v9.16.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -23,6 +23,58 @@ See [CHANGELOG - v8](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/blob/v8/CHANGELO
 
 ---
 
+## v9.16.0 (2025-06-23)
+
+#### :eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy
+* [#14534](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14534) fix(infra) have not present required generate optional argument ([@dprevost-LMI](https://github.com/dprevost-LMI))
+
+#### :rocket: New Feature
+* `wdio-config`, `wdio-runner`, `wdio-types`
+  * [#14546](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14546) feat(wdio-runner): automatically include SoftAssertionService ([@JustasMonkev](https://github.com/JustasMonkev))
+
+#### :bug: Bug Fix
+* `wdio-config`
+  * [#14236](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14236) fix: Combines exclude and wdio:exclude. ([@damencho](https://github.com/damencho))
+* `wdio-utils`
+  * [#14572](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14572) Fix for isAndroid outside of test ([@AakashHotchandani](https://github.com/AakashHotchandani))
+  * [#14565](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14565) fix(wdio-utils):fix to support windows path string  ([@mato533](https://github.com/mato533))
+  * [#14531](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14531) fix(webdriverio): detect Samsung devices as Android in BrowserStack ([@christian-bromann](https://github.com/christian-bromann))
+* `wdio-browserstack-service`
+  * [#14557](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14557) fix for accessibility build error [wdio-browsertstack-service] ([@rounak610](https://github.com/rounak610))
+* `webdriverio`
+  * [#14549](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14549) fix(types): Fix `overwriteCommand` inconsistent typing ([@dprevost-LMI](https://github.com/dprevost-LMI))
+* `wdio-local-runner`
+  * [#14511](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14511) refactor(wdio-local-runner): replace async-exit-hook with exit-hook ([@harsha509](https://github.com/harsha509))
+* `wdio-protocols`
+  * [#14522](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14522) fix(@wdio/protocols): Have `options` of appium terminateApp command optional  ([@dprevost-LMI](https://github.com/dprevost-LMI))
+
+#### :nail_care: Polish
+* `wdio-browserstack-service`
+  * [#14538](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14538) Added support for running accessibility on Non-browserstack infrastructure ([@Bhargavi-BS](https://github.com/Bhargavi-BS))
+
+#### :memo: Documentation
+* Other
+  * [#14578](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14578) fix: Updates exclude docs. ([@damencho](https://github.com/damencho))
+  * [#14547](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14547) fix(docs) Masking doc glitches + update Appium required version following PR merge ([@dprevost-LMI](https://github.com/dprevost-LMI))
+* `wdio-appium-service`, `wdio-cli`, `wdio-protocols`, `wdio-types`, `webdriverio`
+  * [#14523](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14523) fix(docs): update various Appium-related links ([@eglitise](https://github.com/eglitise))
+
+#### :house: Internal
+* [#14569](https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/pull/14569) fix(ci): hardening security of GH actions ([@christian-bromann](https://github.com/christian-bromann))
+
+#### Committers: 10
+- Aakash Hotchandani ([@AakashHotchandani](https://github.com/AakashHotchandani))
+- Christian Bromann ([@christian-bromann](https://github.com/christian-bromann))
+- David Prevost ([@dprevost-LMI](https://github.com/dprevost-LMI))
+- Edgars Eglītis ([@eglitise](https://github.com/eglitise))
+- JustasM ([@JustasMonkev](https://github.com/JustasMonkev))
+- Rounak Bhatia ([@rounak610](https://github.com/rounak610))
+- Sri Harsha ([@harsha509](https://github.com/harsha509))
+- [@Bhargavi-BS](https://github.com/Bhargavi-BS)
+- [@mato533](https://github.com/mato533)
+- Дамян Минков ([@damencho](https://github.com/damencho))
+
+
 ## v9.15.0 (2025-05-30)
 
 #### :rocket: New Feature

lerna.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "packages/*"
   ],
   "npmClient": "pnpm",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "command": {
     "bootstrap": {
       "npmClientArgs": [

packages/wdio-allure-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/allure-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO reporter plugin to create Allure Test Reports",
   "author": "Boris Osipov <osipov.boris@gmail.com>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-allure-reporter",

packages/wdio-appium-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/appium-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO service to start & stop Appium Server",
   "author": "Morten Bjerg Gregersen <morten@mogee.dk>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-appium-service",

packages/wdio-browser-runner/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/browser-runner",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO runner to run unit tests tests in the browser.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-browser-runner",

packages/wdio-browserstack-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/browserstack-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "WebdriverIO service for better Browserstack integration",
   "author": "Adam Bjerstedt <abjerstedt@gmail.com>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-browserstack-service",

packages/wdio-cli/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/cli",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "WebdriverIO testrunner command line interface",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-cli",

packages/wdio-concise-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/concise-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A concise reporter for WebdriverIO",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-concise-reporter",

packages/wdio-config/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/config",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A helper utility to parse and validate WebdriverIO options",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-config",

packages/wdio-cucumber-framework/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/cucumber-framework",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO plugin. Adapter for Cucumber.js testing framework.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-cucumber-framework",

packages/wdio-dot-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/dot-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO plugin to report in dot style",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-dot-reporter",

packages/wdio-firefox-profile-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/firefox-profile-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "WebdriverIO service that lets you define your Firefox profile in your wdio.conf.js",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-firefox-profile-service",

packages/wdio-globals/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/globals",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A helper utility for importing global variables directly",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-globals",

packages/wdio-jasmine-framework/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/jasmine-framework",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO plugin. Adapter for Jasmine testing framework.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-jasmine-framework",

packages/wdio-json-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/json-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO plugin to report results in json format.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-json-reporter",

packages/wdio-junit-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/junit-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO reporter that creates Jenkins compatible XML based JUnit reports",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-junit-reporter",

packages/wdio-lighthouse-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/lighthouse-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO service that allows you to run Chrome DevTools commands in your tests",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-lighthouse-service",

packages/wdio-local-runner/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/local-runner",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO runner to run tests locally",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-local-runner",

packages/wdio-mocha-framework/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/mocha-framework",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO plugin. Adapter for Mocha testing framework.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-mocha-framework",

packages/wdio-protocols/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/protocols",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "Utility package providing information about automation protocols",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-protocols",

packages/wdio-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO utility to help reporting all events",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-reporter",

packages/wdio-runner/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/runner",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO service that runs tests in arbitrary environments",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-runner",

packages/wdio-sauce-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/sauce-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "WebdriverIO service that provides a better integration into Sauce Labs",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-sauce-service",

packages/wdio-shared-store-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/shared-store-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO service to exchange data across processes",
   "author": "Mykola Grybyk <mykola.grybyk@gmail.com>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-shared-store-service",

packages/wdio-smoke-test-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/smoke-test-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO utility to smoke test reporters for internal testing purposes.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-smoke-test-reporter",

packages/wdio-spec-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/spec-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO plugin to report in spec style",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-spec-reporter",

packages/wdio-static-server-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/static-server-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO service that can serve your static websites",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-static-server-service",

packages/wdio-sumologic-reporter/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/sumologic-reporter",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO reporter that sends test results to Sumologic for data analyses",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-sumologic-reporter",

packages/wdio-testingbot-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/testingbot-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO service that provides a better integration into TestingBot",
   "author": "Jochen Delabie <info@testingbot.com>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-testingbot-service",

packages/wdio-types/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/types",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "Utility package providing type information for a variety of WebdriverIO interfaces",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-types",

packages/wdio-utils/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/utils",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WDIO helper utility to provide several utility functions used across the project.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-utils",

packages/wdio-webdriver-mock-service/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wdio/webdriver-mock-service",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A WebdriverIO service to stub all endpoints for internal testing purposes.",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/wdio-webdriver-mock-service",

packages/webdriver/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "webdriver",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "description": "A Node.js bindings implementation for the W3C WebDriver and Mobile JSONWire Protocol",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/main/packages/webdriver",

packages/webdriverio/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webdriverio",
   "description": "Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js",
-  "version": "9.15.0",
+  "version": "9.16.0",
   "homepage": "https://webdriver.io",
   "author": "Christian Bromann <mail@bromann.dev>",
   "license": "MIT",