@wdio/types

v9.32.0 (2026-09-20)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-cli, wdio-runner, wdio-types, wdio-utils
  • #15092 feat(profiling): add support for cpu and heap profiling (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15614 feat(webdriverio): add acceptDialog and dismissDialog for mobile permission dialogs (@christian-bromann)
• create-wdio
  • #15528 feat(create-wdio): add Dioxus service to the project creation wizard and docs (@goosewobbler)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15632 fix(webdriverio): make addLocatorStrategy work on multi-remote browsers (@nikolas-sapa)
  • #15637 fix(webdriverio): keep a valid top-level context on switchToParentFrame (@PloneMraz)
  • #15638 fix(webdriverio): release the session-manager registration on removeListeners (@PloneMraz)
  • #15073 fix: resolve mock state error and race condition (#15072) (@mccmrunal)
  • #15089 fix(webdriverio): correctly use navigation ID for networkIdle wait (@mccmrunal)
  • #15621 fix(webdriverio): avoid retaining closed browser instances (@ML642)
  • #15624 fix(webdriverio): let switchToParentFrame recover a destroyed context (@PloneMraz)
  • #15615 fix(webdriverio): use BiDi accessibility locator for aria selectors (@christian-bromann)
  • #15627 fix(webdriverio): re-throw original stale element error when refetch fails (@nikolas-sapa)
  • #15629 fix(webdriverio): apply throttleNetwork conditions to service workers (@nikolas-sapa)
  • #15613 fix(webdriverio): handle dynamic function payloads in mock.respond (@christian-bromann)
  • #15574 fix(webdriverio): honor getHTML exclusion options (@lucasmariano003-wq)
  • #15573 fix(webdriverio): recover owning window after nested frame destruction (@lucasmariano003-wq)
  • #15607 fix(webdriverio): allow URLPattern as browser.mock url (@Yash121l)
  • #15575 fix(webdriverio): retain detached-first shadow hosts (@lucasmariano003-wq)
• Other
  • #15639 fix(webdriverio): preserve original stale-element error when refetch fails (Closes #15550) (@nikolas-sapa)
  • #15126 fix(wdio-protocols): map getActiveElement return type to ElementRefer… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #15616 fix(junit-reporter): uniquely associate Jasmine filename-only suites (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-sumologic-reporter
  • #15617 fix(sumo-reporter):sumologic reporter bounded retries (@ML642)
• wdio-utils
  • #15619 fix(wdio-utils): settle some and every on all-hole arrays (@devangpratap)
  • #15625 fix(utils): clean up incomplete driver cache dir before retrying install (@nikolas-sapa)
  • #15577 fix(wdio-utils): preserve sparse array length in async map (@ML642)
  • #15596 fix(utils): encode custom plugin file URLs (@ML642)
• wdio-browser-runner
  • #15620 fix(mock-factory): correct original module type (@ML642)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-utils
  • #15610 fix(wdio-allure-reporter): stabilize Allure historyId across browser versions (@christian-bromann)
• create-wdio
  • #15612 fix(create-wdio): generate tsconfig without overwriting or breaking root extends (@christian-bromann)
• webdriver
  • #15611 fix(webdriver): enable followRedirects for BiDi connections (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-runner, webdriverio
  • #15317 Add undefined to getInstance as possible return type (@la122)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15094 fix(allure-reporter): classify AssertionError by error name property (@mcwanza)
  • #15551 fix(wdio-allure-reporter): write results incrementally instead of only at runner end (@devangpratap)
• wdio-cli, wdio-local-runner, wdio-types
  • #15595 fix(@wdio/local-runner): report a non-zero exit code for signal terminated workers (@nikolas-sapa)

💅 Polish

• wdio-utils
  • #15609 fix(utils): include execution context in timeout errors (@lucasmariano003-wq)

📝 Documentation

• Other
  • #15642 fix(webdriverio): fix AI assistant reset button overlap with scrollbar (@sh011)
  • #15542 docs: add RobotActions to the cloud services page (@krishtoautomate)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils
  • #15074 docs: clarify component testing coverage setup (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15601 docs(webdriverio): add iterating over elements section to $$ (@devangpratap)

🏠 Internal

• Other
  • #15636 ci: skip unrelated suites and shrink the PR test matrix (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #15604 chore(deps): update archiver to v8 (@scs0209)

Committers: 17

• Cesar Montoya (@mcwanza)
• Changsu Seong (@scs0209)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Jack VanSickle (@jackvansickle1)
• Krish Pavuluri (@krishtoautomate)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Martsin Lazouski (@ML642)
• Nikolas Sapalidis (@nikolas-sapa)
• Plone Mraz (@PloneMraz)
• Shrey Shekhar (@sh011)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Yash Lunawat (@Yash121l)
• @devangpratap
• @goosewobbler
• @la122
• @lucasmariano003-wq

v9.31.2 (2026-08-21)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-types, wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15459 feat: UNSTABLE Enhance multi-remote instance/element support with select & filter (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15514 Add title path (@formaceft-93)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15479 fix(webdriverio): record matching mock responses even when not blocked (@Badisi)
• wdio-config
  • #15511 fix: add .cts to supported file extensions (@mauriciolauffer)

💅 Polish

• create-wdio
  • #15515 fix(create-wdio): install @serenity-js/html-reporter instead of @senity-js/serenity-bdd (@jan-molak)

Committers: 5

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Dmitrii (@formaceft-93)
• Jan Molak (@jan-molak)
• Mauricio Lauffer (@mauriciolauffer)
• @Badisi

v9.30.1 (2026-08-03)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-types, webdriver
  • #15461 fix(webdriver): make WebDriver Bidi response timeout configurable (@mccmrunal)
• webdriver
  • #15221 fix(webdriver): guard Object.keys call on stringified request body (@mnaoumov)
• Other
  • #15455 Fix/deps security overrides (@mccmrunal)
  • #15453 Fix/deps security overrides (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #15452 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): report scenarios as testcases with cucumber Opts.scenarioLevelReporter (@mccmrunal)
• eslint-plugin-wdio
  • #15441 fix: Update es-lint-plugin globals peer deps (@dprevost-LMI)

📝 Documentation

• #15369 Added trace player devtools doc for webpage (@vishnuv688)

🏠 Internal

• Other
  • #15448 chore(deps): bump preact from 10.26.9 to 10.29.8 (@dependabot[bot])
  • #15447 chore(deps): bump minimatch from 10.1.1 to 10.2.5 (@dependabot[bot])
  • #15451 fix(deps): pin fast-xml-parser to 5.2.5 on the AWS SDK path to fix docs deploy (@AutomatedTester)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15404 chore(@wdio/browserstack-service): remove service from this repository (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 7

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Burns (@AutomatedTester)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Michael Naumov (@mnaoumov)
• Mykyta Chursin (@unickq)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)

v9.29.1 (2026-06-26)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15335 feat(browserstack-service): one-to-many Test-Case-ID tagging (setCust… (@anish353)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-logger
  • #15354 fix: Force logger build by adjusting security doc on pattern masking (@dprevost-LMI)
• webdriverio
  • #15353 fix(webdriverio): skip isConnected check for non-shadow element scope in BiDi (@mccmrunal)

📝 Documentation

• wdio-logger
  • #15354 fix: Force logger build by adjusting security doc on pattern masking (@dprevost-LMI)
• Other
  • #15341 docs(tracing): Add blog post for Tracing Mode in devtools service (@Winify)

Committers: 5

• Anish Kumar Sinha (@anish353)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)

v9.29.0 (2026-06-18)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15293 fix: make waitForResponse wait for networkCollector's response (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-utils
  • #15305 fix(wdio-utils): use supported EdgeDriver CDN (@cyphercodes)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15316 Fix/wdio reloadsession finishedmetadata (@shivamku-BS)

🏠 Internal

• #15320 ci: fix ubuntu e2e failures (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 6

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Rayan Salhab (@cyphercodes)
• Shivam Kumar (@shivamku-BS)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)

v9.28.0 (2026-06-10)

:bug: Bug Fix

• #15291 fix: logger not cjs compliant (@dprevost-LMI)

:house: Internal

• Other
  • #15292 ci: Fix unzip hangs issue with node 24.16 (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15283 fix: main pipeline failures & browserStack config.accessibility & more (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 9

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• JinHyuk Sung (@sjh9714)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Noritaka Kobayashi (@noritaka1166)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @harshit-browserstack

v9.27.2 (2026-05-26)

:rocket: New Feature

• create-wdio, wdio-xvfb
  • #15235 feat(create-wdio): migrate to @wdio/electron-service and add Tauri service (@goosewobbler)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15246 fix: resolve etxtbsy issue(file busy error) at spawn (@shivamku-BS)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-types
  • #15232 Honouring the skipped status (@Bhargavi-BS)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15215 fix(browserstack-service): omit unset accessibility config (@kbrooks)
  • #15201 Update gRPC message limit in WDIO-v9 to 20 MB (@xxshubhamxx)

:memo: Documentation

• #15255 Selenium devtools doc (@vishnuv688)

Committers: 11

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• Kyle Brooks (@kbrooks)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Shivam Kumar (@shivamku-BS)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• YASH JAIN (@osho-20)
• @goosewobbler
• bhargavi vaidya (@Bhargavi-BS)

v9.27.1 (2026-04-30)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #15153 feat: Add bidi network data (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-types, wdio-utils
  • #15204 fix(utils): skip desktop browser download when androidPackage is set (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner
  • #15193 fix: call afterSession hook on session init failure and guard worker IPC against kill race (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15192 enhancement: prevent shadow root memory leak in SPA navigation (@lacell75)
  • #15191 fix shadow element stale (@lacell75)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15112 Fix Allure reporter historyId — use capability key instead of cid (@todti)
• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #15153 feat: Add bidi network data (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-runner
  • #15186 fix: disableElementImplicitWait not working when defined too early (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15206 V9 username accesskey redaction (@minavkaria-bs)
• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:memo: Documentation

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:house: Internal

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)
• webdriverio
  • #15173 ci: enable vitest typecheck tests (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 9

• #QualityWithMillan (@eaccmk)
• Alex (@todti)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Fabien CELLIER (@lacell75)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• YASH JAIN (@osho-20)
• @Badisi
• @minavkaria-bs

v9.27.0 (2026-03-23)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-appium-service
  • #15155 fix(appium-service): fix startup failure caused by Appium stderr log output (@wswebcreation)
• wdio-globals
  • #15135 fix: TypeScript 7 compatibility (@mscrivo)
• wdio-protocols, webdriverio
  • #15159 fix(webdriverio): revert queryAppState protocol rename and remove mobile command wrapper (@wswebcreation)

Committers: 2

• Michael Scrivo (@mscrivo)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.26.1 (2026-03-15)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15154 fix(webdriverio): fix mobile command argument mismatches for Appium 3 compatibility (@wswebcreation)

Committers: 1

• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.26.0 (2026-03-15)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-protocols, webdriver, webdriverio

  • #15141 fix(appium): rename deprecated Appium protocol commands for Appium 3 compatibility (@wswebcreation)

• eslint-plugin-wdio

  • #15151 feat(eslint-plugin-wdio): Following eslint v9 plugin specification (@dprevost-LMI)

:house: Internal

• Ohter
  • #14953 fix: Upgrade expect-webdriverio to 5.6.5 (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 2

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.25.0 (2026-03-10)

:rocket: New Feature

• eslint-plugin-wdio
  • #15084 feat: Use no floating promise eslint rule for missing await (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15117 fix: update exit signal for CLI process termination on Unix systems (@xxshubhamxx)
• webdriverio
  • #15098 fix: Ensure getValue returns a string (@dprevost-LMI)
  • #15131 fix(webdriverio): ignore 'no such frame' error in handleUserPrompt (#… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #15133 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): correctly detect Cucumber framework in mult… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15130 fix(wdio-allure-reporter): properly resolve pending steps and status … (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 10

• Anish Kumar Sinha (@anish353)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Rounak Bhatia (@rounak610)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• Yevhen Laichenkov (@elaichenkov)

v9.24.0 (2026-02-10)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14980 Ws/appium service selector performance (@wswebcreation)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14980 Ws/appium service selector performance (@wswebcreation)

:memo: Documentation

• #15079 fix: resolve broken link in docs (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 3

• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.23.3 (2026-02-01)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-config
  • #15044 fix(wdio-config): restore jiti fallback for CJS named imports (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-sauce-service
  • #15000 Fix/sauce service jasmine error (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15045 fix(webdriverio): allow waitForClickable in native context if browser… (@mccmrunal)
  • #15034 Fix/bidi cookie robustness (@mccmrunal)
• webdriver
  • #15046 Fix/14946 overlapping capabilities (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-protocols, webdriverio
  • #15003 fix: Fix incorrect typings and commands inconsistency (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-local-runner
  • #15047 feat: add spec file name to log file prefix (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #15070 fix(appium): pass through clean NODE_OPTIONS (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15041 fix(allure-reporter): attach cucumber data table to step instead of s… (@mccmrunal)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15066 Allow parallel runs to download CLI (@xxshubhamxx)

:memo: Documentation

• #15057 fix(website): Change Expect API docs, manage Event docs generation error and update website packages (@Winify)
• #15056 fix(website): ensure footer copyright year is dynamic (@mccmrunal)
• #15035 Add WebdriverIO 9 Mobile Automation Boilerplate with Appium (@syamphaneendra)

Committers: 8

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Swastik Baranwal (@Delta456)
• Syamphaneendra Kalluri (@syamphaneendra)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)

v9.23.1 (2026-01-18)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols
  • #14914 fix(protocols): update WebDriver & Appium protocols (@eglitise)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-config
  • #14915 feat(config): allow --exclude to exclude suites by name (@mccmrunal)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner
  • #15010 fix(wdio-browser-runner): prioritize @tailwindcss/postcss for Tailwin… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli
  • #15012 fix(wdio-cli): ensure dynamic specs added in onPrepare are correctly … (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-jasmine-framework
  • #15013 fix(jasmine,allure): preserve nested describe structure (#13953) (@mccmrunal)
• webdriver
  • #14951 fix(webdriver): normalize overlapping W3C capabilities (webdriverio#14946) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-utils
  • #15011 Fix/retry timeout propagation (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-local-runner
  • #14997 fix(local-runner): force kill stuck workers after shutdown timeout (@mccmrunal)
  • #14971 fix(wdio-local-runner): use gracefulExit to avoid synchronous termina… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-sauce-service
  • #15001 fix(jasmine-framework): move @types/jasmine to dependencies (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15019 fix(webdriverio): prevent waitForExist from swapping valid indexed el… (@mccmrunal)
  • #15018 fix(webdriverio): handle 'no such frame' error in BiDi navigation (@mccmrunal)
  • #14912 fix: relative XPath chaining in BiDi mode (@mccmrunal)
  • #14972 fix(session): eliminate memory leak in session managers (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner, wdio-types
  • #14859 fix: Allow specFileRetries to be overriden in the beforeSession hook (@bgrozev)
• wdio-cli, webdriverio
  • #14913 Fix/watcher files to watch 14685 (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14961 fix: remove double ports for start-appium-inspector (@wswebcreation)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14965 fix(junit-reporter): do not report skipped test when no tests are exe… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-shared-store-service
  • #14966 fix(shared-store): use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost (#14761) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-mocha-framework
  • #14982 fix(mocha): don't report this.skip() in hooks as failure (#14649) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14985 Prevent undefined binds when chaining element command overwrites (@anish353)

:memo: Documentation

• #14963 docs: add documentation on LT accessibility (@harsha509)

Committers: 9

• Aditya Hirapara (@AdityaHirapara)
• Anish Kumar Sinha (@anish353)
• Edgars Eglītis (@eglitise)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Rounak Bhatia (@rounak610)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @bgrozev
• @vipin-bs

v9.20.0 (2025-09-27)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14719 Update wdio-allure-reporter for Allure 3 (@todti)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriver
  • #14760 fix(webdriver): Fix no retrying requests when unexpected token on responses occurs (like on HTML responses) (@Nyaran)
• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #14763 feat(cucumber): Fix skipping tests with skip tag using complex regular expressions (@Nyaran)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14723 fix(@wdio/allure-reporter): Encode HTML entities (@sventschui)
• webdriverio
  • #14714 fix(attach-params): user options should override detectBackend (@NaamuKim)
• wdio-utils
  • #14750 feat(utils): Fix reduce function to use the initial value parameter (@Nyaran)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14783 Exhaustive logging for better capability flow debug (@pranay-v29)
  • #14781 SDK-4104 Updated the build url format for azure pipelines (@pranay-v29)
• wdio-cli, wdio-config
  • #14664 tsConfigPath in wdio.conf (@sh41)
• webdriverio
  • #14744 fix: polish waitForClickable (@wswebcreation)
  • #14745 fix: polish isStable commands (@wswebcreation)
• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-local-runner
  • #14734 Support added for change in product name:- Observability -> Test Reporting and Analytics v9 (@Tanmay-Bstack)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #14786 Updated refs due to changes in the example-recipes repo (@fpereira1)
  • #14787 Update docs on selector to warn that aria/ selectors can be slow (@fpereira1)
  • #14776 corrected typo in the index page (@alphabetkrish)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14735 docs(@wdio/junit-reporter): update readme (@eglitise)

:house: Internal

• #14748 chore(.nvmrc) upgrade node version to fix continuous release (@NaamuKim)

Committers: 15

• Alex (@todti)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Edgars Eglītis (@eglitise)
• Erkan Erol (@erkanerol)
• Filype (@fpereira1)
• Luis Zurro (@Nyaran)
• Luke (@NaamuKim)
• Nathan Zhao (@phantomwolf)
• Pranay Varma (@pranay-v29)
• Steve Hall (@sh41)
• Sven (@sventschui)
• Ulises Gascón (@UlisesGascon)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @Tanmay-Bstack
• @alphabetkrish

v9.19.2 (2025-08-24)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14706 fix(junit-reporter): improve error handling and skipped test reportin… (@nair-sumesh)
• webdriverio
  • #14717 fix(webdriverio): escape scripts in addInitScript (@birtles)
• wdio-local-runner, wdio-types, wdio-xvfb
  • #14700 fix(wdio-xvfb): autoXvfb should disable xvfb completely (@goosewobbler)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14704 Add chaining of multiple layers of overwritten command definitions (@amaanbs)

Committers: 4

• Amaan Hakim (@amaanbs)
• Brian Birtles (@birtles)
• @goosewobbler
• @nair-sumesh

v9.19.1 (2025-08-12)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-local-runner, wdio-types, wdio-xvfb
  • #14696 feat(wdio-xvfb): add xvfbAutoInstall option (@goosewobbler)

Committers: 1

• @goosewobbler

v9.19.0 (2025-08-11)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-local-runner, wdio-types, wdio-xvfb
  • #14663 feat: @wdio/xvfb (@goosewobbler)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14680 Add ignore hooks support for v9 (@xxshubhamxx)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #14694 fix(webdriverio): don't fail if last window is closed (@christian-bromann)
  • #14683 fix: fix longpress on iOS Safari (@wswebcreation)
  • #14589 [BUG-14514] - Switch frame to an iframe in a Shadow DOM (@vishnuv688)
  • #14661 fix: simplify the getNativeContext check (@wswebcreation)
• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #14672 feat(cucumber): Fix skipping tests with skip tag (@Nyaran)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14677 A11y targeted scans v9 (@xxshubhamxx)

:memo: Documentation

• #14660 core: update visual docs with @wdio/image-comparison-core (@wswebcreation)

Committers: 6

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Luis Zurro (@Nyaran)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @goosewobbler

v9.16.0 (2025-06-23)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• #14534 fix(infra) have not present required generate optional argument (@dprevost-LMI)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-config, wdio-runner, wdio-types
  • #14546 feat(wdio-runner): automatically include SoftAssertionService (@JustasMonkev)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-config
  • #14236 fix: Combines exclude and wdio:exclude. (@damencho)
• wdio-utils
  • #14572 Fix for isAndroid outside of test (@AakashHotchandani)
  • #14565 fix(wdio-utils):fix to support windows path string (@mato533)
  • #14531 fix(webdriverio): detect Samsung devices as Android in BrowserStack (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14557 fix for accessibility build error [wdio-browsertstack-service] (@rounak610)
• webdriverio
  • #14549 fix(types): Fix overwriteCommand inconsistent typing (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-local-runner
  • #14511 refactor(wdio-local-runner): replace async-exit-hook with exit-hook (@harsha509)
• wdio-protocols
  • #14522 fix(@wdio/protocols): Have options of appium terminateApp command optional (@dprevost-LMI)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14538 Added support for running accessibility on Non-browserstack infrastructure (@Bhargavi-BS)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #14578 fix: Updates exclude docs. (@damencho)
  • #14547 fix(docs) Masking doc glitches + update Appium required version following PR merge (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-appium-service, wdio-cli, wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #14523 fix(docs): update various Appium-related links (@eglitise)

:house: Internal

• #14569 fix(ci): hardening security of GH actions (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 10

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Edgars Eglītis (@eglitise)
• JustasM (@JustasMonkev)
• Rounak Bhatia (@rounak610)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• @Bhargavi-BS
• @mato533
• Дамян Минков (@damencho)

v9.15.0 (2025-05-30)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-logger, wdio-runner, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #13938 feat(runner+browserstack): Mask sensitive data for Reporters (and more) (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-protocols
  • #14507 feat(protocol): extend Appium protocol (@eglitise)
  • #14462 feat(protocol): add Chromium log commands to Appium protocol (@christian-bromann)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #14496 fix(webdriverio): write polyfill script as ES3 (@romainmenke)
  • #14465 fix(webdriverio): improve typing for execute and executeAsync (@christian-bromann)
• webdriver
  • #14491 fix(webdriver): handle large images on screenshot (fix for 14489 bug) (@nikoslytras)

:nail_care: Polish

• webdriver
  • #14493 Cache the wd request dispatcher (@dragosMC91)

:memo: Documentation

• webdriverio
  • #14488 docs: improve browser.keys documentation (@vitmf)

Committers: 7

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Dragos Campean (@dragosMC91)
• Edgars Eglītis (@eglitise)
• Nikos Lytras (@nikoslytras)
• Romain Menke (@romainmenke)
• Vitor de Mello Freitas (@vitmf)

v9.14.0 (2025-05-15)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-protocols, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14478 feat(protocol): WebDriver Bidi Protocol update (@christian-bromann)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-spec-reporter
  • #14472 chore(@wdio/spec-reporter): file name print format (@unickq)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-types
  • #14474 add browserstack camera-image-injection to wdio-types capabilities (@DoreyKiss)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14466 Added changes to skip tests for mocha framework for browserstack session (@pri-gadhiya)

:house: Internal

• wdio-types
  • #14481 feat: adding check in normalizeDoc function to make sure readmeArr is of string type (@Kauanldsbarbosa)

Committers: 5

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Dory (@DoreyKiss)
• Kauan Barbosa (@Kauanldsbarbosa)
• Mykyta Chursin (@unickq)
• Priyanka Gadhiya (@pri-gadhiya)

v9.13.0 (2025-05-12)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols
  • #14431 change gridProxyDetails request from GET to POST method (@ArtMathArt)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriver
  • #14463 fix(webdriver): stop cloning request so await response.json() can abort properly (@dprevost-LMI)
  • #14437 Fix avoid misleading BiDi connection failure message (@Rondleysg)
• webdriverio
  • #14449 fix(bidi-dialog): only dismiss dialogs in active browsing context (@Rondleysg)
  • #14448 fix(bidi-dialog): only accept dialogs in active browsing context (@Rondleysg)
• wdio-utils
  • #14427 fix: disable Chrome's password manager leak detection as it can block test execution (@erwinheitzman)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14422 Add suite and test field of skipped test to xml report (@ccharnkij)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-concise-reporter, wdio-reporter, wdio-spec-reporter
  • #14454 feat(reporter): add browserName function and use where required (@Delta456)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14438 Auto enable accessibility [v9] (@rounak610)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #14467 Update method-options.md (@wswebcreation)
  • #14451 Update BoilerplateProjects.md (@amiya-pattnaik)
  • #14452 Fix: button alignment, update Twitter icon to X,. feat: add version dropdown (@Kauanldsbarbosa)
  • #14442 feature: contributor components in the index (@Kauanldsbarbosa)
• wdio-types
  • #14435 docs: fix typo (@fetsorn)
• webdriverio
  • #14424 chore: update mobile docs (@wswebcreation)

:house: Internal

• #14464 chore: reenable headless/test.e2e.ts tests (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 12

• Amiya Pattanaik (@amiya-pattnaik)
• Artem Sukhinin (@ArtMathArt)
• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)
• Kauan Barbosa (@Kauanldsbarbosa)
• Rondley Gregório (@Rondleysg)
• Rounak Bhatia (@rounak610)
• Swastik Baranwal (@Delta456)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @fetsorn

v9.12.6 (2025-04-17)

:rocket: New Feature

• webdriver
  • 14350 feat: introduce defineConfig function to create a typed configuration object (@erwinheitzman)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-utils
  • #14417 Fix Windows Automation on WebDriverIO V9 (@samuelfreiberg)
  • #14412 Address skipping tests for mocha and jasmine in aftertest (@ccharnkij)

:nail_care: Polish

• webdriverio
  • #14398 catching error from addPreloadScript (@ccharnkij)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14410 fix(@wdio/browserstack-service): node fetch() failure over HTTPS_PROXY=<proxy_url> setup (@mitya555)
• @wdio/config
• 14351 polish(@wdio/config): decrease waitforInterval from 500 to 100 to improve execution speed (@erwinheitzman)

Committers: 4

• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• Dmitriy Mukhin (@mitya555)
• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)
• Samuel Freiberg (@samuelfreiberg)

v9.12.3 (2025-04-03)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #14360 fix(interception): Properly handle binary response data in WebDriverInterception (@Norva-bugged)
  • #14338 fix: Fixes isDisplayed to always use default params for checkVisibility. (@damencho)
• Other
  • #14341 SDK-2064 A11y-Platform-Level-Support (@xxshubhamxx)

:memo: Documentation

• #14357 fix(docs): resolving broken sumologic reporter link (@rbronz)
• #14353 fix broken link in docs. Closes #14348 (@harsha509)

:house: Internal

• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-browser-runner, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-config, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-firefox-profile-service, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-protocols, wdio-runner, wdio-types, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14363 chore: bump @wdio/eslint and format (@alcpereira)

Committers: 8

• Avron Souto (@Norva-bugged)
• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• @alcpereira
• @fetsorn
• @rbronz
• Дамян Минков (@damencho)

v9.12.2 (2025-03-27)

:rocket: New Feature

• webdriver
  • #14304 feat(webdriver): support WebSocket options at the BiDi connection (@mato533)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriver
  • #14336 fix(webdriverio): try/catch dns lookup (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14321 fix: android deepLink using package instead of packageName (@fabioatcorreia)
• wdio-utils
  • #14311 Reduce wait port retry interval (@dragosMC91)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14280 Bug Fix: missing Platform version on BrowserStack Observability (@AdityaHirapara)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14332 SDK-2064 A11y-Platform-Level-Support (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #14312 Percy binary update (@sauravdas1997)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #14335 fix: fix in docs formatter to accept new types (@Rondleysg)
  • #14329 fix(docs): resolving broken sauce connect proxy link (@rbronz)
  • #14318 docs: boilerplate project added to MD (@Rondleysg)
  • #14320 docs: update docker docs to use official puppeteer image (@alcpereira)
  • #14308 fix(docs): resolving broken github actions links (@Sandi2212)
• wdio-cli, wdio-protocols, wdio-sauce-service, wdio-spec-reporter, wdio-types
  • #14327 docs: fix all references to Sauce Labs docs (@Rondleysg)
• wdio-spec-reporter
  • #14306 updated spec reporter readme - sharable links value with valid sauce sharable link (@vjuturu)

Committers: 13

• Aditya Hirapara (@AdityaHirapara)
• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Dragos Campean (@dragosMC91)
• Fábio Correia (@fabioatcorreia)
• Rondley Gregório (@Rondleysg)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• @Sandi2212
• @alcpereira
• @mato533
• @rbronz
• @sauravdas1997
• @vjuturu

v9.10.1 (2025-02-25)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-junit-reporter, wdio-reporter, wdio-runner, wdio-spec-reporter, wdio-types, webdriver
  • #14223 fix(@wdio/reporter): propagate failing session creation to report (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cli, wdio-config, wdio-runner, wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #14219 polish: performance improvements and some general code improvements (@erwinheitzman)

Committers: 2

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)

v9.6.3 (2025-01-23)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner
  • #14104 fix(@wdio/browser-runner): export mocha source map (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 1

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)

v9.6.2 (2025-01-23)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriverio
  • #14103 fix(webdriverio): double check elements that have a display: contents (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #14101 fix(webdriverio): enable arbitrary automation protocol packages (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-runner
  • #14102 fix(@wdio/runner): make sure there is at least one reporter initiated (@christian-bromann)

:memo: Documentation

• webdriver
  • #14100 fix: typos on readme (@shiv-jirwankar)

Committers: 2

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Shiv Jirwankar (@shiv-jirwankar)

v9.5.0 (2024-12-30)

:rocket: New Feature

• webdriverio
  • #14014 feat: add native mobile swipe (@wswebcreation)
  • #14012 Add mobile tap command (@wswebcreation)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #14018 fix(webdriverio): support resolve references from internalId (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-sauce-service
  • #14013 fix(@wdio/sauce-service): set unique values for noSslBumpDomains (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-types
  • #14001 fix(@wdio/cli): adjust default value for specFileRetriesDeferred (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-utils
  • #14000 fix(@wdio/utils): detect Appium if 'appium:options' is used (@christian-bromann)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-types, wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #14010 Update Appium detection (@wswebcreation)

Committers: 2

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.4.4 (2024-12-19)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-testingbot-service
  • #13991 @wdio/testingbot-service: Update TestingBot Tunnel typings: add noCache and noBump (@jochen-testingbot)

:house: Internal

• eslint-plugin-wdio, wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-appium-service, wdio-browser-runner, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-config, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-firefox-profile-service, wdio-globals, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-json-reporter, wdio-junit-reporter, wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-local-runner, wdio-logger, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-protocols, wdio-repl, wdio-reporter, wdio-runner, wdio-sauce-service, wdio-shared-store-service, wdio-smoke-test-cjs-service, wdio-smoke-test-service, wdio-spec-reporter, wdio-static-server-service, wdio-sumologic-reporter, wdio-testingbot-service, wdio-types, wdio-utils, wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #13867 chore: upgrade to Eslint v9 (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 2

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Jochen (@jochen-testingbot)

v9.4.3 (2024-12-17)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-cli, wdio-config, wdio-local-runner, webdriver
  • #13962 fix(@wdio/cli): propagate node-options to worker env (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #13978 fix(webdriver): enable Bidi commands for Appium sessions (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-types
  • #13988 wdio-types: add platformVersion field for BrowserStackCapabilities (@Delta456)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-utils
  • #13983 fix(@wdio/utils): Unset geckodriver when stable is set as browserVersion (@nextlevelbeard)

Committers: 4

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Ricardo Barbosa (@nextlevelbeard)
• Swastik Baranwal (@Delta456)
• @alphabetkrish

v9.4.2 (2024-12-12)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-cli
  • #13963 Remove unused cli-spinners dependency (@alexparish)
  • #13944 fix(@wdio/cli): use require to import json file (@christian-bromann)
  • #13932 fix(@wdio/cli): ensure onComplete hooks is executed (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #13960 fix(webdriverio): support opening file urls (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-utils
  • #13949 fix(@wdio/utils): properly detect Appium browser sessions (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-runner
  • #13958 fix(@wdio/runner): Continue emitting event on the runner even when a reporter throws an error (@dprevost-LMI)
• webdriverio
  • #13941 fix(webdriverio): add 'appium:options' when checking for native context (@ricardorlg)
• wdio-allure-reporter, webdriver
  • #13922 fix: Catch requests failure to trigger the result and onAfterCommand event (@dprevost-LMI)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-cli
  • #13970 fix(@wdio/cli): Serenity/JS supports WebdriverIO 9 (@jan-molak)
• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #13950 fix(webdriverio): don't fail if getContext is not supported (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-types
  • #13951 Changes to send SDK instrumentation in capabilities v9 (@jainam-bs)

:memo: Documentation

• #13965 Update Emulation.md - device emulation (@jochen-testingbot)

Committers: 7

• Alex Parish (@alexparish)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Jainam Shah (@jainam-bs)
• Jan Molak (@jan-molak)
• Jochen (@jochen-testingbot)
• ricardo larrahondo (@ricardorlg)

v9.2.2 (2024-10-28)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cli, wdio-config, wdio-local-runner, wdio-spec-reporter, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #13781 fix(webdriverio): improve switchFrame behavior (@christian-bromann)
• webdriver
  • #13805 fix(webdriver): allow WebdriverIO to handle alerts (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browser-runner, webdriver
  • #13782 fix(@wdio/browser-runner): publish Mocha assets as part of package (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #13798 fix(webdriverio): Misfound elements when using WebDriver BiDi (@nextlevelbeard)
  • #13800 reorder shadowroot removal (@ccharnkij)
  • #13772 fix(webdriverio): ensure BiDi browsingContext is updated after switchToWindow (@harsha509)
  • #13760 Prevent switchWindow from switching on invalid window requested (@gavvvr)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #13773 🐛 Bug Fix: TypeError: fetch failed (@kamal-kaur04)
• wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #13777 fix(webdriverio): wait for request information to come in (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli
  • #13768 Fix moduleLoaderFlag (@jenskuhrjorgensen)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-appium-service
  • #13804 chore(@wdio/appium-service): log to stdout if no log path is set (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-protocols
  • #13806 feat(wdio-protocols): extend BiDi type definitions (@harsha509)
• webdriverio
  • #13793 feat: enhance newWindow function to support 'tab' or 'window' types (@harsha509)

:memo: Documentation

• webdriverio
  • #13802 fix(webdriverio): typo in keys description (@cuvar)
  • #13794 docs(browser.mock): remove outdated parameter comment (@Delta456)
• Other
  • #13795 rename attachSession to attachToSession (@navin772)
  • #13797 docs(BACKERS.md): fix LambdaTest logo link (@Delta456)
  • #13758 docs: Updated examples guide to mention PNPM for setup instead of NPM (@gavvvr)
  • #13761 docs: correct links to flowcharts (@gavvvr)

:house: Internal

• #13792 add missing test:e2e script to package.json (@harsha509)

Committers: 11

• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Jens Kuhr Jørgensen (@jenskuhrjorgensen)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• Kirill Gavrilov (@gavvvr)
• Luca Müller (@cuvar)
• Navin Chandra (@navin772)
• Ricardo Barbosa (@nextlevelbeard)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Swastik Baranwal (@Delta456)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.1.3 (2024-10-08)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-logger, webdriverio
  • #13746 fix(webdriverio): make command more compatible with v8 behavior (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #13731 fix(webdriverio): mark mock as being called even without overwrites (@christian-bromann)
  • #13695 fix(webdriverio): apply script polyfills also for classic sessions (@christian-bromann)
  • #13730 fix(webdriverio): remove default params in actions (@lacell75)
  • #13694 Allow transformation from classic tag name selector to BiDi (@danielhjacobs)
• wdio-sauce-service, wdio-spec-reporter
  • #13701 fix(@wdio/sauce-service): fix setting annotations (@christian-bromann)

:nail_care: Polish

• webdriverio
  • #13744 chore(webdriverio): provide a better error message if no debuggerAddress is available (@christian-bromann)
• webdriver
  • #13736 chore(webdriver): add exponential backoff to request retries (@romainmenke)

:house: Internal

• wdio-browser-runner
  • #13720 chore(deps): bump the minor-deps-updates-main group with 4 updates (@dependabot[bot])
• Other
  • #13717 fix(ci) group dependabot PRs by version type (@BorisOsipov)

Committers: 5

• Boris Osipov (@BorisOsipov)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Daniel Jacobs (@danielhjacobs)
• Fabien CELLIER (@lacell75)
• Romain Menke (@romainmenke)

v9.1.2 (2024-09-28)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #13669 fix(webdriverio): fix execute command when passing in a string (@christian-bromann)
  • #13668 fix(webdriverio): fix mock filtering (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-utils
  • #13665 Reject promise if test is skipped via async method (@sebastian-sauer)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-types, webdriver
  • #13667 chore(webdriver): refactor request/response error handling (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli, wdio-sauce-service, wdio-spec-reporter, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #13666 Removing APAC region (@diemol)

Committers: 3

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Diego Molina (@diemol)
• @sebastian-sauer

v9.1.0 (2024-09-24)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #13616 Add file to cucumber options (@ccharnkij)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #13604 [junit-reporter]: Add function to add additional properties to testcases (@sebastian-sauer)
  • #13526 [junit-reporter] Add option to include nodejs console log in junit report (@sebastian-sauer)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriver
  • #13649 fix(webdriver): restore request retries (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #13625 Refetches element on bidi context change (@ccharnkij)
  • #13523 Fix customElement wrapper for custom elements which don't define connectedCallback or disconnectedCallback (@swendlandt)
  • #13520 fix the second deepselector call (@lacell75)
• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #13564 fix(wdio-cucumber-framework): filter cucumberFeaturesWithLineNumbers (@johnp)
• wdio-browser-runner
  • #13605 fix(@wdio/cli): fix type for config when generating a project (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli
  • #13606 fix ci by removing unexpected ts-expect-error statements (@sebastian-sauer)
  • #13603 fix(@wdio/cli): fix type for config when generating a project (@christian-bromann)
  • #13566 fix(@wdio/cli): cucumber generated config spec path (@alcpereira)
  • #13568 fix(@wdio/cli): package manager detection improvements (@alcpereira)
  • #13557 fix(#11999): regression with Jasmine types (@Badisi)
• wdio-types
  • #13567 fix(@wdio/types): make 'moz:debuggerAddress' a string or boolean (@christian-bromann)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #13648 fix(@wdio/utils): disable Bidi for Appium sessions (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-appium-service, wdio-sauce-service, wdio-testingbot-service, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #13622 fix(webdriverio): don't send desiredCapabilities anymore when initializing a session (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-spec-reporter, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #13612 Removing us-east-1 region (@diemol)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #13613 feat(@wdio/junit-reporter): provide CJS export (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #13571 v9: Auto Enable App Percy for App Automate (@akanksha1909)

:memo: Documentation

• #13627 docs(integration): added selenium grid integration docs (@amardeep2006)
• #13565 docs: fix bun create tab on gettingstarted (@alcpereira)
• #13549 docs: missing async in timeout docs (@yusufcankaya)
• #13527 docs(watch-mode): update running instructions (@tech-dm-klymenko)

Committers: 13

• Akanksha singh (@akanksha1909)
• Amar Deep Singh (@amardeep2006)
• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Diego Molina (@diemol)
• Dmytro Klymenko (@tech-dm-klymenko)
• Fabien CELLIER (@lacell75)
• Johannes Pfrang (@johnp)
• Yuka (@yusufcankaya)
• @Badisi
• @alcpereira
• @sebastian-sauer
• @swendlandt

v9.0.8 (2024-09-05)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-protocols, webdriverio
  • #13481 feat(webdriverio): set cookies via Bidi if supported (@christian-bromann)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #13470 fix(webdriverio): fix script execution (@christian-bromann)
• Other
  • #13478 fix(webdriverio): better detect manually created shadow roots (@christian-bromann)
• eslint-plugin-wdio, wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-appium-service, wdio-browser-runner, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-concise-reporter, wdio-config, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-dot-reporter, wdio-firefox-profile-service, wdio-globals, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-junit-reporter, wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-local-runner, wdio-logger, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-repl, wdio-reporter, wdio-runner, wdio-sauce-service, wdio-shared-store-service, wdio-smoke-test-cjs-service, wdio-smoke-test-reporter, wdio-smoke-test-service, wdio-spec-reporter, wdio-static-server-service, wdio-sumologic-reporter, wdio-testingbot-service, wdio-types, wdio-utils, wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #13482 fix(core): specify minimum node version to be 18.20.0 or higher (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browser-runner
  • #13489 fix(@wdio/browser-runner): support Firefox using Bidi (@christian-bromann)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #13437 Browserstack Turboscale Observability Integration (@amaanbs)

:memo: Documentation

• wdio-shared-store-service
  • #13514 Added information on typescript types for wdio-shared-store-service (@sauterl)
• Other
  • #13486 Fix addInitScript example in v9 blog post (@Mr0grog)
  • #13483 docs: small typo in BestPractices.md (@alcpereira)
  • #13466 Argos visual testing page (@gregberge)

Committers: 8

• Amaan Hakim (@amaanbs)
• Boris Osipov (@BorisOsipov)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Greg Bergé (@gregberge)
• Loris Sauter (@sauterl)
• Rob Brackett (@Mr0grog)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @alcpereira

v9.0.4 (2024-08-19)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #13389 fix(webdriverio): execute command when using bidi (@christian-bromann)
  • #13388 fix(webdriverio): update getHTML docs (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-reporter, wdio-webdriver-mock-service
  • #13219 fix(@wdio/reporter): transform scripts in TestStats (#13209) (@johnp)

:house: Internal

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-smoke-test-cjs-service, wdio-smoke-test-service, wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #13385 fix(infra): retry type generation (@christian-bromann)
• Other
  • #13383 feat: pkg.pr.new (@Aslemammad)

Committers: 3

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Johannes Pfrang (@johnp)
• Mohammad Bagher Abiyat (@Aslemammad)