v9.24.0 (2026-02-10)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14980 Ws/appium service selector performance (@wswebcreation)

💅 Polish

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14980 Ws/appium service selector performance (@wswebcreation)

📝 Documentation

• #15079 fix: resolve broken link in docs (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 3

• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.23.3 (2026-02-01)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-config
  • #15044 fix(wdio-config): restore jiti fallback for CJS named imports (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-sauce-service
  • #15000 Fix/sauce service jasmine error (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15045 fix(webdriverio): allow waitForClickable in native context if browser… (@mccmrunal)
  • #15034 Fix/bidi cookie robustness (@mccmrunal)
• webdriver
  • #15046 Fix/14946 overlapping capabilities (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-protocols, webdriverio
  • #15003 fix: Fix incorrect typings and commands inconsistency (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-local-runner
  • #15047 feat: add spec file name to log file prefix (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #15070 fix(appium): pass through clean NODE_OPTIONS (@christian-bromann)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15041 fix(allure-reporter): attach cucumber data table to step instead of s… (@mccmrunal)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15066 Allow parallel runs to download CLI (@xxshubhamxx)

📝 Documentation

• #15057 fix(website): Change Expect API docs, manage Event docs generation error and update website packages (@Winify)
• #15056 fix(website): ensure footer copyright year is dynamic (@mccmrunal)
• #15035 Add WebdriverIO 9 Mobile Automation Boilerplate with Appium (@syamphaneendra)

Committers: 8

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Swastik Baranwal (@Delta456)
• Syamphaneendra Kalluri (@syamphaneendra)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)

No updates!

v9.23.1 (2026-01-18)

👓 Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols
  • #14914 fix(protocols): update WebDriver & Appium protocols (@eglitise)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-config
  • #14915 feat(config): allow --exclude to exclude suites by name (@mccmrunal)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner
  • #15010 fix(wdio-browser-runner): prioritize @tailwindcss/postcss for Tailwin… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli
  • #15012 fix(wdio-cli): ensure dynamic specs added in onPrepare are correctly … (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-jasmine-framework
  • #15013 fix(jasmine,allure): preserve nested describe structure (#13953) (@mccmrunal)
• webdriver
  • #14951 fix(webdriver): normalize overlapping W3C capabilities (#14946) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-utils
  • #15011 Fix/retry timeout propagation (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-local-runner
  • #14997 fix(local-runner): force kill stuck workers after shutdown timeout (@mccmrunal)
  • #14971 fix(wdio-local-runner): use gracefulExit to avoid synchronous termina… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-sauce-service
  • #15001 fix(jasmine-framework): move @types/jasmine to dependencies (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15019 fix(webdriverio): prevent waitForExist from swapping valid indexed el… (@mccmrunal)
  • #15018 fix(webdriverio): handle 'no such frame' error in BiDi navigation (@mccmrunal)
  • #14912 fix: relative XPath chaining in BiDi mode (@mccmrunal)
  • #14972 fix(session): eliminate memory leak in session managers (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner, wdio-types
  • #14859 fix: Allow specFileRetries to be overriden in the beforeSession hook (@bgrozev)
• wdio-cli, webdriverio
  • #14913 Fix/watcher files to watch 14685 (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14961 fix: remove double ports for start-appium-inspector (@wswebcreation)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14965 fix(junit-reporter): do not report skipped test when no tests are exe… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-shared-store-service
  • #14966 fix(shared-store): use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost (#14761) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-mocha-framework
  • #14982 fix(mocha): don't report this.skip() in hooks as failure (#14649) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14985 Prevent undefined binds when chaining element command overwrites (@anish353)

📝 Documentation

• #14963 docs: add documentation on LT accessibility (@harsha509)

Committers: 9

• Aditya Hirapara (@AdityaHirapara)
• Anish Kumar Sinha (@anish353)
• Edgars Eglītis (@eglitise)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Rounak Bhatia (@rounak610)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @bgrozev
• @vipin-bs

v9.23.0 (2026-01-03)

🚀 New Feature

• eslint-plugin-wdio, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-globals, wdio-runner, webdriverio
  • #14975 fix: Rename multiremotebrowser to multiRemoteBrowser to follow camelCasing Rules (@dprevost-LMI)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-jasmine-framework
  • #14976 fix(wdio-jasmine-framework): restore hook data for Jasmine 5.10+ (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-utils
  • #14977 fix(wdio-utils): rethrow pending/skip errors for Jasmine (#14688) (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #14979 fix(webdriverio): respect element index in waitForExist (#14418) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14957 fix(webdriverio): handle 'no such alert' error when dialog closes (@mccmrunal)

💅 Polish

• webdriverio
  • #14958 feat: enhance getContext(s)|switchContext (@wswebcreation)

📝 Documentation

• wdio-utils
  • #14978 docu: fix wdio/utils description (@mauriciolauffer)

🏠 Internal

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14956 chore: UTs genering errors on main (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 5

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Mauricio Lauffer (@mauriciolauffer)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.22.0 (2025-12-24)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14932 feat:add start appium inspector from the cli (@wswebcreation)
  • #14939 Adding ability to pass in custom timeout for appium start (@samuelfreiberg)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-utils
  • #14918 fix(wdio-utils): propagate framework timeouts to shim to avoid premat… (@mccmrunal)
  • #14896 fix: add unique user-data-dir for Chrome workers on Windows (#14729) (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #14901 fix(attach): flatten options to top-level for waitFor commands (#14715) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14909 fix: use type-specific action IDs to comply with W3C WebDriver spec (… (@mccmrunal)
  • #14910 Fix isElementDisplayed and isElementClickable on Perfecto Mobile Devices (@nheiser)
  • #14933 fix: handle multiple webviews with same package when first is empty (… (@mccmrunal)
  • #14937 Fix/ getCSSProperty implicit wait on stale element (@ivanovicu)
  • #14944 fix(webdriverio): fix wildcard support in browser.mock (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14907 fix(@wdio/allure-reporter): include cid in historyId for multi-capabi… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli
  • #14904 fixes double config file loading issue and tsx file timing load issue (@mccmrunal)
  • #14917 fix(cli): correct isParallelMultiremote check for empty capabilities (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14923 fix(wdio-browserstack-service): resolve BiDi syntax error (#14922) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14950 Fix/browserstack cli file contention 14943 (@mccmrunal)
  • #14931 fix: Logs leaking creds (@Tanmay-Bstack)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14952 fixed test cases for PR #14932 (@mccmrunal)

💅 Polish

• wdio-appium-service
  • #14932 feat:add start appium inspector from the cli (@wswebcreation)

📝 Documentation

• #14938 docs: add TestPlanIt Reporter to 3rd-party reporters list (@therealbrad)
• #14916 Add smartUI doc (@harsha509)

🏠 Internal

• Other
  • #14925 chore: update GitHub Actions macOS runner from 13 to 15 (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #14900 added mocking for fs/promises (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 9

• Brad DerManouelian (@therealbrad)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Samuel Freiberg (@samuelfreiberg)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Uros Ivanovic (@ivanovicu)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @Tanmay-Bstack
• @nheiser

No updates!

v9.21.0 (2025-11-29)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14796 [v9] Implement BrowserStack CLI support in browserstack service (@Pritishchugh22)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #14856 fix(@wdio/cucumber-framework): fix HookFunctionExtension hook return types (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14793 fix(webdriverio): get absolute paths using native path.resolve (@macarie)
  • #14886 fix: detect stale elements in BiDi mode for getCSSProperty (#14885) (@mccmrunal)
  • #14832 fix(webdriverio): fix getHTML return-type (@gavvvr)
  • #14817 fix(webdriverio): Fix request mock with hostname only not working (@Dziurdzikowski)
  • #14836 fix: update waitForExist function to maintain elementIds for shadow e… (@b-kirby)
  • #14872 fix(webdriverio): correct withinViewport check logic for isDisplayed … (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14881 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): add property support for Cucumber tests (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli, wdio-config, webdriver
  • #14880 fix(wdio-cli): respect maxInstancesPerCapability for dynamic capabili… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14877 fix(appium-service): ignore warnings and debugger messages in launcher (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-config, wdio-runner, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14862 refactor: remove unused import (@noritaka1166)
• webdriver
  • #14799 fix(webdriver): pass all options to fetch (@omjadas)
• create-wdio
  • #14875 fix(create-wdio): add missing ts dependencies (@mccmrunal)

💅 Polish

• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14888 allure-reporter: add mode and excluded properties for parameters (@todti)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #14879 fix(@wdio/utils): update driver packages for @wdio/utils (@mccmrunal)

📝 Documentation

• #14889 docs(wdio-camera-service): Add wdio-camera-service to 3rd-party services list (@Winify)
• #14813 Replacing of Twitter with 𝕏 (@fpereira1)

🏠 Internal

• #14861 chore: fix typos in e2e (@noritaka1166)

Committers: 12

• Adi Dziurdzikowski (@Dziurdzikowski)
• Alex (@todti)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Filype (@fpereira1)
• Kirill Gavrilov (@gavvvr)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Noritaka Kobayashi (@noritaka1166)
• Pritish Chugh (@Pritishchugh22)
• Raul Macarie (@macarie)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)
• @b-kirby
• @omjadas

v8.48.0 (2025-11-29)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14844 Adding extra key for app accessibility feature to use centralHeader for authentication (@pri-gadhiya)

Committers: 1

• Priyanka Gadhiya (@pri-gadhiya)

v9.20.1 (2025-11-18)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-config, wdio-sauce-service, wdio-shared-store-service, webdriverio
  • #14802 🐛⏪️ revert: "tsConfigPath in wdio.conf (#14664)" (@sh41)
• webdriverio
  • #14843 Add semicolon to fix browser.execute on Perfecto (@nheiser)
• webdriver
  • #14756 fix(webdriver): invoke terminate on all unsuccessful websocket candidates (@pokdeep)
• wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriverio
  • #14853 Fix: Prevent stale CSS property reads in WebDriver Bidi mode (@ivanovicu)
• wdio-cli
  • #14846 fix wdio repl when run with multiremote capabilities (@zhirzh)

📝 Documentation

• webdriverio
  • #14834 docs: add page for waitForResponse mock method (@icholy)
• Other
  • #14825 fix: update React logo and alt text for accessibility (@ritwickrajmakhal)
  • #14821 Fix 3rd-party reporters links (@gavvvr)
  • #14790 README update to use https (@fpereira1)

Committers: 10

• Filype (@fpereira1)
• Ilia Choly (@icholy)
• Kirill Gavrilov (@gavvvr)
• Pokdeep Sandhu (@pokdeep)
• RITWICK RAJ MAKHAL (@ritwickrajmakhal)
• Shirsh Zibbu (@zhirzh)
• Steve Hall (@sh41)
• Uros Ivanovic (@ivanovicu)
• Will Brock (@WillBrock)
• @nheiser