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fix(webdriverio): allow waitForClickable in native context if browser…#15045

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fix(webdriverio): allow waitForClickable in native context if browser…#15045
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This PR fixes an issue where
waitForClickable
would throw an error "The waitForClickable command is only available for desktop and mobile browsers" when running a web test on a mobile device (e.g., Samsung browser on Android) if the context happened to be reported as "NATIVE_APP" (which causes isNativeContext
to be true).
The fix involves checking if browser.capabilities.browserName is present in
waitForClickable

Fixes #14819//: # (Describe the big picture of your changes here to communicate to the maintainers why we should accept this pull request. If it fixes a bug or resolves a feature request, be sure to link to that issue.)

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@christian-bromann christian-bromann merged commit 84cbb17 into webdriverio:main Feb 1, 2026
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