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Date Published
Author
Faisal Khatri
Word count
4017
Language
English
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None

Summary

Selenium Manager is a new component introduced in Selenium version 4.6.0 that automates browser driver management, alleviating the need for manual updates and executable path configurations. With the release of Selenium version 4.11.0, Selenium Manager has become more robust, providing automated driver management for browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge using a cache system to store and reuse driver binaries. Selenium Manager further supports Chromium and Chrome for Testing, allowing Selenium to automatically manage both the browser and its drivers, enhancing ease of testing on various Chrome versions, including stable, beta, dev, and canary. The integration of Chrome for Testing, a new version of Chrome for web application testing, simplifies the process further by enabling automated testing without requiring local browser installations for versions 113 and above. Despite being in beta, Selenium Manager is becoming a vital part of the Selenium framework, offering significant improvements in automated testing workflows.