➔ Selenium This Week: JSON Parser and Manager Fixes
The recent activity in Selenium, the browser automation project, is mostly about making edge cases less strange. The headline change is Java JSON parser hardening, with smaller but useful fixes in Selenium Manager, Grid session queue wiring, and Python remote connection routing.
➔ Selenium 4.45.0 - Atoms Migration and Grid Redis Updates
The Selenium project released version 4.45.0 on June 16, 2026, bringing a major update to internal browser atoms and Grid infrastructure. This release focuses on moving core logic to TypeScript and bundling Redis session management for distributed testing environments.
➔ Selenium Trunk This Week: Bazel Test Gating, Grid Redis Bundle, and Atoms Migration
Selenium trunk took 71 commits in the past week. The activity falls into four themes plus a pile of smaller fixes: a build refactor that switches IE and Safari test gating to bazel’s target_compatible_with, a Grid default flip that bundles the Redis backed SessionMap, a cross language move of internal atoms to TypeScript, and a long stream of Ruby binding cleanups around pinned browsers. If you build Selenium from source or operate Selenium Grid, this week is worth a look. Full repo: SeleniumHQ/selenium on GitHub.