webdriverio 9.16.0 on Node.js NPM

v9.16.0 (2025-06-23)

#14534 fix(infra) have not present required generate optional argument (@dprevost-LMI)

wdio-config, wdio-runner, wdio-types
- #14546 feat(wdio-runner): automatically include SoftAssertionService (@JustasMonkev)

wdio-config
- #14236 fix: Combines exclude and wdio:exclude. (@damencho)
wdio-utils
- #14572 Fix for isAndroid outside of test (@AakashHotchandani)
- #14565 fix(wdio-utils):fix to support windows path string (@mato533)
- #14531 fix(webdriverio): detect Samsung devices as Android in BrowserStack (@christian-bromann)
wdio-browserstack-service
- #14557 fix for accessibility build error [wdio-browsertstack-service] (@rounak610)
webdriverio
- #14549 fix(types): Fix overwriteCommand inconsistent typing (@dprevost-LMI)
wdio-local-runner
- #14511 refactor(wdio-local-runner): replace async-exit-hook with exit-hook (@harsha509)
wdio-protocols
- #14522 fix(@wdio/protocols): Have options of appium terminateApp command optional (@dprevost-LMI)

wdio-browserstack-service
- #14538 Added support for running accessibility on Non-browserstack infrastructure (@Bhargavi-BS)

Other
- #14578 fix: Updates exclude docs. (@damencho)
- #14547 fix(docs) Masking doc glitches + update Appium required version following PR merge (@dprevost-LMI)
wdio-appium-service, wdio-cli, wdio-protocols, wdio-types, webdriverio
- #14523 fix(docs): update various Appium-related links (@eglitise)