Release 4.34

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Motivation and Context

Types of changes

• Change to the site (I have double-checked the Netlify deployment, and my changes look good)
• Code example added (and I also added the example to all translated languages)
• Improved translation
• Added new translation (and I also added a notice to each document missing translation)

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PR Type

Enhancement

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Description

• Release announcement for Selenium 4.34 with comprehensive feature updates

• Updated Python version from 4.34.0 to 4.34.2 in client bindings

• Added macOS key support and BiDi enhancements across languages

• Deprecated FTP proxy support and improved Selenium Manager

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Changes diagram

flowchart LR
  A["Selenium 4.34 Release"] --> B["Python Version Update"]
  A --> C["Blog Post Creation"]
  C --> D["BiDi Enhancements"]
  C --> E["macOS Key Support"]
  C --> F["FTP Proxy Deprecation"]
  C --> G["Selenium Manager Updates"]

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Changes walkthrough 📝

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Configuration changes	selenium-clients-and-webdriver-bindings.html Update Python client version information                                  website_and_docs/layouts/partials/selenium-clients-and-webdriver-bindings.html Updated Python stable version from 4.34.0 to 4.34.2 Changed release date from June 29, 2024 to July 8, 2025 +1/-1
Documentation	selenium-4-34-released.md Add Selenium 4.34 release announcement blog post                  website_and_docs/content/blog/2025/selenium-4-34-released.md Created comprehensive release announcement blog post for Selenium 4.34 Documented BiDi enhancements, macOS key support, and FTP proxy deprecation Listed contributors and detailed changes across Java, Python, .NET, JavaScript, Grid, Ruby, and Rust Included Docker Selenium updates and Kubernetes improvements +208/-0

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⚡ Recommended focus areas for review Date Error The release date shows "July 8, 2025" which is a future date, but the blog post shows "2025-06-29". This inconsistency needs to be resolved and the correct release date should be used. 4.34.2 (July 8, 2025) </a> Duplicate Content Line 92 mentions "Electron support." which appears to be a duplicate or incomplete sentence following the detailed Electron support description above it. - Electron support.

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Category	Suggestion	Impact
General	Update release notes link The release notes link points to version 4.34.0, but the blog post is announcing version 4.34.2. The link should be updated to match the correct version being released. website_and_docs/content/blog/2025/selenium-4-34-released.md [110] -the [release notes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/tag/selenium-4.34.0). +the [release notes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/tag/selenium-4.34.2). Apply / Chat Suggestion importance[1-10]: 8 __ Why: The suggestion correctly identifies a broken link to the release notes, which is a critical error in a release announcement post.	Medium
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