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title: "Blog Posts - 2023"
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linkTitle: "2023"
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weight: 89
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‎website_and_docs/content/blog/2023/headless-is-going-away.md‎

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title: "Headless is Going Away!"
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linkTitle: "Headless is Going Away!"
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date: 2023-01-29
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tags: ["selenium"]
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categories: ["releases"]
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author: Diego Molina ([@diegofmolina](https://twitter.com/diegofmolina))
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description: >
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Now that we got your attention, headless is not actually going away, just the convenience method to set it in Selenium
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Headless is an execution mode for Firefox and Chromium based browsers. It allows users to run automated scripts in
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headless mode, meaning that the browser window wouldn’t be visible. In most of Selenium's bindings there is a
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convenience method to set this execution mode while setting the browser options. However,
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[Selenium 4.8.0](https://www.selenium.dev/blog/2023/selenium-4-8-0-released/) will be deprecated this method and
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and now users need to set it through arguments when setting the browser options.
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Now that we got your attention,
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We're very happy to announce the release of Selenium 4.8.0 for Java,
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.NET, Ruby, Python, and Javascript as well as the Grid and Internet Explorer Driver.
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Links to everything can be found on our [downloads page][downloads].
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### Why is Selenium doing this?
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Chromium based browsers have now two different headless modes (the original one, and one with more
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capabilities added in 2022). When a user sets headless to `true` via the convenience method in Selenium,
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it is using the initial method provided by Chromium based browsers.
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By deprecating the convenience method (and removing it in Selenium 4.10.0), users will be in full control to
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choose which headless mode they want to use.
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### What are the two headless modes?
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The traditional `--headless`, and since version 96, Chrome has a new headless mode that allows users to
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get the full browser functionality (even run extensions). Between versions 96 to 108 it was
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`--headless=chrome`, after version 109 `--headless=new`.
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Using `--headless=new` should bring a better experience when using headless with Selenium.
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Thanks to [Michael Mintz](https://github.com/mdmintz) for the detailed
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[explanation](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45631715/downloading-with-chrome-headless-and-selenium/73840130#73840130)!
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### How can I set headless mode from now on?
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In short, users can add the headless mode they want to use through arguments in browser options.
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#### Before
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{{< tabpane langEqualsHeader=true >}}
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{{< tab header="Java" >}}
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ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
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options.setHeadless(true);
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WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
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driver.get("https://selenium.dev");
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driver.quit();
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="JavaScript" >}}
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let driver = await env
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.builder()
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.setChromeOptions(new chrome.Options().headless())
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.build();
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await driver.get('https://selenium.dev');
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await driver.quit();
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="CSharp" >}}
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// C# did not have a convenience method
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="Ruby" >}}
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options = Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome::Options.new
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options.headless!
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driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome, options: options
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driver.get('https://selenium.dev')
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driver.quit
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="Python" >}}
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options = ChromeOptions()
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options.headless = True
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driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
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driver.get('http://selenium.dev')
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driver.quit()
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< /tabpane >}}
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#### After
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{{< tabpane langEqualsHeader=true >}}
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{{< tab header="Java" >}}
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ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
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options.addArguments("--headless=new");
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WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
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driver.get("https://selenium.dev);
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driver.quit();
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="JavaScript" >}}
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let driver = await env
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.builder()
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.setChromeOptions(options.addArguments('--headless=new'))
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.build();
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await driver.get('https://selenium.dev');
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await driver.quit();
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="CSharp" >}}
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var options = new ChromeOptions();
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options.AddArgument("--headless=new");
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var driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
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driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://selenium.dev");
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driver.Quit();
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="Ruby" >}}
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options = Selenium::WebDriver::Options.chrome(args: ['--headless=new'])
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driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome, options: options
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driver.get('https://selenium.dev')
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driver.quit
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< tab header="Python" >}}
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options = ChromeOptions()
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options.add_argument("--headless=new")
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driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
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driver.get('http://selenium.dev')
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driver.quit()
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{{< /tab >}}
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{{< /tabpane >}}
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If you have any questions or comments, please reach out through any of all the available options
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shown at our [support page](https://www.selenium.dev/support/).
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Stay tuned for updates by following [SeleniumHQ](https://twitter.com/seleniumhq)!
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Happy testing!

‎website_and_docs/content/blog/2023/selenium-4-8-0-released.md‎

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title: "Selenium 4.8.0 Released!"
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linkTitle: "Selenium 4.8.0 Released!"
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date: 2023-01-23
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tags: ["selenium"]
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categories: ["releases"]
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author: Diego Molina ([@diegofmolina](https://twitter.com/diegofmolina))
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description: >
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Today we're happy to announce that Selenium 4.8.0 has been released!
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We're very happy to announce the release of Selenium 4.8.0 for Java,
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.NET, Ruby, Python, and Javascript as well as the Grid and Internet Explorer Driver.
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Links to everything can be found on our [downloads page][downloads].
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### Highlights
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* Chrome DevTools support is now: v107, v108, and v109 (Firefox still uses v85 for all versions)
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* Large JS executions have the name as a comment to help understand what payload being sent to/from server/driver.
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* Deprecation of headless convenience method. Read more about in the [headless blog post](/blog/2023/headless-is-going-away/).
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* Ruby overhauls Options classes (again) (needs blog post)
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* Initial [BiDi] support in JavaScript, Ruby, and improvements in Java.
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* We're continuing to remove [Legacy Protocol](/blog/2022/legacy-protocol-support/) classes in Java and Grid.
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* Accommodate ability to specify sub-paths in Grid.
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* Plus various language specific bug fixes; see the full list of changes in the [Changelogs][bindings]
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### Contributors
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**Special shout-out to everyone who helped the Selenium Team get this release out!**
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</div>
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**Thanks as well to all the [Selenium Team Members][team] who contributed to this release:**
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[downloads]: /downloads
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[bindings]: /downloads#bindings
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[team]: /project/structure
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[BiDi]: https://github.com/w3c/webdriver-bidi
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