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+title: "Selenium 4.24 Released!"
+linkTitle: "Selenium 4.24 Released!"
+date: 2024-08-28
+tags: ["selenium"]
+categories: ["releases"]
+author: Diego Molina [@diemol](https://www.diemol.com)
+images:
+  - "/images/blog/2024/selenium_4.24.png"
+description: >
+  Today we're happy to announce that Selenium 4.24 has been released!
+---
+
+We're very happy to announce the release of Selenium 4.24.0 for 
+Javascript, Ruby, Python, .NET, Java and the Grid!
+Links to everything can be found on our [downloads page][downloads].
+
+#### Noteworthy changes per language
+
+  * Java 
+    * **BiDi Prompt/Alert Test Fix**: Fixed prompt/alert related tests if BiDi is enabled.
+    * **Execute Script API**: Added execute script high-level API for BiDi.
+    * **JSpecify Annotations**: Added JSpecify annotations for WebDriver, WebElement, SearchContext, and other interfaces.
+    * **Dom Mutation Handler Support**: Added DOM mutation handler support for BiDi.
+    * **Close HttClient on Session Failure**: Ensured HttClient is closed if starting the session fails.
+    * **System Property to Disable Tracing**: Added a system property to disable tracing. ([c8676eff10](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/commit/c8676eff107a7e5e617c6fc953baad45305cc680))
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/java/CHANGELOG)
+
+  <br>
+
+  * JavaScript
+    * **High-Level Script Command for BiDi**: Added a high-level script command for BiDi.
+    * **Authentication Handlers for BiDi**: Added authentication handlers for BiDi.
+    * **Expose Selenium Version for Node.js**: Exposed the Selenium version for Node.js.
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/CHANGES.md)
+
+  <br>
+
+  * .NET
+    * **Migration to System.Text.Json**: Migrated from `Newtonsoft.Json` to `System.Text.Json` package.
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/CHANGELOG)
+
+  <br>
+
+  * Python
+    * **Unhandled Prompt Behavior**: Added unhandled prompt behavior to 'ignore' option if BiDi is enabled.
+    * **Mypy Error Fixes**: Fixed mypy errors for various modules.
+    * **Pytest Configuration Update**: Moved pytest configuration settings to `pyproject.toml`.
+    * **Global Default Timeout Override**: Allowed overriding `GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT`.
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/py/CHANGES)
+
+  <br>
+
+  * Ruby
+    * **Deprecate WebStorage JS Methods**: Deprecated WebStorage JavaScript methods.
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/rb/CHANGES)
+
+  <br>
+
+   * Rust
+     * **Skipping Drivers and Browsers in Path**: Included arguments for skipping drivers and browsers in the path. ([a056044d9c](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/commit/a056044d9c20c174e5c04804eb30a446132be60a))
+     * **Use Debug Format Specifier**: Used the Debug format specifier to display error messages. ([d8a7172a2a](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/commit/d8a7172a2a3a591af0852203449c81eb13aead2b))
+     * **Firefox Version Discovery**: Used Firefox history major releases endpoint for version discovery. ([02d6903006](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/commit/02d6903006d884f57781f5625eb33a887f4369f5))
+     * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/rust/CHANGELOG.md)
+
+
+### Contributors
+
+**Special shout-out to everyone who helped the Selenium Team get this release out!**
+
+#### [Selenium](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium)
+
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+
+
+#### [Selenium Docs & Website](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io)
+
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+</div>
+
+#### [Docker Selenium](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium)
+
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+</div>
+
+#### [Selenium Team Members][team]
+
+**Thanks as well to all the team members who contributed to this release:**
+
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+
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+
+Happy automating!
+
+[downloads]: /downloads
+[bindings]: /downloads#bindings
+[team]: /project/structure
+[BiDi]: https://github.com/w3c/webdriver-bidi