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This PR resolves issue #14095, where dynamically added specs in the onPrepare hook (e.g., via wdio-qunit-service) were not reflected in the test runner's statistics, such as the total worker count and completion percentage.

Root Cause: The
CLInterface
(responsible for the CLI UI) was instantiated and initialized with a worker count computed before the onPrepare hook was executed. Consequently, any specs added by services or plugins during this phase were ignored by the UI, even though they were executed.
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By moving the interface initialization later in the
run
sequence, we naturally accommodate any configuration mutations made during the preparation phase. The added guards ensure that if a runner fails to initialize, the user sees the actual error message rather than a secondary crash related to an uninitialized UI component.

Reviewers: @webdriverio/project-committers

PR webdriverio#14859 changed specFileRetries initialization to -1 (unknown) to
allow beforeSession hook to override it. The tests were not updated
and still expected the config values (2, 3).

This updates the test assertions to expect -1, matching the new
initialization behavior.
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@christian-bromann christian-bromann added the PR: Bug Fix 🐛 PRs that contain bug fixes label Jan 17, 2026
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