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Selenium 4.52.0

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• [py] use local self-signed certificate for tests by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18148
• [build] scope RBE internet access to the tests that exercise Selenium Manager by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18147
• [rb] Do not pass a bare --proxy to Selenium Manager by @​Mochxd in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18150
• [rb] deprecate current behavior of ignoring Grid certificates on HTTPS connections by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18153
• [py] Install web extensions from the driver by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17970
• [bazel] Use MRI on RBE (rebased #17622) by @​aguspe in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18123
• [build] drop RBE flags that Bazel 9 no longer honours and the misdirected cc autodetect override by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18156
• [rb] support serving test pages over HTTPS for certificate and cookie tests by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18152
• [rust] stop resolving a Java runtime on --grid so the jar lookup no longer depends on a JRE download by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18157
• [build] automatically generate Qodo reviews from PRs by committers by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18159
• [java] put third-party jars under lib/ in dist zips again by matching prefixes on canonical labels by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18165
• [build] bump rules_jvm_external to 7.2 so repinning skips artifacts without a sources jar by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18167
• [java] tag os-sensitive browser tests per file and run them on Windows and macOS by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18163
• [java] add test to ensure shipped bytecode supports Java 11 by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18166
• [rb] generate version.rb from the root version.bzl so tests do not read the version by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18164
• [build] remove unused and redundant Maven artifacts and a stale Renovate rule by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18170
• [java] add a se-manager DriverFinder test that runs unpinned through Selenium Manager by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18169
• chore: bump to bazel 9.3.0 by @​shs96c in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18173
• chore: enable cdc in the bazel builds by @​shs96c in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18178
• chore: update all bazel deps by @​shs96c in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18174
• [py] Adopt all Ruff FURB rules by @​goldpanth3r in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18168
• [py] Adopt ruff PYI041 and G201 from the new default rule set by @​dmitgush in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18154
• [py] cleanup for ruff rule sim102 . part of the tranche 3 stage by @​iampopovich in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18034
• [java] Add BiDi generator tests by @​pujagani in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18162
• [rb] fix atoms outside Bazel and add local_dev for using a local checkout by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18183
• [build] run unit tests in parallel while keeping browser tests serial by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18191
• [rb] type vendor-declared BiDi fields instead of making extended types extensible by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18190
• [build] carry CDDL numeric bounds into the BiDi schema by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18194
• [rb] check each BiDi list element against its declared type by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18196
• [build] update open bot PRs in place through a shared workflow so fixes pushed to them survive the next run by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18197
• [rb] hold BiDi numbers to their declared ranges by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18198
• [rust] Update Selenium Manager dependencies by @​bonigarcia in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18202
• [rust] Remove fs2 crate and use standard mechanism for file lock by @​bonigarcia in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18203
• [rust] Use sevenz_rust2 create instead of sevenz_rust (unmaintained) by @​bonigarcia in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18204
• [java] Make selenium.debug/webdriver.verbose configure the real logger (Mechanism Only) by @​MohabMohie in SeleniumHQ/selenium#17841
• [rb] declare development dependencies in the Gemfile instead of the gemspec by @​titusfortner in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18207
• [rb] wait for exactly the finished downloads in the remote driver spec by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18188
• [js] only track the page request in the BiDi 'can request cookies' test by @​AutomatedTester in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18186
• [java] use reserved hostnames in tests instead of public domains by @​yashp676 in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18134
• [grid] Throw ConfigException for a null stereotype in node configs by @​yashp676 in SeleniumHQ/selenium#18185

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4.52.0 (2026-10-29)

• Support CDP versions: v154, v155, v156
• Do not pass a bare --proxy to Selenium Manager (#18150)
• [build] Automated CDDL Spec Update (#18144)
• deprecate current behavior of ignoring Grid certificates on HTTPS connections (#18153)
• generate version.rb from the root version.bzl so tests do not read the version (#18164)
• fix atoms outside Bazel and add local_dev for using a local checkout (#18183)
• type vendor-declared BiDi fields instead of making extended types extensible (#18190)
• check each BiDi list element against its declared type (#18196)
• hold BiDi numbers to their declared ranges (#18198)
• [build] Automated Browser Version Update (major) with CDP (#18214)
• raise on unverified Grid certificates instead of falling back to VERIFY_NONE (#18223)
• [bidi] Eliminate sleep-based polling for websocket command response (#18231)

• 5b37fd4 Release selenium-4.52.0 (#18259)
• 2b4b7f1 [rb] update test guard for new bidi things that Chrome 158 supports
• 94b4838 [rb] accept JRuby's bare verification failure in the self-signed certificate ...
• 951cb66 [py][rb][bidi] Eliminate sleep-based polling for websocket command response (...
• 6346724 [build] update Ruby versions tested in CI
• 4c26f1d [rb] raise on unverified Grid certificates instead of falling back to VERIFY_...
• 081cbad [build] Automated Browser Version Update (major) with CDP (#18214)
• ea56894 [build] Automated Dependency Update (#18201)
• d5d2aa8 [rb] remove driver-restart workaround from driver, select and target locator ...
• 3954631 [rb] have web extensions tests wait for injected element to fix flakiness
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