Studio 9.0.0.alpha1 is now available with the support of Built-in Smart Wait Function using Selenium 4!

[kazurayam]

The following post also discusses about Selenium 4 features support in Katalon Studio.

Studio 8.2.1.alpha is now available with Selenium 4!

'Tis the Season! I’m excited to let you know we have just published Katalon Studio version 8.2.1.alpha that has upgraded to Selenium version 4.1.0 and Appium Java Client version 8.0.0-beta. Download it from our GitHub Repo and give it a shot. You can refer to our blog for the top features of Selenium 4 for trying out. Happy Testing Jass

@giavanna.esposito

Which part of “Selenium 4” features are you interested in?

I personally am interested in the “Chrome Devtools Protocol” support in Selenim4. I wanted to do a Web UI test using browsers and at the same time I wanted to save the payload of HTTP requests and responses into a file. I expected CDP support in Katalon Studio would enable me to do it. So I checked the v8.2.1-alpha. I found v8.2.1-alpha was short for the CDP support.

Later I tried to develop an alternative to CDP. The following post describes what I have done.

Sample usage of BrowserMob Proxy in Katalon Studio

I have published a GitHub project Background In the Katalon User Forum, there is a Frequently Asked Question. I want to do a Web UI test using browsers and at the same time I want to save the payload of HTTP requests and responses into a file. How can I do it? Katalon Studio v8.5.x does not support recording the payload of HTTP messages exchanged between a web browser and HTTP servers. You need to employ an additional technology. The following post by matteo.lauria at Feb '21 suggested B…

By utilizing BrowserMob Proxy in Katalon Studio, I could fulfill my requirement to save the HTTP messages between a browser and HTTP servers into a file. Now I am no longer interested in Selenium 4 features support in Katalon Studio.