Release notes for 19.1.1

Author: aaltat

docs/releasenotes/Browser-19.1.1.rst

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+======================
+Browser library 19.1.1
+======================
+
+
+.. default-role:: code
+
+
+Browser_ is a web testing library for `Robot Framework`_ that utilizes
+the Playwright_ tool internally. Browser library 19.1.1 is a new hotfix
+release which fixes two critical issues found in the previous release.
+The previous release used the protobuf package which was yanked from PyPI.
+Also there was bug for rfbrowser init command which prevented the library
+installation. All issues targeted for Browser library v19.1.1 can be found
+from the `issue tracker`_. For first time installation with pip_, just run
+::
+   pip install robotframework-browser
+   rfbrowser init
+to install the latest available release. If you upgrading
+from previous release with pip_, run
+::
+   pip install --upgrade robotframework-browser
+   rfbrowser clean-node
+   rfbrowser init
+Alternatively you can download the source distribution from PyPI_ and
+install it manually. Browser library 19.1.1 was released on Wednesday December 11, 2024.
+Browser supports Python 3.9+, Node 18/20/22 LTS and Robot Framework 5.0+.
+Library was tested with Playwright 1.49.1
+
+.. _Robot Framework: http://robotframework.org
+.. _Browser: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser
+.. _Playwright: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright
+.. _pip: http://pip-installer.org
+.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/robotframework-browser
+.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/milestones/v19.1.1
+
+
+.. contents::
+   :depth: 2
+   :local:
+
+Most important enhancements
+===========================
+
+"rfbrowser init" fails due to "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode bytes in position 1022-1023: unexpected end of data" after latest 19.1.0 release (`#3938`_)
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+There was regression, which caused rfbrowser init command to fail with UnicodeDecodeError. This was caused by the latest release beatifying the output of the rfbrowser
+init command. This issue is now fixed. The rfbrowser init command should now work as expected in all environments.
+
+Protobuf version used by robotframework-browser was yanked from PyPI (`#3946`_)
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The protobuf package used by robotframework-browser was yanked from PyPI. This caused the installation of
+the library to fail. This issue is now fixed by upgrading the protobuf package to the latest version.
+
+Full list of fixes and enhancements
+===================================
+
+.. list-table::
+    :header-rows: 1
+
+    * - ID
+      - Type
+      - Priority
+      - Summary
+    * - `#3938`_
+      - bug
+      - critical
+      - "rfbrowser init" fails due to "UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode bytes in position 1022-1023: unexpected end of data" after latest 19.1.0 release
+    * - `#3946`_
+      - bug
+      - critical
+      - Protobuf version used by robotframework-browser was yanked from PyPI
+
+Altogether 2 issues. View on the `issue tracker <https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues?q=milestone%3Av19.1.1>`__.
+
+.. _#3938: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/3938
+.. _#3946: https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-browser/issues/3946