Runtime versions using Node.js and Playwright - Amazon CloudWatch
syn-nodejs-playwright-5.1
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Runtime versions using Node.js and Playwright

The following sections contain information about the CloudWatch Synthetics runtime versions for Node.js and Playwright. Playwright is an open-source automation library for browser testing. For more information about Playwright, see https://playwright.dev/

The naming convention for these runtime versions is syn-language-framework-majorversion.minorversion.

syn-nodejs-playwright-5.1

Important

Starting Synthetics syn-nodejs-playwright-5.1 and later, Synthetics runtime uses the new namespace. Please migrate the canary script to use the new namespace. Legacy namespace will be deprecated in a future release.

  • @amzn/synthetics-playwright → @aws/synthetics-playwright

Major dependencies:

  • AWS Lambda runtime Node.js 22.x

  • Playwright version 1.57.0

  • Playwright/test version 1.57.0

  • Chromium version 143.0.7499.169

  • Firefox version 142.0.1

Changes in syn-nodejs-playwright-5.1

  • Synthetics runtime namespace migration.

  • Type definition is available in npm Registry. Please ensure the type definition package version matches your canary's runtime version.

For more information, see the following:

The following earlier runtime versions for Node.js and Playwright are still supported.

syn-nodejs-playwright-5.0

Major dependencies:

  • AWS Lambda runtime Node.js 22.x

  • Playwright version 1.57.0

  • Playwright/test version 1.57.0

  • Chromium version 143.0.7499.4

  • Firefox version 142.0.1

Changes in syn-nodejs-playwright-5.0

  • Applied security patches and updated Playwright and browser versions.

For more information, see the following:

syn-nodejs-playwright-4.0

Major dependencies:

  • AWS Lambda runtime Node.js 22.x

  • Playwright version 1.55.0

  • Playwright/test version 1.55.0

  • Chromium version 140.0.7339.16

  • Firefox version 141.0

Changes in syn-nodejs-playwright-4.0

  • Applied security patches and updated Playwright and browser versions.

For more information, see the following:

syn-nodejs-playwright-3.0

Major dependencies:

  • AWS Lambda runtime Node.js 20.x

  • Playwright version 1.53.0

  • Playwright/test version 1.53.0

  • Chromium version 138.0.7204.168

Changes in syn-nodejs-playwright-3.0

  • Multi-browser support – You can now run your nodejs puppeteer canaries in either Firefox or Chrome

  • Support for visual monitoring

For more information, see the following:

syn-nodejs-playwright-2.0

Major dependencies:

  • AWS Lambda runtime Node.js 20.x

  • Playwright version 1.49.1

  • Playwright/test version 1.49.1

  • Chromium version 131.0.6778.264

Changes in syn-nodejs-playwright-2.0

  • The mismatch between total duration and sum of timings for a given request in HAR file is fixed.

  • Supports dry runs for the canary which allows for adhoc executions or performing a safe canary update.

For more information, see the following:

syn-nodejs-playwright-1.0

Major dependencies:

  • AWS Lambda runtime Node.js 20.x

  • Playwright version 1.44.1

  • Playwright/test version 1.44.1

  • Chromium version 126.0.6478.126

Features:

  • PlayWright support – You can write canary scripts by using the Playwright automation framework. You can bring your existing Playwright scripts to run as canaries, and enhance them with AWS monitoring capabilities.

  • CloudWatch Logs integration – You can query and filter for logs through the CloudWatch Synthetics console. Each log message contains unique canaryRunId, making it easy to search for logs for a particular canary run.

  • Metrics and canary artifacts – You can monitor canary run pass rate through CloudWatch metrics, and configure alarms to alert you when canaries detect issues.

  • Screenshots and steps association – You can capture screenshots using native Playwright functionality to visualize the stages of a canary script on each run. Screenshots are automatically associated with canary steps, and are uploaded to Amazon S3 buckets.

  • Multiple tabs– You can create canaries that open multiple browser tabs, and access screenshots from each tab. You can create multi-tab and multi-step user workflows in Synthetics.