diff --git a/dotnet/docs/release-notes.mdx b/dotnet/docs/release-notes.mdx
index 8035fabe46..8911cc360e 100644
--- a/dotnet/docs/release-notes.mdx
+++ b/dotnet/docs/release-notes.mdx
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
 import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
 import HTMLCard from '@site/src/components/HTMLCard';
 
+## Version 1.56
+
+### New APIs
+- New methods [Page.ConsoleMessagesAsync()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-console-messages) and [Page.PageErrorsAsync()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-page-errors) for retrieving the most recent console messages from the page
+- New method [Page.RequestsAsync()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-requests) for retrieving the most recent network requests from the page
+
+### Breaking Changes
+- Event [BrowserContext.BackgroundPage](/api/class-browsercontext.mdx#browser-context-event-background-page) has been deprecated and will not be emitted. Method [BrowserContext.BackgroundPages](/api/class-browsercontext.mdx#browser-context-background-pages) will return an empty list
+
+### Miscellaneous
+- Aria snapshots render and compare `input` `placeholder`
+
+### Browser Versions
+- Chromium 141.0.7390.37
+- Mozilla Firefox 142.0.1
+- WebKit 26.0
+
 ## Version 1.55
 
 ### Codegen
diff --git a/java/docs/ci.mdx b/java/docs/ci.mdx
index 5b5e4f63e4..4c29ffc3ff 100644
--- a/java/docs/ci.mdx
+++ b/java/docs/ci.mdx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
     name: 'Playwright Tests'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble
+      image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble
       options: --user 1001
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ trigger:
 
 pool:
   vmImage: ubuntu-latest
-container: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble
+container: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble
 
 steps:
 - task: JavaToolInstaller@1
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Running Playwright on CircleCI is very similar to running on GitHub Actions. In
 executors:
   pw-noble-development:
     docker:
-      - image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble
+      - image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble
 ```
 
 Note: When using the docker agent definition, you are specifying the resource class of where playwright runs to the 'medium' tier [here](https://circleci.com/docs/configuration-reference?#docker-execution-environment). The default behavior of Playwright is to set the number of workers to the detected core count (2 in the case of the medium tier). Overriding the number of workers to greater than this number will cause unnecessary timeouts and failures.
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Jenkins supports Docker agents for pipelines. Use the [Playwright Docker image](
 
 ```groovy
 pipeline {
-   agent { docker { image 'mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble' } }
+   agent { docker { image 'mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble' } }
    stages {
       stage('e2e-tests') {
          steps {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ pipeline {
 Bitbucket Pipelines can use public [Docker images as build environments](https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/use-docker-images-as-build-environments-792298897.html). To run Playwright tests on Bitbucket, use our public Docker image ([see Dockerfile](./docker.mdx)).
 
 ```yml
-image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble
+image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble
 ```
 
 ### GitLab CI
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ stages:
 
 tests:
   stage: test
-  image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble
+  image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble
   script:
   ...
 ```
diff --git a/java/docs/docker.mdx b/java/docs/docker.mdx
index 4c6f988239..9b2b037da1 100644
--- a/java/docs/docker.mdx
+++ b/java/docs/docker.mdx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This Docker image is intended to be used for testing and development purposes on
 ### Pull the image
 
 ```bash
-docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble
+docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble
 ```
 
 ### Run the image
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ By default, the Docker image will use the `root` user to run the browsers. This
 On trusted websites, you can avoid creating a separate user and use root for it since you trust the code which will run on the browsers.
 
 ```bash
-docker run -it --rm --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble /bin/bash
+docker run -it --rm --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble /bin/bash
 ```
 
 #### Crawling and scraping
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ docker run -it --rm --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble /
 On untrusted websites, it's recommended to use a separate user for launching the browsers in combination with the seccomp profile. Inside the container or if you are using the Docker image as a base image you have to use `adduser` for it.
 
 ```bash
-docker run -it --rm --ipc=host --user pwuser --security-opt seccomp=seccomp_profile.json mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.55.0-noble /bin/bash
+docker run -it --rm --ipc=host --user pwuser --security-opt seccomp=seccomp_profile.json mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.56.0-noble /bin/bash
 ```
 
 [`seccomp_profile.json`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/main/utils/docker/seccomp_profile.json) is needed to run Chromium with sandbox. This is a [default Docker seccomp profile](https://github.com/docker/engine/blob/d0d99b04cf6e00ed3fc27e81fc3d94e7eda70af3/profiles/seccomp/default.json) with extra user namespace cloning permissions:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ You can run Playwright Server in Docker while keeping your tests running on the
 Start the Playwright Server in Docker:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -p 3000:3000 --rm --init -it --workdir /home/pwuser --user pwuser mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.55.0-noble /bin/sh -c "npx -y playwright@1.55.0 run-server --port 3000 --host 0.0.0.0"
+docker run -p 3000:3000 --rm --init -it --workdir /home/pwuser --user pwuser mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.56.0-noble /bin/sh -c "npx -y playwright@1.56.0 run-server --port 3000 --host 0.0.0.0"
 ```
 
 #### Connecting to the Server
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class App {
 If you need to access local servers from within the Docker container:
 
 ```bash
-docker run --add-host=hostmachine:host-gateway -p 3000:3000 --rm --init -it --workdir /home/pwuser --user pwuser mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.55.0-noble /bin/sh -c "npx -y playwright@1.55.0 run-server --port 3000 --host 0.0.0.0"
+docker run --add-host=hostmachine:host-gateway -p 3000:3000 --rm --init -it --workdir /home/pwuser --user pwuser mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.56.0-noble /bin/sh -c "npx -y playwright@1.56.0 run-server --port 3000 --host 0.0.0.0"
 ```
 
 This makes `hostmachine` point to the host's localhost. Your tests should use `hostmachine` instead of `localhost` when accessing local servers.
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ When running tests remotely, ensure the Playwright version in your tests matches
 See [all available image tags].
 
 We currently publish images with the following tags:
-- `:v1.55.0` - Playwright v1.55.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).
-- `:v1.55.0-noble` - Playwright v1.55.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).
-- `:v1.55.0-jammy` - Playwright v1.55.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).
+- `:v1.56.0` - Playwright v1.56.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).
+- `:v1.56.0-noble` - Playwright v1.56.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).
+- `:v1.56.0-jammy` - Playwright v1.56.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).
 
 :::note
 
diff --git a/java/docs/intro.mdx b/java/docs/intro.mdx
index 34fc124f7a..f2dfcae2e9 100644
--- a/java/docs/intro.mdx
+++ b/java/docs/intro.mdx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class App {
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
       <artifactId>playwright</artifactId>
-      <version>1.55.0</version>
+      <version>1.56.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/java/docs/release-notes.mdx b/java/docs/release-notes.mdx
index 903230912f..e0cb4b53dd 100644
--- a/java/docs/release-notes.mdx
+++ b/java/docs/release-notes.mdx
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
 import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
 import HTMLCard from '@site/src/components/HTMLCard';
 
+## Version 1.56
+
+### New APIs
+- New methods [Page.consoleMessages()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-console-messages) and [Page.pageErrors()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-page-errors) for retrieving the most recent console messages from the page
+- New method [Page.requests()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-requests) for retrieving the most recent network requests from the page
+
+### Breaking Changes
+- Event [BrowserContext.onBackgroundPage(handler)](/api/class-browsercontext.mdx#browser-context-event-background-page) has been deprecated and will not be emitted. Method [BrowserContext.backgroundPages()](/api/class-browsercontext.mdx#browser-context-background-pages) will return an empty list
+
+### Miscellaneous
+- Aria snapshots render and compare `input` `placeholder`
+
+### Browser Versions
+- Chromium 141.0.7390.37
+- Mozilla Firefox 142.0.1
+- WebKit 26.0
+
 ## Version 1.55
 
 ### Codegen
diff --git a/java/docs/test-runners.mdx b/java/docs/test-runners.mdx
index d3cb402027..b170f8debb 100644
--- a/java/docs/test-runners.mdx
+++ b/java/docs/test-runners.mdx
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation 'com.microsoft.playwright:playwright:1.55.0'
+  implementation 'com.microsoft.playwright:playwright:1.56.0'
 }
 
 application {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation("com.microsoft.playwright:playwright:1.55.0")
+  implementation("com.microsoft.playwright:playwright:1.56.0")
 }
 
 application {
diff --git a/python/docs/release-notes.mdx b/python/docs/release-notes.mdx
index a9674befe0..107b211716 100644
--- a/python/docs/release-notes.mdx
+++ b/python/docs/release-notes.mdx
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
 import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
 import HTMLCard from '@site/src/components/HTMLCard';
 
+## Version 1.56
+
+### New APIs
+- New methods [page.console_messages()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-console-messages) and [page.page_errors()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-page-errors) for retrieving the most recent console messages from the page
+- New method [page.requests()](/api/class-page.mdx#page-requests) for retrieving the most recent network requests from the page
+
+### Breaking Changes
+- Event [browser_context.on("backgroundpage")](/api/class-browsercontext.mdx#browser-context-event-background-page) has been deprecated and will not be emitted. Method [browser_context.background_pages](/api/class-browsercontext.mdx#browser-context-background-pages) will return an empty list
+
+### Miscellaneous
+- Aria snapshots render and compare `input` `placeholder`
+
+### Browser Versions
+- Chromium 141.0.7390.37
+- Mozilla Firefox 142.0.1
+- WebKit 26.0
+
 ## Version 1.55
 
 ### Codegen