Selenium: State of the Union

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Project has been active ~12–13 years with only four long-term committers since 2014 and about 40+ people at the workshop, and it now claims W3C WebDriver recommendation status with browsers shipping implementations (Gecko, Edge preview, Safari Technology Preview) and tooling adopting it (Appium, WinAppDriver). Roadmap is a wholesale switch to W3C protocol for language bindings, a refactored Grid with first-class Docker/Kubernetes support, improved observability and structured logging, a refreshed docs repo on GitHub, and a next‑gen Selenium IDE with CLI runner and plugin system (≈1,500 monthly downloads).

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:56Selenium Over Time
3. 6:58W3C WebDriver Standard
4. 10:11Spec Adoption
5. 17:37Selenium 4: Adopting the New Protocol
6. 19:55Selenium 4: An Improved Grid
7. 23:15Selenium 4 A Better Console
8. 24:32Selenium 4: Better Observability
9. 26:29Selenium 4: Refreshed Documentation
10. 37:00India and Indian Contributions to Selenium
11. 39:52SFC Representation
12. 41:10Project Leadership Committee
13. 42:56How can you Contribute?
14. 44:56What We Do With the Money
15. 50:15Open Source As We Know It Needs You

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