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docs(browsercontext): undeprecate setHTTPCredentials #42419

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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion docs/src/api/class-browsercontext.md
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## async method: BrowserContext.setHTTPCredentials
* since: v1.8
* langs: js
* deprecated: Browsers may cache credentials after successful authentication. Create a new browser context instead.

Sets the credentials for HTTP authentication for this browser context.

:::note
Browsers may cache credentials per origin after a successful authentication, so changing credentials for an origin that has already been authenticated may have no effect.
:::

### param: BrowserContext.setHTTPCredentials.httpCredentials
* since: v1.8
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion packages/playwright-client/types/types.d.ts
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}): Promise<void>;

/**
* @deprecated Browsers may cache credentials after successful authentication. Create a new browser context instead.
* Sets the credentials for HTTP authentication for this browser context.
*
* **NOTE** Browsers may cache credentials per origin after a successful authentication, so changing credentials for
* an origin that has already been authenticated may have no effect.
*
* @param httpCredentials Pass an array to use different credentials for different origins. The first entry that matches the request origin
* is used, and entries with no origin match any request.
*/
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts
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}): Promise<void>;

/**
* @deprecated Browsers may cache credentials after successful authentication. Create a new browser context instead.
* Sets the credentials for HTTP authentication for this browser context.
*
* **NOTE** Browsers may cache credentials per origin after a successful authentication, so changing credentials for
* an origin that has already been authenticated may have no effect.
*
* @param httpCredentials Pass an array to use different credentials for different origins. The first entry that matches the request origin
* is used, and entries with no origin match any request.
*/
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