Playwright {{VERSION}} API Review

Public API additions, breaking changes and notable behavior changes on main since {{BASE_DESCRIPTION}}, with the state of their documentation on playwright.dev/docs/next.

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Changes

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Examined and not included

Commits that looked like API or behavior changes but do not qualify under the review criteria, with the reason.

Issue draft

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