v9.30.0 (2026-07-21)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliancy

• wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15370 fix: update CDDL and regenerate to fix null litteral (@dprevost-LMI)

:bug: Bug Fix

• webdriverio
  • #15400 fix(webdriverio): stop unrelated shadow roots leaking into scoped element lookups (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browser-runner, wdio-utils
  • #15399 fix(deps): bump geckodriver to 6.1.1 to fix geckoDriverVersion CLI leak (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-allure-reporter
  • #15390 PR: Bug Fix 🐛fix(allure-reporter): attach suite-level before/after all hook steps to every test (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service
  • #15376 fix(browserstack-service): report mocha hooks in the CLI/testhub flow [SDK-6809] (@pranay-v29)
  • #15381 fix(browserstack-service): coerce stringified boolean accessibility options (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15382 fix(browserstack-service): finalize orphaned test runs on interrupted exit (SDK-4671) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15383 fix(a11y): route WDIO CLI-flow App Automate sessions to app-accessibility (SDK-3813) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15380 fix(browserstack-service): skip a11y scan for BiDi window/context commands (SDK-5047) (@xxshubhamxx)
  • #15379 fix(wdio-browserstack-service): ship a11y Browser type augmentations (@harshit-browserstack)
• wdio-protocols, webdriver
  • #15370 fix: update CDDL and regenerate to fix null litteral (@dprevost-LMI)

:house: Internal

• wdio-config
  • #15398 fix(deps): patch minimatch instances missed by prior override (@mccmrunal)
• Other
  • #15396 Mrunal/vulnerabilities fixes (@mccmrunal)
• wdio-browserstack-service, webdriver
  • #15393 chore: Fixed vulnerabilities (@mccmrunal)

Committers: 6

• David Prevost (@dprevost-LMI)
• MRUNAL CHAUDHARI (@mccmrunal)
• Pranay Varma (@pranay-v29)
• Shubham Garg (@xxshubhamxx)
• Wim Selles (@wswebcreation)
• @harshit-browserstack