chore: remove toMatchAriaSnapshot.path (#34379)

Author: pavelfeldman

docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md

@@ -2274,13 +2274,8 @@ assertThat(page.locator("body")).matchesAriaSnapshot(new LocatorAssertions.Match
 * langs: js
 - `name` <[string]>
 
-Name of the snapshot to store in the snapshot folder corresponding to this test. Generates ordinal name if not specified.
-
-### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot#2.path
-* since: v1.50
-- `path` <[string]>
-
-Path to the YAML snapshot file.
+Name of the snapshot to store in the snapshot (screenshot) folder corresponding to this test.
+Generates sequential names if not specified.
 
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot#2.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.50

packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts

@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ export async function toMatchAriaSnapshot(
   if (isString(expectedParam)) {
     expected = expectedParam;
   } else {
-    if (expectedParam?.path) {
-      expectedPath = expectedParam.path;
-    } else if (expectedParam?.name) {
+    if (expectedParam?.name) {
       expectedPath = testInfo.snapshotPath(sanitizeFilePathBeforeExtension(expectedParam.name));
     } else {
       let snapshotNames = (testInfo as any)[snapshotNamesSymbol] as SnapshotNames;

packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts

@@ -8697,16 +8697,11 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
    */
   toMatchAriaSnapshot(options?: {
     /**
-     * Name of the snapshot to store in the snapshot folder corresponding to this test. Generates ordinal name if not
-     * specified.
+     * Name of the snapshot to store in the snapshot (screenshot) folder corresponding to this test. Generates sequential
+     * names if not specified.
      */
     name?: string;
 
-    /**
-     * Path to the YAML snapshot file.
-     */
-    path?: string;
-
     /**
      * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
      */

tests/playwright-test/aria-snapshot-file.spec.ts

@@ -42,24 +42,6 @@ test('should match snapshot with name', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
 });
 
-test('should match snapshot with path', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
-  const result = await runInlineTest({
-    'test.yml': `
-      - heading "hello world"
-    `,
-    'a.spec.ts': `
-      import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-      import path from 'path';
-      test('test', async ({ page }) => {
-        await page.setContent(\`<h1>hello world</h1>\`);
-        await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'test.yml') });
-      });
-    `
-  });
-
-  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-});
-
 test('should generate multiple missing', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
   const result = await runInlineTest({
     'playwright.config.ts': `