puppeteer-core-v25.8.0

cloudflare/pingorapuppeteer-core-v25.8.0Aug 17, 2026by browser-automation-bot

AI Summary

Updates Puppeteer Core to version 25.8.0, introducing symlink support for file systems and fixing redundant file access issues in ScreenRecorder.

Key Highlights

Introduces a `followSymlinks` option
Fixes redundant file access in ScreenRecorder
Resolves Windows launch flakiness

New Features

Support for followSymlinks option

Full Release Notes

## [25.8.0](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/compare/puppeteer-core-v25.7.0...puppeteer-core-v25.8.0) (2026-08-17)


### 🎉 Features

* support followSymlinks option ([#15335](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15335)) ([af6a23d](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/af6a23dde5e95516929b24b62f2eac4e71fa14c8))


### 🛠️ Fixes

* computeSystemExecutablePath support validatePath ([#15340](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15340)) ([73da9a4](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/73da9a41b32f26e995ac00b50c958e6e95fb2be2))
* launch browsers in detached mode on Windows to fix flakiness ([#15339](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15339)) ([8e1022b](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/8e1022b543f27d9d517310435aaa2b299fe99d46))
* remove redundant overwrite and file access from ScreenRecorder ([#15352](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15352)) ([61a1675](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/61a16759e01ed622ffac0d0426d35180f7ab4064))


### Dependencies

* The following workspace dependencies were updated
  * dependencies
    * @puppeteer/browsers bumped from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1