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Highlights

kane-cli 0.8.21 makes iOS simulator runs steadier: the screenshot crash on off-screen elements is gone, and mobile sub-steps now run on the same planner as the test that calls them. Mobile replay is faithful again — grid-hook steps, deeplinks and output variables all survive a rerun. Web runs can click elements the accessibility tree hides, and devices and apps are named with one consistent word.

[0.8.21] - 2026-10-05

Steadier iOS simulator runs

  • No more screenshot crash on off-screen elements — an element centred far outside the visible screen used to fail the screen read with IndexError: list index out of range and end the run on its first step. It is now read normally.
  • Mobile sub-steps use the test's planner — a login or setup step handed to a sub-agent now runs on the same planner as its parent test, instead of always falling back to the older one.
  • A passed mobile assertion is saved as passed — assertion results no longer get downgraded in the saved run.
  • A binding that rejects your session options is now reported as a lost device, not an unexplained crash.

Mobile replay you can trust

  • Grid-hook steps replay — the mobile tape now plays back the grid-hook steps instead of skipping them.
  • Output variables flow forward — every output variable from a mobile step is handed to the next one during replay.
  • @deeplink is marked replay-only — deeplink and grid-hook steps are tagged so replay treats them correctly instead of re-executing them as fresh actions.

One word for devices and apps

  • target replaces target_kind — one device word (emulator, simulator) is used everywhere, including in the evidence pack, with the old fallbacks removed.
  • App names are consistent — one helper names the app, so the announce line and the pack always agree.
  • A run with no target says so — instead of guessing, kane-cli reports that no target was named.

Web actions that reach hidden elements

  • Clicks land on elements the accessibility tree hides — kane-cli now acts on DOM-clickable elements that never appear in the AX tree.
  • The AX document is never blank — actionable timing can no longer wipe it out, and the ref keys are documented.

Working with agents and automation

  • testrun run --agent — the same stream selected when stdin is not a TTY, so piped and agent-driven runs behave predictably.
  • Piping no longer collides with the command stream — the command stream is detached from sys.stdin.
  • maintain evolve is clearer to review — one batch exit rule, the design agent is told which entity it started on, refusals disclose nothing, dead entities are named honestly, and the checkpoint warning carries its cause.
  • maintain evolve --mode agent — the blast-radius question now rides the pause protocol instead of interrupting the run.

Smaller things you may notice

  • Project listing is filtered to the KTM product — fewer irrelevant projects to scroll past.

Install

# npm
npm install -g @testmuai/kane-cli@0.8.21

# Homebrew
brew install lambdatest/kane/kane-cli

# Shell installer (latest release)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LambdaTest/kane-cli/main/install.sh | bash

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