v9.27.0 (2026-03-23)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-appium-service
  • #15155 fix(appium-service): fix startup failure caused by Appium stderr log output (@wswebcreation)
• wdio-globals
  • #15135 fix: TypeScript 7 compatibility (@mscrivo)
• wdio-protocols, webdriverio
  • #15159 fix(webdriverio): revert queryAppState protocol rename and remove mobile command wrapper (@wswebcreation)

Committers: 2

• Michael Scrivo (@mscrivo)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.26.1 (2026-03-15)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15154 fix(webdriverio): fix mobile command argument mismatches for Appium 3 compatibility (@wswebcreation)

Committers: 1

• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.26.0 (2026-03-15)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-protocols, webdriver, webdriverio

  • #15141 fix(appium): rename deprecated Appium protocol commands for Appium 3 compatibility (@wswebcreation)

• eslint-plugin-wdio

  • #15151 feat(eslint-plugin-wdio): Following eslint v9 plugin specification (@dprevost-LMI)

🏠 Internal

• Ohter
  • #14953 fix: Upgrade expect-webdriverio to 5.6.5 (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 2

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)

v9.25.0 (2026-03-10)

🚀 New Feature

• eslint-plugin-wdio
  • #15084 feat: Use no floating promise eslint rule for missing await (@dprevost-LMI)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15117 fix: update exit signal for CLI process termination on Unix systems (@xxshubhamxx)
• webdriverio
  • #15098 fix: Ensure getValue returns a string (@dprevost-LMI)
  • #15131 fix(webdriverio): ignore 'no such frame' error in handleUserPrompt (#… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #15133 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): correctly detect Cucumber framework in mult… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15130 fix(wdio-allure-reporter): properly resolve pending steps and status … (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 10

• Anish Kumar Sinha (@anish353)
• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Rounak Bhatia (@rounak610)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• Yevhen Laichenkov (@elaichenkov)

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