SeleniumHQ · VietND96 · Jul 17, 2025 · Jul 17, 2025 · Jul 17, 2025 · Jul 17, 2025
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+---
+title: "Selenium 4.34 Released!"
+linkTitle: "Selenium 4.34 Released!"
+date: 2025-06-29
+tags: [ "selenium" ]
+categories: [ "releases" ]
+author: Diego Molina [@diemol](https://www.diemol.com)
+images:
+  - "/images/blog/2025/selenium_4.34.jpg"
+description: >
+  Today we're happy to announce that Selenium 4.34 has been released!
+---
+
+We’re excited to announce the release of **Selenium 4.34** for Javascript, Ruby, Python, .NET, Java
+and the Grid! 🎉
+
+Links to all assets can be found on our [downloads page][downloads].
+
+
+---
+
+## 🔦 Highlights
+
+- **macOS Improvements**: Added macOS-specific key support for both Ruby and Python.
+- **Web Extension Support**: BiDi implementations now support Chromium web extensions (Java, Python).
+- **Deprecations**: FTP proxy support deprecated across Java, Python, Ruby, and .NET.
+- **Selenium Manager**: Now supports Electron (Rust backend). Still needs implementation in the bindings.
+- **BiDi Enhancements**: Continued progress with `historyUpdated`, `permissions`, and `storage` modules (Java, .NET, Python).
+- **Quality Improvements**: Significant type annotation cleanup, test stability enhancements, and doc generation in Python.
+
+### Java
+
+- ✅ Implemented BiDi commands:
+    - `browsingContext.historyUpdated`
+    - `webExtensions` and extended `BrowsingContextInfo`
+- 🛠 Refactored `CommandPayload`, removed deprecated classes:
+    - `ContextAware`
+    - `CommandLine`
+    - `OsProcess`
+- ⚠️ Deprecated `FtpProxy`
+- ➕ Environment variable support for driver paths with Selenium Manager
+- 🔐 Improvements in `VirtualAuthenticator`
+
+### Python
+
+- 🔑 Added macOS-specific keys to `Keys` enum (`OPTION`, `FN`)
+- 🧠 Extensive BiDi updates:
+    - WebExtensions
+    - Permissions
+    - Storage
+    - History updates (with timestamps)
+- 🧼 Code quality:
+    - mypy/type hint cleanups
+    - API docs improvements (auto-generated)
+    - tox/ruff upgrades
+- 💡 `enable_webextensions()` now documented with CDP note
+- ❌ Deprecated: FTP proxy support
+- 🌐 Better error reporting on HTTP failures, improved error handling in `expected_conditions`
+
+### .NET
+
+- 🚫 Deprecated FTP proxy support
+- 📚 BiDi enhancements:
+    - `OnHistoryUpdated` event
+    - AcceptInsecureCerts & Proxy in user context
+    - Implicit screenshot-to-bytes conversion
+    - Protected DTOs from inheritance
+- 🧹 Cleanup:
+    - Namespace simplifications
+    - Removed StyleCop config
+
+### JavaScript
+
+- 📢 Warning added when FTP proxy is used
+- 💡 Declared minimum required Node.js version: `>= 20.0.0`
+
+### Grid
+- 🧪 Grid UI updated to Node 20 for type compatibility
+- 🧰 New built-in slot selector: `GreedySlotSelector`
+- 🧹 UI cleanup: session deletion, log level validation
+
+### Ruby
+
+- 🧑‍💻 Added macOS key mappings (Option/Fn)
+- ⚠️ Deprecated FTP proxy support
+- 🛠 Fixed child process termination handling
+
+### Rust (Selenium Manager)
+
+- 🖥️ Added **Electron** browser support
+- 🔧 Fixed Edge version test logic
+- Electron support.
+
+### Docker Selenium
+
+- K8s: Distributor uses Greedy as slot selector strategy in autoscaling ([#2875](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2875))
+- K8s: Fix video uploader secrets pass to Node single container ([#2886](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2886))
+- Docker: Update dependencies version for CVEs fix
+- Docker: Enable `SE_NODE_ENABLE_MANAGED_DOWNLOADS` in Node config by default ([#2869](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2869))
+- Docker: Session created in Node container can be deleted on UI by default ([#2871](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2871))
+- Docker: Environment variable flag to upgrade latest version of Chrome and ChromeDriver in container ([#2872](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2872))
+- [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/releases)
+
+
+<br>
+
+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](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/tag/selenium-4.34.0).
+
+<br>
+
+## 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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+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+### [Selenium Docs & Website](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io)
+
+<div class="row justify-content-center">
+  <div class="col-11 p-4 bg-transparent">
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+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+### [Docker Selenium](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium)
+
+<div class="row justify-content-center">
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+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+### [Selenium Team Members][team]
+
+**Thanks as well to all the team members who contributed to this release:**
+
+<div class="row justify-content-center">
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+    <div class="row justify-content-center">
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+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+
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+Happy automating!
+
+[downloads]: /downloads
+
+[bindings]: /downloads#bindings
+
+[team]: /project/structure
+
+[BiDi]: https://github.com/w3c/webdriver-bidi
diff --git a/website_and_docs/layouts/partials/selenium-clients-and-webdriver-bindings.html b/website_and_docs/layouts/partials/selenium-clients-and-webdriver-bindings.html
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ <h2 id="bindings" class="card-title">Selenium Clients and WebDriver Language Bin
         <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1">
           Stable:
           <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/selenium" class="card-link">
-            4.34.0 (June 29, 2024)
+            4.34.2 (July 8, 2025)
           </a>
         </p>
         <p class="card-text m-0 pb-1">

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