# Puppeteer puppeteer-core-v25.8.0 — puppeteer-core: v25.8.0

- Product: Puppeteer (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/puppeteer)
- Vendor: Chrome DevTools
- Date: 2026-08-17
- Version: puppeteer-core-v25.8.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/releases/tag/puppeteer-core-v25.8.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/puppeteer/releases/puppeteer-core-v25.8.0

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- **added** — support followSymlinks option
- **fixed** — computeSystemExecutablePath support validatePath
- **fixed** — launch browsers in detached mode on Windows to fix flakiness
- **fixed** — remove redundant overwrite and file access from ScreenRecorder

##### [25.8.0](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/compare/puppeteer-core-v25.7.0...puppeteer-core-v25.8.0) (2026-08-17)


###### 🎉 Features

* support followSymlinks option ([#15335](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15335)) ([af6a23d](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/af6a23dde5e95516929b24b62f2eac4e71fa14c8))


###### 🛠️ Fixes

* computeSystemExecutablePath support validatePath ([#15340](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15340)) ([73da9a4](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/73da9a41b32f26e995ac00b50c958e6e95fb2be2))
* launch browsers in detached mode on Windows to fix flakiness ([#15339](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15339)) ([8e1022b](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/8e1022b543f27d9d517310435aaa2b299fe99d46))
* remove redundant overwrite and file access from ScreenRecorder ([#15352](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15352)) ([61a1675](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/commit/61a16759e01ed622ffac0d0426d35180f7ab4064))


###### Dependencies

* The following workspace dependencies were updated
  * dependencies
    * @puppeteer/browsers bumped from 3.2.0 to 3.2.1