v1.8.0

1.8.0 (2026-07-14)

Features

• add get window handles with extra information (58a60ba)
• add iexplorer.exe selenium driver server proxy (0e678cc)
• add jdkPath capability (5b3b727)
• add support for switch to iframe - classic IE (cff7e17)
• add switch window by title script (b04cd84)
• apply thread process id strategy to set foreground (9b268e8)
• bundle IE driver to avoid download (96f53bf)
• ie: allow IE lazy start on window switch (5578d11)
• jab: add STA message-pump thread for Java Access Bridge (4df8fe1)
• javaswing: first implementation (2643e75)
• make java agent attachable to ongoing session (7dfc414)
• mcp: add mcp support for java tools (484aa0c)
• preview 22 getNativeChildren command (a9ddafe)
• replace Java Access Bridge with JVM agent for Swing automation (ef6b3a1)
• virtual items, select/expand fix (8ac2ea7)

Bug Fixes

• actions: re-implement tick based action sequence (17b2f0d)
• add css selector (bc2105b)
• add dialog (6272a63)
• add error dialog (56277c3)
• add expand/collapse end to end tests and improve window attachment on start of session (db562ea)
• add js script for clicking (06f02cc)
• add path back to root (switch_to_window('root')) (64be733)
• add try catch for el.type on click() (3fa22fb)
• assignment not used PR review (e722499)
• bind socket to 127.0.0.1 to avoid windows fireawall (91f56a5)
• change build process dependencies (20e2d4a)
• clean env before injecting java agent, improve diagnostics (1ec5cb7)
• clean expand fallbacks, keep simple ALT + DOWN with set focus and click (1adbf26)
• correct setWindow and MCP window pattern tools (a722b8d)
• find all css IE BRIDGE (01985e3)
• find elements xpath and css (9f82412)
• fix scroll direction (acf907a)
• get window handles and allow Hebrew title in switch window by title (2d97ab6)
• getNativeChildren no such element fix (2dd5ca7)
• getText (f27880a)
• ie bridge loggin (09ac558)
• ie: detect IE window by IEFrame class name instead of process name (946e0fc)
• implement fallback expand pattern not supported (7e3398a)
• implement ie-bridge (dfef390)
• invoke: fall back to LegacyIIAccessiblePattern when InvokePattern QI fails (31c1a0e)
• JAB path remove gate check expand (130e347)
• jab: interact with jab elements (ab8247f)
• java detection bug (f567428)
• Java element finding, setForeground fallbacks, (1a44b2b)
• java-agent: restore window root fallback for Java 9+ JVMs (495fda1)
• mark element and locate element (1127048)
• mcp: appium close session timeout (348e88c)
• mcp: introduce system prompt in mcp and clarify descriptions (db645f8)
• mcp: return error on element not found and fix get attribute searilizing (0cd3506)
• new solution for expand element, add custom test app for dropdown and require promp in vision command (99f531c)
• package ie bridge (98c32a6)
• protect java agent from NullPointerException (f9d08d8)
• reintroduce semantic release (3c804b1)
• remove sku, fixes pop up demanding .NET (9915ed6)
• replace document evaluate in xpath ie-bridge (8f9031d)
• replace TransformPattern check with ClassName filter for CoreWindow (042851b)
• retry mechanism ie bridge find elements (ad2ece5)
• start ie server on session launch (65d3791)
• start ie server on window attach on session start (b065e0e)
• throw error when deleting unexisting file/folder (7258d85)
• trick to set foreground (e2b0205)
• try (f1e9b8c)
• try another solution for element finding (434a99a)
• try fallback strategies for windows: select (880eef2)
• try js script for element finding (e0d43d4)
• try new solution find_elements (b003816)
• use java 8 semantics (4d1fec7)
• use JS sourceIndex for element identity in IE bridge (0a23741)
• use uniqueId from IE (47e36a1)
• walk all element in page source - ie mode (e3fc5d5)
• webview: Chrome CDP context switching and window attachment bugs (8fafd5b)
• xpath java swing and add end to end tests (6692957)
• xpath: fix no runtime id error when searching for XPATH (e910c53)

Miscellaneous Chores

• bump version (c8ba4c1)
• bump version (a1026a8)
• bump version (c020a9f)
• fix end to end workflow [skip ci] (ea8c4cf)
• gitignore ie bridge executable (ad5875c)
• improve java swing examples (980b4d6)
• preview 20 (346ff49)
• release: 1.7.2-preview.1 [skip ci] (64bb73d)
• release: 1.8.0-preview.1 [skip ci] (648e6a2)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.2 [skip ci] (b2b09b5)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.3 [skip ci] (25fced1)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.4 [skip ci] (a402141)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.5 [skip ci] (872723c)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (abd03c0)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (9230c9f)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (041941f)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (b4b26c1)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (292fa12)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (49ffddc)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (8f24d00)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (91e34d0)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (28c8384)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (4af853a)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (67dc1e2)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (4171032)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.6 [skip ci] (8c29576)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.7 [skip ci] (1b64455)
• release: 2.1.0-preview.8 [skip ci] (be2e60a)
• release: run release workflow on windows machine (ca74226)
• remove IEBridge from git cache (701439b)
• SKIP_CI remove unused release-lite and claude workflows (03b244e)
• trigger publish on develop (2e0123f)
• untrack .claude and .vscode, add to .gitignore (76e24dd)

Code Refactoring

• ie: remove dead process-name detection code (93dc3cd)