v9.30.0 (2026-07-21)

👓 Spec Compliancy

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

🐛 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)

🏠 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)

Committers: 6

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

v8.48.3 (2026-07-01)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14785 [WDIO CLI V8] Targeted scans (@Pritishchugh22)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15217 feat: enhance gRPC client with message size limits (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15146 fix: update exit signal for CLI process termination on Unix (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15200 V8 Username accesskey redaction from automation logs (@minavkaria-bs)

Committers: 11

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• Aditya Hirapara (@AdityaHirapara)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Minav Karia (@minavkaria-bs)
• Pritish Chugh (@Pritishchugh22)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• YASH JAIN (@osho-20)
• @vipin-bs
• bhargavi vaidya (@Bhargavi-BS)

v8.48.2 (2026-07-01)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14785 [WDIO CLI V8] Targeted scans (@Pritishchugh22)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15217 feat: enhance gRPC client with message size limits (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15146 fix: update exit signal for CLI process termination on Unix (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15200 V8 Username accesskey redaction from automation logs (@minavkaria-bs)

Committers: 11

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• Aditya Hirapara (@AdityaHirapara)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Minav Karia (@minavkaria-bs)
• Pritish Chugh (@Pritishchugh22)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• YASH JAIN (@osho-20)
• @vipin-bs
• bhargavi vaidya (@Bhargavi-BS)

v8.48.1 (2026-07-01)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14785 [WDIO CLI V8] Targeted scans (@Pritishchugh22)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15217 feat: enhance gRPC client with message size limits (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15146 fix: update exit signal for CLI process termination on Unix (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15200 V8 Username accesskey redaction from automation logs (@minavkaria-bs)

Committers: 11

• Aakash Hotchandani (@AakashHotchandani)
• Aditya Hirapara (@AdityaHirapara)
• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• Kamalpreet Kaur (@kamal-kaur04)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Minav Karia (@minavkaria-bs)
• Pritish Chugh (@Pritishchugh22)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• YASH JAIN (@osho-20)
• @vipin-bs
• bhargavi vaidya (@Bhargavi-BS)

v9.29.1 (2026-06-26)

🚀 New Feature

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

🐛 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)

📝 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 Fix

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

💅 Polish

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

🏠 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 Fix

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

🏠 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)

🚀 New Feature

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

🐛 Bug Fix

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

💅 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)

📝 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)

👓 Spec Compliancy

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

🚀 New Feature

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

🐛 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)

💅 Polish

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

📝 Documentation

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

🏠 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 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)