Release notes for 19.12.7

Author: aaltat

docs/releasenotes/Browser-19.12.7.md

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+# Browser library 19.12.7
+
+
+[Browser](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser) is a web testing
+library for [Robot Framework](http://robotframework.org) that utilizes the
+[Playwright](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright) tool internally. Browser
+library 19.12.7 is a new hotfix release which downgrades grpcio to 1.78.0.
+All issues targeted for Browser library v19.12.7 can be found
+from the
+[issue tracker](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=state%3Aclosed%20milestone%3Av19.12.7).
+For first time installation with [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) and
+[BrowserBatteries](https://pypi.org/project/robotframework-browser-batteries/)
+just run
+```bash
+   pip install robotframework-browser robotframework-browser-batteries
+   rfbrowser install
+```
+to install the latest available release. If you upgrading
+from previous release with [pip](http://pip-installer.org), run
+```bash
+   pip install --upgrade robotframework-browser robotframework-browser-batteries
+   rfbrowser clean-node
+   rfbrowser install
+```
+For first time installation with [pip](http://pip-installer.org) with Browser
+library only, just run
+```bash
+   pip install robotframework-browser
+   rfbrowser init
+```
+If you upgrading from previous release with [pip](http://pip-installer.org), run
+```bash
+   pip install --upgrade robotframework-browser
+   rfbrowser clean-node
+   rfbrowser init
+```
+Alternatively you can download the source distribution from
+[PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/robotframework-browser/) and
+install it manually. Browser library 19.12.7 was released on Thursday March 19, 2026.
+Browser supports Python 3.10+, Node 20/22/24 LTS and Robot Framework 6.1+.
+Library was tested with Playwright 1.58.2
+
+
+
+## Most important enhancements
+
+### Downgrade grpcio to 1.78.0 ([#4746](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4746))
+The grpcio to 1.78.0 was downgraded, because 1.78.1 was yanked from PyPi.
+
+## Full list of fixes and enhancements
+
+| ID | Type | Priority | Summary |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| [#4746](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4746) | bug | critical | Downgrade grpcio to 1.78.0 |
+
+Altogether 1 issue. View on the [issue tracker](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=milestone%3Av19.12.7).