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We are excited to announce the WebdriverIO Chrome Recorder extension (chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…) for #Chrome based browser that allows you to record tests using @ChromeDevTools Recorder 🚀 and export them as WebdriverIO tests. Check it out: webdriver.io/docs/record 🙌

We are excited to welcome Mrunal Chaudhari (github.com/mccmrunal) to our Project Committers team 🙌 he has been grinding on countless bugs and features within the last week and has been one of the most impactful contributes to the project recently. Welcome Mrunal! 🚀

🧪 WebdriverIO v9.23.0 is out! ✨ CamelCase fix for multiRemoteBrowser 🐛 Multiple Jasmine & WebDriver reliability fixes 💅 Improved getContext(s) / switchContext 📚 Doc polish + internal cleanup Huge thx to all contributors who made this happen 🙌🔗 github.com/webdriverio/we…

Help ship the next generation of WebdriverIO by providing feedback in github.com/webdriverio/we… and let us know what types of features you like to see implemented 🚀 no wrong answers!

Huge thanks to everyone who opened PRs, filed issues, reviewed code, or helped others this year. OSS only works because of you. 🎁 Merry Christmas & happy testing!

🎄✨ Ho ho ho… WebdriverIO v9.22.0 just dropped! Instead of cookies, this release is packed with fixes, improvements, and shiny new bits — all thanks to our amazing community ❤️ 👉github.com/webdriverio/we…

🧠 Solving the Memory Problem: Introducing LangChain's Summarization Middleware in LangChain v1 alpha! Ever built an AI agent that "forgets" important context when conversations get too long? You're not alone. Token limits are one of the biggest challenges in building production-ready AI applications. The Problem: Long conversations hit token limits, forcing you to either: ❌ Truncate early messages (losing context) ❌ Manually manage conversation history ❌ Accept degraded performance as context grows The Solution: LangChain's new summarizationMiddleware automatically manages conversation memory by intelligently summarizing older messages while preserving recent context. Why This Matters: ✅ Zero Manual Work - Automatic token monitoring and summarization ✅ Smart Preservation - Never breaks AI/Tool message pairs ✅ Context Continuity - Maintains conversation flow seamlessly Real Impact: Our example shows a conversation going from ~6,000 tokens down to ~1,500 tokens (75% reduction!) while maintaining all the essential context. The agent can still reference earlier challenges and recommendations perfectly. Perfect for: 🎯 Customer support chatbots with long sessions 🎯 Code review assistants processing large codebases 🎯 Research agents analyzing extensive documents 🎯 Any multi-turn dialogue that needs persistent memory This isn't just about staying under token limits—it's about building agents that can have truly long-form, meaningful conversations without losing their memory. 📚 Read more in our new docs: #summarization" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.langchain.com/oss/javascript… What's your biggest challenge with conversation memory in AI applications? #AI #LangChain #MachineLearning #Chatbots #AgentDevelopment #OpenAI #Anthropic #agents

🚨 New WebdriverIO plugin drop! 🚨 Say hello to wdio-camera-service 📸 Mock camera streams in your tests to automate: ✅ QR scanners ✅ Face detection ✅ WebRTC flows All thanks to our amazing community 💛 github.com/webdriverio-co…

🚨 New WebdriverIO Plugin! Say hello to the Image Selector Service 📸 Locate and click on-screen elements using image matching – powered by OpenCV (or pixelmatch fallback)! Perfect for canvas apps, custom UIs, or visual flows 👇 🔗 github.com/webdriverio-co… #WebdriverIO #Testing

🚀 Big news! We're thrilled to welcome Jetify as a Gold Sponsor of WebdriverIO! 🎉 @jetify_com TestPilot is an AI agent for resilient end-to-end testing — no setup or coding required. Just click, test, and ship faster. ⚡️ 🧪 Learn more at jetify.com #AI

📱 New in WebdriverIO: .tap() for native apps! It auto-scrolls to the element and performs a real tap—just like a user would. Cross-platform. One command. Zero hacks. Watch the video 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=kGO6Vx… 🎥 #WebdriverIO #MobileTesting #Appium #Automation #iOS #Android

📱 New in WebdriverIO: .scrollIntoView() for native apps! No more manual scroll logic — just one command that works on iOS + Android. Watch Wim Selles demo it in our latest video 🎥 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=ZuNcFu… #MobileTesting #Appium #WebdriverIO #Automation

✨ 1000 Subscribers!!! 🌟 Thanks everyone for subscribing to the WebdriverIO YouTube channel 🙏 We are working to add more content and tutorial videos 🎥 so if you haven't, subscribe now: 👉 @webdriverio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@webdriverio

🌍 WebdriverIO docs are now fully translated into 🇸🇦🇩🇪🇪🇸🇮🇷🇫🇷🇮🇳🇮🇹🇯🇵🇵🇱🇵🇹🇷🇺🇸🇪🇮🇳🇺🇦🇨🇳! Thanks to AI + CI/CD (powered by @anthropic's Claude model), translations are automated in minutes — not weeks — and it’s open source! 🚀 👉 github.com/webdriverio/i1… #WebdriverIO #OpenSource #i18n

Introducing Enhanced Mobile Commands in WebdriverIO 🚀 We’re kicking off a new video series highlighting the latest and most powerful mobile commands in WebdriverIO—designed to make your mobile automation faster, cleaner & more x-platform than ever ⚡ 📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=tN0LmK…

We just dropped a major update to the Visual Testing Service 🚀 📱 Mobile screenshots are smarter & more accurate 🍏 iOS now uses native element capture 🖥️ Desktop full-page is faster via BiDi 💅 Cleaner config + bonus fixes Check out the full release 👉 github.com/webdriverio/vi…

📣 Exciting News! The WebdriverIO documentation is now available in Portuguese! 🇧🇷 We're committed to making WebdriverIO more accessible to users around the world, and this is a big step toward supporting our Portuguese-speaking community. Check it out👉 webdriver.io/pt/

It's a new week with new automation challenges 😊 Happy Monday!

WebdriverIO pays out every contributor to the project 💸 no matter if it a small documentation change or a fancy new feature ⚡ last month we expensed ~$600 to 30 contributions 👏 with @alexlcpereira leading the board 🥇 Thank you to everyone who contributed 🙏

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