Is Playwright Extension safe?

Clean risk

Connects active Chrome tabs and signed-in sessions to local Playwright automation tools.

This extension lets local Playwright tools interact with real web pages in your existing browser session, including open tabs, cookies, profiles, and authenticated sessions. It works with the Playwright CLI and Playwright MCP server to run actions such as navigation, clicks, and form fills against pages you already have open.

Playwright TeamChrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Microsoft - 46 other listings from the same operator, 10 of them carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Playwright Team
Declared legal entity
Microsoft
Registered address
1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, US
Registered contact
Playwright Team

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Playwright Extension contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • Playwright CLI

    Playwright Extension sends data to Playwright CLI. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

  • Playwright MCP server

    Playwright Extension sends data to Playwright MCP server. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 15 October 2026mmlmfjhmonkocbjadbfplnigmagldckm