v9.0.0

New Features and Improvements

• Switch to Apache License
• Manual control of device from local and remote machine
• Integrated dashboard for appium device farm
• Platform server argument is now optional
• Improved WDA server startup for session creation
• Bundled WDA.ipa version 8.5.4
• Added Headspin cloud execution support
• Improved error messaging when session creation fails
• Enhanced debugging with additional debug logs
• Configured axios to keep session alive
• Improved fetching of screen dimensions for Android devices
• Added support for Appium Inspector with hub/node setup
• Disabled client verification
• Refactored app module and added endpoints for dashboard

Bug Fixes

• Gracefully handle ADB timeout
• Fixed nested interval when updating devices from node
• Resolved issues with removing devices from remote and hub for both Android and iOS
• Fixed node sometimes not releasing devices after test
• Addressed pCloudy URL and session issues
• Ensured pending sessions are cleared when failing to create a session
• Fixed device release timing to prevent premature release while in use by Appium
• Resolved UI blocking/unblocking issues
• Implemented singleton device tracker for Android
• Fixed vulnerability issues
• Corrected filter by host functionality
• Improved handling of unexpected errors in dashboard module
• Fixed WDA uploads to remote machine
• Resolved app finder issues
• Corrected capability checks for skipReport

Refactoring and Code Improvements

• Refactored app module
• Implemented prettier code formatting
• Updated various dependencies to latest versions
• Cleaned up unused dependencies
• Improved error handling for unhandled errors and promise rejections

Documentation and Build Process

• Updated documentation for WDA resign file
• Improved build process and fixed related issues
• Configured timeout for remote createSession
• Implemented extended webpack config during build

Security Updates

• Updated ws dependency to v8.17.1 [SECURITY]
• Bumped braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3
• Updated vite to v4.5.2 [security]

What's Changed

• chore(deps): update dependency @babel/core to v7.23.9 by @renovate in #973
• #988 change filter capabity from host to filterByHost by @saikrishna321 in #989
• attach nodeId for tracked devices by @saikrishna321 in #990
• chore(deps): update dependency @types/sinon to v17.0.3 by @renovate in #983
• Dashboard module by @saikrishna321 in #994
• use extended webpack config during build by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1005
• Fix/postinstall by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1007
• Fix/UI router by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1012
• Bump ip from 1.1.8 to 1.1.9 by @dependabot in #1015
• Consider only booted simulators when flag bootedSimulators: true by @saikrishna321 in #1020
• Fix vulnerability by @saikrishna321 in #1030
• Print more debug logs better debugging by @saikrishna321 in #1040
• Fix filter by host by @saikrishna321 in #1041
• Configure axios to keep session alive by @saikrishna321 in #1045
• Add listeners for unhandled errors and promise rejection by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1048
• Configure timeout for remote createSession by @saikrishna321 in #1052
• Fix build by @saikrishna321 in #1053
• download apk from repo by @saikrishna321 in #1057
• register websocket when appium throws unexpectedError by @saikrishna321 in #1059
• Add ui control message for android streaming by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1061
• added ios real device streaming initial logic by @saikrishna321 in #1066
• Handle test execution metadata by @Dileep17 in #1080
• Release 27 by @saikrishna321 in #1115
• Fix app finder by @saikrishna321 in #1117
• Release test by @saikrishna321 in #1118
• Rel test by @saikrishna321 in #1119
• Fix capability checks for skipReport by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1120
• refactor and fix WDA uploads to remote machine by @SrinivasanTarget in #1124
• Fix session creation when wda is not uploaded by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1128
• Gracefully handle unexpected errors in dashboard module by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1139
• Check for null capability for cloud execution by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1145
• Fix #1151 by @SrinivasanTarget in #1159
• Fix #1160 by @SrinivasanTarget in #1161
• Fix/real ios by @saikrishna321 in #1165
• Fix for custom command and video length by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1174
• Disable client Verification by @SrinivasanTarget in #1175
• Fix Device logs and profiling by @SrinivasanTarget in #1177
• Allow appium inspector to work with hub/node setup by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1192
• handle session updates gracefully by @SrinivasanTarget in #1194
• Update dependency ws to v8.17.1 [SECURITY] by @renovate in #1189
• Update dependency @appium/docutils to v1.0.15 by @renovate in #1195
• cleanup unused dependencies by @SrinivasanTarget in #1197
• Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 by @dependabot in #1167
• Fix ios manual control by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1206
• Update dependency @appium/fake-driver to v5.5.2 by @renovate in #1196
• Update dependency @appium/plugin-test-support to v0.3.38 by @renovate in #1198
• Fix #1216 by @SrinivasanTarget in #1223
• Fix #1215 by @SrinivasanTarget in #1224
• Use overridden screen size for android device by @sudharsan-selvaraj in #1213

Full Changelog: v8.4.7...v9.0.0