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WebdriverIO Version

latest

Node.js Version

24.13.1

Mode

Standalone Mode

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What happened?

There's a new check in TypeScript 7.0 preview that this project is now failing when used as a dependency:

../../../node_modules/.pnpm/@wdio+globals@9.23.0_expect-webdriverio@5.3.4_webdriverio@9.24.0/node_modules/@wdio/globals/types.d.ts:3:16 - error TS1540: A 'namespace' declaration should not be declared using the 'module' keyword. Please use the 'namespace' keyword instead.

3 declare module NodeJS {
                 ~~~~~~


Found 1 error in ../../../node_modules/.pnpm/@wdio+globals@9.23.0_expect-webdriverio@5.3.4_webdriverio@9.24.0/node_modules/@wdio/globals/types.d.ts:3

What is your expected behavior?

type check should pass. This appears to be a permanent change going forward for TS 7.0 so others will likely hit it as they start adopting it.

How to reproduce the bug.

created a simple repro here: https://github.com/mscrivo/wdio-ts-native-repro

Relevant log output

../../../node_modules/.pnpm/@wdio+globals@9.23.0_expect-webdriverio@5.3.4_webdriverio@9.24.0/node_modules/@wdio/globals/types.d.ts:3:16 - error TS1540: A 'namespace' declaration should not be declared using the 'module' keyword. Please use the 'namespace' keyword instead.

3 declare module NodeJS {
                 ~~~~~~


Found 1 error in ../../../node_modules/.pnpm/@wdio+globals@9.23.0_expect-webdriverio@5.3.4_webdriverio@9.24.0/node_modules/@wdio/globals/types.d.ts:3

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