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Published in Angular Blog · 2 min read · Aug 10, 2022

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In the Angular v12 release blog post we announced plans to investigate the
future of Protractor.

Based on community feedback via the RFC process, we’ve decided to

deprecate Protractor, while working with the community to find a long term
support option for active projects that wish to continue using Protractor.

The e2e testing experience

In Angular v12, we added support for three popular e2e testing frameworks,
Cypress, Nightwatch, and WebdriverIO. Playwright also has a migration
guide.

Currently, new projects running `ng e2e` will walk developers through
choosing one of the integrated e2e frameworks.

These tools support custom builders and schematics, which automatically

update your project’s configuration to integrate with your Angular
applications.

e2e options from the Angular CLI

What happens to Protractor?

As of v12 Protractor is no longer included as part of new Angular CLI
applications. Starting today we’ll only publish critical bug fixes and follow
Angular’s deprecation practices. In Angular v16, which is expected in the
summer of 2023, we’ll publish the last release of Protractor.

Over the next year updates will be limited to:

Security vulnerabilities

Browser incompatibilities

What if I still want to use Protractor?

We understand that some teams may not be ready to migrate away from
Protractor at this time. We’ve partnered with the independent team at
HeroDevs who will be creating a public fork of Protractor, which they will
support long term.

Thank you
We’re very proud of the work that went into Protractor and how many
developers it served in building robust web apps for their end-users. We
would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has contributed to the
project over the years.

Sunsetting Protractor gives us the time and bandwidth to focus on high

impact projects that will further move Angular into the future. We’re thrilled
to be working on new features and improvements to maintain our
commitment to enable developers to deliver web apps with confidence.

Until the next time, go build great apps.

Angular Protractor End To End Testing

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Written by Mark Thompson (@marktechson) Follow

2.1K Followers · Editor for Angular Blog

Mark is a Developer Advocate on the Angular Team at Google.

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