Release notes for 19.15.0

Author: aaltat

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+# Browser library 19.15.0
+
+
+[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 19.15.0 is a new release with enhancements to the playwright-log.txt. The
+file now contains information from the executed suite and test and bug fixes for
+starting the GRPC server. Also there are updates to teh NodeJS dependencies to
+fix a security violation. This release also drops support for NodeJS 20, because
+it is not anymore supported by NodeJS community. All issues targeted for Browser
+library v19.15.0 can be found from the
+[issue tracker](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=state%3Aclosed%20milestone%3Av19.15.0).
+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 19.15.0 was released on Saturday May 9, 2026.
+Browser supports Python 3.10+, Node 22/24 LTS and Robot Framework 6.1+.
+Library was tested with Playwright 1.59.1
+
+
+
+## Most important enhancements
+
+Drop NodeJS 20.x support ([#4876](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4876))
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+This release drops support for NodeJS 20. NodeJS community is not anymore maintaining
+NodeJS 20 version and it does not anymore receive updates. Also dependencies that
+Browser library is using have started to complain about dropping support for the
+NodeJS 20. Therefore we are dropping support for the NodeJS 20. We will not prevent
+NodeJS 20 usage actively, but because we do not anymore test with NodeJS 20 in the CI,
+we have lost visibility to detect such changes. User are strongly encouraged to update
+their environment to a LTS version which is supported by the NodeJS community:
+https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases
+
+Please remember that Playwright only support NodeJS LTS versions. At this time
+it means that does not yet support NodeJS 26.
+
+Sometimes starting the NodeJS side process fails on error. ([#4850](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4850))
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+When doing testing, we have noticed that sometimes GRPC process does not always start,
+we have improved the code the make few retries on startup.
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+Set Presenter Mode keyword documentation arguments table is broken ([#4811](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4811))
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Many thanks for Marko Rautiainen for raising issue about the Set Presenter Mode keyword
+documentation and providing a fix for the documentation.
+
+## Full list of fixes and enhancements
+
+| ID | Type | Priority | Summary |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| [#4876](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4876) | feature | critical | Drop NodoJS 20.x support |
+| [#4850](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4850) | bug | high | Sometimes starting the NodeJS side process fails on error. |
+| [#4811](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4811) | bug | medium | Set Presenter Mode keyword documentation arguments table is broken |
+| [#3427](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/3427) | enhancement | medium | Support starting and stopping trace by a keyword |
+| [#4855](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/4855) | feature | medium | playwright_log.txt improvements. |
+
+Altogether 5 issues. View on the [issue tracker](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=milestone%3Av19.15.0).