{
  "slug": "playwright-browsertype-launch-accepts-artifactsdir-63a9530b3817",
  "title": "Playwright browserType.launch() accepts artifactsDir",
  "tools": [
    "playwright"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-04-01T00:27:06.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-04-01T00:27:06.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When launching a browser and you want artifacts saved to a specific directory, pass `artifactsDir` in `browserType.launch()` options.",
    "examples": [
      "const browser = await chromium.launch({ artifactsDir: '<artifacts-directory>' });"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.59.0",
      "options.artifactsDir: Directory for artifacts such as traces, videos, downloads, and HAR files. It is not cleaned up when the browser closes; without it, Playwright uses a temporary directory that is cleaned up on close."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When launching a browser for a repository test run, set the directory used for artifacts.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.59.0",
    "https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsertype#browser-type-launch"
  ],
  "rank": 0.97029,
  "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-c895c80e51052b9f-19:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "30b837f8ffc622b81590dae29ec5e3dfaebcd07c790a4f14dc0a6b78c001ee6a"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "5ca221c471d496415aef57bf6f1af1351d2478a079d4d6cd3965deb6e3424cde",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.97 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.64 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}