Blog post for 4.35. #2421

diemol · 2025-08-13T18:28:58Z

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Updating the website as well.

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Blog post for 4.35 release.

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PR Type

Enhancement, Documentation

Description

Release Selenium 4.35 with version updates across all bindings
Add comprehensive blog post documenting new features and improvements
Update download links and version references on website
Include BiDi enhancements, Java cleanup, and Grid performance improvements

Diagram Walkthrough

flowchart LR
  A["Version 4.34.0"] --> B["Update Downloads Page"]
  A --> C["Update Language Bindings"]
  A --> D["Create Blog Post"]
  B --> E["Version 4.35.0"]
  C --> E
  D --> F["Release Documentation"]
  E --> F

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Enhancement

list.html `Update download page version references` website_and_docs/layouts/downloads/list.html Update Selenium Server download link from 4.34.0 to 4.35.0 Update C# NuGet release version and date to 4.35.0 (August 12, 2025)	+2/-2
selenium-clients-and-webdriver-bindings.html `Update language binding versions across all platforms` website_and_docs/layouts/partials/selenium-clients-and-webdriver-bindings.html Update .NET/C# stable version from 4.34.0 to 4.35.0 Update Ruby stable version from 4.34.0 to 4.35.0 Update Java stable version from 4.34.0 to 4.35.0 Update Python stable version from 4.34.2 to 4.35.0 Update JavaScript stable version from 4.34.0 to 4.35.0 Update all release dates to August 12, 2025	+7/-7

Documentation

selenium-4-35-released.md `Add complete Selenium 4.35 release blog post` website_and_docs/content/blog/2025/selenium-4-35-released.md Create comprehensive blog post for Selenium 4.35 release Document Chrome DevTools support, BiDi improvements, Java cleanup Include language-specific updates for all bindings Add contributor acknowledgments and Docker Selenium changes	+223/-0

Updating website as well.

qodo-merge-pro · 2025-08-13T18:29:28Z

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⏱️ Estimated effort to review: 2 🔵🔵⚪⚪⚪
🧪 No relevant tests
🔒 No security concerns identified
⚡ Recommended focus areas for review Consistency Verify the C# NuGet version/date matches the actual NuGet release notes and that the phrasing and capitalization of "NuGet" is consistent across the site. Nuget latest release is 4.35.0 Released on August 12, 2025. </p> Link Accuracy Confirm all updated asset links (RubyGems, GitHub releases, PyPI, npm) and dates correspond to the 4.35.0 release and resolve correctly. 4.35.0 (August 12, 2025) </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/CHANGELOG" class="card-link"> Changelog </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/dotnet/index.html" class="card-link"> API Docs </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 p-3"> <div class="card h-100 bg-transparent border-0"> <div class="card-header bg-transparent border-0 text-center py-0"> <img class="w-100 shadow-1-strong rounded" style="max-width: 100px;" src="/images/programming/ruby.svg" alt="Ruby"/> </div> <div class="card-body px-0 text-center"> <p class="card-title fw-bold h6"> Ruby </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> Stable: <a href="https://rubygems.org/gems/selenium-webdriver/versions/4.35.0" class="card-link"> 4.35.0 (August 12, 2025) </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/rb/CHANGES" class="card-link"> Changelog </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/rb/index.html" class="card-link"> API Docs </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 p-3"> <div class="card h-100 bg-transparent border-0"> <div class="card-header bg-transparent border-0 text-center py-0"> <img class="w-100 shadow-1-strong rounded" style="max-width: 100px;" src="/images/programming/java.svg" alt="Java"/> </div> <div class="card-body px-0 text-center"> <p class="card-title fw-bold h6"> Java </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> Stable: <a href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/download/selenium-4.35.0/selenium-java-4.35.0.zip" class="card-link"> 4.35.0 (August 12, 2025) </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/java/CHANGELOG" class="card-link"> Changelog </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/java/index.html" class="card-link"> API Docs </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 p-3"> <div class="card h-100 bg-transparent border-0"> <div class="card-header bg-transparent border-0 text-center py-0"> <img class="w-100 shadow-1-strong rounded" style="max-width: 100px;" src="/images/programming/python.svg" alt="Python"/> </div> <div class="card-body px-0 text-center"> <p class="card-title fw-bold h6"> Python </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> Stable: <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/selenium" class="card-link"> 4.35.0 (August 12, 2025) </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/py/CHANGES" class="card-link"> Changelog </a> </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> <a href="https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/py/index.html" class="card-link"> API Docs </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 p-3"> <div class="card h-100 bg-transparent border-0"> <div class="card-header bg-transparent border-0 text-center py-0"> <img class="w-100 shadow-1-strong rounded" style="max-width: 100px;" src="/images/programming/javascript.svg" alt="JavaScript"/> </div> <div class="card-body px-0 text-center"> <p class="card-title fw-bold h6"> JavaScript </p> <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1"> Stable: <a href="https://npmjs.org/package/selenium-webdriver" class="card-link"> 4.35.0 (August 12, 2025) </a> Factual Accuracy Cross-check highlighted features, component versions (e.g., Chrome DevTools versions), and contributor lists against the official 4.35.0 release notes to avoid mismatches. ## 🔦 Highlights - Chrome DevTools support is now: v139, v138, and v137. - BiDi Improvements Across Bindings: Expanded BiDi support including emulation, input, script execution, and user context enhancements. - Java Cleanup and JSpecify Annotations: Deprecated APIs removed and comprehensive `@Nullable` annotations added for better type safety. - Grid Performance Enhancements: Improved logging, reduced redundancy, race condition fixes, and migration from Guava to Caffeine. - Better Proxy and Network Handling: Support for `SameSite=default`, IPv6 improvements, and fixes for proxy authentication and WebView2. - Logging Improvements: Driver logs in .NET are more structured and can output to console or file with timestamps. --- ## 🧪 Language-specific Updates ### Java - 🔧 Added support for: - BiDi emulation module - `SameSite=default` for cookies - Shadow DOM element normalization - 🧹 Major cleanup of deprecated classes: - `LocationContext`, `WebStorage`, `FirefoxBinary`, `SessionStorage`, `AppCacheStatus`, and more - ✅ Enhanced test coverage: `--connect-existing` WebSocket check - 📝 Added JSpecify `@Nullable` annotations across all driver services and locator classes - 🧼 Memory/resource improvements: - Released `HttpClient` resources - Removed unused internal classes ### Python - 🧠 BiDi enhancements: - Implemented input and emulation modules - Added `pin`, `unpin`, and `execute` for scripts - Supported `accept_insecure_certs`, `proxy`, and `unhandled_prompt_behavior` in user context - 🔧 Improved handling for: - Proxy authentication with special characters - WebView2 + CDP/BiDi compatibility - Vendor prefix fix for Edge - 📦 Loosened dependency for `urllib3`, and included IPv6 support for `free_port()` - 📚 API documentation improvements, including nightly builds and license notices ### .NET - 💡 Logging Enhancements: - Timestamps for Chromium-based browser logs - GeckoDriver log file support - Default log level now `WARN` - Console output support for all drivers - 🧠 BiDi enhancements: - Exposed internal methods and new result types - User context supports `UnhandledPromptBehavior`, `proxy`, `accept_insecure_certs` - Tree and Emulation modules added - 🧹 Cleanup: - Removed long-deprecated members - Reduced internal tracing noise - 🔄 Native packaging for Selenium Manager - 🌐 IPv6 support for port allocation ### JavaScript - 🧪 BiDi: - Stability fix for flaky cookie network test - Skip FedCM tests until Chrome 140 - ⚠️ Added `SameSite=default` cookie support - 🔄 Dependency updates (`typescript`, `@emotion/styled`) ### Ruby - 🔒 Guarded support for Firefox Beta - 🚫 Removed deprecated local/session storage APIs - 🆗 Allowed use of `rubyzip` v3 - ✂️ Excluded Rakefile from line-length linter - ⚠️ Added support for `SameSite=default` ### Rust (Selenium Manager) - 🧪 Updated base URL for Edge WebDriver - ⬆️ Dependency upgrades (`zip`, `rstest`, `which`, Bazel lock files) - 🔧 Improved architecture normalization for Plausible analytics ### Grid - 🔁 Performance and logging improvements: - Reduced duplicate logs - Improved node health checks - Better session map handling and retry queue management - 🧰 Switched from Guava’s CacheBuilder to Caffeine - 🧪 New UI sorting option by URI ### 🐳 Docker Selenium - K8s: Distributor uses Greedy as slot selector strategy in autoscaling ([#2875](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2875)) - K8s: Fix video uploader secrets pass to Node single container ([#2886](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2886)) - Docker: Update dependencies version for CVEs fix - Docker: Enable `SE_NODE_ENABLE_MANAGED_DOWNLOADS` in Node config by default ([#2869](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2869)) - Docker: Session created in Node container can be deleted on UI by default ([#2871](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2871)) - Docker: Environment variable flag to upgrade latest version of Chrome and ChromeDriver in container ([#2872](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2872)) - [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/releases) <br> We thank all our contributors for their incredible efforts in making Selenium better with every release. ❤️ For a detailed look at all changes, check out the [release notes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/tag/selenium-4.35.0).

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