WebExtensions should expose Capabilities they support
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Description
New Session currently fails to match extension capabilities that are unrecognised. However, a WebExtension could conceivably provide new WebDriver endpoints, and new capability names. There should be support for these.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the WebDriver specification's New Session processing and its capability-matching rules. The issue names no file or test entry point; done should mean that WebExtensions can expose supported WebDriver endpoints and new capability names without those capabilities being rejected as unrecognised.
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Assessment
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100