v9.18.4 (2025-07-23)

💅 Polish

• webdriverio
  • #14659 polish(webdriverio): expose contentVisibilityAuto, opacityProperty and visibilityProperty to waitForDisplayed (@erwinheitzman)

Committers: 1

• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)

v9.18.3 (2025-07-22)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #14656 fix(webdriverio): fix element chaining if element is not found (@erwinheitzman)

Committers: 1

• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)

v9.18.2 (2025-07-21)

🐛 Bug Fix

• create-wdio
  • #14650 fix(create-wdio): better resolve template directory in test (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 3

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)
• @mato533

No updates!

v9.18.0 (2025-07-16)

🐛 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)

💅 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)

📝 Documentation

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

🏠 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

No updates!

v9.17.0 (2025-07-09)

🚀 New Feature

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

🐛 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)

📝 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)

🏠 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

No updates!

No updates!

v9.16.0 (2025-06-23)

👓 Spec Compliancy

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

🚀 New Feature

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

🐛 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)

💅 Polish

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

📝 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)

🏠 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)