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+=====================
+SeleniumLibrary 6.9.0
+=====================
+
+
+.. default-role:: code
+
+
+SeleniumLibrary_ is a web testing library for `Robot Framework`_ that utilizes
+the Selenium_ tool internally. SeleniumLibrary 6.9.0 is a new release with several
+enhancements and bug fixes. A couple new keywords, for drag and drop as well as
+getting css properties, have been added. Secret type support has be added. An issue
+with using lists with chaining locators has been fixed. Several of the minim required
+versions have been updated. More information about all the bug fixes and enhancements
+can be found in these release notes.
+
+If you have pip_ installed, just run
+
+::
+
+   pip install --upgrade robotframework-seleniumlibrary
+
+to install the latest available release or use
+
+::
+
+   pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary==6.9.0
+
+to install exactly this version. Alternatively you can download the source
+distribution from PyPI_ and install it manually.
+
+SeleniumLibrary 6.9.0 was released on Sunday May 17, 2026. SeleniumLibrary supports
+Python 3.10 through 3.14, Selenium 4.29.0 through 4.44.0 and
+Robot Framework 6.1.1 and 7.4.2.
+
+.. _Robot Framework: http://robotframework.org
+.. _SeleniumLibrary: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary
+.. _Selenium: http://seleniumhq.org
+.. _pip: http://pip-installer.org
+.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/robotframework-seleniumlibrary
+.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues?q=milestone%3Av6.9.0
+
+
+.. contents::
+   :depth: 2
+   :local:
+
+Most important enhancements
+===========================
+
+- "Open Browser" keyword documentation has broken links which were fixed (`#1976`_)
+- Chaining locators with lists does not work with Robot Framework 6.1 or above (`#1962`_)
+  There was an issue with the types which prevented using chained locators as lists. This
+  has been resolved in this release.
+- Fix deprecation warnings and improve logging in tests (`#1974`_)
+- Added "Drag And Drop Across Frames" keyword for cross-frame drag and drop support (`#1953`_)
+  Note the still remains an issue with Firefox related to drag and drop. This change does
+  note resolve the issue within gecko driver and Firefox.
+- Input Password does not accept Secret type (`#1966`_)
+  We have added support for the Secret Type into this release.
+- Added "Get CSS Property Value" keyword to retrieve computed CSS values (`#1969`_)
+- Selenium manager fails to download firefox/edge with lower versions of selenium (`#1986`_)
+
+There were also several changes that are focused on internal processes and operations
+- Migrate lint/format tooling to Ruff, update CI matrix, and stabilize cross-platform/firefox tests (`#1978`_)
+- Update cookie validation regex in Get Cookies test (`#1973`_)
+- Added new GitHub Actions workflow and performed yearly update on cookie test suite (`#1955`_)
+
+Acknowledgements
+================
+
+I want to give a large shout out to [Yuri](https://github.com/yuriverweij) who had a large hand in getting
+this release out the door including resolving issues, reviewing code changes, and fixing up our processes
+and tooling, amongst all the other contributions he made towards this release. Some of these include
+
+- Update cookie validation regex in Get Cookies test (`#1973`_)
+- Fix deprecation warnings and improve logging in tests (`#1974`_)
+- Review restriction on running ApprovalTests under Windows (`#1884`_)
+- Migrate lint/format tooling to Ruff, update CI matrix, and stabilize cross-platform/firefox tests (`#1978`_)
+
+Yuri along with [Tatu](https://github.com/aaltat) brought in the Secret type into this release. And thank you
+to [petobarki](https://github.com/petobarki) for reporting and asking for this feature/support.
+
+- Input Password does not accept Secret type (`#1966`_)
+
+I also want to thank a couple of first time contributors. Let me thank [Vamsi](https://github.com/b-vamsipunnam) for a
+couple new keywords
+
+- Added "Drag And Drop Across Frames" keyword for cross-frame drag and drop support (`#1953`_)
+- Added "Get CSS Property Value" keyword to retrieve computed CSS values (`#1969`_)
+
+And I also want to recognize and thank [Jaroslav Cerman](https://github.com/antivirak) for fixing a type error in deprecation message (`#1947`_).
+Great job Jaroslav and Vamsi on these first time contributions!
+
+I also want to thank
+- [jjaakkola-atostek](https://github.com/jjaakkola-atostek) for reporting that chaining locators with lists does not work with Robot Framework 6.1 or above (`#1962`_)
+- [Slava Semushin](https://github.com/php-coder) for reporting the "Open Browser" keyword documentation has broken links (`#1976`_)
+
+And I once again want to recognize and give my thanks to the ongoing support by Tatu Aalto.
+
+
+Full list of fixes and enhancements
+===================================
+
+.. list-table::
+    :header-rows: 1
+
+    * - ID
+      - Type
+      - Priority
+      - Summary
+    * - `#1962`_
+      - bug
+      - critical
+      - Chaining locators with lists does not work with Robot Framework 6.1 or above
+    * - `#1973`_
+      - bug
+      - high
+      - Update cookie validation regex in Get Cookies test
+    * - `#1953`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Add "Drag And Drop Across Frames" keyword for cross-frame drag and drop support
+    * - `#1955`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Added new GitHub Actions workflow and performed yearly update on cookie test suite
+    * - `#1966`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Input Password does not accept Secret type
+    * - `#1969`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Add "Get CSS Property Value" keyword to retrieve computed CSS values
+    * - `#1974`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Fix deprecation warnings and improve logging in tests
+    * - `#1978`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Migrate lint/format tooling to Ruff, update CI matrix, and stabilize cross-platform/firefox tests
+    * - `#1986`_
+      - enhancement
+      - high
+      - Selenium manager fails to download firefox/edge with lower versions of selenium
+    * - `#1947`_
+      - bug
+      - medium
+      - Fix typo in deprecation message
+    * - `#1976`_
+      - bug
+      - medium
+      - "Open Browser" keyword documentation has broken links
+    * - `#1921`_
+      - enhancement
+      - medium
+      - Use Dependabot to update deps automatically
+    * - `#1884`_
+      - ---
+      - medium
+      - Review restriction on running ApprovalTests under Windows
+    * - `#1967`_
+      - ---
+      - medium
+      - Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 7
+    * - `#1963`_
+      - bug
+      - ---
+      - `#1962`_ fix cascading locators
+    * - `#1956`_
+      - ---
+      - ---
+      - Dependabot
+    * - `#1971`_
+      - ---
+      - ---
+      - Fixed doc formating issue within xpath examples
+
+Altogether 17 issues. View on the `issue tracker <https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues?q=milestone%3Av6.9.0>`__.
+
+.. _#1962: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1962
+.. _#1973: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1973
+.. _#1953: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1953
+.. _#1955: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1955
+.. _#1966: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1966
+.. _#1969: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1969
+.. _#1974: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1974
+.. _#1978: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1978
+.. _#1986: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1986
+.. _#1947: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1947
+.. _#1976: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1976
+.. _#1921: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1921
+.. _#1884: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1884
+.. _#1967: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1967
+.. _#1963: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1963
+.. _#1956: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1956
+.. _#1971: https://github.com/robotframework/SeleniumLibrary/issues/1971

src/SeleniumLibrary/__init__.py

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     is_truthy,
 )
 
-__version__ = "6.8.0"
+__version__ = "6.9.0"
 
 
 class SeleniumLibrary(DynamicCore):