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Add the requested removal TODO beside PLAYWRIGHT_FIREFOX_LEGACY_DOWNLOADS, without changing download behavior.

npm run build and npm run flint passed on Linux. An exact-source comparison confirmed the TODO is the only change; no regression test is needed for a comment-only change.

Fixes: #43547

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[Pavel Feldman (pavelfeldman)]

I don't think 1.56 or 1.65 is a good reference. I'd say Remove Dec 2026. // TODO(time:12/2026): remove.

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Hi, I'm the Playwright bot. I started to address the review comments on Linux: agent run

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Test results for "MCP"

5194 passed, 616 skipped

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Test results for "tests 1"

1 failed
❌ [chromium-library] › library/video.spec.ts:762 › screencast › VI-030 should work with video+trace @chromium-playwright-x64-ubuntu24-64-core-node22

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🟢 CI failure is a confirmed pre-existing flake

Hi, I'm the Playwright bot. I checked the latest CI report, the PR diff, and refreshed test history.

Details

The latest merged report has one failed test. This PR only adds a removal TODO beside PLAYWRIGHT_FIREFOX_LEGACY_DOWNLOADS in ffBrowser.ts; it changes no behavior and cannot affect Chromium video or tracing.

Pre-existing flake

[chromium-library] › library/video.spec.ts:762 › screencast › VI-030 should work with video+trace — on Ubuntu, the trace has no screencast-frame, so reading frame.file throws TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'file'). It failed on the initial attempt and all three retries in this PR's Chromium job.

The refreshed results database confirms the same test and error outside this PR:

• On the same CI bot, chromium-playwright-x64-ubuntu24-64-core-node22, it failed twice, then passed on the third attempt in #43694's run.
• On main at this PR's base, c78117362861a84d5b2f0cf988a02f9963a2a958, it failed, then passed on retry on three Chromium/Linux configurations in run 40780631047.

These independent occurrences establish a pre-existing flake, not a regression from this PR.

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