@wdio/dot-reporter

What is @wdio/dot-reporter?

@wdio/dot-reporter is a WebdriverIO plugin that provides a simple and minimalistic dot reporter for test results. It outputs a dot for each test, making it easy to quickly see the progress and status of your test suite.

What are @wdio/dot-reporter's main functionalities?

Minimalistic Test Reporting

This code demonstrates how to set up a WebdriverIO test with the dot reporter. The 'reporters' option is set to 'dot', which will output a dot for each test executed, providing a quick visual indication of test progress.

const { remote } = require('webdriverio');

(async () => {
    const browser = await remote({
        logLevel: 'info',
        path: '/wd/hub',
        capabilities: { browserName: 'chrome' },
        reporters: ['dot']
    });

    await browser.url('https://webdriver.io');
    await browser.deleteSession();
})();

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README

WebdriverIO Dot Reporter

A WebdriverIO plugin to report in dot style.

Installation

The easiest way is to keep @wdio/dot-reporter as a devDependency in your package.json, via:

npm install @wdio/dot-reporter --save-dev

Instructions on how to install WebdriverIO can be found here.

Configuration

Following code shows the default wdio test runner configuration. Just add 'dot' as reporter to the array.

// wdio.conf.js
module.exports = {
  // ...
  reporters: ['dot'],
  // ...
};

For more information on WebdriverIO see the homepage.

Changelog

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