v9.18.0

v9.18.0 (2025-07-16)

🐛 Bug Fix

• create-wdio, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-json-reporter, wdio-logger, wdio-mocha-framework, wdio-utils, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14570 fix(security): address multiple security vulnerabilities across codebase (@christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14642 fix: avoid starting a timeout if the timer was resolved immediately (@sheremet-va)
• webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14640 fix(webdriverio): properly toggle DISABLE_WEBDRIVERIO_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS (@christian-bromann)

💅 Polish

• wdio-utils
  • #14634 feat: do not attach prefs when debuggerAddress is specified (@uladhsi)
• wdio-cli
  • #14632 feat(wdio-cli): enhance job completion logging format (@NaamuKim)

📝 Documentation

• create-wdio
  • #14631 chore: Update services.json to add TV Labs service (@regan-karlewicz)

🏠 Internal

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-cli, wdio-lighthouse-service, wdio-reporter, wdio-static-server-service, wdio-sumologic-reporter, wdio-webdriver-mock-service, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14641 chore(*): update major dependencies where possible (@christian-bromann)
• Other
  • #14633 ci: skip test suite for pushes that change only markdown files (@kitsiosk)

Committers: 6

• Christian Bromann (@christian-bromann)
• Kitsios Konstantinos (@kitsiosk)
• Luke (@NaamuKim)
• Regan Karlewicz (@regan-karlewicz)
• Vladimir (@sheremet-va)
• @uladhsi