diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md b/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md
index bfff2b07ad..46f8f610e0 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-locatorassertions.md
@@ -2103,3 +2103,30 @@ Expected options currently selected.
 ### option: LocatorAssertions.toHaveValues.timeout = %%-csharp-java-python-assertions-timeout-%%
 * since: v1.23
 
+
+## async method: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot
+* since: v1.49
+* langs: js
+
+Asserts that the target element matches the given accessibility snapshot.
+
+**Usage**
+
+```js
+import { role as x } from '@playwright/test';
+// ...
+await page.goto('https://demo.playwright.dev/todomvc/');
+await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+  - heading "todos"
+  - textbox "What needs to be done?"
+`);
+```
+
+### param: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.expected
+* since: v1.49
+* langs: js
+- `expected` <string>
+
+### option: LocatorAssertions.toMatchAriaSnapshot.timeout = %%-js-assertions-timeout-%%
+* since: v1.49
+* langs: js
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 71c0dad10c..57046ec2f8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         "vite": "^5.4.6",
         "ws": "^8.17.1",
         "xml2js": "^0.5.0",
-        "yaml": "^2.2.2"
+        "yaml": "^2.5.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18"
@@ -7852,10 +7852,13 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-a4UGQaWPH59mOXUYnAG2ewncQS4i4F43Tv3JoAM+s2VDAmS9NsK8GpDMLrCHPksFT7h3K6TOoUNn2pb7RoXx4g=="
     },
     "node_modules/yaml": {
-      "version": "2.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8aAvwVUSHpfEqTQ4w/KMlf3HcRdt50E5ODIQJBw1fQ5RL34xabzxtUlzTXVqc4rkZsPbvrXKWnABCD7kWSmocA==",
+      "version": "2.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bLQOjaX/ADgQ20isPJRvF0iRUHIxVhYvr53Of7wGcWlO2jvtUlH5m87DsmulFVxRpNLOnI4tB6p/oh8D7kpn9Q==",
       "dev": true,
+      "bin": {
+        "yaml": "bin.mjs"
+      },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 14"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f2ce943c9..0e14d12e3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@
     "vite": "^5.4.6",
     "ws": "^8.17.1",
     "xml2js": "^0.5.0",
-    "yaml": "^2.2.2"
+    "yaml": "^2.5.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/ariaSnapshot.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/ariaSnapshot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b573569f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/ariaSnapshot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { escapeWithQuotes } from '@isomorphic/stringUtils';
+import { beginAriaCaches, endAriaCaches, getAriaRole, getElementAccessibleName, isElementIgnoredForAria } from './roleUtils';
+import { isElementVisible } from './domUtils';
+
+type AriaNode = {
+  role: string;
+  name?: string;
+  children?: (AriaNode | string)[];
+};
+
+export type AriaTemplateNode = {
+  role: string;
+  name?: RegExp | string;
+  children?: (AriaTemplateNode | string | RegExp)[];
+};
+
+export function generateAriaTree(rootElement: Element): AriaNode {
+  const toAriaNode = (element: Element): { ariaNode: AriaNode, isLeaf: boolean } | null => {
+    const role = getAriaRole(element);
+    if (!role)
+      return null;
+
+    const name = role ? getElementAccessibleName(element, false) || undefined : undefined;
+    const isLeaf = leafRoles.has(role);
+    const result: AriaNode = { role, name };
+    if (isLeaf && !name && element.textContent)
+      result.children = [element.textContent];
+    return { isLeaf, ariaNode: result };
+  };
+
+  const visit = (ariaNode: AriaNode, node: Node) => {
+    if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE && node.nodeValue) {
+      ariaNode.children = ariaNode.children || [];
+      ariaNode.children.push(node.nodeValue);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (node.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
+      return;
+
+    const element = node as Element;
+    if (isElementIgnoredForAria(element))
+      return;
+
+    const visible = isElementVisible(element);
+    const hasVisibleChildren = element.checkVisibility({
+      opacityProperty: true,
+      visibilityProperty: true,
+      contentVisibilityAuto: true
+    });
+
+    if (!hasVisibleChildren)
+      return;
+
+    if (visible) {
+      const childAriaNode = toAriaNode(element);
+      const isHiddenContainer = childAriaNode && hiddenContainerRoles.has(childAriaNode.ariaNode.role);
+      if (childAriaNode && !isHiddenContainer) {
+        ariaNode.children = ariaNode.children || [];
+        ariaNode.children.push(childAriaNode.ariaNode);
+      }
+      if (isHiddenContainer || !childAriaNode?.isLeaf)
+        processChildNodes(childAriaNode?.ariaNode || ariaNode, element);
+    } else {
+      processChildNodes(ariaNode, element);
+    }
+  };
+
+  function processChildNodes(ariaNode: AriaNode, element: Element) {
+    // Process light DOM children
+    for (let child = element.firstChild; child; child = child.nextSibling)
+      visit(ariaNode, child);
+    // Process shadow DOM children, if any
+    if (element.shadowRoot) {
+      for (let child = element.shadowRoot.firstChild; child; child = child.nextSibling)
+        visit(ariaNode, child);
+    }
+  }
+
+  beginAriaCaches();
+  const result = toAriaNode(rootElement);
+  const ariaRoot = result?.ariaNode || { role: '' };
+  try {
+    visit(ariaRoot, rootElement);
+  } finally {
+    endAriaCaches();
+  }
+
+  normalizeStringChildren(ariaRoot);
+  return ariaRoot;
+}
+
+export function renderedAriaTree(rootElement: Element): string {
+  return renderAriaTree(generateAriaTree(rootElement));
+}
+
+function normalizeStringChildren(rootA11yNode: AriaNode) {
+  const flushChildren = (buffer: string[], normalizedChildren: (AriaNode | string)[]) => {
+    if (!buffer.length)
+      return;
+    const text = normalizeWhitespaceWithin(buffer.join('')).trim();
+    if (text)
+      normalizedChildren.push(text);
+    buffer.length = 0;
+  };
+
+  const visit = (ariaNode: AriaNode) => {
+    const normalizedChildren: (AriaNode | string)[] = [];
+    const buffer: string[] = [];
+    for (const child of ariaNode.children || []) {
+      if (typeof child === 'string') {
+        buffer.push(child);
+      } else {
+        flushChildren(buffer, normalizedChildren);
+        visit(child);
+        normalizedChildren.push(child);
+      }
+    }
+    flushChildren(buffer, normalizedChildren);
+    ariaNode.children = normalizedChildren.length ? normalizedChildren : undefined;
+  };
+  visit(rootA11yNode);
+}
+
+const hiddenContainerRoles = new Set(['none', 'presentation']);
+
+const leafRoles = new Set([
+  'alert', 'blockquote', 'button', 'caption', 'checkbox', 'code', 'columnheader',
+  'definition', 'deletion', 'emphasis', 'generic', 'heading', 'img', 'insertion',
+  'link', 'menuitem', 'menuitemcheckbox', 'menuitemradio', 'meter', 'option',
+  'progressbar', 'radio', 'rowheader', 'scrollbar', 'searchbox', 'separator',
+  'slider', 'spinbutton', 'strong', 'subscript', 'superscript', 'switch', 'tab', 'term',
+  'textbox', 'time', 'tooltip'
+]);
+
+const normalizeWhitespaceWithin = (text: string) => text.replace(/[\s\n]+/g, ' ');
+
+function matchesText(text: string | undefined, template: RegExp | string | undefined) {
+  if (!template)
+    return true;
+  if (!text)
+    return false;
+  if (typeof template === 'string')
+    return text === template;
+  return !!text.match(template);
+}
+
+export function matchesAriaTree(rootElement: Element, template: AriaTemplateNode): { matches: boolean, received: string } {
+  const root = generateAriaTree(rootElement);
+  const matches = nodeMatches(root, template);
+  return { matches, received: renderAriaTree(root) };
+}
+
+function matchesNode(node: AriaNode | string, template: AriaTemplateNode | RegExp | string, depth: number): boolean {
+  if (typeof node === 'string' && (typeof template === 'string' || template instanceof RegExp))
+    return matchesText(node, template);
+
+  if (typeof node === 'object' && typeof template === 'object' && !(template instanceof RegExp)) {
+    if (template.role && template.role !== node.role)
+      return false;
+    if (!matchesText(node.name, template.name))
+      return false;
+    if (!containsList(node.children || [], template.children || [], depth))
+      return false;
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function containsList(children: (AriaNode | string)[], template: (AriaTemplateNode | RegExp | string)[], depth: number): boolean {
+  if (template.length > children.length)
+    return false;
+  const cc = children.slice();
+  const tt = template.slice();
+  for (const t of tt) {
+    let c = cc.shift();
+    while (c) {
+      if (matchesNode(c, t, depth + 1))
+        break;
+      c = cc.shift();
+    }
+    if (!c)
+      return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+function nodeMatches(root: AriaNode, template: AriaTemplateNode): boolean {
+  const results: (AriaNode | string)[] = [];
+  const visit = (node: AriaNode | string): boolean => {
+    if (matchesNode(node, template, 0)) {
+      results.push(node);
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (typeof node === 'string')
+      return false;
+    for (const child of node.children || []) {
+      if (visit(child))
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  };
+  visit(root);
+  return !!results.length;
+}
+
+export function renderAriaTree(ariaNode: AriaNode): string {
+  const lines: string[] = [];
+  const visit = (ariaNode: AriaNode, indent: string) => {
+    let line = `${indent}- ${ariaNode.role}`;
+    if (ariaNode.name)
+      line += ` ${escapeWithQuotes(ariaNode.name, '"')}`;
+    const noChild = !ariaNode.name && !ariaNode.children?.length;
+    const oneChild = !ariaNode.name && ariaNode.children?.length === 1 && typeof ariaNode.children[0] === 'string';
+    if (noChild || oneChild) {
+      if (oneChild)
+        line += ': ' + escapeYamlString(ariaNode.children?.[0] as string);
+      lines.push(line);
+      return;
+    }
+    lines.push(line + (ariaNode.children ? ':' : ''));
+    for (const child of ariaNode.children || []) {
+      if (typeof child === 'string')
+        lines.push(indent + '  - text: ' + escapeYamlString(child));
+      else
+        visit(child, indent + '  ');
+    }
+  };
+  visit(ariaNode, '');
+  return lines.join('\n');
+}
+
+function escapeYamlString(str: string) {
+  if (str === '')
+    return '""';
+
+  const needQuotes = (
+    // Starts or ends with whitespace
+    /^\s|\s$/.test(str) ||
+    // Contains control characters
+    /[\x00-\x1f]/.test(str) ||
+    // Contains special YAML characters that could cause parsing issues
+    /[\[\]{}&*!,|>%@`]/.test(str) ||
+    // Contains a colon followed by a space (could be interpreted as a key-value pair)
+    /:\s/.test(str) ||
+    // Is a YAML boolean or null value
+    /^(?:y|Y|yes|Yes|YES|n|N|no|No|NO|true|True|TRUE|false|False|FALSE|null|Null|NULL|~)$/.test(str) ||
+    // Could be interpreted as a number
+    /^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?$/.test(str) ||
+    // Contains a newline character
+    /\n/.test(str) ||
+    // Starts with a special character
+    /^[\-?:,>|%@"`]/.test(str)
+  );
+
+  if (needQuotes) {
+    return `"${str
+        .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')
+        .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
+        .replace(/\n/g, '\\n')
+        .replace(/\r/g, '\\r')}"`;
+  }
+
+  return str;
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/consoleApi.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/consoleApi.ts
index f0231e9551..526694745b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/consoleApi.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/consoleApi.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { escapeForTextSelector } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
 import { asLocator } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
 import type { Language } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
 import type { InjectedScript } from './injectedScript';
+import { renderedAriaTree } from './ariaSnapshot';
 
 const selectorSymbol = Symbol('selector');
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ class ConsoleAPI {
       inspect: (selector: string) => this._inspect(selector),
       selector: (element: Element) => this._selector(element),
       generateLocator: (element: Element, language?: Language) => this._generateLocator(element, language),
+      ariaSnapshot: (element?: Element) => renderedAriaTree(element || this._injectedScript.document.body),
       resume: () => this._resume(),
       ...new Locator(injectedScript, ''),
     };
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
index 53cf647cfb..0f3308fe7c 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ import type { CSSComplexSelectorList } from '../../utils/isomorphic/cssParser';
 import { generateSelector, type GenerateSelectorOptions } from './selectorGenerator';
 import type * as channels from '@protocol/channels';
 import { Highlight } from './highlight';
-import { getChecked, getAriaDisabled, getAriaRole, getElementAccessibleName, getElementAccessibleDescription, beginAriaCaches, endAriaCaches } from './roleUtils';
+import { getChecked, getAriaDisabled, getAriaRole, getElementAccessibleName, getElementAccessibleDescription } from './roleUtils';
 import { kLayoutSelectorNames, type LayoutSelectorName, layoutSelectorScore } from './layoutSelectorUtils';
 import { asLocator } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
 import type { Language } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
-import { cacheNormalizedWhitespaces, escapeHTML, escapeHTMLAttribute, normalizeWhiteSpace, trimStringWithEllipsis } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
-import { selectorForSimpleDomNodeId, generateSimpleDomNode } from './simpleDom';
-import type { SimpleDomNode } from './simpleDom';
+import { cacheNormalizedWhitespaces, normalizeWhiteSpace, trimStringWithEllipsis } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
+import { matchesAriaTree } from './ariaSnapshot';
 
 export type FrameExpectParams = Omit<channels.FrameExpectParams, 'expectedValue'> & { expectedValue?: any };
 
@@ -75,12 +74,8 @@ export class InjectedScript {
   // module-level globals will be duplicated, which leads to subtle bugs.
   readonly utils = {
     asLocator,
-    beginAriaCaches,
     cacheNormalizedWhitespaces,
     elementText,
-    endAriaCaches,
-    escapeHTML,
-    escapeHTMLAttribute,
     getAriaRole,
     getElementAccessibleDescription,
     getElementAccessibleName,
@@ -1255,6 +1250,11 @@ export class InjectedScript {
       }
     }
 
+    {
+      if (expression === 'to.match.aria')
+        return matchesAriaTree(element, options.expectedValue);
+    }
+
     {
       // Single text value.
       let received: string | undefined;
@@ -1332,17 +1332,6 @@ export class InjectedScript {
     }
     throw this.createStacklessError('Unknown expect matcher: ' + expression);
   }
-
-  generateSimpleDomNode(selector: string): SimpleDomNode | undefined {
-    const element = this.querySelector(this.parseSelector(selector), this.document.documentElement, true);
-    if (!element)
-      return;
-    return generateSimpleDomNode(this, element);
-  }
-
-  selectorForSimpleDomNodeId(nodeId: string) {
-    return selectorForSimpleDomNodeId(this, nodeId);
-  }
 }
 
 const autoClosingTags = new Set(['AREA', 'BASE', 'BR', 'COL', 'COMMAND', 'EMBED', 'HR', 'IMG', 'INPUT', 'KEYGEN', 'LINK', 'MENUITEM', 'META', 'PARAM', 'SOURCE', 'TRACK', 'WBR']);
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
index 498fc189aa..6e05c39901 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function getAriaBoolean(attr: string | null) {
   return attr === null ? undefined : attr.toLowerCase() === 'true';
 }
 
-function isElementIgnoredForAria(element: Element) {
+export function isElementIgnoredForAria(element: Element) {
   return ['STYLE', 'SCRIPT', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEMPLATE'].includes(elementSafeTagName(element));
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/simpleDom.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/simpleDom.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c31862cd6c..0000000000
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/simpleDom.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import type { InjectedScript } from './injectedScript';
-
-const leafRoles = new Set([
-  'button',
-  'checkbox',
-  'combobox',
-  'link',
-  'textbox',
-]);
-
-export type SimpleDom = {
-  markup: string;
-  elements: Map<string, Element>;
-};
-
-export type SimpleDomNode = {
-  dom: SimpleDom;
-  id: string;
-  tag: string;
-};
-
-let lastDom: SimpleDom | undefined;
-
-export function generateSimpleDom(injectedScript: InjectedScript): SimpleDom {
-  return generate(injectedScript).dom;
-}
-
-export function generateSimpleDomNode(injectedScript: InjectedScript, target: Element): SimpleDomNode {
-  return generate(injectedScript, target).node!;
-}
-
-export function selectorForSimpleDomNodeId(injectedScript: InjectedScript, id: string): string {
-  const element = lastDom?.elements.get(id);
-  if (!element)
-    throw new Error(`Internal error: element with id "${id}" not found`);
-  return injectedScript.generateSelectorSimple(element);
-}
-
-function generate(injectedScript: InjectedScript, target?: Element): { dom: SimpleDom, node?: SimpleDomNode } {
-  const normalizeWhitespace = (text: string) => text.replace(/[\s\n]+/g, match => match.includes('\n') ? '\n' : ' ');
-  const tokens: string[] = [];
-  const elements = new Map<string, Element>();
-  let lastId = 0;
-  let resultTarget: { tag: string, id: string } | undefined;
-  const visit = (node: Node) => {
-    if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-      tokens.push(node.nodeValue!);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-      const element = node as Element;
-      if (element.nodeName === 'SCRIPT' || element.nodeName === 'STYLE' || element.nodeName === 'NOSCRIPT')
-        return;
-      if (injectedScript.utils.isElementVisible(element)) {
-        const role = injectedScript.utils.getAriaRole(element) as string;
-        if (role && leafRoles.has(role)) {
-          let value: string | undefined;
-          if (element.nodeName === 'INPUT' || element.nodeName === 'TEXTAREA')
-            value = (element as HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement).value;
-          const name = injectedScript.utils.getElementAccessibleName(element, false);
-          const structuralId = String(++lastId);
-          elements.set(structuralId, element);
-          tokens.push(renderTag(injectedScript, role, name, structuralId, { value }));
-          if (element === target) {
-            const tagNoValue = renderTag(injectedScript, role, name, structuralId);
-            resultTarget = { tag: tagNoValue, id: structuralId };
-          }
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-      for (let child = element.firstChild; child; child = child.nextSibling)
-        visit(child);
-    }
-  };
-  injectedScript.utils.beginAriaCaches();
-  try {
-    visit(injectedScript.document.body);
-  } finally {
-    injectedScript.utils.endAriaCaches();
-  }
-  const dom = {
-    markup: normalizeWhitespace(tokens.join(' ')),
-    elements
-  };
-
-  if (target && !resultTarget)
-    throw new Error('Target element is not in the simple DOM');
-
-  lastDom = dom;
-
-  return { dom, node: resultTarget ? { dom, ...resultTarget } : undefined };
-}
-
-function renderTag(injectedScript: InjectedScript, role: string, name: string, id: string, params?: { value?: string }): string {
-  const escapedTextContent = injectedScript.utils.escapeHTML(name);
-  const escapedValue = injectedScript.utils.escapeHTMLAttribute(params?.value || '');
-  switch (role) {
-    case 'button': return `<button id="${id}">${escapedTextContent}</button>`;
-    case 'link': return `<a id="${id}">${escapedTextContent}</a>`;
-    case 'textbox': return `<input id="${id}" title="${escapedTextContent}" value="${escapedValue}"></input>`;
-  }
-  return `<div role=${role} id="${id}">${escapedTextContent}</div>`;
-}
diff --git a/packages/playwright/ThirdPartyNotices.txt b/packages/playwright/ThirdPartyNotices.txt
index f2bb64d661..46c2f60cd2 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/ThirdPartyNotices.txt
+++ b/packages/playwright/ThirdPartyNotices.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ This project incorporates components from the projects listed below. The origina
 -	undici-types@6.19.8 (https://github.com/nodejs/undici)
 -	update-browserslist-db@1.0.13 (https://github.com/browserslist/update-db)
 -	yallist@3.1.1 (https://github.com/isaacs/yallist)
+-	yaml@2.5.1 (https://github.com/eemeli/yaml)
 
 %% @ampproject/remapping@2.2.1 NOTICES AND INFORMATION BEGIN HERE
 =========================================
@@ -4397,8 +4398,26 @@ IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 =========================================
 END OF yallist@3.1.1 AND INFORMATION
 
+%% yaml@2.5.1 NOTICES AND INFORMATION BEGIN HERE
+=========================================
+Copyright Eemeli Aro <eemeli@gmail.com>
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose
+with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice
+and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
+REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
+INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS
+OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
+TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
+THIS SOFTWARE.
+=========================================
+END OF yaml@2.5.1 AND INFORMATION
+
 SUMMARY BEGIN HERE
 =========================================
-Total Packages: 151
+Total Packages: 152
 =========================================
 END OF SUMMARY
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/playwright/bundles/expect/src/expectBundleImpl.ts b/packages/playwright/bundles/expect/src/expectBundleImpl.ts
index dbfd169353..875b48e614 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/bundles/expect/src/expectBundleImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/bundles/expect/src/expectBundleImpl.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export const matcherUtils = {
 };
 
 export {
+  EXPECTED_COLOR,
   INVERTED_COLOR,
   RECEIVED_COLOR,
   printReceived,
diff --git a/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package-lock.json b/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
index fcf9f972fe..90df9a258b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
         "json5": "2.2.3",
         "pirates": "4.0.4",
         "source-map-support": "0.5.21",
-        "stoppable": "1.1.0"
+        "stoppable": "1.1.0",
+        "yaml": "^2.5.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/source-map-support": "^0.5.4",
@@ -280,6 +281,17 @@
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=8.0"
       }
+    },
+    "node_modules/yaml": {
+      "version": "2.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bLQOjaX/ADgQ20isPJRvF0iRUHIxVhYvr53Of7wGcWlO2jvtUlH5m87DsmulFVxRpNLOnI4tB6p/oh8D7kpn9Q==",
+      "bin": {
+        "yaml": "bin.mjs"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -464,6 +476,11 @@
       "requires": {
         "is-number": "^7.0.0"
       }
+    },
+    "yaml": {
+      "version": "2.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bLQOjaX/ADgQ20isPJRvF0iRUHIxVhYvr53Of7wGcWlO2jvtUlH5m87DsmulFVxRpNLOnI4tB6p/oh8D7kpn9Q=="
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package.json b/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package.json
index 69477909c5..dc807c0d95 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "json5": "2.2.3",
     "pirates": "4.0.4",
     "source-map-support": "0.5.21",
-    "stoppable": "1.1.0"
+    "stoppable": "1.1.0",
+    "yaml": "^2.5.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/source-map-support": "^0.5.4",
diff --git a/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/src/utilsBundleImpl.ts b/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/src/utilsBundleImpl.ts
index 7c29c301a8..76cf961ab7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/src/utilsBundleImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/bundles/utils/src/utilsBundleImpl.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ export const enquirer = enquirerLibrary;
 
 import chokidarLibrary from 'chokidar';
 export const chokidar = chokidarLibrary;
+
+import yamlLibrary from 'yaml';
+export const yaml = yamlLibrary;
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/DEPS.list b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/DEPS.list
index 59b704628d..de39c6b545 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/DEPS.list
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/DEPS.list
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [*]
 ../common/
 ../util.ts
+../utilsBundle.ts
 ../worker/testInfo.ts
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/expect.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/expect.ts
index 16300607d9..0d276d4101 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/expect.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/expect.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import {
 import { zones } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
 import { TestInfoImpl } from '../worker/testInfo';
 import { ExpectError, isExpectError } from './matcherHint';
+import { toMatchAriaSnapshot } from './toMatchAriaSnapshot';
 
 // #region
 // Mirrored from https://github.com/facebook/jest/blob/f13abff8df9a0e1148baf3584bcde6d1b479edc7/packages/expect/src/print.ts
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ const customAsyncMatchers = {
   toHaveValue,
   toHaveValues,
   toHaveScreenshot,
+  toMatchAriaSnapshot,
   toPass,
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
index 3ca9180ae2..c0319e371f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/matchers.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { TestInfoImpl } from '../worker/testInfo';
 import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
 import { takeFirst } from '../common/config';
 
-interface LocatorEx extends Locator {
+export interface LocatorEx extends Locator {
   _expect(expression: string, options: Omit<FrameExpectOptions, 'expectedValue'> & { expectedValue?: any }): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }>;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..949e44af6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/matchers/toMatchAriaSnapshot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+
+import type { LocatorEx } from './matchers';
+import type { ExpectMatcherState } from '../../types/test';
+import { kNoElementsFoundError, matcherHint, type MatcherResult } from './matcherHint';
+import type { AriaTemplateNode } from 'playwright-core/lib/server/injected/ariaSnapshot';
+import { yaml } from '../utilsBundle';
+import { colors } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
+import { EXPECTED_COLOR } from '../common/expectBundle';
+import { callLogText } from '../util';
+import { printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring } from './expect';
+
+export async function toMatchAriaSnapshot(
+  this: ExpectMatcherState,
+  receiver: LocatorEx,
+  expected: string,
+  options: { timeout?: number, matchSubstring?: boolean } = {},
+): Promise<MatcherResult<string | RegExp, string>> {
+  const matcherName = 'toMatchAriaSnapshot';
+
+  const matcherOptions = {
+    isNot: this.isNot,
+    promise: this.promise,
+  };
+
+  if (typeof expected !== 'string') {
+    throw new Error([
+      matcherHint(this, receiver, matcherName, receiver, expected, matcherOptions),
+      `${colors.bold('Matcher error')}: ${EXPECTED_COLOR('expected',)} value must be a string`,
+      this.utils.printWithType('Expected', expected, this.utils.printExpected)
+    ].join('\n\n'));
+  }
+
+  const ariaTree = toAriaTree(expected) as AriaTemplateNode;
+  const timeout = options.timeout ?? this.timeout;
+  const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut } = await receiver._expect('to.match.aria', { expectedValue: ariaTree, isNot: this.isNot, timeout });
+
+  const messagePrefix = matcherHint(this, receiver, matcherName, 'locator', undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined);
+  const notFound = received === kNoElementsFoundError;
+  const message = () => {
+    if (pass) {
+      if (notFound)
+        return messagePrefix + `Expected: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}\nReceived: ${received}` + callLogText(log);
+      const printedReceived = printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring(received, received.indexOf(expected), expected.length);
+      return messagePrefix + `Expected: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}\nReceived string: ${printedReceived}` + callLogText(log);
+    } else {
+      const labelExpected = `Expected`;
+      if (notFound)
+        return messagePrefix + `${labelExpected}: ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}\nReceived: ${received}` + callLogText(log);
+      return messagePrefix + this.utils.printDiffOrStringify(expected, received, labelExpected, 'Received string', false) + callLogText(log);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    name: matcherName,
+    expected,
+    message,
+    pass,
+    actual: received,
+    log,
+    timeout: timedOut ? timeout : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+function parseKey(key: string): AriaTemplateNode {
+  if (!key)
+    return { role: '' };
+
+  const match = key.match(/^([a-z]+)(?:\s+(?:"([^"]*)"|\/([^\/]*)\/))?$/);
+
+  if (!match)
+    throw new Error(`Invalid key ${key}`);
+
+  const role = match[1];
+  if (role && role !== 'text' && !allRoles.includes(role))
+    throw new Error(`Invalid role ${role}`);
+
+  if (match[2])
+    return { role, name: match[2] };
+  if (match[3])
+    return { role, name: new RegExp(match[3]) };
+  return { role };
+}
+
+function valueOrRegex(value: string): string | RegExp {
+  return value.startsWith('/') && value.endsWith('/') ? new RegExp(value.slice(1, -1)) : value;
+}
+
+type YamlNode = Record<string, Array<YamlNode> | string>;
+
+function toAriaTree(text: string): AriaTemplateNode {
+  const convert = (object: YamlNode | string): AriaTemplateNode | RegExp | string => {
+    const key = typeof object === 'string' ? object : Object.keys(object)[0];
+    const value = typeof object === 'string' ? undefined : object[key];
+    const parsed = parseKey(key);
+    if (parsed.role === 'text') {
+      if (typeof value !== 'string')
+        throw new Error(`Generic role must have a text value`);
+      return valueOrRegex(value as string);
+    }
+    if (Array.isArray(value))
+      parsed.children = value.map(convert);
+    else if (value)
+      parsed.children = [valueOrRegex(value)];
+    return parsed;
+  };
+  const fragment = yaml.parse(text) as YamlNode[];
+  return convert({ '': fragment }) as AriaTemplateNode;
+}
+
+const allRoles = [
+  'alert', 'alertdialog', 'application', 'article', 'banner', 'blockquote', 'button', 'caption', 'cell', 'checkbox', 'code', 'columnheader', 'combobox', 'command',
+  'complementary', 'composite', 'contentinfo', 'definition', 'deletion', 'dialog', 'directory', 'document', 'emphasis', 'feed', 'figure', 'form', 'generic', 'grid',
+  'gridcell', 'group', 'heading', 'img', 'input', 'insertion', 'landmark', 'link', 'list', 'listbox', 'listitem', 'log', 'main', 'marquee', 'math', 'meter', 'menu',
+  'menubar', 'menuitem', 'menuitemcheckbox', 'menuitemradio', 'navigation', 'none', 'note', 'option', 'paragraph', 'presentation', 'progressbar', 'radio', 'radiogroup',
+  'range', 'region', 'roletype', 'row', 'rowgroup', 'rowheader', 'scrollbar', 'search', 'searchbox', 'section', 'sectionhead', 'select', 'separator', 'slider',
+  'spinbutton', 'status', 'strong', 'structure', 'subscript', 'superscript', 'switch', 'tab', 'table', 'tablist', 'tabpanel', 'term', 'textbox', 'time', 'timer',
+  'toolbar', 'tooltip', 'tree', 'treegrid', 'treeitem', 'widget', 'window'
+];
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/utilsBundle.ts b/packages/playwright/src/utilsBundle.ts
index 072e16bb03..5ded7993b7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/utilsBundle.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/utilsBundle.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ export const sourceMapSupport: typeof import('../bundles/utils/node_modules/@typ
 export const stoppable: typeof import('../bundles/utils/node_modules/@types/stoppable') = require('./utilsBundleImpl').stoppable;
 export const enquirer: typeof import('../bundles/utils/node_modules/enquirer') = require('./utilsBundleImpl').enquirer;
 export const chokidar: typeof import('../bundles/utils/node_modules/chokidar') = require('./utilsBundleImpl').chokidar;
+export const yaml: typeof import('../bundles/utils/node_modules/yaml') = require('./utilsBundleImpl').yaml;
diff --git a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
index a1128c519e..3f1179e34f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
@@ -7638,6 +7638,31 @@ interface LocatorAssertions {
     timeout?: number;
   }): Promise<void>;
 
+  /**
+   * Asserts that the target element matches the given accessibility snapshot.
+   *
+   * **Usage**
+   *
+   * ```js
+   * import { role as x } from '@playwright/test';
+   * // ...
+   * await page.goto('https://demo.playwright.dev/todomvc/');
+   * await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+   *   - heading "todos"
+   *   - textbox "What needs to be done?"
+   * `);
+   * ```
+   *
+   * @param expected
+   * @param options
+   */
+  toMatchAriaSnapshot(expected: string, options?: {
+    /**
+     * Time to retry the assertion for in milliseconds. Defaults to `timeout` in `TestConfig.expect`.
+     */
+    timeout?: number;
+  }): Promise<void>;
+
   /**
    * Makes the assertion check for the opposite condition. For example, this code tests that the Locator doesn't contain
    * text `"error"`:
diff --git a/tests/library/inspector/console-api.spec.ts b/tests/library/inspector/console-api.spec.ts
index 51d2262bf8..0305f5c5e3 100644
--- a/tests/library/inspector/console-api.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/inspector/console-api.spec.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ it('expected properties on playwright object', async ({ page }) => {
     'inspect',
     'selector',
     'generateLocator',
+    'ariaSnapshot',
     'resume',
     'locator',
     'getByTestId',
diff --git a/tests/page/to-match-aria-snapshot.spec.ts b/tests/page/to-match-aria-snapshot.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1e0d7b91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/page/to-match-aria-snapshot.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { stripAnsi } from 'tests/config/utils';
+import { test, expect } from './pageTest';
+
+test('should match', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`<h1>title</h1>`);
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading "title"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('should match in list', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <h1>title</h1>
+    <h1>title 2</h1>
+  `);
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading "title"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('should match list with accessible name', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <ul aria-label="my list">
+      <li>one</li>
+      <li>two</li>
+    </ul>
+  `);
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - list "my list":
+      - listitem: one
+      - listitem: two
+  `);
+});
+
+test('should match deep item', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <div>
+      <h1>title</h1>
+      <h1>title 2</h1>
+    </div>
+  `);
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading "title"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('should match complex', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        <a href='about:blank'>link</a>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+  `);
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - list:
+      - listitem:
+        - link "link"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('should match regex', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`<h1>Issues 12</h1>`);
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading /Issues \\d+/
+  `);
+});
+
+test('should allow text nodes', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <h1>Microsoft</h1>
+    <div>Open source projects and samples from Microsoft</div>
+  `);
+
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading "Microsoft"
+    - text: Open source projects and samples from Microsoft
+  `);
+});
+
+test('integration test', async ({ page, browserName }) => {
+  test.fixme(browserName === 'webkit');
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <h1>Microsoft</h1>
+    <div>Open source projects and samples from Microsoft</div>
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        <details>
+          <summary>
+            Verified
+          </summary>
+          <div>
+            <div>
+              <p>
+                We've verified that the organization <strong>microsoft</strong> controls the domain:
+              </p>
+              <ul>
+                <li class="mb-1">
+                  <strong>opensource.microsoft.com</strong>
+                </li>
+              </ul>
+              <div>
+                <a href="about: blank">Learn more about verified organizations</a>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </details>
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        <a href="about:blank">
+          <summary title="Label: GitHub Sponsor">Sponsor</summary>
+        </a>
+      </li>
+    </ul>`);
+
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading "Microsoft"
+    - text: Open source projects and samples from Microsoft
+    - list:
+      - listitem:
+        - group: Verified
+      - listitem:
+        - link "Sponsor"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('integration test 2', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <div>
+      <header>
+        <h1>todos</h1>
+        <input placeholder="What needs to be done?">
+      </header>
+    </div>`);
+  await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading "todos"
+    - textbox "What needs to be done?"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('expected formatter', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <div>
+      <header>
+        <h1>todos</h1>
+        <input placeholder="What needs to be done?">
+      </header>
+    </div>`);
+  const error = await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot(`
+    - heading "todos"
+    - textbox "Wrong text"
+  `, { timeout: 1 }).catch(e => e);
+  expect(stripAnsi(error.message)).toContain(`- Expected         - 3
++ Received string  + 3
+
+-
++ - :
++   - banner:
+      - heading "todos"
+-     - textbox "Wrong text"
+-   
++     - textbox "What needs to be done?"`);
+});
diff --git a/utils/doclint/linting-code-snippets/cli.js b/utils/doclint/linting-code-snippets/cli.js
index 146646a1f0..5d3200aa9e 100644
--- a/utils/doclint/linting-code-snippets/cli.js
+++ b/utils/doclint/linting-code-snippets/cli.js
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class JSLintingService extends LintingService {
           'notice/notice': 'off',
           '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': 'off',
           'max-len': ['error', { code: 100 }],
+          'react/react-in-jsx-scope': 'off',
         },
       }
     });