Release 26.9

August 30, 2026

Perfecto 26.9 expands automation and analysis capabilities with improved AI Scriptless authoring, failure-reason filtering, iOS Playwright BETA support, restored Android airplane mode support, configurable device languages, multiple enterprise identities in CertKeeper, Quantum 3.2.7, and expanded iOS and browser coverage.

AI Scriptless enhancements

In this release, AI Scriptless includes the following enhancement.

Baseline picker for AI Visual Comparison

You can now select an existing baseline or create a new one directly when configuring the AI Visual Comparison command. In the script editor, type in the Baseline field to filter existing baselines or enter a new name. In the Parameters pane, click the Baseline field to open a picker with thumbnail previews, search by name, or add a new one.

To learn more, see Compare screens with AI vision.

Automation testing enhancements

This release includes the following automation testing enhancements.

Airplane mode support restored

You can now use the Set network settings command command to enable or disable airplane mode on Android devices running OS 10 (SDK 29) or later. On older devices, the command returns an explicit "unsupported" error rather than silently doing nothing.

iOS Playwright BETA Support

Perfecto now supports Playwright automation on real iOS devices (iOS 18+) with Playwright 1.62 in BETA. Available exclusively through the Node.js SDK (JavaScript and TypeScript), this beta release enables automated testing of iOS web applications with the same WebSocket connection model as Android testing.

To learn more, see Set up Playwright with Perfecto – iOS (BETA) and Playwright known limitations.

Manual testing enhancements

This release includes the following manual testing enhancement.

VoiceOver audio on iOS 27

When testing accessibility with VoiceOver on iOS 27.0 Beta 5 and later, keep the device speaker volume unmuted to hear spoken responses. For more information, see Test accessibility with VoiceOver or TalkBack.

Device language enhancements

You can now set device language to en-DE and en-GB in mobile testing flows. These codes are supported for Appium-based automation and are available in manual and Scriptless language selection.

• en-DE — English language with Germany as the region

• en-GB — English language with United Kingdom as the region

To learn more, see Set the device language using automation.

Test analysis enhancements

This release includes the following test analysis enhancement.

Failure reason exclusion in reporting views

You can now exclude selected failure reasons from reporting totals and views in the Report Library, CI Dashboard, Insights, and Heatmap. This helps keep pass/fail metrics focused on relevant failure categories while preserving the underlying execution data.

To learn more, see Step 4 | Group or filter reports.

Assets and setup enhancements

In this release, the Assets and setup view includes the following enhancement.

CertKeeper supports multiple enterprise identities

CertKeeper now supports multiple concurrently installed keepers, allowing you to configure separate enterprise identities for different environments. This improves app installation coverage for enterprise-signed iOS apps across your full app portfolio.

To learn more, see Maintain trust for enterprise‑signed iOS apps.

Framework support

This release introduces the following test framework enhancement.

Quantum 3.2.7

Quantum 3.2.7 is now available. This release updates the Perfecto Reportium codebase to v4.4.9, improves context retrieval and switching behavior, and includes security fixes.

To learn more, see Quantum 3.2.7 release notes.

Platform support | Real devices

This release introduces the following enhancements and updates to real device support.

New iOS versions

You can now test your applications on real devices running the following iOS versions:

• iOS 27 Beta 7

  The following limitations apply to iOS 27 Beta 7 when using Accessibility testing:

  • Hearing VoiceOver audio requires the device volume to not be muted.

  • Touch no longer works while accessibility testing is activated. Touch is now registered as a VoiceOver touch input and might cause touch errors.

  If you are interested in having iOS 27.x devices connected in your cloud, contact Perfecto Support.

• iOS 26.6.1 GA

• iOS 18.7.10

  Safari web tests that use driver.get() can fail because the browser no longer exposes the Page.navigate command. Use the following workaround instead: driver.executeScript("return window.location.href=\"URL\";");

For complete support information, see iOS support updates.

Platform support | Virtual devices

This release introduces the following enhancements and updates to virtual device support.

New iOS versions

You can now test your applications on virtual devices running the following iOS versions:

• iOS 27 Beta 6

  The following limitation applies to virtual devices running iOS 26.4 or later:

  • Applications compiled exclusively for Intel (x86_64) cannot run. An ARM64 build is required.

For complete support information, see Simulators (iPhones and iPads).

Appium versions

Appium versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, and 3.6 are now available for virtual devices. To use a specific version, set the appiumVersion capability.

For the full list of supported versions, see Supported platforms.

Browser support

You can now test your applications in the following new browser versions on Windows and Mac machines:

• Google Chrome 152 and 153 Beta

• Mozilla Firefox 154 Stable and 155 Beta

• Microsoft Edge 152 Beta

For a complete list of supported browsers, see Supported platforms.