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v9.21.0 (2025-11-29)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14796 [v9] Implement BrowserStack CLI support in browserstack service (@​Pritishchugh22)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #14856 fix(@​wdio/cucumber-framework): fix HookFunctionExtension hook return types (@​christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14793 fix(webdriverio): get absolute paths using native path.resolve (@​macarie)
  • #14886 fix: detect stale elements in BiDi mode for getCSSProperty (#14885) (@​mccmrunal)
  • #14832 fix(webdriverio): fix getHTML return-type (@​gavvvr)
  • #14817 fix(webdriverio): Fix request mock with hostname only not working (@​Dziurdzikowski)
  • #14836 fix: update waitForExist function to maintain elementIds for shadow e… (@​b-kirby)
  • #14872 fix(webdriverio): correct withinViewport check logic for isDisplayed … (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14881 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): add property support for Cucumber tests (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli, wdio-config, webdriver
  • #14880 fix(wdio-cli): respect maxInstancesPerCapability for dynamic capabili… (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14877 fix(appium-service): ignore warnings and debugger messages in launcher (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-config, wdio-runner, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14862 refactor: remove unused import (@​noritaka1166)
• webdriver
  • #14799 fix(webdriver): pass all options to fetch (@​omjadas)
• create-wdio
  • #14875 fix(create-wdio): add missing ts dependencies (@​mccmrunal)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14888 allure-reporter: add mode and excluded properties for parameters (@​todti)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #14879 fix(@​wdio/utils): update driver packages for @​wdio/utils (@​mccmrunal)

:memo: Documentation

• #14889 docs(wdio-camera-service): Add wdio-camera-service to 3rd-party services list (@​Winify)
• #14813 Replacing of Twitter with 𝕏 (@​fpereira1)

:house: Internal

• #14861 chore: fix typos in e2e (@​noritaka1166)

Committers: 12

• Adi Dziurdzikowski (@​Dziurdzikowski)
• Alex (@​todti)
• Christian Bromann (@​christian-bromann)
• Filype (@​fpereira1)
• Kirill Gavrilov (@​gavvvr)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@​mccmrunal)
• Noritaka Kobayashi (@​noritaka1166)

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Sourced from webdriverio's changelog.

v9.21.0 (2025-11-29)

:rocket: New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #14796 [v9] Implement BrowserStack CLI support in browserstack service (@​Pritishchugh22)

:bug: Bug Fix

• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #14856 fix(@​wdio/cucumber-framework): fix HookFunctionExtension hook return types (@​christian-bromann)
• webdriverio
  • #14793 fix(webdriverio): get absolute paths using native path.resolve (@​macarie)
  • #14886 fix: detect stale elements in BiDi mode for getCSSProperty (#14885) (@​mccmrunal)
  • #14832 fix(webdriverio): fix getHTML return-type (@​gavvvr)
  • #14817 fix(webdriverio): Fix request mock with hostname only not working (@​Dziurdzikowski)
  • #14836 fix: update waitForExist function to maintain elementIds for shadow e… (@​b-kirby)
  • #14872 fix(webdriverio): correct withinViewport check logic for isDisplayed … (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-junit-reporter
  • #14881 fix(wdio-junit-reporter): add property support for Cucumber tests (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-cli, wdio-config, webdriver
  • #14880 fix(wdio-cli): respect maxInstancesPerCapability for dynamic capabili… (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #14877 fix(appium-service): ignore warnings and debugger messages in launcher (@​mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter, wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-config, wdio-runner, webdriver, webdriverio
  • #14862 refactor: remove unused import (@​noritaka1166)
• webdriver
  • #14799 fix(webdriver): pass all options to fetch (@​omjadas)
• create-wdio
  • #14875 fix(create-wdio): add missing ts dependencies (@​mccmrunal)

:nail_care: Polish

• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #14888 allure-reporter: add mode and excluded properties for parameters (@​todti)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #14879 fix(@​wdio/utils): update driver packages for @​wdio/utils (@​mccmrunal)

:memo: Documentation

• #14889 docs(wdio-camera-service): Add wdio-camera-service to 3rd-party services list (@​Winify)
• #14813 Replacing of Twitter with 𝕏 (@​fpereira1)

:house: Internal

• #14861 chore: fix typos in e2e (@​noritaka1166)

Committers: 12

• Adi Dziurdzikowski (@​Dziurdzikowski)
• Alex (@​todti)
• Christian Bromann (@​christian-bromann)
• Filype (@​fpereira1)
• Kirill Gavrilov (@​gavvvr)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@​mccmrunal)
• Noritaka Kobayashi (@​noritaka1166)

... (truncated)

• cfbd795 v9.21.0
• 0072913 fix(webdriverio): get absolute paths using native path.resolve (#14793)
• bfbf186 fix: detect stale elements in BiDi mode for getCSSProperty (#14885) (#14886)
• df4e398 fix(webdriverio): fix deprecation of addCommand - fixes #14893
• dddfbac fix(webdriverio): improve wheel comment - fixes #14894
• f955014 fix(webdriverio): update respond example
• 36cf622 fix(webdriverio): fix getHTML return-type (#14832)
• 66923ad refactor: remove unused import (#14862)
• c7bba51 fix(webdriverio): Fix request mock with hostname only not working (#14817)
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