- Added numerous BiDi commands and events (addintercept, removeintercept, continueWithAuth, failRequest, fetchError, browsingContextDestroyed, realmDestroyed) and introduced auth‑related capabilities
- Introduced new exceptions (DetachedShadowRoot, InsecureCertificate) and improved driver shutdown, error handling, and Selenium Manager logging (timestamps, log level, reduced stats reporting)
- Fixed multiple bugs across language bindings (NPE on se:downloadsEnabled, Firefox virtual authenticator tests, Ruby rubocop corrections, Rust dependency updates) and deprecated NetworkInspector in favor of Network
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Added a new transport layer for generated BiDi modules and improved BiDi schema fidelity, including extensible types and validation of primitives.