v1.44.0

## New APIs

**Accessibility assertions**
- [expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleName()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-have-accessible-name) checks if the element has the specified accessible name:
  
  ```js
  const locator = page.getByRole('button');
  await expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleName('Submit');
  ```
  
- [expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleDescription()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-have-accessible-description) checks if the element has the specified accessible description:
  
  ```js
  const locator = page.getByRole('button');
  await expect(locator).toHaveAccessibleDescription('Upload a photo');
  ```
  
- [expect(locator).toHaveRole()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-locatorassertions#locator-assertions-to-have-role) checks if the element has the specified ARIA role:
  
  ```js
  const locator = page.getByTestId('save-button');
  await expect(locator).toHaveRole('button');
  ```
  
**Locator handler**
- After executing the handler added with [page.addLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-add-locator-handler), Playwright will now wait until the overlay that triggered the handler is not visible anymore. You can opt-out of this behavior with the new `noWaitAfter` option.
- You can use new `times` option in [page.addLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-add-locator-handler) to specify maximum number of times the handler should be run.
- The handler in [page.addLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-add-locator-handler) now accepts the locator as argument.
- New [page.removeLocatorHandler()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-remove-locator-handler) method for removing previously added locator handlers.

```js
const locator = page.getByText('This interstitial covers the button');
await page.addLocatorHandler(locator, async overlay => {
  await overlay.locator('#close').click();
}, { times: 3, noWaitAfter: true });
// Run your tests that can be interrupted by the overlay.
// ...
await page.removeLocatorHandler(locator);
```

**Miscellaneous options**
- [`multipart`](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-apirequestcontext#api-request-context-fetch-option-multipart) option in `apiRequestContext.fetch()` now accepts [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData) and supports repeating fields with the same name.
  
  ```js
  const formData = new FormData();
  formData.append('file', new File(['let x = 2024;'], 'f1.js', { type: 'text/javascript' }));
  formData.append('file', new File(['hello'], 'f2.txt', { type: 'text/plain' }));
  context.request.post('https://example.com/uploadFiles', {
    multipart: formData
  });
  ```
  
- `expect(callback).toPass({ intervals })` can now be configured by `expect.toPass.inervals` option globally in [testConfig.expect](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-expect) or per project in [testProject.expect](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testproject#test-project-expect).
- `expect(page).toHaveURL(url)` now supports `ignoreCase` [option](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-pageassertions#page-assertions-to-have-url-option-ignore-case).
- [testProject.ignoreSnapshots](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testproject#test-project-ignore-snapshots) allows to configure  per project whether to skip screenshot expectations.

**Reporter API**
- New method [suite.entries()](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-suite#suite-entries) returns child test suites and test cases in their declaration order. [suite.type](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-suite#suite-type) and [testCase.type](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testcase#test-case-type) can be used to tell apart test cases and suites in the list.
- [Blob](https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters#blob-reporter) reporter now allows overriding report file path with a single option `outputFile`. The same option can also be specified as `PLAYWRIGHT_BLOB_OUTPUT_FILE` environment variable that might be more convenient on CI/CD.
- [JUnit](https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters#junit-reporter) reporter now supports `includeProjectInTestName` option.

**Command line**
- `--last-failed` CLI option for running only tests that failed in the previous run.
  
  First run all tests:
  
  ```sh
  $ npx playwright test
  
  Running 103 tests using 5 workers
  ...
  2 failed
    [chromium] › my-test.spec.ts:8:5 › two ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    [chromium] › my-test.spec.ts:13:5 › three ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  101 passed (30.0s)
  ```
  
  Now fix the failing tests and run Playwright again with `--last-failed` option:
  
  ```sh
  $ npx playwright test --last-failed
  
  Running 2 tests using 2 workers
    2 passed (1.2s)
  ```
  
## Browser Versions
* Chromium 125.0.6422.14
* Mozilla Firefox 125.0.1
* WebKit 17.4

This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
* Google Chrome 124
* Microsoft Edge 124