Selenium 4.33 Released!

Today we’re happy to announce that Selenium 4.33 has been released!

By Diego Molina @diemol | Sunday, May 25, 2025

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We’re excited to announce the release of Selenium 4.33 for Javascript, Ruby, Python, .NET, Java and the Grid! 🎉

This release contains improvements, cleanups, and new features across all language bindings and the Grid. This release continues our effort to modernize the codebase, improve developer experience, and refine the project’s tooling and documentation.

Links to all assets can be found on our downloads page.

🚀 Highlights

9f3c923670 - Grid UI now includes live previews for each Node.
43e6bb970e - Python BiDi support expands with the new webExtension module.
ef05c15798 - Java: Reverted deprecation notice for getAttribute after community feedback.
638621f4bc - Java: Clean-up of deprecated timeout configuration methods.

🔍 Changes by Component

Grid

9f3c923670 - UI Overview is able to see live preview per Node
7401a3db93 - UI Sessions capability fields to display as additional columns

Python

92db47fa2a - Add missing modules to python API docs
4fc2582bf9 - Better error for downloads on local webdrivers
43e6bb970e - Add bidi webExtension module (#15749)

Rust

7497552255 - Replace WMIC commands (deprecated) by WinAPI in Windows

Java

ef05c15798 - Reverting deprecation notice for getAttribute.
638621f4bc - Removing deprecated setScriptTimeout and pageLoadTimeout.
fcf4c9d09e - Removing deprecated SlowLoadableComponent constructor.
1e65b7b49f - Removing deprecated NATIVE_EVENTS field.
f3f0cadedb - Deprecating methods that use FirefoxBinary as well.

Ruby

212fc8be35 - Upgrade to Ruby 3.2.
1e2945de78 - Let firefox choose the bidi port by default.

.NET

212fc8be35 - Upgrade to Ruby 3.2.
1e2945de78 - Let firefox choose the bidi port by default.

JavaScript

3ef1c25fe8 - Chrome capabilities test passes now in RBE.

Docker Selenium

K8s: Fix Helm chart template for deployment of video recording manager (#2828, #2831).
K8s: Node enable readiness probe checks status registered to Hub (#2833).
K8s: Video recorder run as sidecar container is disabled by default (#2843).
K8s: Fix chart template issue that might occur when using Helm version v3.18.0 (365c106).
K8s: Update chart dependencies (KEDA core 2.17,1, and so on).
See all changes

We thank all our contributors for their incredible efforts in making Selenium better with every release. ❤️

For a detailed look at all changes, check out the release notes.