> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.driver.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Playwright

> Stock Playwright connects to Driver over CDP but carries fingerprints that get sessions blocked. Prefer Patchright.

<Warning>
  Stock Playwright issues CDP commands anti-bot systems detect (`Runtime.enable` and its bookkeeping hooks), and protected sites block the session. Use [Patchright](/docs/frameworks/patchright): same API, one import change.
</Warning>

If you've measured that your targets don't care, stock Playwright works unchanged:

<CodeGroup>
  ```typescript TypeScript theme={"dark"}
  import { chromium } from "playwright";

  const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(session.cdpUrl);
  const context = browser.contexts()[0] ?? (await browser.newContext());
  const page = context.pages()[0] ?? (await context.newPage());
  await page.goto("https://example.com");
  console.log(await page.title());
  await browser.close();
  ```

  ```python Python theme={"dark"}
  from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

  with sync_playwright() as p:
      browser = p.chromium.connect_over_cdp(session["cdpUrl"])
      context = browser.contexts[0] if browser.contexts else browser.new_context()
      page = context.pages[0] if context.pages else context.new_page()
      page.goto("https://example.com")
      print(page.title())
      browser.close()
  ```
</CodeGroup>

Install with `npm install playwright` or `pip install playwright`. Don't run `playwright install`; the browser is Driver's.

## Everything else

Contexts, tabs, disconnecting versus stopping, reconnecting and timeouts work the same as with Patchright. See [Connect over CDP](/docs/sessions/connect).