CHANGELOG

v4.13.0 (2018-06-19)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • support ipv6 address in driver hostname (#2756)
  • Increased test coverage for reporters (#2730)
  • additional checks for isIOS, isAndroid and isMobile (#2739)
• bugfixes:
  • Decide to read from stdin using a parameter rather than magic (#2704)
  • file check for specs passed in with cli arg (#2689)
  • fix vulnerability with rgb2hex package

v4.12.0 (2018-03-07)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • allow to set proxy and agent request options
• wdio changes:
  • support for files with .es6 ending

v4.11.0 (2018-02-27)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • Add new selector strategies from WebdriverAgent (#2613)
• bugfixes:
  • isVisibleWithinViewport check fix if element is not existing (#2593)
  • propagate process.execArgv correctly
• wdio changes:
  • increase framework timeout if --inspect parameter is found in execArgv

v4.10.2 (2018-02-02)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
• bugfixes:
  • better unknown command detection (#2580)

v4.10.1 (2018-01-12)

• bugfixes:
  • fallback to old JSONWireProtocol commands when running Chromedriver

v4.10.0 (2018-01-10)

• bugfixes:
  • Fix for error handling on before/after hooks (#2497)
  • fix debug functionality when using launcher programmatically (#2492)
  • Fix issue when terminal doesn't support colors (#2496)
• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • fallbacks for depcrecated JsonWireProtocol commands (#2493)
• wdio changes:
  • Add ability to specify a spec and suite (#2505)
  • Add support for filtering specs #2520

v4.9.11 (2017-11-29)

• bugfixes:
  • better handling of failures in before hooks placed before any describe block (#2259)
  • fix waitForVisible handling (#2486)
• docs:
  • add Mochawesome reporter

v4.9.10 (2017-11-27)

• bugfixes:
  • fix launcher run by node script as child process (#2477)
  • check status code for WebDriver responses
  • allow usage of element as 1st citizen for getHTML and isVisibleWithinViewport
• global changes:
  • docs improvements (#2472)

v4.9.9 (2017-11-20)

• bugfixes:
  • fix touchId command (#2455)
  • enable support for both --inspect and --debug (#2418)
• global changes:
  • docs improvements (#2452, #2449, #2440)

v4.9.8 (2017-11-13)

• bugfixes:
  • add missing babel-runtime dependency

v4.9.7 (2017-11-13)

• bugfixes:
  • polyfill Array.includes to support Node v4
• global changes:
  • add "try it out" button to example code on main page

v4.9.6 (2017-11-10)

• bugfixes:
  • don't clone objects in config (#2428)

v4.9.5 (2017-11-09)

• bugfixes:
  • Use https Agent when protocol is https (#2424)
  • revert change on Android selector (#2422)

v4.9.4 (2017-11-09)

• global changes:
  • better fallback handling of unknown commands

v4.9.3 (2017-11-09)

• global changes:
  • added fallback to keys command to use W3C WebDriver action API if command not known

v4.9.0 (2017-11-08)

• global changes:
  • W3C WebDriver compatibility improvements (#2039, #2364)
  • docs improvements (#2055, #2062, #2070, #2078, #2095, #2096, #2100, #2101, #2116, #2121, #2135, #2151, #2132, #2148, #2163, #2193, #2196, #2142, #2217, #2237, #2222, #2263, #2268, #2269, #2270, #2271, #2276, #2277, #2278, #2282, #2284, #2285, #2288, #2290, #2292, #2296, #2309, #2304, #2306. #2323, #2324, #2336, #2340, #2341, #2342, #2347, #2353, #2354, #2355, #2356, #2374, #2376, #2378, #2395, #2396, #2405)
  • examples improvements (#2086, #2089, #2162, #2183, #2184, #2402)
  • depcrecation warnings more meaningful and defeatable (#2061)
  • enhanced details on errors (#2229, #2247, #2283)
  • allow setting custom headers for WebDriver requests (#2258)
  • keep connections alive (#2327)
• wdio changes:
  • Performance improvements (#2043)
  • Allow to pipe files into the wdio command (#2098)
• bugfixes:
  • fix handling of cucumber tags when given through CLI (#2049)
  • better handling of text in options when selecting (#2057)
  • better support for Android selectors (#2161)
  • allow comments in functions passed to execute/executeAsync (#2207)
  • fix merge capabilities when using launcher (#2109)
• mobile:
  • add appWaitPackage and appWaitActivity parameters to startActivity command (#2214)

v4.8.0 (2017-04-30)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements (#2006, #2001, #2010, #2011, #2013, #2016, #2017, #2032)
  • make API compliant to Webdriver candidate recommendation
  • bug fixes (#2024)
  • make url act like url.resolve (#1946)
  • more generic error when failing to connect to Selenium server
  • add deprecation warnings to all commands that aren't part of the Webdriver spec and will be removed with the next major version update

v4.7.1 (2017-04-21)

• global changes:
  • fix bug where isExisting fails when calling it on a lazy loaded element (#2003)

v4.7.0 (2017-04-20)

• global changes:
  • added Code of Conduct
  • bugfixes (#1855, #1869, #1931)
  • docs improvements (#1979, #1977, #1905, #1975, #1971, #1972, #1952, #1952, #1948, #1943, #1905, #1940, #1936, #1934, #1930, #1920, #1926, #1919, #1916, #1915, #1904, #1899, #1897, #1887, #1889, #1876, #1850, #1845)
  • better error messages when element was not found (#1862)
  • added timestamp to getCommandHistory results (#1873)
  • added toggleTouchIdEnrollment command (#1951)
  • don't trim string results anymore (#1885)
  • (internal) replaced grunt task runner with npm scripts
  • (internal) updated all dependencies
• wdio changes:
  • added the ability to send your own events for runner's reporters (#1893)
  • resolved memory leak in reporter - thanks @jankcat 👏 (#1993)
  • make session hooks to respect promises (#1958)
  • exit launcher when no spec was found (#1998)

v4.6.2 (2017-01-24)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • update dependencies

v4.6.1 (2017-01-05)

• wdio changes:
  • fixed wording for log in watch mode
  • added more supported services to cli

v4.6.0 (2017-01-05)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • bug fixes
• wdio changes:
  • add watch mode (accessible via --watch argument) to wdio testrunner

v4.5.2 (2016-12-22)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • minor improvements to REPL interface
• wdio changes:
  • bugfixes (#1460)

v4.5.1 (2016-12-19)

• global changes:
  • bug fixes
  • docs improvements

v4.5.0 (2016-12-12)

• global changes:
  • bugfixes (standalone & wdio testrunner)
  • docs improvements
  • fix removeApp command
  • introduce REPL interface
• wdio changes:
  • enable --reporters cli parameter
  • improved Mocha timeout error messages
  • introduce beforeSession / afterSession hooks
  • identify tests by uid and not just by title (fixes couple of bug reports) - thx @wvankuipers

v4.4.0 (2016-11-08)

• global changes / WDIO changes:
  • introduced $ and $$ API commands as shortcuts to fetch elements

v4.3.0 (2016-11-02)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements (removed all async examples, wdio ftw!)
• global changes:
  • fixed stale element reference error in standalone (#1614) - thx @Templum
  • improved stale element catch - now works after reusing elements after reloading the page
  • removed compatibility checks for mobile commands (#1633)
  • run Sauce Labs test over secured SSL connection only
  • bug fixes (#1628, #1649, #1344, #1670)
  • add touchAction command for easier touch actions with Appium
• WDIO changes:
  • improved mechanism of killing child processes when ctrl+c was triggered

v4.2.16 (2016-09-16)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
• WDIO changes:
  • display proper selector in waitForXXX error messages (#1596)

v4.2.15 (2016-09-13)

• fixed broken chaining behavior

v4.2.14 (2016-09-13)

• WDIO changes:
  • enhanced payload of start and end event

v4.2.13 (2016-09-13)

• global changes:
  • bugfix (#1589)

v4.2.12 (2016-09-09)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • selector improvements
• WDIO changes:
  • allow multiple files in spec cli argument (#1579)

v4.2.11 (2016-08-31)

• fixed broken v4.2.10

v4.2.10 (2016-08-31)

• global changes:
  • keep command files in package to be able to generate docs

v4.2.9 (2016-08-31)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • bug fixes
• WDIO changes:
  • Split hooks into their own collection instead of grouping with tests (#1561)

v4.2.8 (2016-08-23)

• global changes:
  • allow to specify selector strategies directly when using the format: "<selector strategy>:<selector>"

v4.2.7 (2016-08-17)

• fixes broken v4.2.6

v4.2.6 (2016-08-17)

• global changes:
  • restrict files uploaded to NPM
  • added screenshot event to internal events

v4.2.5 (2016-08-11)

• WDIO changes
  • allow spec as wdio argument

v4.2.4 (2016-08-11)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
  • updated request package dependency
  • fixed moveTo bug always sitting at (0, 0)
  • improved screenshot capturing after command errors
  • id selector regex fix
• multiremote:
  • ensure onComplete to run after test

v4.2.2 (2016-07-12)

• global changes:
  • updated dependencies
  • make sure waitUntil conditions get executed at least once
  • implemented first polyfills for safaridriver interaction API
  • fixed refresh/reload renaming bugs (#1445, #1446)
• WDIO changes:
  • allow to run single specs using --spec cli argument
  • throw an error if suite was not found

v4.2.1 (2016-07-09)

• global changes:
  • docs improvements
• WDIO changes:
  • fixed bug in reporting

v4.2.0 (2016-07-08)

• global changes
  • docs improvements
  • better autocompletion with WebStorm IDE (#1399)
  • added snyk dependency check
• WDIO changes:
  • fixed config wizard (#1428)
  • improve reporting of failed tests (#1361)
  • allow launcher services to overwrite host/config (#1421)
• API changes:
  • added new command reload to clear browser session
• multiremote:
  • fixed bug that spawned additional instance (#1434)

v4.1.1 (2016-06-24)

• WDIO changes:
  • expose the process number to the child processes
  • improved waitForXXX usage when used with element as first citizen

v4.1.0 (2016-06-22)

• global changes:

  • several bug fixes and documentation improvements
  • new command: hasFocus (#1369)
  • waitUntil improvements
  • don't fail if element command can't find element

• WDIO changes:

  • allow to specify multiple suites at once

v4.0.9 (2016-05-26)

• WDIO changes:
  • enabled debugging by passing argv to child process (thanks @kurtharriger #1345)

v4.0.8 (2016-05-25)

• global changes:
  • introduced new error type for waitForXXX timeouts (#1281)
  • doc improvements (wording/content)
  • don't set firefox as default browser if mobile capabilities are detected
  • add offset coords to left/middle/rightclick (#1335)
• WDIO changes:
  • export Launcher API to Webdriver object (#1311)

v4.0.6 (2016-05-04)

• global changes:

  • docs improvements
  • removed shrinkwrap file

• WDIO changes:

  • fixed bug where onPrepare was called twice and onComplete none (#1197)
  • allow to set services without having them on NPM (#1198)
  • enable custom command chaining (#1218)
  • fixed waitForXXX commands not able to interpret reverse argument (#1209)
  • better support for element as first citizen
  • allow modification of capabilities through services
  • fixed Unrecognised test [XXX] for suite [YYY] issue (#1195)
  • better support for log file names in windows (#1226)
  • added testingbot service to cli configurator (#1263)
  • fixed bug where applying user and key as cli argument didn't work (#1264)

v4.0.5 (2016-03-23)

• global changes:

  • added class name selector for ios and android
  • docs improvements

• multiremote:

  • fixed capability issue (#1220)
  • added helper method getInstances to get instance names

v4.0.4 (2016-02-03)

• global changes:

  • minimum required node version: v0.12.x
  • complete code rewrite into ES2016 conform JavaScript (compiled using Babel)
  • moved 3rd party integrations (reporters, services, framework) into own NPM packages
  • introduced concept of services for the WDIO testrunner (e.g. wdio-sauce-service)
  • commands in WDIO are getting executed in a synchronous way using Fibers
  • added Grunt as project task manager

• WDIO changes:

  • retry mechanism for failing requests to the Selenium server as well as for stale element reference errors
  • commands are running synchronous (can be disabled by setting sync: false in wdio.conf.js)
  • better support for page objects with WebdriverIO
  • runs multiple specs per capability at a time (in v3 it was one spec per capability)
  • elements can now be treated as first citizen (no need for selector parameter if element(s) command) was called before
  • limit number of running instances with maxInstances
  • no support for callbacks in commands anymore (as last parameter)
  • no support generators anymore (commands are sync anyway through Fibers)
  • added new hooks: beforeSuite, beforeHook, beforeTest, beforeCommand, afterCommand, afterTest, afterHook, afterSuite, onError and beforeFeature, beforeScenario, beforeStep, afterFeature, afterScenario, afterStep (Cucumber framework only)
  • implemented small API for launcher package for better integration in 3rd party packages like grunt/gulp-webdriver
  • new Allure reporter: wdio-allure-reporter, no spec reporter anymore (but in the making: wdio-spec-reporter)
  • TypeScript support (#1060)

• mobile changes:

  • added uiautomator/uiautomation and accessibility id location strategy
  • update Appium commands for mobile testing

• API changes:

  • added waitUntil interval option (#844)
  • added getUrl command (#877)
  • better support for unicode characters in setValue/addValue/keys
  • several improvements and bugfixes
  • added getGridNodeDetails, gridProxyDetails and gridTestSession to get information about the Selenium grid and their nodes
  • added selectByAttribute to select options by any attribute field

• Multibrowser changes:

  • modified then arguments from having one argument per browser to having one argument as an object with browser names and their results as properties

v3.4.0 (2015-12-23)

• documentation improvements (#910, #925, #939, #947, #949, #943, #964, #966)
• added selectByName command (#917)
• bugfix: emit test:end in jasmine (#918)

v3.3.0 (2015-11-24)

• added Unicode support (#850)
• enable passing cli args to runner processes (#851)
• docs improvements (#854, #853, #861, #871)
• elminate Seleniums staleElement errors (#857)
• fixed screenshot file names for Windows user (#868)
• added new command getUrl (#877)
• fixed isVisibleWithinViewport helper (#885, #886, #887)
• update Sauce Labs job even when using Sauce Connect (#881)
• fixed switchTab command (#898)

v3.2.6 (2015-10-31)

• expose sessionId and capabilities to after() hook
• Adds a configuration: option.waitforInterval and a parameter to waitUntil for setting the polling interval for waitUntil.
• support for mocha's 'qunit' interface

v3.2.5 (2015-10-07)

• make sure edge driver follows standards for querying elements (#762)
• fixed xunit reporter bug (#797, #801)
• fixed indention bug in spec reporter (#800)
• Preserve mocha this in testrunner-wrapped generators (#813)
• better Babel support (##816)

v3.2.4 (2015-09-16)

• bugfixes in xunit reporter
• removed undefined first argument in after hook
• improved error handling in waitFor commands

v3.2.3 (2015-09-11)

• some minor bugfixes

v3.2.2 (2015-09-09)

• fixed bug where cli args didn't overwrite config properties
• fixed bug where browser extensions throw E2BIG error
• allow test files with .coffee extension
• better error message if command gets executed w/o session id
• allow usage of custom reporter

v3.2.1 (2015-09-01)

• command response with null value will be logged again (#738)
• added documentation
• support w3c webdriver draft keys (#744)
• enable multiremote test in wdio test runner (#741)
• kill Selenium session properly when canceling the wdio process (#746)

v3.2.0 (2015-08-25)

• improved error handling (no error propagation) (#629)
• wdio test runner cli improvements (#704)
• added protocol bindings for contexts (#703)
• make selenium path customizable (#690)
• enable compilers and require in Mocha framework (#660)
• new command getCommandHistory (#618)
• allow to ignore undefined steps (#635)
• bugfixes (#631, #637, #669, #684, #699)

v3.1.0 (2015-07-11)

• better error messages if waitForXXX commands fail
• improved error handling
• set default logging prefs
• allow to intercept jasmine assertions
• check logging types before requesting logs
• minor bugfixes and doc improvements

v3.0.5 (2015-07-07)

• mocha framework: allow inclusive and exclusive tests

v3.0.4 (2015-07-07)

• fixed bug where feature files got filtered out in config parser

v3.0.3 (2015-07-06)

• show also title of pending test (refs #606)

v3.0.2 (2015-07-06)

• if specFn is undefined we are dealing with a pending function (fixes #606)

v3.0.1 (2015-07-04)

• lowercase framework string (fixes #601)
• make v3 work with PhantomJS < 2.0 (fixes #594)

v3.0.0 (2015-06-29)

• rewritten WebdriverIO core to a Monad
• removed ChainIt dependency
• implemented test runner with different reporter and support for Mocha, Jasmine and Cucumber
• added multiremote feature to control multiple instances at the same time
• enable selector chaining
• removed waitFor command (please replace it with waitForExist as it works the same way)
• new commands: debug

v2.4.5 (2015-01-30)

• return promise result if responseMethod is not a function (see #401)

v2.4.4 (2015-01-24)

• make PromiseHandler to handle Q promises (see #399)

v2.4.3 (2015-01-10)

• saveScreenshot doesn't require a file path anymore if only the base64 data is required (see #393)
• don't throw an error if error handler is registered (see #385)

v2.4.2 (2015-01-07)

• fixed bug in PromiseHandler when execute command just got a single function parameter (closes #383)
• make colored logs optional (closes #298)

v2.4.1 (2014-12-28)

• fixed bug in selectByValue and selectByVisibleText in which the absolute xPath queried value/text of different select element
• allow more xpath expressions

v2.4.0 (2014-12-05)

• support for promises A+ (yeah!)
• introduced waitforTimeout option so set default timout time for all waitForXXX commands (see #345)
• let selectByValue accept number values (see #369)

v2.3.0 (2014-10-24)

• added selectByIndex, selectByValue and selectByVisibleText for super easy selecting of options in select elements

v2.2.3 (2014-09-18)

• support for all selector strategies in getHTML command (closes #302)

v2.2.2 (2014-09-15)

• consider parent elements in waitForVisible command (closes #293)
• added library User-Agent string to header for statistical reporting (closes #296)
• updated examples

v2.2.1 (2014-09-05)

• fixed bug in isVisible helper, thanks @fufnf

v2.2.0 (2014-09-01)

• new commands:
  • elementIdElement
  • elementIdElements
  • selectorExecute
  • selectorExecuteAsync
  • setViewportSize
  • getViewportSize
• improved waitfor commands - now with support if all selector strategries (thanks to selectorExecuteAsync and @nickyout)

v2.1.2 (2014-08-22)

• Fix: log command expecting an object and not a string
• skip close test (still to flaky)

v2.1.1 (2014-08-20)

• took saveScreenshot functionality back to basic
• removed gm dependency since it causes too many errors when installing

v2.1.0 (2014-08-11)

• new commands:
  • isEnabled
  • elementIdEnabled
• make ErrorHandler easy accessible

v2.0.1 (2014-08-10)

• renamed project lib constructor
• fixed isMobile detection in chooseFile command

v2.0.0 (2014-08-10)

• initial release (for older releases check out the WebdriverJS changelog)