npm / detox

detox

What changed in detox 20, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Sources checked 2026-10-20.

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detox 209 changes

ADB device serials are quoted in shell-built commands, fixing Wi-Fi and mDNS serials with shell-sensitive characters such as parentheses.
20.51.3release notes
Hierarchy injection now handles missing browser APIs so unexpected errors, such as a missing XmlSerializer, do not leak into tests.
20.51.3release notes
Biometric simulation on iOS 26+ now uses newer applesimutils --booted biometric flags while preserving previous behavior for older iOS versions.
20.51.3release notes
element(...).atIndex(n).getAttributes() now returns attributes for the requested index instead of all matching elements.
20.51.3release notes
Error formatting around indexed iOS attribute lookups was updated.
20.51.3release notes
URLSession untracking is now thread-safe and idempotent, fixing a tracking race that could cause SIGSEGV crashes during network task teardown.
20.51.3release notes
Sync status parsing and formatting now accept null one-time event objects from iOS payloads.
20.51.3release notes
Fixed screenshots of the navigation bar on iOS 26.
20.51.1release notes
Adds a change identified as RN0.84, indicating support for React Native 0.84.
20.50.2release notes