diff --git a/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_controller.py b/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_controller.py
index efdbcedeec..1079b3f8fa 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_controller.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_controller.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 from crawlee.browsers._base_browser_controller import BaseBrowserController
 
+from playwright.async_api import Browser
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Mapping
 
-    from playwright.async_api import Browser
-
     from crawlee.proxy_configuration import ProxyInfo
 
 
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ def has_free_capacity(self) -> bool:
     @property
     @override
     def is_browser_connected(self) -> bool:
-        return self._browser.is_connected()
+        if isinstance(self._browser, Browser):
+            return self._browser.is_connected()
+        else:
+            return True
 
     @override
     async def new_page(
diff --git a/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_plugin.py b/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_plugin.py
index 8a67b85e12..1b4b3d8e92 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_plugin.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/browsers/_playwright_browser_plugin.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def __init__(
         browser_options: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
         page_options: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
         max_open_pages_per_browser: int = 20,
+        cookies: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Create a new instance.
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._playwright_context_manager = async_playwright()
         self._playwright: Playwright | None = None
+        self._cookies = cookies
 
     @property
     @override
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ async def new_browser(self) -> PlaywrightBrowserController:
             raise RuntimeError('Playwright browser plugin is not initialized.')
 
         if self._browser_type == 'chromium':
-            browser = await self._playwright.chromium.launch(**self._browser_options)
+            browser = await self._playwright.chromium.launch_persistent_context(user_data_dir='', **self._browser_options)
         elif self._browser_type == 'firefox':
             browser = await self._playwright.firefox.launch(**self._browser_options)
         elif self._browser_type == 'webkit':
@@ -101,6 +103,10 @@ async def new_browser(self) -> PlaywrightBrowserController:
         else:
             raise ValueError(f'Invalid browser type: {self._browser_type}')
 
+        # TODO(Ishaan): Clean this up.
+        if self._cookies:
+            await browser.add_cookies(self._cookies)
+
         return PlaywrightBrowserController(
             browser,
             max_open_pages_per_browser=self._max_open_pages_per_browser,
diff --git a/src/crawlee/playwright_crawler/_playwright_crawler.py b/src/crawlee/playwright_crawler/_playwright_crawler.py
index 5968b54634..49200e2fb2 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/playwright_crawler/_playwright_crawler.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/playwright_crawler/_playwright_crawler.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ async def enqueue_links(
                             link_user_data.setdefault('label', label)
 
                         try:
-                            request = BaseRequestData.from_url(url, user_data=link_user_data)
+                            request = BaseRequestData.from_url(url, user_data=link_user_data, keep_url_fragment=True)
                         except ValidationError as exc:
                             context.log.debug(
                                 f'Skipping URL "{url}" due to invalid format: {exc}. '