v9.23.1

v9.23.1 (2026-01-18)

👓 Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols
  • #14914 fix(protocols): update WebDriver & Appium protocols (@eglitise)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-config
  • #14915 feat(config): allow --exclude to exclude suites by name (@mccmrunal)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browser-runner
  • #15010 fix(wdio-browser-runner): prioritize @tailwindcss/postcss for Tailwin… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli
  • #15012 fix(wdio-cli): ensure dynamic specs added in onPrepare are correctly … (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-jasmine-framework
  • #15013 fix(jasmine,allure): preserve nested describe structure (#13953) (@mccmrunal)
• webdriver
  • #14951 fix(webdriver): normalize overlapping W3C capabilities (#14946) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-utils
  • #15011 Fix/retry timeout propagation (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-local-runner
  • #14997 fix(local-runner): force kill stuck workers after shutdown timeout (@mccmrunal)
  • #14971 fix(wdio-local-runner): use gracefulExit to avoid synchronous termina… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-jasmine-framework, wdio-sauce-service
  • #15001 fix(jasmine-framework): move @types/jasmine to dependencies (@mccmrunal)
• webdriverio
  • #15019 fix(webdriverio): prevent waitForExist from swapping valid indexed el… (@mccmrunal)
  • #15018 fix(webdriverio): handle 'no such frame' error in BiDi navigation (@mccmrunal)
  • #14912 fix: relative XPath chaining in BiDi mode (@mccmrunal)
  • #14972 fix(session): eliminate memory leak in session managers (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli, wdio-local-runner, wdio-runner, wdio-types
  • #14859 fix: Allow specFileRetries to be overriden in the beforeSession hook (@bgrozev)
• wdio-cli, webdriverio
  • #14913 Fix/watcher files to watch 14685 (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14961 fix: remove double ports for start-appium-inspector (@wswebcreation)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14965 fix(junit-reporter): do not report skipped test when no tests are exe… (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-shared-store-service
  • #14966 fix(shared-store): use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost (#14761) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-mocha-framework
  • #14982 fix(mocha): don't report this.skip() in hooks as failure (#14649) (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14985 Prevent undefined binds when chaining element command overwrites (@anish353)

📝 Documentation

• #14963 docs: add documentation on LT accessibility (@harsha509)

Committers: 9

• Aditya Hirapara (@AdityaHirapara)
• Anish Kumar Sinha (@anish353)
• Edgars Eglītis (@eglitise)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Rounak Bhatia (@rounak610)
• Sri Harsha (@harsha509)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @bgrozev
• @vipin-bs