--- id: canary-releases title: "Canary Releases" --- Playwright for Node.js has a canary releases system. It permits you to **test new unreleased features** instead of waiting for a full release. They get released daily on the `next` NPM tag of Playwright. It is a good way to **give feedback to maintainers**, ensuring the newly implemented feature works as intended. :::note Using a canary release in production might seem risky, but in practice, it's not. A canary release passes all automated tests and is used to test e.g. the HTML report, Trace Viewer, or Playwright Inspector with end-to-end tests. ::: ``` npm install -D @playwright/test@next ``` ## Next npm Dist Tag For any code-related commit on `main`, the continuous integration will publish a daily canary release under the `@next` npm dist tag. You can see on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@playwright/test?activeTab=versions) the current dist tags: - `latest`: stable releases - `next`: next releases, published daily - `beta`: after a release-branch was cut, usually a week before a stable release each commit gets published under this tag ## Using a Canary Release ``` npm install -D @playwright/test@next ``` ## Documentation The stable and the `next` documentation is published on [playwright.dev](https://playwright.dev). To see the `next` documentation, press Shift on the keyboard `5` times.