4.9.0 release post

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Author: diemol

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+title: "Selenium 4.9.0 Released!"
+linkTitle: "Selenium 4.9.0 Released!"
+date: 2023-04-21
+tags: ["selenium"]
+categories: ["releases"]
+author: Diego Molina ([@diegofmolina](https://twitter.com/diegofmolina))
+description: >
+  Today we're happy to announce that Selenium 4.9.0 has been released!
+---
+
+We're very happy to announce the release of Selenium 4.9.0 for Java, 
+.NET, Ruby, Python, and Javascript as well as the Grid and Internet Explorer Driver.
+Links to everything can be found on our [downloads page][downloads].
+
+### Highlights
+
+  * Chrome DevTools support is now: v110, v111, and v112 (Firefox still uses v85 for all versions)
+  * Maven BOM for the Java bindings.
+  * Remote file downloads are not possible through Selenium Grid.
+  * First steps taken to phase out CDP in Firefox and replace it with the BiDi implementation.
+  * `InvalidSelectorException` now extends `WebDriverException` instead of `NoSuchElementException`.
+  * Selenium Manager uses information set in the browser options to get the correct browser driver.
+  * A sub-path can be set in Selenium Grid to have a custom Grid url. 
+
+
+### Contributors
+
+**Special shout-out to everyone who helped the Selenium Team get this release out!**
+
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+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+**Thanks as well to all the [Selenium Team Members][team] who contributed to this release:**
+
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+    <div class="row justify-content-center">
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+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+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
+