@wdio/utils

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

v9.31.9 (2026-09-13)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-utils
  • #15563 feat(@wdio/utils): support CHROMEDRIVER_CDNURL for custom driver mirrors (@mccmrunal)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-utils
  • #15586 fix: Upgrade EdgeDriver accounting browser's version missing corresponding driver architecture (@dprevost-LMI)

🏠 Internal

• wdio-utils
  • #15586 fix: Upgrade EdgeDriver accounting browser's version missing corresponding driver architecture (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 2

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)

v9.31.7 (2026-09-07)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15571 feat: Move select into BETA with env flag still (@dprevost-LMI)

🏠 Internal

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-mocha-framework
  • #15566 chore(deps): Update to mocha 11 (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 1

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)

v9.31.6 (2026-09-06)

🚀 New Feature

• create-wdio
  • #15539 Third party service null-driver (@ccharnkij)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-sumologic-reporter
  • #15547 fix(sumologic-reporter): retry after failed sync (@Fnine59)
• wdio-utils
  • #15562 fix(wdio-utils): track dialog listener lifecycle (@Fnine59)
• webdriverio
  • #15470 fix(webdriverio): clear shadow roots when navigation starts (@iamhaseebn)
  • #15552 fix(webdriverio):reject invalid timeout values (@ML642)
• wdio-config
  • #15561 fix(wdio-config): apply keyword exclude to grouped specs (@harsha509)
• webdriver
  • #15559 fix(webdriver): keep new driver PID after reloadSession (@harsha509)

💅 Polish

• wdio-utils
  • #15562 fix(wdio-utils): track dialog listener lifecycle (@Fnine59)

📝 Documentation

• webdriverio
  • #15564 docs: Dialog auto dismis and once (@dprevost-LMI)
• Other
  • #15301 Feat/add mobile flutter docs remastered (@Kauanldsbarbosa)
  • #15557 docs(devtools): document Python trace mode, granularity and retention (@vishnuv688)

🏠 Internal

• Other
  • #15549 chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6.0.3 to 7.0.1 in the major-deps-updates group (@dependabot[bot])
  • #15555 chore(deps): bump @xmldom/xmldom from 0.9.8 to 0.9.12 (@dependabot[bot])
  • #15548 chore(deps): bump lewagon/wait-on-check-action from 1.8.0 to 1.9.1 in the minor-deps-updates group (@dependabot[bot])
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-config, wdio-runner, wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #15509 chore(deps): bump deepmerge-ts from 7.1.5 to 8.0.0 (@dependabot[bot])
• wdio-browser-runner
  • #15556 chore(deps): Upgrade to svelte 5 + unskip e2e (@dprevost-LMI)
  • #15334 chore(deps): bump vite from 5.4.21 to 6.4.3 (@dependabot[bot])

Committers: 8

• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Fnine59 (@Fnine59)
• Haseeb Nazir (@iamhaseebn)
• Kauan Barbosa (@Kauanldsbarbosa)
• Martsin Lazouski (@ML642)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)

v9.31.5 (2026-08-29)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15538 feat: UNSTABLE Review Multi-remote select implementations and remove filter (@dprevost-LMI)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15538 feat: UNSTABLE Review Multi-remote select implementations and remove filter (@dprevost-LMI)
• webdriverio
  • #15535 fix(webdriverio): handle BiDi no such node errors as stale (@Fnine59)
  • #15537 fix(webdriverio): require all classic cookie filter attributes (@ML642)

📝 Documentation

• wdio-protocols, webdriverio
  • #15536 Docs/actions api guidance (@ML642)

Committers: 3

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Fnine59 (@Fnine59)
• Martsin Lazouski (@ML642)

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)

v9.30.0 (2026-07-21)

👓 Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15370 fix: update CDDL and regenerate to fix null litteral (@dprevost-LMI)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15400 fix(webdriverio): stop unrelated shadow roots leaking into scoped element lookups (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils
  • #15399 fix(deps): bump geckodriver to 6.1.1 to fix geckoDriverVersion CLI leak (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15390 PR: Bug Fix 🐛fix(allure-reporter): attach suite-level before/after all hook steps to every test (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15376 fix(browserstack-service): report mocha hooks in the CLI/testhub flow [SDK-6809] (@pranay-v29)
  • #15381 fix(browserstack-service): coerce stringified boolean accessibility options (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15382 fix(browserstack-service): finalize orphaned test runs on interrupted exit (SDK-4671) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15383 fix(a11y): route WDIO CLI-flow App Automate sessions to app-accessibility (SDK-3813) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15380 fix(browserstack-service): skip a11y scan for BiDi window/context commands (SDK-5047) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15379 fix(wdio-browserstack-service): ship a11y Browser type augmentations (@harshit-browserstack)
• wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15370 fix: update CDDL and regenerate to fix null litteral (@dprevost-LMI)

🏠 Internal

• wdio-config
  • #15398 fix(deps): patch minimatch instances missed by prior override (@mccmrunal)
• Other
  • #15396 Mrunal/vulnerabilities fixes (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service, webdriver
  • #15393 chore: Fixed vulnerabilities (@mccmrunal)
  • #15358 fix: Upgrade yauzl to 3.4, fixing node hanging zipping issues

Committers: 6

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Pranay Varma (@pranay-v29)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @harshit-browserstack

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

v9.23.0 (2026-01-03)

:rocket: New Feature

• eslint-plugin-wdio, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-globals, wdio-runner, webdriverio
  • #14975 fix: Rename multiremotebrowser to multiRemoteBrowser to follow camelCasing Rules (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-jasmine-framework
  • #14976 fix(wdio-jasmine-framework): restore hook data for Jasmine 5.10+ (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-utils
  • #14977 fix(wdio-utils): rethrow pending/skip errors for Jasmine (#14688) (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #14979 fix(webdriverio): respect element index in waitForExist (#14418) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14957 fix(webdriverio): handle 'no such alert' error when dialog closes (@mccmrunal)

:nail_care: Polish

• webdriverio
  • #14958 feat: enhance getContext(s)|switchContext (@wswebcreation)

:memo: Documentation

• wdio-utils
  • #14978 docu: fix wdio/utils description (@mauriciolauffer)

:house: Internal

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14956 chore: UTs genering errors on main (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 5

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Mauricio Lauffer (@mauriciolauffer)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.22.0 (2025-12-24)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14932 feat:add start appium inspector from the cli (@wswebcreation)
  • #14939 Adding ability to pass in custom timeout for appium start (@samuelfreiberg)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-utils
  • #14918 fix(wdio-utils): propagate framework timeouts to shim to avoid premat… (@mccmrunal)
  • #14896 fix: add unique user-data-dir for Chrome workers on Windows (#14729) (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #14901 fix(attach): flatten options to top-level for waitFor commands (#14715) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14909 fix: use type-specific action IDs to comply with W3C WebDriver spec (… (@mccmrunal)
  • #14910 Fix isElementDisplayed and isElementClickable on Perfecto Mobile Devices (@nheiser)
  • #14933 fix: handle multiple webviews with same package when first is empty (… (@mccmrunal)
  • #14937 Fix/ getCSSProperty implicit wait on stale element (@ivanovicu)
  • #14944 fix(webdriverio): fix wildcard support in browser.mock (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14907 fix(@wdio/allure-reporter): include cid in historyId for multi-capabi… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli
  • #14904 fixes double config file loading issue and tsx file timing load issue (@mccmrunal)
  • #14917 fix(cli): correct isParallelMultiremote check for empty capabilities (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14923 fix(wdio-browserstack-service): resolve BiDi syntax error (#14922) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14950 Fix/browserstack cli file contention 14943 (@mccmrunal)
  • #14931 fix: Logs leaking creds (@Tanmay-Bstack)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14952 fixed test cases for PR #14932 (@mccmrunal)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14932 feat:add start appium inspector from the cli (@wswebcreation)

:memo: Documentation

• #14938 docs: add TestPlanIt Reporter to 3rd-party reporters list (@therealbrad)
• #14916 Add smartUI doc (@harsha509)

:house: Internal

• Other
  • #14925 chore: update GitHub Actions macOS runner from 13 to 15 (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #14900 added mocking for fs/promises (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 9

• Brad DerManouelian (@therealbrad)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Samuel Freiberg (@samuelfreiberg)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Uros Ivanovic (@ivanovicu)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @Tanmay-Bstack
• @nheiser

v9.21.0 (2025-11-29)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14796 [v9] Implement BrowserStack CLI support in browserstack service (@Pritishchugh22)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #14856 fix(@wdio/cucumber-framework): fix HookFunctionExtension hook return types (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14793 fix(webdriverio): get absolute paths using native path.resolve (@macarie)
  • #14886 fix: detect stale elements in BiDi mode for getCSSProperty (#14885) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14832 fix(webdriverio): fix getHTML return-type (@gavvvr)
  • #14817 fix(webdriverio): Fix request mock with hostname only not working (@Dziurdzikowski)
  • #14836 fix: update waitForExist function to maintain elementIds for shadow e… (@b-kirby)
  • #14872 fix(webdriverio): correct withinViewport check logic for isDisplayed … (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14881 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): add property support for Cucumber tests (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli, wdio-config, webdriver
  • #14880 fix(wdio-cli): respect maxInstancesPerCapability for dynamic capabili… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14877 fix(appium-service): ignore warnings and debugger messages in launcher (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-config, wdio-runner, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14862 refactor: remove unused import (@noritaka1166)
• webdriver
  • #14799 fix(webdriver): pass all options to fetch (@omjadas)
• create-wdio
  • #14875 fix(create-wdio): add missing ts dependencies (@mccmrunal)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14888 allure-reporter: add mode and excluded properties for parameters (@todti)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #14879 fix(@wdio/utils): update driver packages for @wdio/utils (@mccmrunal)

:memo: Documentation

• #14889 docs(wdio-camera-service): Add wdio-camera-service to 3rd-party services list (@Winify)
• #14813 Replacing of Twitter with 𝕏 (@fpereira1)

:house: Internal

• #14861 chore: fix typos in e2e (@noritaka1166)

Committers: 12

• Adi Dziurdzikowski (@Dziurdzikowski)
• Alex (@todti)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Filype (@fpereira1)
• Kirill Gavrilov (@gavvvr)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Noritaka Kobayashi (@noritaka1166)
• Pritish Chugh (@Pritishchugh22)
• Raul Macarie (@macarie)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)
• @b-kirby
• @omjadas

v9.20.1 (2025-11-18)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-config, wdio-sauce-service, wdio-shared-store-service, webdriverio
  • #14802 🐛⏪️ revert: "tsConfigPath in wdio.conf (#14664)" (@sh41)
• webdriverio
  • #14843 Add semicolon to fix browser.execute on Perfecto (@nheiser)
• webdriver
  • #14756 fix(webdriver): invoke terminate on all unsuccessful websocket candidates (@pokdeep)
• wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriverio
  • #14853 Fix: Prevent stale CSS property reads in WebDriver Bidi mode (@ivanovicu)
• wdio-cli
  • #14846 fix wdio repl when run with multiremote capabilities (@zhirzh)

:memo: Documentation

• webdriverio
  • #14834 docs: add page for waitForResponse mock method (@icholy)
• Other
  • #14825 fix: update React logo and alt text for accessibility (@ritwickrajmakhal)
  • #14821 Fix 3rd-party reporters links (@gavvvr)
  • #14790 README update to use https (@fpereira1)

Committers: 10

• Filype (@fpereira1)
• Ilia Choly (@icholy)
• Kirill Gavrilov (@gavvvr)
• Pokdeep Sandhu (@pokdeep)
• RITWICK RAJ MAKHAL (@ritwickrajmakhal)
• Shirsh Zibbu (@zhirzh)
• Steve Hall (@sh41)
• Uros Ivanovic (@ivanovicu)
• Will Brock (@WillBrock)
• @nheiser

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

v9.18.0 (2025-07-16)

:bug: Bug Fix

• create-wdio, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-json-reporter, wdio-logger, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14570 fix(security): address multiple security vulnerabilities across codebase (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14642 fix: avoid starting a timeout if the timer was resolved immediately (@sheremet-va)
• webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14640 fix(webdriverio): properly toggle DISABLE_WEBDRIVERIO_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS (@christian-bromann)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-utils
  • #14634 feat: do not attach prefs when debuggerAddress is specified (@uladhsi)
• wdio-cli
  • #14632 feat(wdio-cli): enhance job completion logging format (@NaamuKim)

:memo: Documentation

• create-wdio
  • #14631 chore: Update services.json to add TV Labs service (@regan-karlewicz)

:house: Internal

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-reporter, wdio-static-server-service, wdio-sumologic-reporter, wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14641 chore(*): update major dependencies where possible (@christian-bromann)
• Other
  • #14633 ci: skip test suite for pushes that change only markdown files (@kitsiosk)

Committers: 6

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Kitsios Konstantinos (@kitsiosk)
• Luke (@NaamuKim)
• Regan Karlewicz (@regan-karlewicz)
• Vladimir (@sheremet-va)
• @uladhsi

v9.17.0 (2025-07-09)

:rocket: New Feature

• create-wdio, wdio-cli
  • #14618 feat: integrate the create-wdio package (@mato533)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-globals, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-utils
  • #14626 chore(linter) fixed linter warnings with --fix (@smarkows)
• webdriver
  • #14625 fix(webdriver): #14622 added ability to proxy websocket connections (@smarkows)
  • #14623 fix(webdriver): re-enable undici global dispatcher (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14587 [BUG-14499] - Improved switchFrame for delayed iframe contexts (@vishnuv688)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-reporter, wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #14581 fix: Emit browser custom command beforeCommand to fix broken reports (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-local-runner
  • #14611 fix(@wdio/local-runner): added graceful exit on SIGINT (@DQRI)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cli, wdio-globals, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14592 fix(@wdio/jasmine-framework): become independant from expect-webdriverio (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-mocha-framework
  • #14506 fix(mocha-framework): report spec load error as failure in after hook (@lezram)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #14615 fix(docs): correct typos and improve clarity in Best Practices guide (@Agnes-Au)
  • #14599 Update BoilerplateProjects.md (@amiya-pattnaik)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14614 Add URLs to Browserstack WebDriverIO services (@sindhupullapantula)
• webdriverio
  • #14612 docs: add note about WebDriver Bidi support in browser.url command (@Siolto)
• wdio-cli
  • #14606 Add wdio-obsidian-service to docs and cli (@jesse-r-s-hines)

:house: Internal

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-utils
  • #14607 chore: replace asset to with at import statement (@mato533)
• Other
  • #14593 internal(security): update security policy with threat model (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 12

• Agnes Au (@Agnes-Au)
• Amiya Pattanaik (@amiya-pattnaik)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Dmytro 🇺🇦 (@DQRI)
• Jesse Hines (@jesse-r-s-hines)
• Marcel (@lezram)
• Simon Coen (@Siolto)
• Simon Markowski (@smarkows)
• Sindhu Pullapantula (@sindhupullapantula)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• @mato533

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)

v9.12.5 (2025-04-11)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols
  • #14379 feat(@wdio/protocols): Add "options" parameter to "terminateApp" command (@Nyaran)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #14406 fix(interception): Return raw non-binary responses without metadata wrapper (@Norva-bugged)
  • #14401 fix(#14368): desync puppeteer-core peer-dep version (@Badisi)
  • #14402 fix: unexpected token '?' on older browsers (@will-stone)
  • #14403 fix(element): improve checkVisibility fallback handling in element.isDisplayed (@paymand)
• webdriver
  • #14391 fix(webdriver): undici fetch() failure with HTTPS_PROXY=<proxy_url> setup (@mitya555)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14393 fix: Failed hook reporting on observability (@sauravdas1997)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-utils
  • #14392 fix(utils): fix not to judged as screenshot the arg of switch* (@mato533)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14383 chore: ignore error handling for command wrapping (@sauravdas1997)

:memo: Documentation

• webdriverio
  • #14387 docs: fixing deprecated tag display and returns (@Rondleysg)

Committers: 10

• Avron Souto (@Norva-bugged)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Dmitriy Mukhin (@mitya555)
• Luis (@Nyaran)
• Payman Delshad (@paymand)
• Rondley Gregório (@Rondleysg)
• Will Stone (@will-stone)
• @Badisi
• @mato533
• @sauravdas1997

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

v9.12.1 (2025-03-20)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #14288 Fix isClickable auto-scroll (@dragosMC91)
  • #14296 Allow switchWindow with no current window (@ccharnkij)
  • #14298 fix(webdriverio): update listener registration logic of SessionManager (@mato533)
  • #14270 fix(webdriverio): wait for element to exist before executing on it (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14287 fix: support windows/mac apps for isDisplayed (@wswebcreation)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-cli
  • #14294 Add Roku service to default services (@jcantfell)
  • #14279 chore(cli): remove unnecessary definition of the variables (@mato533)
• webdriver
  • #14278 fix(webdriver): update the registration logic for abort listener (@mato533)
  • #14274 chore(webdriver): fix typo (@Delta456)
• wdio-browser-runner, webdriver
  • #14259 fix: Try to resolve ip addresses if no BiDi connection to the host could be established (@mykola-mokhnach)

:memo: Documentation

• #14277 docs: update service-options broken links (@bimlote)
• #14269 docs: add compareoptions object for visual test docs (@alcpereira)

:house: Internal

• webdriver
  • #14272 chore(webdriver): add unit tests for DNS patch (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 11

• -bimlote- (@bimlote)
• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Dragos Campean (@dragosMC91)
• Jason Cantfell (@jcantfell)
• Mykola Mokhnach (@mykola-mokhnach)
• Swastik Baranwal (@Delta456)
• Volodymyr Parlah (@vparlah)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @alcpereira
• @mato533

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-reporter, wdio-spec-reporter
  • #14234 feat(cucumber): Distinguish Cucumber PENDING status in reporters (@Norva-bugged)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14246 fix(webdriver): abort all operation when session closes (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browser-runner
  • #14250 fix(@wdio/browser-runner): fix resolve of Mocha dependencies (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli, wdio-config
  • #14243 [WDIO9] added wildcards for cli (@udarrr)
  • #14244 fix(cli): bring back support for glob pattern in filesToWatch (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli
  • #14229 fix(cli): properly check and find the config file (@mato533)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-utils
  • #14245 fix(@wdio/utils): better detect functions in parameter (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14242 fix(webdriverio): don't continue failing context request (@christian-bromann)

:memo: Documentation

• #14251 docs: improve typescript example with webdriverio namespace (@alcpereira)

:house: Internal

• #14215 fix(webdriverio): fix failing e2e tests due to language and timezone differences (@erwinheitzman)

Committers: 6

• Avron Souto (@Norva-bugged)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)
• Siarhei Kliushnikau (@udarrr)
• @alcpereira
• @mato533