop, input-validation, mcp-tool
fullPage cannot be used with element screenshots.
validation error screenshot, input-validation, mcp-tool, mutually-exclusive
Failed to load init page "${initPage}": ${reason}
exception error tab-init, config, init-script, cause-wrapped
"${param.target}" does not match any elements.
exception error locator, element-resolution, mcp-tool, snapshot
Ref ${param.target} not found in the current page snapshot.
exception error locator, element-resolution, snapshot, mcp-tool, stale-ref
Tab index is required
validation error tabs, input-validation, mcp-tool
Tracing is not started
exception error tracing, state-machine, mcp-tool
Either time, text or textGone must be provided
validation error wait, input-validation, mcp-tool
boolean option '--${key}' should not be passed with '=value'
validation error cli, args-parsing, input-validation
Could not start the session "${sessionName}"
exception error cli, session, daemon, state
Unsupported platform: ${process.platform}
exception error platform, environment, daemon, config
Client is v${clientInfo.version}, session '${this.name}' is
exception error session, versioning, daemon, cli
Browser '${this.name}' is not open. Run playwright-cli${t
exception error session, daemon, connection, cli
error: too many arguments: expected ${argNames.length}, rece
validation error cli, args-parsing, input-validation, command-schema
--data must be in "mime/type=value" format, got: ${entry}
validation error cli, input-validation, daemon, drop
Browser context was closed before the daemon could start
exception critical daemon, lifecycle, race-condition, browser-context
Unknown method: ${method}
exception error daemon, protocol, input-validation
Command is required
validation error cli, daemon, input-validation, command-parsing
Error: unable to connect to a browser that does not have any
exception critical cli, browser-context, remote, cdp, isolated-mode
Unknown stream: ${params.streamId}
exception error dashboard, stream, lifecycle, recording
No recording in progress
exception error dashboard, recording, lifecycle, state-management
Browser is already in use for ${userDataDir}, use --isolated
exception error browser-launch, persistent-profile, lock, isolated-mode, concurrency
Missing system dependencies required to run browser ${browse
exception critical browser-launch, linux, system-dependencies, shared-libraries, install
${label} is not installed${location}. Run `${command}` to in
exception critical browser-launch, install, executable, ffmpeg, version-mismatch
Failed to create tab
exception error extension, tabs, browser-model, cdp-relay, create-target
No attached tab to forward browser-level command: ${method}
exception error extension, cdp, browser-model, tabs, attach
No tab found for sessionId: ${sessionId}
exception error extension, cdp, session, browser-model, routing
Extension not connected
exception error extension, cdp-relay, connection, websocket, ordering
Unsupported channel: "${this._browserChannel}"
exception critical extension, cdp-relay, channel, registry, browser-launch
"${this._browserChannel}" executable not found. Make sure it
exception critical extension, cdp-relay, executable, channel, install
Unexpected WebSocket state: ${this._ws.readyState}
exception error extension, websocket, cdp-relay, connection, state
--output-dir cannot point to a system directory: ${path.reso
validation error config, output-dir, validation, filesystem, safety
Browser userDataDir is not supported in isolated mode.
validation error config, isolated-mode, persistent-profile, validation, mutually-exclusive
Init script file does not exist: ${script}
validation error mcp, config, filesystem, init-script, validation
Init page file does not exist: ${page}
validation error mcp, config, filesystem, init-page, validation
Cannot use --mobile together with --device, pick one.
validation error mcp, config, cli, device-emulation, validation
--mobile is not supported with the Firefox browser.
validation error mcp, config, cli, device-emulation, firefox, validation
Device emulation is not supported with cdpEndpoint.
validation error mcp, config, cli, device-emulation, cdp, validation
Invalid resolution format: use ${name}="800x600"
validation error mcp, config, cli, parser, viewport, validation
Invalid ${name}: ${value}. Valid values are: ${options.join(
validation error mcp, config, cli, parser, enum, validation
Playwright Extension not found in "${userDataDir}". Install
exception error mcp, config, extension, browser, cdp, setup
Trace entry '${entry}' escapes output directory
exception error trace, zip, security, path-traversal, filesystem
Unknown command: ${args._[0]}
exception error trace, cli, snapshot, command, validation
No trace opened. Run 'npx playwright trace open <file>' firs
exception error trace, cli, workflow, state, validation
Trace file not found: ${filePath}
exception error trace, cli, filesystem, validation
Attachment name '${fileName}' escapes output directory
exception error trace, security, path-traversal, filesystem, validation
Skill source directory not found: ${sourceDir}
exception error skills, setup, package, filesystem, validation