[New Releases] Introducing Katalon Studio 10.0.0 with Selenium 4 | Custom Keyword is back!

[albert.vu]

Important Notices for this release:

• In-app upgrade to version 10.x is not available. To download the latest version 10.x, go to Katalon website: Download Katalon Studio.

• Katalon Studio 10.x now adopts Selenium 4, bringing major changes to align with the W3C WebDriver standard. For a complete overview of these updates and required migration actions, see Migrate Katalon Studio from 9.x to 10.0.0.

• Windows Desktop application testing is temporarily unavailable in version 10.x. For more details, see FAQs.

• Custom keywords have been reintroduced in the free edition starting from version 10.0.0.

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Hi everyone,

Today, our Studio team is thrilled to unveil Katalon Studio 10.0.0 to the world with a slew of new features and enhancements as below:

New features

• Upgraded to Selenium 4.22.

• We’ve added support for BiDi when using Smart Wait and Smart Locator:

  • You can now execute scripts containing Smart Locator without installing an extension.
  • You can now execute with the Smart Wait function without installing the extension.
  • We’ve added the ability to enable/disable BiDi by adding this desired capabilities: "webSocketUrl": true/false

• Upgraded Java Client to version 9.23.

• Upgraded Appium server to version: 2.11.1

  • Appium-flutter-driver: 2.8.0
  • Driver versions:
    • Appium XCUITest Driver 7.21.1 for iOS: 7.21.1
    • Appium UiAutomator2 Driver 3.7.0 for Android: 3.7.0

• You can now execute mobile tests with iOS 18

• We’ve added new keywords:

  • [WebUI] Scroll from origin offset (beta)
  • [WebUI] New tab

• We now support KRE docker image with ARM64 platform for macOS Apple silicon chip and Linux Arm.

Enhancements

• TestCloud enhancements:

  • [TestCloud] Added the option to record, spy, and execute with random high-availability mobile devices.
  • [TestCloud] Added the ability to view and execute with TestCloud private devices.

• Added the Excludes field to the Proxy setting from the Login dialog

• Added Chrome 130, Edge 130, and Firefox 131 compatibilities.

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To see a list of bug fixes, changes, and limitations, please refer to our documentation at: Katalon Studio Release Notes: Version 10.x | Katalon Docs

As always, please help to notify our Studio team of any bugs or error that may affect your experiences or productivity by creating a thread in Bugs Report.

[kazurayam]

The official documentation still says that v10.0.0 requires Enterprise license to use custom Keywords.

The docs should be revised.

[albert.vu]

Hi @kazurayam,

I just went to the link in your screenshot and the requirement is no longer there. However, I’ll still inform our Documentations team so they can have a look. Thanks!

[anhld2]

Hi @albert.vu
I would like to ask about the versions you mentioned above, such as

Appium XCUITest Driver for iOS: 7.21.1
Appium UiAutomator2 Driver for Android: 3.7.0

which are ideal for the KS v10? In case I’m using different versions, is it mandatory to update to the versions you listed above?

[Shin]

thanks for spotting this, updated the document.

[Shin]

It should be the following or a higher version(s).

• appium-uiautomator2-driver: 3.7.0
• appium-xcuitest-driver: 7.21.1

[mateusz.mysliwiec]

Can you please clarify if BiDi-CDP Mapper supposed to be enabled by default? I just downloaded Katalon Studio 10, and migrated my project, and every time I execute tests, BiDi-CDP Mapper tab is also being opened

[jmer]

Hi,

Just add these values to settings :

Regards,
JM