Selenium WebDriver Version 2.49.0 Released

The bad news: Selenium 3 is still not released. The good news is that Selenium WebDriver Version 2.49.0 was just released for all the Selenium language bindings.

Here is some of what's been enhanced/fixed/changed in the latest 2.49.0 versions:

Java

• The HTML suite test runner has been fixed
  
• The textContent attribute for IE9 was updated.
  
• A more descriptive error message when the browser may have died message occurs .
• IE driver to fix clearing of <input type='number'> fields updated
• TestNG updated
  
• Windows 10 enum added.
  
• HtmlUnitDriver supported added for innerHTML and textContent attributes
• Resolved IEDriver crashes in WaitUntilElementFocused() because of null pointer.
  
• Made FluentWait javadoc more informative.
  
• Should now be able to send keys to a content editable div that is initially empty
  
• Multiple Buck fixed
  
• El Capitan (OS X 10.11) to Platform added
  
• Treat a null response to getCookies as []
  
• Restore a isNativeEventsEnabled check
  
• Selenium server pass throughs for W3C dialect of alert / window / cookie commands added
• Made BrowserLauncherFactory non-static, to avoid global configuration, for better testability and configurability (per object, not globally)
• Multiple GridLauncher refactors
• Marionette fixed and changes
  
• JsonToBeanConverter tests fixed to avoid “error” key collision that has got new semantics in the standard
  
• Multiple fixes

C#

• The .NET PageFactory was updatedto allow frame switching with located elements. Previously, if you located a `<frame>` or `<iframe>` element using the PageFactory attributes, you could not switch to it. This change allows one to use `driver.SwitchTo().Frame(element)` with the element found via the PageFactory
• Workaround added for Windows 10 major version number encountered when executing via NUnit 3
• Exposed session ID property on RemoteWebDriver. Users can now cast their driver instance to IHasSessionId to access the SessionId property, which returns a SessionId object. To use the SessionId object with external tools, simply call the ToString() method on the instance. Note that relying on the SessionId for anything is probably a Bad Thing, because it introduces a leak in the abstraction of a driver. Please do not use this property; its introduction is the Wrong Approach, but it's being exposed at the insistence of a selection of users.
• Adding support for whitelisted-ips argument for Chrome and IE driver executables

Ruby

• Support added for SessionNotCreatedError.
  
• Safari support for multiple concurrent drivers
  
• PhantomJS Socket locking implemented
• IE support for multiple concurrent drivers added
  
• Chrome changes added to prevent 404 error, logging turned on by default and local storage capabilities added
• Firefox support for setting the location of the Firefox binary to use when running locally. Also default of Homebrew Cask default directory added
  
• W3C specification supported added for using with Remote Webdriver as well as window size, window position, element size, element postion, full screen window and page source commands implemented

Python

• Added Firefox service write to a file instead of PIPE
  
• For Firefox on OSX added fallback to checking the homebrew install if the default  isn't found.
  
• Firefox path variable for string placeholder added
  
• Refactoring all the service classes to use a common one.
• Firefox specific command added to switch context between Browser content and Browser chrome
• Added logic to ensure you can close stream before attempting to close it
• Cleanup  added to some error handling when sniffing what protocol you are speaking

Javascript(node)

• Still at version 2.47.0

For More Selenium WebDriver Changes Info

To get the full change log info for each language make sure to check out the official change docs at: http://docs.seleniumhq.org/download/