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+title: "Selenium 4.12.0 Released!"
+linkTitle: "Selenium 4.12.0 Released!"
+date: 2023-08-31
+tags: ["selenium"]
+categories: ["releases"]
+author: Titus Fortner [@titusfortner](https://titusfortner.com)
+description: >
+  Today we're happy to announce that Selenium 4.12.0 has been released!
+---
+
+We're very happy to announce the release of Selenium 4.12.0 for Java, 
+.NET, Ruby, Python, and Javascript as well as the Grid.
+Links to everything can be found on our [downloads page][downloads].
+
+### Highlights
+
+  * Chrome DevTools support is now: v114, v115, and v116 (Firefox still uses v85 for all versions)
+  * Quite a few fixes for Selenium Manager, and now with Firefox browser management! 
+Read about all the [new Selenium Manager features](/blog/2023/whats_new_in_selenium_manager_0.4.12_shipped_with_selenium_4.12.0/)
+  * .NET only explicitly targets `netstandard2.0`
+  * Python no longer supports Python 3.7
+  * Ruby no longer supports `:capabilities` arguments for local drivers (must use `:options` now)
+
+#### Relevant improvements per language
+
+  * Java 
+    * Several improvements in working with Selenium Manager
+    * Allow deleting remote downloaded files from grid ([#12501](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12501))
+    * Removed deprecated `UNEXPECTED_ALERT_BEHAVIOR`, `BROWSER_LOGFILE`, `createPointerDown`, `createPointerUp` and JWP `/file` endpoint
+    * Deprecated `disableNativeEvents` and Remote Response status field
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/java/CHANGELOG)
+
+  <br>
+
+  * JavaScript 
+    * Fix how browsers and drivers are discovered ([#12456](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12456))
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/CHANGES.md)
+
+  <br>
+
+  * .NET
+    * Several big fixes for improving DevTools execution ([#12486](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12486), 
+[#12614](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12614), [#12592](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12592), 
+[#12591](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12591))
+    * Bug fix for how driver location is specified in Service class ([#12473](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12473))
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/CHANGELOG)
+
+  <br>
+
+  * Python
+    * Support Selenium Manager in conda installs ([#12536](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12536))
+    * Several bug fixes in Typing suggestions ([#12477](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12477), 
+[#12464](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12477))
+    * allow setting http client certifications with REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE env ([#11957](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/11957))
+    * Fix bugs for [ElementScrollBehavior](#12462), [sending keys with long strings](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12474) 
+and [getting capabilities from options](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12499)
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/py/CHANGES)
+
+<br>
+
+  * Ruby
+    * Fix bug preventing good error messages in Selenium Manager when stdout empty
+    * Fix bug with Firefox not loading net/http library by default ([#12506](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/12506))
+    * [See all changes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/rb/CHANGES)
+
+### 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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+
+#### [Docker Selenium](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium)
+
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+</div>
+
+**Thanks as well to all the [Selenium Team Members][team] who contributed to this release:**
+
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+
+Stay tuned for updates by following [SeleniumHQ](https://twitter.com/seleniumhq)!
+
+Happy testing!
+
+[downloads]: /downloads
+[bindings]: /downloads#bindings
+[team]: /project/structure
+[BiDi]: https://github.com/w3c/webdriver-bidi
+