Headed option not creating window

[swgee]

Testing on Windows x64
playwright-cli version 0.0.62
Command is playwright-cli open https://google.com --headed
Benign output:

<!-- Daemon for `default` session started with pid 13424.
- You can stop the session daemon with `playwright-cli session-stop` when done.
- You can delete the session data with `playwright-cli session-delete` when done.
-->
### Ran Playwright code
`\``js
await page.goto('https://google.com');
`\``
### Page
- Page URL: https://www.google.com/
- Page Title: Google
### Snapshot
- [Snapshot](.playwright-cli\page-2026-02-01T03-48-44-412Z.yml)

Same issue for any website. I also noticed --extension isn't creating tabs on my Chrome browser with the Playwright MCP bridge installed. --isolated doesn't make a difference. Hopefully this is enough info to debug, let me know if I can provide anything else.

[Skn0tt]

Can reproduce, looking into it.

[Andromedaian]

I meet the same question.

[Skn0tt]

@Andromedaian are you also running Windows?

[Skn0tt]

Hmm, can't reproduce it now. I had an old non-headed session running, but once I close that things work. @Andromedaian could you share what exact output you're getting?

[Andromedaian]

[Skn0tt]

What does playwright-cli --version print, just to make sure we're on the same version?

[Andromedaian]

0.0.62

[Skn0tt]

Please try running "playwright-cli session-delete" and try again. Does it help?

[Andromedaian]

Yes, it worked after running "playwright-cli session-delete" . Thanks!

[Skn0tt]

Thanks for checking. Our behaviour around changing config for an existing session is a little surprising, we'll see what we can do.