axe Developer Hub Platform Support
Browser and browser automation platform support for axe Developer Hub and the Watcher package
This article describes which browsers and browser automation platforms are supported by axe Developer Hub and the Watcher package.
With both axe Developer Hub and the Watcher package, browsers up to a year old are supported.
axe Developer Hub
axe Developer Hub supports the following browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
The Watcher Package
Browser Support
The Watcher package supports the following browsers:
- Google Chrome for Testing
- Chromium
Google Chrome 139 and later are no longer supported by Watcher due to a change Google made to the browser that was found to prevent Watcher from running. Using Google Chrome version 139 or later will result in an error. You should use Google Chrome for Testing or Chromium instead.
Browser Automation Platform Support
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The Watcher package for JavaScript and TypeScript supports the previous major version and later versions (except for Playwright) of the following browser automation platforms:
- Cypress (both e2e and component testing are supported)
- Playwright (previous minor version and later, only e2e testing--not component testing)
- Standalone package
- Playwright Test
- Puppeteer
- WebdriverIO
- Standalone package
- WDIO Testrunner
- WebDriverJS
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The Watcher library for Java supports the previous major version and later versions of the following browser automation platform:
- Selenium WebDriver
The Java Watcher package supports the previous major version and later versions of the following browser automation platform:
- Selenium WebDriver
All browser automation platforms need either the --headless=new or --headed options.