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Selenium 4.44.0

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What's Changed

• fix(documentation): update artifact naming for generated docs by @​diemol in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17332
• fix(ruby): retrieve devtools version dynamically for package verification by @​diemol in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17335
• [dotnet] Don't truncate internal log messages at error/warn levels by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17333
• [dotnet] Safe modifications of internal log handlers by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17334
• [dotnet] Remove planned obsoleted members for 4.44 by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17328
• [dotnet] [bidi] Statically declare commands by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17330
• [dotnet] [bidi] Statically declared events by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17331
• [dotnet] Add C# 14 extension to polyfill ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull by @​RenderMichael in SeleniumHQ/selenium#16697
• [dotnet] [bidi] Align SetDownloadBehavior command by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17336
• [dotnet] [bidi] Align ContinueWithAuth command by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17337
• [dotnet] [bidi] Align SetGeolocation polymorphic command by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17338
• [dotnet] [test] In-process test webserver by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17339
• [java] deprecate the 'native' methods inside the HttpClient interface by @​joerg1985 in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17340
• CDDL 2 Python generator by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#16914
• Fix py:local_dev rake task by @​cgoldberg in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17342
• [grid] Accept legacy session-closed event payloads by @​VietND96 in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17343
• [java] specify nullability in package org.openqa.selenium.remote by @​asolntsev in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17325
• fix NPE when response status is null by @​asolntsev in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17348
• [java] fix NoSuchElementException for custom By locators by @​Chandan25sharma in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17287
• [py] Update docs with pytest example and minor formatting fixes by @​cgoldberg in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17351
• [dotnet] Fix stopping of network monitoring via DevTools by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17352
• [dotnet] [test] Update tests to target .NET 10 by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17353
• [build] Clean extra tools from GHA runner to free disk space by @​cgoldberg in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17360
• Initial Creation of the Selenium CLI Tool by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17327
• [java] fix some nullability warnings by @​asolntsev in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17362
• [py] Use generated Bidi files instead of hand curated ones by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17266
• [docs] Add AI-assisted contribution policy by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17043
• [Agents] Update agents to make sure do linting. by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17366
• [py] Bump dependencies by @​cgoldberg in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17368
• [git] update gitignore to exclude mempalace by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17369
• [java] remove field ChromiumDriver.capabilities by @​asolntsev in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17363
• [spec] Use http_file for the cddl files by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17372
• [dotnet] [bidi] Obsolete Type(string) method in Input module by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17377
• Fix Network failures by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17381
• [java] [test] Unignore bidi network conditions tests for Firefox by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17385
• [dotnet] [test] Unignore network conditions tests for Firefox by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17386
• [dotnet] [test] Migrate to MTP by @​nvborisenko in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17384

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4.44.0 (2026-05-12)

• Support CDP versions: v146, v147, v148
• Modern Firefox does not like both the -v and --log flags at the same time (#17412)
• Fix credential issue with private key (#17188)

• da2039b [build] Prepare for release of selenium-4.44.0 (#17444)
• 6b85c4a [rb] Fix credential issue with private key (#17188)
• 4885286 [dotnet][java][js][py][rb] Standardize README files across bindings (#17245)
• 2042c23 [rb] Modern Firefox does not like both the -v and --log flags at the same...
• 31ee122 [Agents] Update agents to make sure do linting. (#17366)
• c95fe73 Bumping versions to nightly
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