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Adding ability to pass in custom timeout for appium start #14939

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Adding ability to pass in custom timeout for appium start #14939
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This PR adds a configurable appiumStartTimeout option to the Appium service, allowing users to customize the timeout for Appium server startup instead of using the hardcoded 30-second default.

Why? Sometimes, we've needed longer than the 30s hardcoded value. Some machines we use for automation are quite old, and things take longer than usual on them.

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Awesome 👍

@christian-bromann christian-bromann added the PR: New Feature 🚀 PRs that contain new features label Dec 23, 2025
@christian-bromann christian-bromann merged commit d5ffa9a into webdriverio:main Dec 23, 2025
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