[Feature]: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS support

[Zizaco]

🚀 Feature Request

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is scheduled to be released on April 23, 2026. Therefore, it will be important to ensure Playwright supports this new major/LTS release.

Currently, playwright fails on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS beta:

$ npx playwright install-deps
BEWARE: your OS is not officially supported by Playwright; installing dependencies for ubuntu26.04-x64 as a fallback.
Cannot install dependencies for ubuntu26.04-x64 with Playwright 1.59.1!

$ npx playwright install
Failed to install browsers
Error: ERROR: Playwright does not support chromium on ubuntu26.04-x64

Example

The following commands should run on Ubuntu 26.04

$ npx playwright install-deps && npx playwright install
✔️ 

Motivation

Ubuntu is officially supported. With the new LTS version available, we can expect rapid adoption in servers and workstations. It's important to ensure Playwright functions in this new version.

[ltsuda]

I could be wrong but I believe Playwright only starts supporting the newest LTS after GitHub Actions has the official image, so it would probably be a few weeks after Ubuntu 26.04 release.

[pavelfeldman]

Once it is in GHA we start working on it.