WDA times out on iOS 26 real device

[Byaseen]

Mobilewright version

@0.0.38

Operating system

MacOS Version 26.5.1 (25F80)

Target platform

iOS

Device or simulator

Iphone 12 (Real device) IOS 26.3

Minimal reproduction

Environment

Mobilewright: 0.0.46
mobilecli: 0.3.85
Device: iPhone 12 (iPhone13,2)
iOS version: 26.3
Device type: Real device
macOS: Darwin (Apple Silicon)

Steps to Reproduce

Connect a real iOS device running iOS 26.3
Run npx mobilecli agent install --device — confirms agent is installed successfully
Run npx mobilecli agent status --device — returns ok, agent version 1.0
Execute any Mobilewright test that calls device.launchApp(bundleId)
App launches successfully on the device
Any UI action (fill, tap, assertion) causes the test to hang for ~20s then fail

Actual behavior

RpcError: failed to start agent on device : failed to wait for agent: timed out waiting for WebDriverAgent to be ready

Expected behavior

WebDriverAgent starts successfully and UI actions are executed

Additional context

No response

[GonuDvc]

The workaround in #142 works short-term but I think the real fix needs to happen at the connection pool level.

[Byaseen]

@GonuDvc , Thanks for commenting, but I don't think the issue you mentioned is related to the one I'm facing.
I'm facing an issue when I start the mobile wright test it opens the app on my real device and then the agent fails returning this message :
RpcError: failed to start agent on device : failed to wait for agent: timed out waiting for WebDriverAgent to be ready

[gmegidish]

@Byaseen can you please upgrade to latest version of mobilewright (0.0.46) and run your tests with

DEBUG=mw:* npx mobilewright test

This will print debug information that will help debug this issue. If there's anything you dont want to share, you can either redact or send to support@mobilenexthq.com or DM me on our slack. I want to see this working for you.

Thank you!