What changed in webdriverio from 8 to 9

v9.31.5 (2026-08-29)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15538 feat: UNSTABLE Review Multi-remote select implementations and remove filter (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15538 feat: UNSTABLE Review Multi-remote select implementations and remove filter (@dprevost-LMI)
• webdriverio
  • #15535 fix(webdriverio): handle BiDi no such node errors as stale (@Fnine59)
  • #15537 fix(webdriverio): require all classic cookie filter attributes (@ML642)

:memo: Documentation

• wdio-protocols, webdriverio
  • #15536 Docs/actions api guidance (@ML642)

Committers: 3

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Fnine59 (@Fnine59)
• Martsin Lazouski (@ML642)

v9.31.4 (2026-08-27)

:rocket: New Feature

• webdriverio
  • #15532 feat: Beta ElementArray under feature flag for multiRemote.$$() e.g. MultiRemoteElement[] (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15278 feat(wdio-allure-reporter): add support for global errors and global attachments (@todti)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15478 fix(webdriverio): track document element per context (@Badisi)
• webdriver
  • #15516 fix(webdriver): serialize IPv6 BiDi WebSocket candidates correctly (@ML642)

:memo: Documentation

• webdriverio
  • #15531 docs(webdriverio): document the $$ async iterator methods (@devangpratap)

Committers: 5

• Alex (@todti)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Martsin Lazouski (@ML642)
• @Badisi
• @devangpratap

v9.31.3 (2026-08-25)

:bug: Bug Fix

• eslint-plugin-wdio, wdio-browser-runner, wdio-globals, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner, wdio-webdriver-mock-service
  • #15518 fix: typing for expect-wdio/api (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner
  • #15513 fix(@wdio/local-runner): retry spec files when session creation fails (@lorenaskosinskas)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #15524 docs(website): added Serenity/JS HTML Reporter (@jan-molak)
  • #15526 docs(devtools): document the Python adapter as language tabs on the S… (@vishnuv688)
  • #15520 doc: A11y doc update (@vishnuv688)
• webdriverio
  • #15510 docs(sponsor): add Momentic as Premium sponsor (@christian-bromann)

:house: Internal

• #15517 fix(docs): unbreak non-English docs builds after flowchart component removal (@AutomatedTester)

Committers: 6

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Burns (@AutomatedTester)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Jan Molak (@jan-molak)
• Lorenas (@lorenaskosinskas)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)

v9.31.2 (2026-08-21)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-types, wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15459 feat: UNSTABLE Enhance multi-remote instance/element support with select & filter (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15514 Add title path (@formaceft-93)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15479 fix(webdriverio): record matching mock responses even when not blocked (@Badisi)
• wdio-config
  • #15511 fix: add .cts to supported file extensions (@mauriciolauffer)

:nail_care: Polish

• create-wdio
  • #15515 fix(create-wdio): install @serenity-js/html-reporter instead of @senity-js/serenity-bdd (@jan-molak)

Committers: 5

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Dmitrii (@formaceft-93)
• Jan Molak (@jan-molak)
• Mauricio Lauffer (@mauriciolauffer)
• @Badisi

No updates!

⚠️ Partially failed release. Please use v9.31.1 instead.

v9.31.0 (2026-08-18)

:rocket: New Feature

• eslint-plugin-wdio, wdio-browser-runner, wdio-globals, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner
  • #15471 feat: Expect's multi-element $$() support (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-utils
  • #15480 fix(@wdio/utils): keep an undefined element that passes filter (@luantaraschi)
• wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #15488 fix: respect WEBDRIVER_CACHE_DIR during driver setup (@shixi-li)
• webdriver
  • #15504 fix(webdriver): retry requests aborted by connectionRetryTimeout (@birtles)
• wdio-cli
  • #15474 feat(cli/repl): support TS files (@Delta456)
• wdio-browser-runner, webdriverio
  • #15468 chore(pnpm): fix failing pnpm tests (@Delta456)
• webdriverio
  • #15477 fix(webdriverio): reset current context when browsing context is destroyed (@Badisi)
  • #15473 fix(webdriverio): scroll by deltaX/deltaY in scrollIntoView wheel action (@wswebcreation)
  • #15350 fix(webdriverio): guard ShadowRootManager preload script against partial-Bidi remotes (@navin772)
• wdio-utils, webdriverio
  • #15493 fix(wdio-utils): compose element command overrides (@KuznetsovRoman)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15502 fix(allure-reporter): don't collapse Windows paths to drive letter in toPackageLabel (@mccmrunal)
• Other
  • #15463 Fix/win pnpm spawn enoent (@mccmrunal)

:memo: Documentation

• Other
  • #15492 docs(website): publish a machine-readable surface and un-hide the flowcharts (@AutomatedTester)
  • #15489 doc: A11y documentation update (@vishnuv688)
• webdriverio
  • #15490 docs: make generated API command pages machine-readable (@AutomatedTester)
  • #15491 docs: fix API doc generator output for machine extraction (@AutomatedTester)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #15501 docs(appium-service): document appiumStartTimeout option (@wswebcreation)

:house: Internal

• #15503 ci: Force 'no-sandbox' on macOS fixing Failed to create a session for Chromiun (@dprevost-LMI)
• #15484 ci: fix alpine e2e issue by freezing pnpm to 10 (@dprevost-LMI)
• #15463 Fix/win pnpm spawn enoent (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 13

• Brian Birtles (@birtles)
• David Burns (@AutomatedTester)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Dimitar Mihaylov (@mitk0936)
• Luan Taraschi (@luantaraschi)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Navin Chandra (@navin772)
• Roman Kuznetsov (@KuznetsovRoman)
• Shixi Li (@shixi-li)
• Swastik Baranwal (@Delta456)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @Badisi

v9.30.1 (2026-08-03)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-types, webdriver
  • #15461 fix(webdriver): make WebDriver Bidi response timeout configurable (@mccmrunal)
• webdriver
  • #15221 fix(webdriver): guard Object.keys call on stringified request body (@mnaoumov)
• Other
  • #15455 Fix/deps security overrides (@mccmrunal)
  • #15453 Fix/deps security overrides (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #15452 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): report scenarios as testcases with cucumber Opts.scenarioLevelReporter (@mccmrunal)
• eslint-plugin-wdio
  • #15441 fix: Update es-lint-plugin globals peer deps (@dprevost-LMI)

:memo: Documentation

• #15369 Added trace player devtools doc for webpage (@vishnuv688)

:house: Internal

• Other
  • #15448 chore(deps): bump preact from 10.26.9 to 10.29.8 (@dependabot[bot])
  • #15447 chore(deps): bump minimatch from 10.1.1 to 10.2.5 (@dependabot[bot])
  • #15451 fix(deps): pin fast-xml-parser to 5.2.5 on the AWS SDK path to fix docs deploy (@AutomatedTester)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15404 chore(@wdio/browserstack-service): remove service from this repository (@christian-bromann)

Committers: 7

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• David Burns (@AutomatedTester)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Michael Naumov (@mnaoumov)
• Mykyta Chursin (@unickq)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)

v9.30.0 (2026-07-21)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15370 fix: update CDDL and regenerate to fix null litteral (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15400 fix(webdriverio): stop unrelated shadow roots leaking into scoped element lookups (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils
  • #15399 fix(deps): bump geckodriver to 6.1.1 to fix geckoDriverVersion CLI leak (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15390 PR: Bug Fix 🐛fix(allure-reporter): attach suite-level before/after all hook steps to every test (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15376 fix(browserstack-service): report mocha hooks in the CLI/testhub flow [SDK-6809] (@pranay-v29)
  • #15381 fix(browserstack-service): coerce stringified boolean accessibility options (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15382 fix(browserstack-service): finalize orphaned test runs on interrupted exit (SDK-4671) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15383 fix(a11y): route WDIO CLI-flow App Automate sessions to app-accessibility (SDK-3813) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15380 fix(browserstack-service): skip a11y scan for BiDi window/context commands (SDK-5047) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15379 fix(wdio-browserstack-service): ship a11y Browser type augmentations (@harshit-browserstack)
• wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15370 fix: update CDDL and regenerate to fix null litteral (@dprevost-LMI)

:house: Internal

• wdio-config
  • #15398 fix(deps): patch minimatch instances missed by prior override (@mccmrunal)
• Other
  • #15396 Mrunal/vulnerabilities fixes (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service, webdriver
  • #15393 chore: Fixed vulnerabilities (@mccmrunal)
  • #15358 fix: Upgrade yauzl to 3.4, fixing node hanging zipping issues

Committers: 6

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Pranay Varma (@pranay-v29)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @harshit-browserstack

v9.29.1 (2026-06-26)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15335 feat(browserstack-service): one-to-many Test-Case-ID tagging (setCust… (@anish353)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-logger
  • #15354 fix: Force logger build by adjusting security doc on pattern masking (@dprevost-LMI)
• webdriverio
  • #15353 fix(webdriverio): skip isConnected check for non-shadow element scope in BiDi (@mccmrunal)

:memo: Documentation

• wdio-logger
  • #15354 fix: Force logger build by adjusting security doc on pattern masking (@dprevost-LMI)
• Other
  • #15341 docs(tracing): Add blog post for Tracing Mode in devtools service (@Winify)

Committers: 5

• Anish Kumar Sinha (@anish353)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)

v9.29.0 (2026-06-18)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15293 fix: make waitForResponse wait for networkCollector's response (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-utils
  • #15305 fix(wdio-utils): use supported EdgeDriver CDN (@cyphercodes)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15316 Fix/wdio reloadsession finishedmetadata (@shivamku-BS)

:house: Internal

• #15320 ci: fix ubuntu e2e failures (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 6

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Rayan Salhab (@cyphercodes)
• Shivam Kumar (@shivamku-BS)
• Vince Graics (@Winify)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)

v9.28.0 (2026-06-10)

:bug: Bug Fix

• #15291 fix: logger not cjs compliant (@dprevost-LMI)

:house: Internal

• Other
  • #15292 ci: Fix unzip hangs issue with node 24.16 (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15283 fix: main pipeline failures & browserStack config.accessibility & more (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 9

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• JinHyuk Sung (@sjh9714)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Noritaka Kobayashi (@noritaka1166)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @harshit-browserstack

v9.27.2 (2026-05-26)

:rocket: New Feature

• create-wdio, wdio-xvfb
  • #15235 feat(create-wdio): migrate to @wdio/electron-service and add Tauri service (@goosewobbler)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15246 fix: resolve etxtbsy issue(file busy error) at spawn (@shivamku-BS)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-types
  • #15232 Honouring the skipped status (@Bhargavi-BS)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15215 fix(browserstack-service): omit unset accessibility config (@kbrooks)
  • #15201 Update gRPC message limit in WDIO-v9 to 20 MB (@xxshubhamxx)

:memo: Documentation

• #15255 Selenium devtools doc (@vishnuv688)

Committers: 11

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• Kyle Brooks (@kbrooks)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Shivam Kumar (@shivamku-BS)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• YASH JAIN (@osho-20)
• @goosewobbler
• bhargavi vaidya (@Bhargavi-BS)

v9.27.1 (2026-04-30)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #15153 feat: Add bidi network data (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-types, wdio-utils
  • #15204 fix(utils): skip desktop browser download when androidPackage is set (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner
  • #15193 fix: call afterSession hook on session init failure and guard worker IPC against kill race (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15192 enhancement: prevent shadow root memory leak in SPA navigation (@lacell75)
  • #15191 fix shadow element stale (@lacell75)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15112 Fix Allure reporter historyId — use capability key instead of cid (@todti)
• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriverio
  • #15153 feat: Add bidi network data (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-runner
  • #15186 fix: disableElementImplicitWait not working when defined too early (@dprevost-LMI)
• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15206 V9 username accesskey redaction (@minavkaria-bs)
• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:memo: Documentation

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)

:house: Internal

• wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #15158 fix: cddl generation (@dprevost-LMI)
• webdriverio
  • #15173 ci: enable vitest typecheck tests (@dprevost-LMI)

Committers: 9

• #QualityWithMillan (@eaccmk)
• Alex (@todti)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Fabien CELLIER (@lacell75)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Vishnu Vardhan (@vishnuv688)
• YASH JAIN (@osho-20)
• @Badisi
• @minavkaria-bs

v9.27.0 (2026-03-23)

:bug: 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)