Release v9.17.0 · webdriverio/webdriverio

v9.17.0 (2025-07-09)

create-wdio, wdio-cli
- #14618 feat: integrate the create-wdio package (@mato533)

wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-globals, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-utils
- #14626 chore(linter) fixed linter warnings with --fix (@smarkows)
webdriver
- #14625 fix(webdriver): #14622 added ability to proxy websocket connections (@smarkows)
- #14623 fix(webdriver): re-enable undici global dispatcher (@christian-bromann)
webdriverio
- #14587 [BUG-14499] - Improved switchFrame for delayed iframe contexts (@vishnuv688)
wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-reporter, wdio-utils, webdriverio
- #14581 fix: Emit browser custom command beforeCommand to fix broken reports (@dprevost-LMI)
wdio-local-runner
- #14611 fix(@wdio/local-runner): added graceful exit on SIGINT (@DQRI)
wdio-browser-runner, wdio-cli, wdio-globals, wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
- #14592 fix(@wdio/jasmine-framework): become independant from expect-webdriverio (@christian-bromann)
wdio-mocha-framework
- #14506 fix(mocha-framework): report spec load error as failure in after hook (@lezram)

Other
- #14615 fix(docs): correct typos and improve clarity in Best Practices guide (@Agnes-Au)
- #14599 Update BoilerplateProjects.md (@amiya-pattnaik)
wdio-browserstack-service
- #14614 Add URLs to Browserstack WebDriverIO services (@sindhupullapantula)
webdriverio
- #14612 docs: add note about WebDriver Bidi support in browser.url command (@Siolto)
wdio-cli
- #14606 Add wdio-obsidian-service to docs and cli (@jesse-r-s-hines)

wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-utils
- #14607 chore: replace asset to with at import statement (@mato533)
Other
- #14593 internal(security): update security policy with threat model (@christian-bromann)