cherry-pick(#27028): docs: add release notes for 1.38

Signed-off-by: Andrey Lushnikov <aslushnikov@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Max Schmitt <max@schmitt.mx>

docs/src/release-notes-js.md

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 import LiteYouTube from '@site/src/components/LiteYouTube';
 
+## Version 1.38
+
+### UI Mode Updates
+
+![Playwright UI Mode](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/assets/746130/8ba27be0-58fd-4f62-8561-950480610369)
+
+1. Zoom into time range.
+1. Network panel redesign.
+
+### New APIs
+
+- [`event: BrowserContext.webError`]
+- [`method: Locator.pressSequentially`]
+- The [`method: Reporter.onEnd`] now reports `startTime` and total run `duration`.
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* The following methods were deprecated: [`method: Page.type`], [`method:
+  Frame.type`], [`method: Locator.type`] and [`method: ElementHandle.type`].
+  Please use [`method: Locator.fill`] instead which is much faster. Use
+  [`method: Locator.pressSequentially`] only if there is a special keyboard
+  handling on the page, and you need to press keys one-by-one.
+* The method [`method: SnapshotAssertions.toMatchSnapshot#1`] is deprecated in
+  favor of [`method: PageAssertions.toHaveScreenshot#1`] and [`method:
+  LocatorAssertions.toHaveScreenshot#1`].
+
+### Breaking Changes: Playwright no longer downloads browsers automatically
+
+> **Note**: If you are using `@playwright/test` package, this change does not affect you.
+
+Playwright recommends to use `@playwright/test` package and download browsers via `npx playwright install` command. If you are following this recommendation, nothing has changed for you.
+
+However, up to v1.38, installing the `playwright` package instead of `@playwright/test` did automatically download browsers. This is no longer the case, and we recommend to explicitly download browsers via `npx playwright install` command.
+
+**v1.37 and earlier**
+
+`playwright` package was downloading browsers during `npm install`, while `@playwright/test` was not.
+
+**v1.38 and later**
+
+`playwright` and `@playwright/test` packages do not download browsers during `npm install`.
+
+**Recommended migration**
+
+Run `npx playwright install` to download browsers after `npm install`. For example, in your CI configuration:
+
+```yml
+- run: npm ci
+- run: npx playwright install --with-deps
+```
+
+**Alternative migration option - not recommended**
+
+Add `@playwright/browser-chromium`, `@playwright/browser-firefox` and `@playwright/browser-webkit` as a dependency. These packages download respective browsers during `npm install`. Make sure you keep the version of all playwright packages in sync:
+
+```json
+// package.json
+{
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "playwright": "1.38.0",
+    "@playwright/browser-chromium": "1.38.0",
+    "@playwright/browser-firefox": "1.38.0",
+    "@playwright/browser-webkit": "1.38.0"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Browser Versions
+
+* Chromium 117.0.5938.62
+* Mozilla Firefox 117.0
+* WebKit 17.0
+
+This version was also tested against the following stable channels:
+
+* Google Chrome 116
+* Microsoft Edge 116
+
 ## Version 1.37
 
 <LiteYouTube