Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/release/2.9' into develop

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: e2e/client
     # playwright start
     - name: Install Playwright Browsers
-      run: npx playwright install --with-deps
+      run: npx playwright install
       working-directory: e2e/client
     - name: Run Playwright tests
-      run: npx playwright test
+      run: npm run playwright
       working-directory: e2e/client
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       if: ${{ failure() }}

e2e/client/package.json

@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
     "@playwright/test": "~1.47.0",
     "@superdesk/build-tools": "file:../../build-tools",
     "@superdesk/end-to-end-testing-helpers": "1.0.11",
+    "@types/node": "~20.8.9",
     "btoa": "1.2.1",
     "grunt": "1.3.0",
     "http-server": "14.1.1",
     "jasmine-reporters": "2.5.2",
     "protractor": "7.0.0",
     "protractor-flake": "4.0.0",
     "typescript": "4.9.3",
-    "webdriver-manager": "^12.1.9"
+    "webdriver-manager": "~12.1.9"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npx @superdesk/build-tools build-root-repo ./",

e2e/server/requirements.txt

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ vine==5.1.0
     #   kombu
 wcwidth==0.2.13
     # via prompt-toolkit
-websockets==15.0
+websockets==15.0.1
     # via superdesk-core
 werkzeug==1.0.1
     # via

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "superdesk-core",
-  "version": "2.8.3",
+  "version": "2.9.0-rc.1",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",