platformName where the browser is remote to the endpoint node
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Description
The current definition of platformName is:
Identifies the operating system of the endpoint node.
…where the endpoint node is the final WebDriver protocol hop.
This seems somewhat surprising with, e.g., SafariDriver connected to an iOS device. The OS of the endpoint node is macOS (because that's where the final WebDriver HTTP server in the chain is), but that doesn't seem anywhere near as interesting to the end user as the OS on which the user agent is actually running. And indeed, SafariDriver seems to deviate from the spec here, returning iOS.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read the WebDriver capabilities definition of platformName and the endpoint node definition linked in the issue, then compare them with the SafariDriver behavior described. Done means the specification's intended platform and the expected remote-browser behavior are clearly resolved.
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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