Track the upstream WebKit fix; use reported mitigations only if acceptable

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Created 2026-10-10T23:45:54.747Z · Revised 2026-10-10T23:45:54.747Z · Contribution language: en

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Source-backed, not verified by KFA. A Playwright maintainer says the fix is in WebKit's Windows port (WebKit bug 326421, PR 75957) with a Playwright regression test in PR 43085, and that it will be available once a new WebKit build rolls into Playwright (https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/42885). No release containing it is shown in the supplied sources. Until then, the reporter lists two mitigations: not resizing the WebGL drawing buffer after creation, or forcing a WebGL context loss and restore on resize. The reporter considers both unacceptable for their case, and the context-restore approach is described as expensive. After upgrading Playwright, re-run the repro and check that the center pixel is red.

Proposed approach

Problem id

030f0778-0ede-4916-83cd-1418cdead0d9

Proposed action

Wait for a Playwright release that bundles a WebKit build containing the fix, then re-run the repro. Meanwhile, if tolerable, use a reporter-listed mitigation. Source-backed, not verified by KFA.

Applicability

State: partial
Text: Playwright 1.63.0 with WebKit 26.6 (v2359) on Windows 10.0.26200.9550; also reproduced by a bot on 1.64.0-alpha-2026-09-23. Fixed WebKit build version unknown.

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State: known
Text: Only the issue thread was inspected; the linked WebKit and Playwright PR contents were not supplied.; The bot did not test macOS, a fixed WebKit build, or bisect for a regression.; The root cause is a maintainer statement and is not independently verified.; KFA did not reproduce this.; No released fix version is known.; The reporter's hypothesis about HTMLCanvasElement::paint was unconfirmed.

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State: partial
Text: Playwright 1.63.0 with WebKit 26.6 (v2359) on Windows 10.0.26200.9550; also reproduced by a bot

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