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+title: "Selenium 4.29 Released!"
+linkTitle: "Selenium 4.29 Released!"
+date: 2025-02-20
+tags: ["selenium"]
+categories: ["releases"]
+author: Diego Molina [@diemol](https://www.diemol.com)
+images:
+  - "/images/blog/2025/selenium_4.29.jpg"
+description: >
+  Today we're happy to announce that Selenium 4.29 has been released!
+---
+We're very happy to announce the release of Selenium 4.29 for 
+Javascript, Ruby, Python, .NET, Java and the Grid!
+Links to everything can be found on our [downloads page][downloads].
+
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Major Highlights
+
+- **Final removal of [Firefox CDP support](/blog/2025/remove-cdp-firefox/)** across all language bindings.
+- **New WebDriver BiDi capabilities**: Implementation of `setCacheBehavior` and `getClientWindows` commands.
+- **Grid UI Fixes**: Live session view now works as expected.
+- **PrintOptions enhancements**: Support for predefined and custom paper sizes.
+- **Nullability annotations** continue to improve type safety in .NET.
+- **BiDi improvements**: Network response handlers and optimizations.
+- **Enhancements to logging options** in Java.
+
+---
+
+## 🔹 Language-Specific Changes
+
+### **Java**
+- Implemented `setCacheBehavior` for WebDriver BiDi. ([#15130](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15130))
+- Enhanced `PageSize` class to support predefined and custom paper sizes. ([#15052](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15052))
+- Ensured purging dead nodes service interval is configurable. ([#15175](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15175))
+- Improved handling of Selenium logging options. ([#15197](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15197))
+- Added support for `getClientWindows` in WebDriver BiDi. ([#14869](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/14869))
+
+### **Python**
+- Fixed installation issues for source distributions. ([#15128](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15128))
+- Updated `PrintOptions` to support different page sizes. ([#15064](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15064))
+- Documented `cygwin` path usage in `send_keys()`. ([#15275](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15275))
+- Fixed return type and docstrings for `get_downloadable_files()`. ([#15292](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15292))
+
+### **JavaScript**
+- Implemented `setCacheBehavior` for WebDriver BiDi. ([#15136](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15136))
+- Fixed dependencies for `novnc` v1.5.0. ([#15005](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15005))
+- Added support for `getClientWindows` in WebDriver BiDi. ([#15248](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15248))
+
+### **Ruby**
+- Removed Java date dependency. ([#15122](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15122))
+- Added WebDriver BiDi network response handler. ([#14900](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/14900))
+- Implemented WebDriver BiDi `setCacheBehavior` command. ([#15114](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15114))
+
+### **.NET**
+- Improved BiDi exception handling when it is not enabled. ([#15163](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15163))
+- Added nullability annotations across multiple modules, including `Command`, `DriverService`, `FirefoxProfile`, `Manage()`, `SafariOptions`, and `Navigate()`.
+- Updated WebAuth credential handling. ([#15201](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15201))
+- Simplified creation of network types. ([#15267](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15267))
+- Improved logging stability. ([#15257](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/15257))
+
+### **Docker Selenium**
+- Publish Node/Standalone images with the latest Grid core version and browser backward versions
+- Update container environment to JDK21 ([#2642](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2642))
+- Node base with share system certificate support ([#2653](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2653))
+- Node container is able to restart and retry to register when `register-period` exceeded  ([#2662](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2662))
+- Selenium Grid scaler in KEDA feature preview
+  - Add trigger param to set custom capabilities for matching specific Nodes ([KEDA#6536](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/6536))
+  - Add trigger param for Node enables managed downloads capability ([KEDA#6570](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/6570))
+- Helm config: Set K8s node IP to all components via env var KUBERNETES_NODE_HOST_IP in template ([#2668](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/pull/2668))
+- [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/4.29).
+
+<br>
+
+
+## Contributors
+
+**Special shout-out to everyone who helped the Selenium Team get this release out!**
+
+### [Selenium](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium)
+
+<div class="d-flex justify-content-center">
+  <div class="col-11 p-4 bg-transparent">
+    <div class="row justify-content-center">
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+  </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">
+    <div class="row justify-content-center">
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+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+### [Docker Selenium](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium)
+
+<div class="row justify-content-center">
+  <div class="col-11 p-4 bg-transparent">
+    <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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+
+[downloads]: /downloads
+[bindings]: /downloads#bindings
+[team]: /project/structure
+[BiDi]: https://github.com/w3c/webdriver-bidi