v9.0.0

What's Changed

💥 Breaking Changes

• strong-name sign Appium.WebDriver (#1118) @franklincg

📦 Dependencies

• chore: Bump System.Drawing.Common from 10.0.11 to 10.0.12 (#1114) @dependabot[bot]
• test: Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.9.0 to 18.10.0 (#1112) @dependabot[bot]

🧰 Maintenance

• chore: optimize extraction of Contexts and IME engines (#1110) @Dor-bl
• chore: support refactor label and PR template category (#1117) @Dor-bl

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@Dor-bl and @franklincg

v8.4.0

🌟 Highlights

• iOS Syslog Broadcast via WebSockets (#1096): Added real-time syslog streaming support to IOSDriver via StartSyslogBroadcast() and StopSyslogBroadcast(), implementing IListensToSyslogMessages to mirror Android's logcat broadcast feature.
• Allocation Reduction in MobileBy (#1103): Optimized FindElements to avoid redundant list allocations and array copies, improving element query performance and memory footprint.

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What's Changed

✨ Enhancements

• feat: Add WebSocket-based syslog broadcast support for iOS (#1096) @Dor-bl

🔄 Refactor & Performance

• refactor: Optimize MobileBy FindElements to reduce list allocations (#1103) @Dor-bl

📚 Documentation

• docs: replace appiumpro.com references with HeadSpin blog mirrors (#1098) @alaahong

🧪 Tests

• fix(test): correct pointer move offset and add transition wait in SimpleTouchActionTestCase (#1107) @Dor-bl
• test: add Android integration tests for IME engine queries (#1104) @Dor-bl

📦 Dependencies & Maintenance

• chore: Bump Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub from 10.0.301 to 10.0.400 (#1099) @dependabot[bot], @Dor-bl
• test: Bump System.Drawing.Common from 10.0.9 to 10.0.11 (#1101) @dependabot[bot], @Dor-bl
• test: Bump System.Text.Json from 10.0.10 to 10.0.11 (#1102) @dependabot[bot]
• test: Bump NUnit3TestAdapter from 6.2.0 to 6.3.0 (#1106) @dependabot[bot], @Dor-bl
• test: Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.7.0 to 18.9.0 (#1092) @dependabot[bot], @Dor-bl
• ci(deps): Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 5 to 6 (#1097) @dependabot[bot], @Dor-bl
• ci(deps): Bump actions/setup-java from 5 to 6 (#1108) @dependabot[bot]
• chore: support new-test PRs in the pull request template (#1105) @Dor-bl

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@alaahong and @Dor-bl

v8.3.2

What's Changed

🔒 Security

• security: Fix path traversal vulnerability in SaveVisualizationAsFile (#1075) @Dor-bl

🐛 Fixes & Improvements

• refactor: DirectConnect.GetUri for improved readability and validation (#1081) @Dor-bl
• perf: Optimize ToDictionary() performance and clean up unused code (#1061) @Dor-bl

🧪 Tests

• test(ios): fix flaky CanBackgroundAppToDeactivation test (#1088) @Dor-bl
• test(android): increase adbExecTimeout in ClipboardTest (#1079) @Dor-bl
• Add integration and unit tests for GetProperty in AppiumElement (#1038) @Dor-bl
• Fix BrowserTests timeout: skip BrowserTests fixture on google_apis emulator (#1060) @copilot-swe-agent[bot]
• test: Fix IndexOutOfRange in ActionsChainsTest by adding explicit WebDriverWait (#1095) @Dor-bl
• test: stabilize CanActivateAppFromBackgroundTest (#1080) @Dor-bl

🧰 CI & Maintenance

• chore(ci): migrate release-drafter config to v7 and add validation workflow (#1087) @Dor-bl
• chore: improve android emulator stability in CI (#1086) @Dor-bl
• chore: remove prerelease identifier from release drafter (#1083) @Dor-bl
• chore: add Chore/Maintenance to PR template (#1084) @Dor-bl

📚 Documentation

• docs: remove obsolete CI badges (#1082) @Dor-bl

📦 Dependencies

• chore: Bump Selenium.WebDriver from 4.44.0 to 4.46.0 (#1063, #1085) @dependabot[bot], @Dor-bl
• chore: Bump Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub from 10.0.300 to 10.0.301 (#1090) @dependabot[bot]
• chore: Bump System.Drawing.Common from 10.0.8 to 10.0.9 (#1062) @dependabot[bot]
• test: Bump NUnit from 4.5.1 to 4.6.1 and resolve compiler ambiguities (#1077) @Dor-bl
• test: Bump NUnit3TestAdapter from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0 (#1030) @dependabot[bot]
• test: Bump NUnit.Analyzers from 4.11.2 to 4.14.0 (#1072) @dependabot[bot]
• test: Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 18.0.1 to 18.7.0 (#1071) @dependabot[bot]
• test: Bump System.Text.Json from 10.0.7 to 10.0.10 (#1073, #1094) @dependabot[bot]
• ci(deps): Bump actions/setup-node from 6 to 7 (#1089) @dependabot[bot]
• ci(deps): Bump release-drafter/release-drafter from 6 to 7 (#1022) @dependabot[bot]
• ci(deps): Bump microsoft/setup-msbuild from 2 to 3 (#1027) @dependabot[bot]

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@Dor-bl

v8.3.1

What's Changed

🚀 Performance

• perf: Optimize WebSocket handler invocation in StringWebSocketClient (#1049) @Dor-bl

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: Use correct parameter for appium-xcuitest-driver "mobile: installApp" (#1068) @broetchenrackete36

📦 Dependencies

• ci(deps): Bump actions/cache from 5 to 6 (#1069) @dependabot[bot]
• ci(deps): Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 (#1070) @dependabot[bot]
• ci(deps): Bump NuGet/setup-nuget from 2 to 4 (#1044) @dependabot[bot]
• test: Bump System.Text.Json from 10.0.2 to 10.0.7 (#1047) @dependabot[bot]

📚 Documentation

• docs: Update compatibility matrix (#1067) @Dor-bl
• docs: Update README for v8.3.0 release (#1065) @Dor-bl

🙌 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@Dor-bl, @broetchenrackete36

v8.3.0

What's Changed

✨ Enhancements

• feat: support selenium 4.44.0, refactor tests, and modernize code (#1053) @kelmelzer
• test: add integration tests for AppiumElement.GetProperty (#1050) @Dor-bl
• feat: Optimize OptionCollector by reducing dictionary allocations (#1035) @Dor-bl

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@Dor-bl and @kelmelzer

v8.2.0

This release focuses on performance optimizations, adds iOS launch argument support, and updates several CI/test dependencies.

⚡ Performance

• Optimize ToDictionary() for improved performance in PointerInputDevice (#1026) @Dor-bl
• Optimize string concatenation in AppiumServiceBuilder (#1025) @Dor-bl
• Optimize busy wait in PingAsync with Task.Delay (#1017) @Dor-bl

✨ Enhancements

• Add launchAppWithArguments support for iOS (#1031) @Dor-bl — enables passing launch arguments directly to iOS apps at startup.

🧪 Tests

• Add iOS category attribute to multiple test classes (#1033) @Dor-bl
• Add app uninstall step to improve test stability (#1012) @KazuCocoa

📦 Dependencies

• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 (#1015) @dependabot
• Bump android-actions/setup-android from 3 to 4 (#1028) @dependabot
• Bump dorny/test-reporter from 2 to 3 (#1029) @dependabot
• Bump futureware-tech/simulator-action from 4 to 5 (#1016) @dependabot
• Bump NUnit from 4.4.0 to 4.5.1 (test dependency) (#1019) @dependabot

📚 Documentation

• Update README with test status badges (#1034) @Dor-bl

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@Dor-bl, @KazuCocoa

v8.1.0

What's Changed

✨ Enhancements

• feat: Implement StartActivity method for Android activities (#986) @Dor-bl
• feat: Add InstallApp method for Android and iOS (#974) @Dor-bl
• feat: Add WebSocket-based log broadcast support for Android (#969) @Dor-bl
• feat: Custom commands execution with ICustomDriverCommandExecutor (#965) @seriousQA

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: Stop local Appium process with SIGTERM (#1006) @Dor-bl
• fix: Remove iosWebviewApp from app sources and constants (#992) @Dor-bl
• fix: Fix ParseCapabilitiesIfUNIX for macOS/Linux and convert CI to GHA (#991) @KazuCocoa
• fix: Capability name behind LaunchTimeout for XCUITest (#989) @KazuCocoa

📦 Dependencies

NuGet Packages

• Bump System.Text.Json from 9.0.0 to 10.0.2 (#1003, #983)
• Bump NUnit3TestAdapter from 4.6.0 to 6.1.0 (#1002, #984)
• Bump NUnit from 4.3.2 to 4.4.0 (#975)
• Bump NUnit.Analyzers from 4.7.0 to 4.11.2 (#972)
• Bump Selenium.WebDriver from 4.35.0 to 4.36.0 (#964)
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.14.1 to 18.0.1 (#971)

GitHub Actions

• Bump actions/checkout, actions/setup-dotnet, and actions/upload-artifact to latest versions (#996, #999, #1000)
• Bump actions/cache to v5 and actions/setup-node to v6 (#998, #1001)
• Bump dorny/test-reporter to v2 (#997)

🛠️ Pipeline & 🧪 Tests

• ci: Add functional tests for Android and iOS (#993, #994)
• ci: Run custom commands as Android (#995)
• test: Add AppiumElementCacheTest (#985) @Dor-bl
• test: Optimize test app management and repository sources (#987) @KazuCocoa

📚 Documentation

• docs: Update compatibility matrix to include Appium .NET Client 8.0.1 and Selenium 4.36.0 (#973, #978)
• docs: Add usage notes regarding dependency versions (#1005)

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors for their work on this release:
@Dor-bl, @KazuCocoa, @nvborisenko, @seriousQA

v8.0.1

🧾 What’s Changed
🧰 Maintenance & Improvements

Fixed and refined XML documentation comments for improved code clarity. (#950, #951) — @seriousQA

Added a BiDi test using the latest Selenium WebDriver dependency. (#955) — @KazuCocoa

📦 Dependency Updates

Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.13.0 → 17.14.1. (#956) — @dependabot[bot]

Bump NUnit.Analyzers and Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies in /test/integration. (#930) — @dependabot[bot]

Bump Selenium.WebDriver from 4.29.0 → 4.32.0 in /src/Appium.Net. (#940) — @dependabot[bot]

Bump actions/checkout from v4 → v5. (#954) — @dependabot[bot]

🚀 Contributors

A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this release! ❤️
@KazuCocoa, @seriousQA, and @dependabot[bot]

✅ Summary

This release includes improved XML documentation, expanded test coverage, and updated dependencies for enhanced stability and compatibility.

v8.0.0

What's Changed

• BREAKING CHANGE: use extension commands for deprecated endpoints (#939) @KazuCocoa

🧰 Maintenance

• chore: add todo comments in AppiumCommand.cs for future reference (#938) @KazuCocoa

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@KazuCocoa

v7.2.0

What's Changed

• github: Added a "🧪 Tests" section (#911) @Dor-bl

✨ Enhancements

• feat: Add support for Relax SSL validation (#922) @Dor-bl
• feat: add events endpoint calls (#913) @KazuCocoa

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: ToLower/ToUpper to ToLowerInvariant/ToUpperInvariant (#921) @KazuCocoa
• fix: use ToLowerInvariant in clipboard to follow invariant culture (#920) @KazuCocoa

📦 Dependencies

• build(deps): bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.12.0 to 17.13.0 in /test/integration (#903) @dependabot[bot]
• build(deps): bump Selenium.WebDriver from 4.28.0 to 4.29.0 in /src/Appium.Net (#914) @dependabot[bot]

🛠️ Pipeline

• ci: Fix .NET Core run and add AppiumClientConfigTest to pipeline (#923) @Dor-bl

🧪 Tests

• test: add iOS keyboard tests for HideKeyboard functionality (#918) @Dor-bl
• test: Refactor DirectConnectTest for readability and consistency (#910) @Dor-bl

🚀 Contributors

Thanks to the following contributors in this release:
@Dor-bl, @KazuCocoa, @dependabot[bot] and dependabot[bot]