v9.0.0-alpha.0 (2024-03-12)

:boom: Breaking Change

• wdio-cli, wdio-crossbrowsertesting-service, wdio-types
  • #12433 (@wdio/crossbrowsertesting-service): remove integration to CrossBrowserTesting platform (@christian-bromann)
• devtools, wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cli, wdio-devtools-service, wdio-types, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #12301 (devtools): removing devtools automation protocol (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-cli, wdio-config
  • #12370 (wdio-config): change order of the specs when using --multi-run (@erwinheitzman)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-protocols, wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #12006 V9 Remove JSONWireProtocol (@tamil777selvan)
• webdriverio
  • #11857 (webdriverio): merge isDisplayed and isDisplayedWithinViewport (@christian-bromann)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-globals, wdio-runner, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #12446 (webdriverio): implement deep lookup with Bidi (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #12442 [browserstack-service] Add Funnel Data instrumentation [v9] (@sriteja777)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-appium-service
  • #12457 Fix appium service caps for multiremote (@ccharnkij)
• wdio-config
  • #12436 (wdio-config): check existence of ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs & fix a type issue (@johnp)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #12340 Browserstack observability reload session fix (@rev-doshi)
• webdriverio
  • #12308 Updated props to optional for getText and getLocation commands (@jemishgopani)
• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-types, wdio-utils
  • #12302 Updating capabilities for Lamdatest & Browserstack (@tamil777selvan)
• wdio-utils
  • #12303 Bump @puppeteer/browsers from 1.9.1 to 2.0.1 (@paymand)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #12448 Browserstack Accessibility stability (@07souravkunda)
• webdriverio
  • #12376 (webdriverio): polish click command, fix some issues (@erwinheitzman)
  • #12390 (webdriverio): fix action pointer parameters mapping (@erwinheitzman)
  • #12377 Add ability to click and moveTo outside the given element (@jemishgopani)
  • #12335 (internal): remove dependency to devtools package (@christian-bromann)
• webdriver
  • #12393 (webdriver): fix custom request error message override (@erwinheitzman)
  • #12435 (webdriver): improve error stack for failing bidi commands (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #12432 (feat): enable chromium protocol for edge (@lacell75)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #12379 (wdio-allure-reporter): CompoundError: Also print error message if present (@torbenkohlmeier)
• wdio-devtools-service
  • #12344 Add feature to specify os version for the emulated device (@jemishgopani)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #12396 docs: update Appium image selector docs URL (@ieatfood)
  • #12373 (docs): update our best practices (@erwinheitzman)
  • #12318 docs: Updated Contributing guide to mention PNPM instead of NPM (@jan-molak)
• wdio-types
  • #12398 Add resigningEnabled capability to @wdio/types (#12397) (@AlexRivero)

:house: Internal

• Other
  • #12395 build: Migrate to Husky v9 (@seanpoulter)
  • #12394 ci: Update Expense Contribution workflow (@seanpoulter)
• devtools, eslint-plugin-wdio, wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-appium-service, wdio-browser-runner, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-concise-reporter, wdio-config, wdio-crossbrowsertesting-service, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-devtools-service, wdio-dot-reporter, wdio-firefox-profile-service, wdio-globals, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-junit-reporter, 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
  • #11493 V9 drop support for Node.js 16 (@erwinheitzman)

Committers: 17

• Alex Rivero Ferràs (@AlexRivero)
• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@ccharnkij)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Erwin Heitzman (@erwinheitzman)
• Fabien CELLIER (@lacell75)
• Jan Molak (@jan-molak)
• Jemish Gopani (@jemishgopani)
• Johannes Pfrang (@johnp)
• Kuba Holuj (@ieatfood)
• Payman Delshad (@paymand)
• Sean Poulter (@seanpoulter)
• Sourav Kunda (@07souravkunda)
• Sriteja Sugoor (@sriteja777)
• Tamil Selvan (@tamil777selvan)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @rev-doshi
• @torbenkohlmeier

v8.28.0 (2024-01-17)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cli, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner, wdio-types, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #12005 (@wdio/browser-runner): move assertions to Node.js environment (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #11865 Wdio Percy Support v8 (@amaanbs)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-logger
  • #11959 Closes #11937: Always print error message to terminal when integration package is not found (@tech-dm-klymenko)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-types
  • #12030 addresses #12029 (@ciekawy)
• wdio-utils
  • #12002 wdio-utils: Fitler invalidateCache from stacktraces (@WillBrock)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #11997 [browserstack-service] Add platform version integration data for skipped tests (@sriteja777)

:memo: Documentation

• #12003 (docs): update electron docs (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 6

• Amaan Hakim (@amaanbs)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Dmytro Klymenko (@tech-dm-klymenko)
• Sriteja Sugoor (@sriteja777)
• Szymon Stasik (@ciekawy)
• Will Brock (@WillBrock)