webdriver - npm Package Versions

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