Update dependency webdriverio to v8.46.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
webdriverio (source)	8.39.0 → 8.46.0

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Release Notes

webdriverio/webdriverio (webdriverio)

v8.46.0

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v8.46.0 (2025-08-11)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14665 Add ignore hooks support for v8 (@​xxshubhamxx)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14676 A11y targeted scans v8 (@​xxshubhamxx)
• wdio-utils
  • #​14635 feat: do not attach prefs when debuggerAddress is specified (v8) (@​uladhsi)

Committers: 2

• Shubham Garg (@​xxshubhamxx)
• @​uladhsi

v8.45.0

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v8.45.0 (2025-06-12)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14555 Added support for running accessibility on Non-browserstack infrastructure [v8] (@​Bhargavi-BS)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14558 fix for accessibility build error [wdio-browsertstack-service] [v8] (@​rounak610)
• wdio-utils
  • #​14428 fix: disable Chrome's password manager leak detection as it can block test execution (v8 backport) (@​erwinheitzman)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14439 Auto enable accessibility [v8] (@​rounak610)

Committers: 3

• Erwin Heitzman (@​erwinheitzman)
• Rounak Bhatia (@​rounak610)
• @​Bhargavi-BS

v8.44.1

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v8.44.1 (2025-04-14)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #​14404 fix: unexpected token '?' on older browsers (@​will-stone)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14394 fix: Failed hook reporting on observability (@​sauravdas1997)

Committers: 2

• Will Stone (@​will-stone)
• @​sauravdas1997

v8.44.0

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v8.44.0 (2025-04-08)

👓 Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols
  • #​14380 feat(@​wdio/protocols): Add "options" parameter to "terminateApp" command (v8) (@​Nyaran)

🐛 Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #​14349 Fix isClickable auto-scroll (#​14288) (@​dragosMC91)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14300 [v8] Bug Fix: missing Platform version on BrowserStack Observability (@​AdityaHirapara)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14384 chore: ignore error handling for command wrapping (@​sauravdas1997)
  • #​14333 SDK-2064 fix: A11y-Platform-Level-Support for v8 (@​xxshubhamxx)

Committers: 5

• Aditya Hirapara (@​AdityaHirapara)
• Dragos Campean (@​dragosMC91)
• Luis (@​Nyaran)
• Shubham Garg (@​xxshubhamxx)
• @​sauravdas1997

v8.43.0

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v8.43.0 (2025-03-05)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-cli, wdio-config
  • #​14169 [WDIO8] added supporting wildcars for --spec and --exclude, added --group cli… (@​udarrr)

💅 Polish

• wdio-cucumber-framework, wdio-reporter, wdio-spec-reporter
  • #​14235 feat(cucumber): Backport Distinguishing Cucumber PENDING status to v8 (@​Norva-bugged)

Committers: 2

• Avron Souto (@​Norva-bugged)
• Siarhei Kliushnikau (@​udarrr)

v8.42.0

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v8.42.0 (2025-02-12)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-allure-reporter, webdriver
  • #​13993 catch failures onAfterCommand (@​harsha509)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​14171 Additional instrumentation logs (@​07souravkunda)
  • #​14034 [v8] Accessibility Support for Browserstack app automate sessions (@​nishath-bs)
  • #​14052 Fix writable paths (@​sauravdas1997)
• wdio-runner, webdriverio
  • #​14166 [WDIO8] added supressing for runner's deleteSession (@​udarrr)
• wdio-cli
  • #​14150 [WDIO8] fixed empty process.execArgv (@​udarrr)

Committers: 6

• Mohamed Nishath N (@​nishath-bs)
• Rounak Bhatia (@​rounak610)
• Siarhei Kliushnikau (@​udarrr)
• Sourav Kunda (@​07souravkunda)
• Sri Harsha (@​harsha509)
• @​sauravdas1997

v8.41.0

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v8.41.0 (2024-12-18)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-utils
  • #​13876 v8/@​wdio-util: downgrade geckodriver version (@​Delta456)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​13860 Fix stacktrace testobservability v8 (@​07souravkunda)

💅 Polish

• wdio-browserstack-service, wdio-types
  • #​13926 Changes to send SDK instrumentation in capabilities v8 (@​jainam-bs)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​13734 Fix Percy instrumentation (@​akanksha1909)

Committers: 5

• Akanksha singh (@​akanksha1909)
• Amaan Hakim (@​amaanbs)
• Jainam Shah (@​jainam-bs)
• Sourav Kunda (@​07souravkunda)
• Swastik Baranwal (@​Delta456)

v8.40.6

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v8.40.6 (2024-10-02)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-cucumber-framework
  • #​13563 fix(wdio-cucumber-framework): filter cucumberFeaturesWithLineNumbers (v8) (@​johnp)
• wdio-types
  • #​13567 fix(@​wdio/types): make 'moz:debuggerAddress' a string or boolean (@​christian-bromann)

💅 Polish

• webdriverio
  • #​13732 v8: fix(webdriverio): remove default params in actions (@​lacell75)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​13569 v8: Auto Enable App Percy for App Automate (@​akanksha1909)

Committers: 5

• Akanksha singh (@​akanksha1909)
• Amaan Hakim (@​amaanbs)
• Christian Bromann (@​christian-bromann)
• Fabien CELLIER (@​lacell75)
• Johannes Pfrang (@​johnp)

v8.40.5

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v8.40.5 (2024-08-28)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-sauce-service
  • replace vulnerable ip module with a maintained package 73bdc0f

Committers: 1

• Christian Bromann (@​christian-bromann)

v8.40.3

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v8.40.3 (2024-08-15)

🚀 New Feature

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​13339 V8 ai support (@​xxshubhamxx)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-appium-service
  • #​13365 [V8 PORT] In @​wdio/appium-service, kill entire Appium process tree (@​samuelfreiberg)
• wdio-protocols
  • #​13336 fix(@​wdio/protocols): remove return value for navigateTo - v8 (@​christian-bromann)

📝 Documentation

• #​13344 Remove authuser=1 from url (@​fpereira1)
• #​13334 docs(devtools manipulation): (@​gromanas)

Committers: 5

• Christian Bromann (@​christian-bromann)
• Filype (@​fpereira1)
• George Romanas (@​gromanas)
• Samuel Freiberg (@​samuelfreiberg)
• Shubham Garg (@​xxshubhamxx)

v8.40.2

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v8.40.2 (2024-08-07)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-utils, webdriver
  • #​13328 Fix VPN chromedriver connection issues by changing default hostname (@​DIFSRIP)

Committers: 1

• Benjamin Warth (@​DIFSRIP)

v8.40.0

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v8.40.0 (2024-08-05)

🐛 Bug Fix

• devtools, wdio-devtools-service, webdriverio
  • #​13256 fix(webdriverio): update puppeteer-core (@​christian-bromann)
• wdio-appium-service
  • #​13179 fix-v8(@​wdio/appium-service): add port to appium start command (@​vparlah)
• wdio-config
  • #​12888 Dedupe Capabilities (@​EdmundasD)
• wdio-utils
  • #​13208 fix(@​wdio/utils): Don't download chromedriver with CHROMEDRIVER_PATH (v8 backport) (@​johnp)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​13118 Support app inside appium options (v8) (@​sriteja777)

💅 Polish

• webdriver
  • #​13084 Fix reloadSession subsequent commands (@​ccharnkij)

Committers: 7

• Chanatan Charnkijtawarush (@​ccharnkij)
• Christian Bromann (@​christian-bromann)
• Edmundas Daunoras (@​EdmundasD)
• Jochen (@​jochen-testingbot)
• Johannes Pfrang (@​johnp)
• Sriteja Sugoor (@​sriteja777)
• Volodymyr Parlah (@​vparlah)

v8.39.1

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v8.39.1 (2024-07-03)

🐛 Bug Fix

• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #​13083 Reload session support (@​sauravdas1997)

Committers: 1

• @​sauravdas1997

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