From c2bd10127f6af0a19ada88566848055e75c86942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 21:16:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From 1ec57a3c9409435881537760c0e071fe177e97cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 21:22:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore: update version to 1.56.0 for release

Co-authored-by: yury-s <9798949+yury-s@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 driver-bundle/pom.xml                  | 2 +-
 driver/pom.xml                         | 2 +-
 examples/pom.xml                       | 2 +-
 playwright/pom.xml                     | 2 +-
 pom.xml                                | 2 +-
 tools/api-generator/pom.xml            | 2 +-
 tools/test-cli-fatjar/pom.xml          | 2 +-
 tools/test-cli-version/pom.xml         | 2 +-
 tools/test-local-installation/pom.xml  | 2 +-
 tools/test-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml | 2 +-
 tools/update-docs-version/pom.xml      | 2 +-
 11 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/driver-bundle/pom.xml b/driver-bundle/pom.xml
index 7e3eaf390..27e68b351 100644
--- a/driver-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.56.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>driver-bundle</artifactId>
diff --git a/driver/pom.xml b/driver/pom.xml
index 1f1e7df9d..cb8e85aa7 100644
--- a/driver/pom.xml
+++ b/driver/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.56.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>driver</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 63ea119f8..40a682051 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.example</groupId>
   <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <name>Playwright Client Examples</name>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/playwright/pom.xml b/playwright/pom.xml
index 3e3dfa9b5..e5e25c2ef 100644
--- a/playwright/pom.xml
+++ b/playwright/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.56.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>playwright</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ff22dd53..50286087a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Playwright Parent Project</name>
   <description>Java library to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
diff --git a/tools/api-generator/pom.xml b/tools/api-generator/pom.xml
index 2e75e4c4e..2261d9c87 100644
--- a/tools/api-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/api-generator/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>api-generator</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <name>Playwright - API Generator</name>
   <description>
     This is an internal module used to generate Java API from the upstream Playwright
diff --git a/tools/test-cli-fatjar/pom.xml b/tools/test-cli-fatjar/pom.xml
index 916e92187..4a449d90d 100644
--- a/tools/test-cli-fatjar/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/test-cli-fatjar/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-cli-fatjar</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <name>Test Playwright Command Line FatJar</name>
   <properties>
     <compiler.version>1.8</compiler.version>
diff --git a/tools/test-cli-version/pom.xml b/tools/test-cli-version/pom.xml
index fcb8a842a..2ee476e0d 100644
--- a/tools/test-cli-version/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/test-cli-version/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-cli-version</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <name>Test Playwright Command Line Version</name>
   <properties>
     <compiler.version>1.8</compiler.version>
diff --git a/tools/test-local-installation/pom.xml b/tools/test-local-installation/pom.xml
index 88fb2c63a..d2e72dcba 100644
--- a/tools/test-local-installation/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/test-local-installation/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-local-installation</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <name>Test local installation</name>
   <description>Runs Playwright test suite (copied from playwright module) against locally cached Playwright</description>
   <properties>
diff --git a/tools/test-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/tools/test-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 953e5afcc..5309d8df4 100644
--- a/tools/test-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/test-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>test-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <name>Test Playwright With Spring Boot</name>
   <properties>
     <spring.version>2.4.3</spring.version>
diff --git a/tools/update-docs-version/pom.xml b/tools/update-docs-version/pom.xml
index cf24731ad..faeb856bd 100644
--- a/tools/update-docs-version/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/update-docs-version/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
   <artifactId>update-version</artifactId>
-  <version>1.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.56.0</version>
   <name>Playwright - Update Version in Documentation</name>
   <description>
     This is an internal module used to update versions in the documentation based on

From ad4139c009db9f4e9be6d9adc403af00fa602a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 21:24:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs: add release branch documentation

Co-authored-by: yury-s <9798949+yury-s@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 RELEASE_BRANCHES.md | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 RELEASE_BRANCHES.md

diff --git a/RELEASE_BRANCHES.md b/RELEASE_BRANCHES.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bca2ea13a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE_BRANCHES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Release 1.56 Branch Status
+
+## Branches Created
+
+The following branches have been created locally for the 1.56 release:
+
+1. **release-1.56**: Main release branch for version 1.56
+2. **mark-v-1.56.0**: Release marker branch for version 1.56.0
+
+Both branches are based on commit `1ec57a3` which includes:
+- Version update to 1.56.0 in all Maven POM files
+- All changes from the latest main branch
+
+## Version Updates
+
+The Maven version has been successfully updated to `1.56.0` in all POM files using the script:
+```bash
+./scripts/set_maven_version.sh 1.56.0
+```
+
+### Updated Files:
+- pom.xml
+- driver/pom.xml
+- driver-bundle/pom.xml
+- playwright/pom.xml
+- examples/pom.xml
+- tools/api-generator/pom.xml
+- tools/test-cli-fatjar/pom.xml
+- tools/test-cli-version/pom.xml
+- tools/test-local-installation/pom.xml
+- tools/test-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+- tools/update-docs-version/pom.xml
+
+## Verification
+
+✅ Maven validation successful
+✅ Maven compilation successful with new version
+✅ All POM files updated consistently to version 1.56.0
+
+## Next Steps
+
+To push these branches to the upstream repository, someone with push access should run:
+
+```bash
+# Push release-1.56 branch
+git push upstream release-1.56
+
+# Push mark-v-1.56.0 branch  
+git push upstream mark-v-1.56.0
+```
+
+Note: The branches are currently available in the local repository and can be pushed when needed.