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WebdriverIO Version

9.1.2

Node.js Version

20

Mode

WDIO Testrunner

Which capabilities are you using?

No response

What happened?

Tests that referenced elements by using things like <div> no longer work. Instead, they need to be switched to div.

What is your expected behavior?

This should either work like it did in v8 or it should be noted as a breaking change for v9.

How to reproduce the bug.

test/specs/test.e2e.ts

import { browser } from '@wdio/globals';

describe('Get element by full tag', () => {
    it('works', async () => {
        await browser.url(`https://example.com/`);
        await $('<div>');
    })
})

Relevant log output

[0-0] Error in "Get element by full tag.works"
Error: Can't transform classic selector tag name to Bidi selector

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