{
  "slug": "playwright-ariasnapshot-can-include-element-bounding-boxes-c5399393f041",
  "title": "Playwright ariaSnapshot() can include element bounding boxes",
  "tools": [
    "playwright"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-05-11T19:08:18.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-05-11T19:08:18.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When inspecting a page or locator, pass `{ boxes: true }` to `ariaSnapshot()` to append each element’s bounding box as `[box=x,y,width,height]`.",
    "examples": [
      "await page.ariaSnapshot({ boxes: true });",
      "await page.getByRole('<role>').ariaSnapshot({ boxes: true });"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.60.0",
      "boxes: Boolean option; when true, appends each element’s bounding box to the snapshot. Defaults to false. Coordinates are viewport-relative CSS pixels.",
      "Prerequisite: Use Playwright v1.60.0 or later; the `boxes` option was added in v1.60."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Include element geometry in an aria snapshot used to inspect a page or locator.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.60.0",
    "https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-aria-snapshot",
    "https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locator#locator-aria-snapshot"
  ],
  "rank": 0.92025,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-15228fe3d33f40e5-3:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "8d2217b180ed48f8295026249b4e63507609b51ecea3842ff24b521ee9c9c11e"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "fef71cc0bddc13dc350a90d7c0d255b7dfc946c533c9726f9a20ef50f9b84aba",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.92 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.66 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}