Release 7.0.1

New:

• The service now detects the use of old Electron versions (< v26) when the user is attempting to use service-managed Chromedriver and throws an error stating that CD needs to be manually configured (#747)

Docs:

• Added missing README back to NPM package (#748)
• Added READMEs for utils and types packages (#748)

Developer:

• Fixed: Versioning issues with release process (#750)
• Fixed: Release bumping triggers Husky pre-push (#751)
• Updated to ESLint 9 & config updated for new repo structure (#749)
• Now using eslint-plugin-import-x (#749)

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Release 7.0.0

New:

• Complete restructure of the repo, now using Turborepo (#443, #623, #645)
• Works with WDIO v9 (#623, #666, #729)
• Node 16 support dropped (#666)
• "No Binary" mode for testing an app without having to build it using e.g. Electron Forge or electron-builder (#704)

Fixed:

• Windows CI timeouts with Electron 30 (#578)
• Executable name on Forge builds doesn't take account of packagerConfig (#621)
• Multiple build tools present in a project produces errors (#622)
• E2E debug is too verbose (#634)
• Windows CI errors with latest electron-builder (#599)
• Forge Mac-universal E2E errors (#576)

Docs:

• Updated for "No Binary" mode
• Updated for WDIO v9
• Minimum required Electron version to avoid having to self-configure chromedriver moved to main README

Developer:

• ts-node removed in favour of tsx (#666)
• Now using native fetch (#666)
• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.6.1

Fixed:

• @electron/packager import error in electron-builder projects (#578)

Developer:

• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.6.0

New:

• Support for mac-universal builds using Forge and electron-builder (#575)
• Support for Forge custom output directories - the service will now respect the output directory you specify in forge.config.js (c6bf002)

Documentation:

• Added debugging information and example to Common Issues page (#577)

Developer:

• Standardised PNPM version across CI and repo (#573)
• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.5.0

New:

• Standalone Mode - the ability to use the service in a regular Node.js script, without the WDIO testrunner (#521)

Documentation:

• Standalone mode page (1843726, 5a2903a)
• Improved chromedriver configuration page - detailing user management for older Electron versions (#511)
• Standardised code sample filename formatting (#512)

Developer:

• CI: Dependabot ignores electron-builder and all major updates (d422505)
• CI: Updated node (dba31ee), pnpm (4538597), and actions (69fe5aa)
• Removed bundling for main process in ESM examples (af18718)
• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.4.1

Fixed:

• Preload guard causes errors in Vite-based projects (78b6d83)

Documentation:

• More specific security instructions around API access (79aac35)
• Improved text around sandboxing and non-bundled preload scripts (79aac35)
• Improved code samples (486a916)
• Updated CD user management section, specfically for older Electron versions (#511)

Developer:

• CI: fixed dry run in release script (#475)
• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.4.0

New:

• isMockFunction utility for determining whether a given parameter is an Electron mock (#450)
• Types for mock object properties - calls, lastCall, results, invocationCallOrder (#442)

Fixed:

• before hook throws error when run without IPC bridge (#462)

Documentation:

• Added docs for isMockFunction utility (6dc6251)
• Added docs for mock object properties (1787c73)

Developer:

• CI: Add expense contribution workflow (#445, #451)
• CI: Release workflow improvements (#444, #460)
• Test: Add E2Es for mock object properties (cf1a71f)
• Test: Speed up onPrepare units by mocking Electron release response (#448)
• Scripts updated for husky v9 (#447)
• Updated Electron to v29 (#441)
• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.3.2

Fixed:

• Direct eval used in mocking functions (#427)

Developer:

• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.3.1

Fixed:

• CJS output depends on @vitest/spy which is ESM only (#421)
• mockRestore should explicitly clear mocks (df0ecad)

Developer:

• Test: removed workaround for expect-webdriver E2E failures (100d27c)
• Test: removed bundling from example-cjs as it was masking errors (e0ad6a3)
• CJS symlinks replaced with copy at build time (bdc24e7, f784da0, 1515e80)
• Updated dependencies

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Release 6.3.0

New:

• Added remaining mock object functions - withImplementation, getMockImplementation, mockReturnThis, mockName, getMockName, mockReturnThis (#410)

Fixed:

• fast-copy error when running wdio-electron-service-example E2Es (8ab64ba)

Documentation:

• Added docs for new mock object functions (cd9fdd5)

Developer:

• Test: Added workaround for expect-webdriver E2E failures (6a0b041)
• Test: Increased unit coverage of mocking functionality (debdef9)
• Updated dependencies

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