appium-webdriveragent 16.7.2 → 16.7.3

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [16.7.3](https://github.com/appium/WebDriverAgent/compare/v16.7.2...v16.7.3) (2026-08-24)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* let /status, /screenshot, and DELETE /session API methods to bypass the dispatch queue ([#1222](https://github.com/appium/WebDriverAgent/issues/1222)) ([f99b011](https://github.com/appium/WebDriverAgent/commit/f99b0111bba6f5cceabbddf1f9f0144d69d8f168))
+
 ## [16.7.2](https://github.com/appium/WebDriverAgent/compare/v16.7.1...v16.7.2) (2026-08-24)
 
 ### Bug Fixes

package/README.md

@@ -42,15 +42,5 @@ Then, you find `WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner-sim-<version>.zip`  for iOS and `Web
 
 [`WebDriverAgent` is BSD-licensed](LICENSE).
 
-## Third Party Sources
-
-WebDriverAgent depends on the following third-party frameworks:
-- [CocoaHTTPServer](https://github.com/robbiehanson/CocoaHTTPServer)
-- [RoutingHTTPServer](https://github.com/mattstevens/RoutingHTTPServer)
-
-These projects haven't been maintained in a while. That's why the source code of these
-projects has been integrated directly in the WebDriverAgent source tree.
-
-You can find the source files and their licenses in the `WebDriverAgentLib/Vendor` directory.
 
 Have fun!

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Commands/FBScreenshotCommands.m

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 {
   return
   @[
-    [[FBRoute GET:@"/screenshot"].withoutSession respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetScreenshot:)],
-    [[FBRoute GET:@"/screenshot"] respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetScreenshot:)],
+    [[FBRoute GET:@"/screenshot"].withoutSession.standalone respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetScreenshot:)],
+    [[FBRoute GET:@"/screenshot"].standalone respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetScreenshot:)],
   ];
 }
 

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Commands/FBSessionCommands.m

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     [[FBRoute POST:@"/wda/apps/state"] respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSessionAppState:)],
     [[FBRoute GET:@"/wda/apps/list"] respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetActiveAppsList:)],
     [[FBRoute GET:@""] respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetActiveSession:)],
-    [[FBRoute DELETE:@""] respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleDeleteSession:)],
-    [[FBRoute GET:@"/status"].withoutSession respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetStatus:)],
+    [[FBRoute DELETE:@""].standalone respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleDeleteSession:)],
+    [[FBRoute GET:@"/status"].withoutSession.standalone respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetStatus:)],
 
     // Health check might modify simulator state so it should only be called in-between testing sessions
     [[FBRoute GET:@"/wda/healthcheck"].withoutSession respondWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGetHealthCheck:)],
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@
 
 + (id<FBResponsePayload>)handleCreateSession:(FBRouteRequest *)request
 {
-  if (nil != FBSession.activeSession) {
-    [FBSession.activeSession kill];
-  }
+  [FBSession killActiveSessionAndWaitForTeardown];
 
   NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *capabilities;
   id<FBResponsePayload> errorResponse = [self capabilitiesFromCreateSessionRequest:request

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Info.plist

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
     <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
     <string>FMWK</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>16.7.2</string>
+    <string>16.7.3</string>
     <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
     <string>????</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>16.7.2</string>
+    <string>16.7.3</string>
     <key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
     <string/>
   </dict>

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBHTTPServer.h

@@ -47,17 +47,41 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 /**
  Registers a route handler for the given HTTP method and path pattern (":param" segments are
- captured into the request's `params`).
+ captured into the request's `params`). Equivalent to -handleMethod:withPath:standalone:block:
+ with standalone:NO.
  */
 - (void)handleMethod:(NSString *)method
             withPath:(NSString *)path
                block:(void (^)(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response))block;
 
+/**
+ Registers a route handler that, when `standalone` is YES, bypasses -routeQueue entirely so a
+ handler stuck on that queue can never block it. Concurrent requests to the same method+path are
+ coalesced into a single in-flight execution, whose response is delivered to all of them; anything
+ else runs on its own queue, so distinct standalone endpoints always execute in parallel with each
+ other and with whatever is stuck on -routeQueue.
+ */
+- (void)handleMethod:(NSString *)method
+            withPath:(NSString *)path
+          standalone:(BOOL)standalone
+               block:(void (^)(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response))block;
+
 /**
  Convenience for -handleMethod:@"GET" withPath:path block:block.
  */
 - (void)get:(NSString *)path withBlock:(void (^)(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response))block;
 
+/**
+ Immediately sends `response` to every non-standalone request currently pending for the given
+ "sessionID" path param - whether still queued on -routeQueue or already executing - instead of
+ leaving their HTTP clients waiting on a session that no longer exists. A request that has already
+ started executing keeps running to completion in the background regardless (GCD gives no way to
+ abort a block once it starts), but its eventual result is discarded rather than ever reaching a
+ client. `response` is written as-is to every pending client, so the caller is expected to supply
+ a fully-populated, protocol-correct error response (e.g. a W3C-shaped JSON body).
+ */
+- (void)abandonPendingRequestsForSessionID:(NSString *)sessionID withResponse:(RouteResponse *)response;
+
 /**
  Starts listening on `port`.
  */

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBHTTPServer.m

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSRegularExpression *regex;
 @property (nonatomic, copy, nullable) NSArray<NSString *> *keys;
 @property (nonatomic, copy) void (^block)(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response);
+@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL isStandalone;
 @end
 
 @implementation FBHTTPRoute
@@ -55,6 +56,25 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
 @end
 
 
+// One dispatched-but-not-yet-answered request. Default (pointer) identity, so two pipelined
+// requests sharing a connection are never conflated into a single tracked entry.
+@interface FBPendingRequest : NSObject
+@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) nw_connection_t client;
+@end
+
+@implementation FBPendingRequest
+
+- (instancetype)initWithClient:(nw_connection_t)client
+{
+  if ((self = [super init])) {
+    _client = client;
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
+@end
+
+
 @interface FBHTTPServer () <FBTCPSocketDelegate>
 
 @property (nonatomic, nullable, strong) FBTCPSocket *socket;
@@ -67,6 +87,20 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
 // Per-client cache of the already-parsed request line + headers while its body is still
 // arriving; nil while a client's next unread bytes start with an unparsed header block.
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSMapTable<id, FBPendingHTTPRequestHeader *> *pendingRequestHeaders;
+// All buffer access - appending new data and -processBufferForClient:'s unlocked parse - is
+// funneled through this one serial queue, so appends can never race a parse.
+@property (nonatomic, strong) dispatch_queue_t bufferProcessingQueue;
+// Connections with a request parsed off the buffer but not yet answered. Blocks
+// -processBufferForClient: from starting the next pipelined request, so responses on one
+// connection can't be written out of order. Guarded by @synchronized(self.connectionBuffers).
+@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableSet *connectionsAwaitingResponse;
+// Keyed by "METHOD path" - requests waiting on an already in-flight standalone request for that
+// endpoint. Guarded by @synchronized(self.standaloneWaiters).
+@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSMutableArray<FBPendingRequest *> *> *standaloneWaiters;
+// Keyed by the "sessionID" path param - requests currently queued or executing for that session,
+// standalone or not (except DELETE /session itself - see -dispatchMethod:). See
+// -abandonPendingRequestsForSessionID:. Guarded by @synchronized(self.pendingSessionRequests).
+@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSMutableSet<FBPendingRequest *> *> *pendingSessionRequests;
 
 @end
 
@@ -81,6 +115,10 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
                                                  valueOptions:(NSPointerFunctionsOptions)NSMapTableStrongMemory];
     _pendingRequestHeaders = [NSMapTable mapTableWithKeyOptions:(NSPointerFunctionsOptions)(NSMapTableObjectPointerPersonality | NSMapTableStrongMemory)
                                                     valueOptions:(NSPointerFunctionsOptions)NSMapTableStrongMemory];
+    _bufferProcessingQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.facebook.wda.http.bufferProcessing", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+    _connectionsAwaitingResponse = [NSMutableSet set];
+    _standaloneWaiters = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+    _pendingSessionRequests = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -107,8 +145,7 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
   FBHTTPRoute *route = [FBHTTPRoute new];
   NSMutableArray<NSString *> *keys = [NSMutableArray array];
 
-  // Escape regex-significant characters before substituting :param placeholders, like
-  // RoutingHTTPServer.m used to.
+  // Escape regex-significant characters before substituting :param placeholders.
   NSRegularExpression *escapeRegex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"[.+()]"
                                                                                 options:(NSRegularExpressionOptions)0
                                                                                   error:nil];
@@ -157,10 +194,19 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
 - (void)handleMethod:(NSString *)method
             withPath:(NSString *)path
                block:(void (^)(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response))block
+{
+  [self handleMethod:method withPath:path standalone:NO block:block];
+}
+
+- (void)handleMethod:(NSString *)method
+            withPath:(NSString *)path
+          standalone:(BOOL)standalone
+               block:(void (^)(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response))block
 {
   FBHTTPRoute *route = [self compiledRouteWithPath:path];
   route.verb = method.uppercaseString;
   route.block = block;
+  route.isStandalone = standalone;
   [self.routes addObject:route];
 }
 
@@ -191,6 +237,7 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
   @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
     [self.connectionBuffers removeAllObjects];
     [self.pendingRequestHeaders removeAllObjects];
+    [self.connectionsAwaitingResponse removeAllObjects];
   }
   _isRunning = NO;
 }
@@ -209,123 +256,136 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
   @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
     [self.connectionBuffers removeObjectForKey:client];
     [self.pendingRequestHeaders removeObjectForKey:client];
+    [self.connectionsAwaitingResponse removeObject:client];
   }
 }
 
 - (void)client:(nw_connection_t)client didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
 {
-  NSMutableData *buffer;
-  @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
-    buffer = [self.connectionBuffers objectForKey:client];
-    if (nil == buffer) {
+  // The append itself, not just the parse, must run on bufferProcessingQueue: otherwise a receive
+  // callback here could still mutate the buffer while -processBufferForClient: is reading it
+  // unlocked on that queue.
+  __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
+  dispatch_async(self.bufferProcessingQueue, ^{
+    __strong typeof(weakSelf) strongSelf = weakSelf;
+    if (nil == strongSelf) {
       return;
     }
-    [buffer appendData:data];
-  }
-  [self processBufferForClient:client];
+    @synchronized (strongSelf.connectionBuffers) {
+      NSMutableData *buffer = [strongSelf.connectionBuffers objectForKey:client];
+      if (nil == buffer) {
+        return;
+      }
+      [buffer appendData:data];
+    }
+    [strongSelf processBufferForClient:client];
+  });
 }
 
 #pragma mark - HTTP parsing
 
+// Parses and dispatches at most one request per call; a connection with one already in flight is
+// left alone (see -connectionsAwaitingResponse) until its response is written.
 - (void)processBufferForClient:(nw_connection_t)client
 {
-  while (YES) {
-    NSMutableData *buffer;
-    FBPendingHTTPRequestHeader *pending;
-    @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
-      buffer = [self.connectionBuffers objectForKey:client];
-      if (nil == buffer) {
-        return;
-      }
-      pending = [self.pendingRequestHeaders objectForKey:client];
+  NSMutableData *buffer;
+  FBPendingHTTPRequestHeader *pending;
+  @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
+    if ([self.connectionsAwaitingResponse containsObject:client]) {
+      return;
     }
+    buffer = [self.connectionBuffers objectForKey:client];
+    if (nil == buffer) {
+      return;
+    }
+    pending = [self.pendingRequestHeaders objectForKey:client];
+  }
 
-    if (nil == pending) {
-      NSRange headerEndRange = [buffer rangeOfData:FBCRLFCRLFData() options:(NSDataSearchOptions)0 range:NSMakeRange(0, buffer.length)];
-      if (NSNotFound == headerEndRange.location) {
-        // Wait for the rest of the header block to arrive.
-        return;
-      }
+  if (nil == pending) {
+    NSRange headerEndRange = [buffer rangeOfData:FBCRLFCRLFData() options:(NSDataSearchOptions)0 range:NSMakeRange(0, buffer.length)];
+    if (NSNotFound == headerEndRange.location) {
+      // Wait for the rest of the header block to arrive.
+      return;
+    }
 
-      NSData *headerData = [buffer subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, headerEndRange.location)];
-      NSString *headerString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:headerData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-      NSArray<NSString *> *lines = [headerString componentsSeparatedByString:@"\r\n"];
-      if (lines.count < 1) {
-        [self respondBadRequestToClient:client];
-        return;
-      }
+    NSData *headerData = [buffer subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, headerEndRange.location)];
+    NSString *headerString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:headerData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+    NSArray<NSString *> *lines = [headerString componentsSeparatedByString:@"\r\n"];
+    if (lines.count < 1) {
+      [self respondBadRequestToClient:client];
+      return;
+    }
 
-      NSArray<NSString *> *requestLineParts = [lines.firstObject componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
-      if (requestLineParts.count < 2) {
-        [self respondBadRequestToClient:client];
-        return;
-      }
+    NSArray<NSString *> *requestLineParts = [lines.firstObject componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
+    if (requestLineParts.count < 2) {
+      [self respondBadRequestToClient:client];
+      return;
+    }
 
-      NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *requestHeaders = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
-      for (NSUInteger i = 1; i < lines.count; i++) {
-        NSString *line = lines[i];
-        NSRange colonRange = [line rangeOfString:@":"];
-        if (NSNotFound == colonRange.location) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        NSString *name = [line substringToIndex:colonRange.location];
-        NSString *value = [[line substringFromIndex:colonRange.location + 1]
-                            stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:NSCharacterSet.whitespaceCharacterSet];
-        requestHeaders[name.lowercaseString] = value;
+    NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *requestHeaders = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
+    for (NSUInteger i = 1; i < lines.count; i++) {
+      NSString *line = lines[i];
+      NSRange colonRange = [line rangeOfString:@":"];
+      if (NSNotFound == colonRange.location) {
+        continue;
       }
+      NSString *name = [line substringToIndex:colonRange.location];
+      NSString *value = [[line substringFromIndex:colonRange.location + 1]
+                          stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:NSCharacterSet.whitespaceCharacterSet];
+      requestHeaders[name.lowercaseString] = value;
+    }
 
-      NSString *transferEncoding = requestHeaders[@"transfer-encoding"];
-      if (transferEncoding.length > 0) {
-        // No transfer decoder is implemented at all, so any encoding (chunked or otherwise -
-        // including a value only introduced by a duplicate header overwriting "chunked" above)
-        // is rejected rather than risking the body being misread as empty and desyncing the rest
-        // of the connection's request stream.
-        RouteResponse *notImplemented = [RouteResponse new];
-        id<FBResponsePayload> notImplementedPayload = FBResponseWithStatus([FBCommandStatus unknownCommandErrorWithMessage:@"Transfer-Encoding is not supported"
+    NSString *transferEncoding = requestHeaders[@"transfer-encoding"];
+    if (transferEncoding.length > 0) {
+      // No transfer decoder is implemented at all, so any encoding (chunked or otherwise -
+      // including a value only introduced by a duplicate header overwriting "chunked" above)
+      // is rejected rather than risking the body being misread as empty and desyncing the rest
+      // of the connection's request stream.
+      RouteResponse *notImplemented = [RouteResponse new];
+      id<FBResponsePayload> notImplementedPayload = FBResponseWithStatus([FBCommandStatus invalidArgumentErrorWithMessage:@"Transfer-Encoding is not supported"
                                                                                                                   traceback:nil]);
-        [notImplementedPayload dispatchWithResponse:notImplemented];
-        [self failClient:client withResponse:notImplemented];
-        return;
-      }
-
-      NSUInteger contentLength = (NSUInteger)requestHeaders[@"content-length"].integerValue;
-      if (contentLength > FBConfiguration.sharedInstance.httpRequestBodySizeLimit) {
-        // Mirrors CocoaHTTPServer's maxRequestBodySize enforcement. Closes the connection after
-        // responding, since the rest of the oversized body is still incoming.
-        RouteResponse *tooLarge = [RouteResponse new];
-        id<FBResponsePayload> tooLargePayload = FBResponseWithStatus([FBCommandStatus unknownCommandErrorWithMessage:@"Request Entity Too Large"
-                                                                                                            traceback:nil]);
-        [tooLargePayload dispatchWithResponse:tooLarge];
-        [self failClient:client withResponse:tooLarge];
-        return;
-      }
-
-      pending = [FBPendingHTTPRequestHeader new];
-      pending.method = requestLineParts[0].uppercaseString;
-      pending.pathAndQuery = requestLineParts[1];
-      pending.bodyStart = headerEndRange.location + headerEndRange.length;
-      pending.contentLength = contentLength;
-      @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
-        [self.pendingRequestHeaders setObject:pending forKey:client];
-      }
+      [notImplementedPayload dispatchWithResponse:notImplemented];
+      [self failClient:client withResponse:notImplemented];
+      return;
     }
 
-    NSUInteger totalRequestLength = pending.bodyStart + pending.contentLength;
-    if (buffer.length < totalRequestLength) {
-      // Wait for the rest of the body to arrive - the parsed header stays cached above, so this
-      // doesn't re-scan/re-parse the header block on every subsequently arriving chunk.
+    NSUInteger contentLength = (NSUInteger)requestHeaders[@"content-length"].integerValue;
+    if (contentLength > FBConfiguration.sharedInstance.httpRequestBodySizeLimit) {
+      // Closes the connection after responding, since the rest of the oversized body is still incoming.
+      RouteResponse *tooLarge = [RouteResponse new];
+      id<FBResponsePayload> tooLargePayload = FBResponseWithStatus([FBCommandStatus invalidArgumentErrorWithMessage:@"The request body exceeds the configured size limit"
+                                                                                                            traceback:nil]);
+      [tooLargePayload dispatchWithResponse:tooLarge];
+      [self failClient:client withResponse:tooLarge];
       return;
     }
 
-    NSData *body = pending.contentLength > 0 ? [buffer subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(pending.bodyStart, pending.contentLength)] : [NSData data];
-
+    pending = [FBPendingHTTPRequestHeader new];
+    pending.method = requestLineParts[0].uppercaseString;
+    pending.pathAndQuery = requestLineParts[1];
+    pending.bodyStart = headerEndRange.location + headerEndRange.length;
+    pending.contentLength = contentLength;
     @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
-      [buffer replaceBytesInRange:NSMakeRange(0, totalRequestLength) withBytes:NULL length:0];
-      [self.pendingRequestHeaders removeObjectForKey:client];
+      [self.pendingRequestHeaders setObject:pending forKey:client];
     }
+  }
 
-    [self dispatchMethod:pending.method pathAndQuery:pending.pathAndQuery body:body client:client];
+  NSUInteger totalRequestLength = pending.bodyStart + pending.contentLength;
+  if (buffer.length < totalRequestLength) {
+    // Wait for the rest of the body to arrive - the parsed header stays cached above, so this
+    // doesn't re-scan/re-parse the header block on every subsequently arriving chunk.
+    return;
   }
+
+  NSData *body = pending.contentLength > 0 ? [buffer subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(pending.bodyStart, pending.contentLength)] : [NSData data];
+
+  @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
+    [buffer replaceBytesInRange:NSMakeRange(0, totalRequestLength) withBytes:NULL length:0];
+    [self.pendingRequestHeaders removeObjectForKey:client];
+    [self.connectionsAwaitingResponse addObject:client];
+  }
+
+  [self dispatchMethod:pending.method pathAndQuery:pending.pathAndQuery body:body client:client];
 }
 
 // Removes the client's buffered state and responds with a closing error response. Removing the
@@ -344,8 +404,8 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
 - (void)respondBadRequestToClient:(nw_connection_t)client
 {
   RouteResponse *badRequest = [RouteResponse new];
-  id<FBResponsePayload> payload = FBResponseWithStatus([FBCommandStatus unknownCommandErrorWithMessage:@"The request could not be parsed as valid HTTP"
-                                                                                              traceback:nil]);
+  id<FBResponsePayload> payload = FBResponseWithStatus([FBCommandStatus invalidArgumentErrorWithMessage:@"The request could not be parsed as valid HTTP"
+                                                                                                traceback:nil]);
   [payload dispatchWithResponse:badRequest];
   [self failClient:client withResponse:badRequest];
 }
@@ -388,9 +448,29 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
     RouteResponse *response = [RouteResponse new];
     [self applyDefaultHeadersToResponse:response];
 
+    NSString *sessionID = params[@"sessionID"];
+    if (route.isStandalone) {
+      // DELETE triggers -abandonPendingRequestsForSessionID: itself; tracking its own request
+      // would make it abandon itself and write a response twice.
+      NSString *trackedSessionID = [route.verb isEqualToString:@"DELETE"] ? nil : sessionID;
+      [self dispatchStandaloneRoute:route request:request response:response client:client method:method pathAndQuery:pathAndQuery sessionID:trackedSessionID];
+      return;
+    }
+
+    FBPendingRequest *pendingRequest = nil;
+    if (nil != sessionID) {
+      pendingRequest = [[FBPendingRequest alloc] initWithClient:client];
+      [self trackPendingRequest:pendingRequest forSessionID:sessionID];
+    }
+
     void (^invoke)(void) = ^{
       route.block(request, response);
-      [self writeResponse:response toClient:client];
+      // Whoever untracks `pendingRequest` first "wins" and gets to respond - either this normal
+      // completion, or -abandonPendingRequestsForSessionID: on another thread.
+      BOOL shouldRespond = (nil == pendingRequest) || [self untrackPendingRequest:pendingRequest forSessionID:sessionID];
+      if (shouldRespond) {
+        [self writeResponse:response toClient:client];
+      }
     };
     dispatch_queue_t routeQueue = self.routeQueue;
     if (routeQueue) {
@@ -409,6 +489,103 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
   [self writeResponse:notFound toClient:client];
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Session-scoped request cancellation
+
+- (void)trackPendingRequest:(FBPendingRequest *)pendingRequest forSessionID:(NSString *)sessionID
+{
+  @synchronized (self.pendingSessionRequests) {
+    NSMutableSet<FBPendingRequest *> *pendingRequests = self.pendingSessionRequests[sessionID];
+    if (nil == pendingRequests) {
+      pendingRequests = [NSMutableSet set];
+      self.pendingSessionRequests[sessionID] = pendingRequests;
+    }
+    [pendingRequests addObject:pendingRequest];
+  }
+}
+
+// Returns YES if this caller won the race to respond, vs. -abandonPendingRequestsForSessionID:
+// already having claimed `pendingRequest` on another thread.
+- (BOOL)untrackPendingRequest:(FBPendingRequest *)pendingRequest forSessionID:(NSString *)sessionID
+{
+  @synchronized (self.pendingSessionRequests) {
+    NSMutableSet<FBPendingRequest *> *pendingRequests = self.pendingSessionRequests[sessionID];
+    BOOL wasPending = [pendingRequests containsObject:pendingRequest];
+    if (wasPending) {
+      [pendingRequests removeObject:pendingRequest];
+      if (0 == pendingRequests.count) {
+        [self.pendingSessionRequests removeObjectForKey:sessionID];
+      }
+    }
+    return wasPending;
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)abandonPendingRequestsForSessionID:(NSString *)sessionID withResponse:(RouteResponse *)response
+{
+  NSSet<FBPendingRequest *> *pendingRequests;
+  @synchronized (self.pendingSessionRequests) {
+    pendingRequests = [self.pendingSessionRequests[sessionID] copy];
+    [self.pendingSessionRequests removeObjectForKey:sessionID];
+  }
+  for (FBPendingRequest *pendingRequest in pendingRequests) {
+    [self writeResponse:response toClient:pendingRequest.client];
+  }
+}
+
+#pragma mark - Standalone route dispatch
+
+- (void)dispatchStandaloneRoute:(FBHTTPRoute *)route
+                         request:(RouteRequest *)request
+                        response:(RouteResponse *)response
+                          client:(nw_connection_t)client
+                          method:(NSString *)method
+                    pathAndQuery:(NSString *)pathAndQuery
+                       sessionID:(nullable NSString *)sessionID
+{
+  // Includes the query string so requests with different params are never coalesced together.
+  NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", method, pathAndQuery];
+  FBPendingRequest *waiter = [[FBPendingRequest alloc] initWithClient:client];
+  if (nil != sessionID) {
+    [self trackPendingRequest:waiter forSessionID:sessionID];
+  }
+
+  BOOL isInFlight = NO;
+  @synchronized (self.standaloneWaiters) {
+    NSMutableArray<FBPendingRequest *> *waiters = self.standaloneWaiters[key];
+    if (nil != waiters) {
+      [waiters addObject:waiter];
+      isInFlight = YES;
+    } else {
+      self.standaloneWaiters[key] = [NSMutableArray array];
+    }
+  }
+  if (isInFlight) {
+    // An identical request is already executing; it will deliver this connection's response too.
+    return;
+  }
+
+  dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_queue_create(key.UTF8String, DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+  __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
+  dispatch_async(queue, ^{
+    route.block(request, response);
+    __strong typeof(weakSelf) strongSelf = weakSelf;
+    if (nil == strongSelf) {
+      return;
+    }
+    NSArray<FBPendingRequest *> *joinedWaiters;
+    @synchronized (strongSelf.standaloneWaiters) {
+      joinedWaiters = [strongSelf.standaloneWaiters[key] copy];
+      [strongSelf.standaloneWaiters removeObjectForKey:key];
+    }
+    for (FBPendingRequest *joinedWaiter in [@[waiter] arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray:joinedWaiters]) {
+      BOOL shouldRespond = (nil == sessionID) || [strongSelf untrackPendingRequest:joinedWaiter forSessionID:sessionID];
+      if (shouldRespond) {
+        [strongSelf writeResponse:response toClient:joinedWaiter.client];
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 - (void)writeResponse:(RouteResponse *)response toClient:(nw_connection_t)client
 {
   [self writeResponse:response toClient:client thenCloseConnection:NO];
@@ -439,7 +616,15 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
       [weakSelf closeClient:client];
     }];
   } else {
+    // Sent before unblocking the next pipelined request, so responses can't reach the wire out of order.
     [self.socket writeData:payload toClient:client];
+    @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
+      [self.connectionsAwaitingResponse removeObject:client];
+    }
+    __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
+    dispatch_async(self.bufferProcessingQueue, ^{
+      [weakSelf processBufferForClient:client];
+    });
   }
 }
 
@@ -447,6 +632,7 @@ static NSData * _Nonnull FBUTF8Data(NSString *string)
 {
   @synchronized (self.connectionBuffers) {
     [self.connectionBuffers removeObjectForKey:client];
+    [self.connectionsAwaitingResponse removeObject:client];
   }
   nw_connection_cancel(client);
 }

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBRoute.h

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ typedef __nonnull id<FBResponsePayload> (^FBRouteSyncHandler)(FBRouteRequest *re
 /*! Route's path */
 @property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSString *path;
 
+/*! Whether this route bypasses the shared route queue - see -standalone */
+@property (nonatomic, assign, readonly) BOOL isStandalone;
+
 /**
  Convenience constructor for GET route with given pathPattern
  */
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@ typedef __nonnull id<FBResponsePayload> (^FBRouteSyncHandler)(FBRouteRequest *re
  */
 - (instancetype)withoutSession;
 
+/**
+ Chain-able constructor for a route that bypasses the shared route queue - see FBHTTPServer.h's
+ -handleMethod:withPath:standalone:block: for what that changes about how/when the handler runs.
+ */
+- (instancetype)standalone;
+
 /**
  Dispatches response for request
  */

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBRoute.m

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 @interface FBRoute ()
 @property (nonatomic, assign, readwrite) BOOL requiresSession;
+@property (nonatomic, assign, readwrite) BOOL isStandalone;
 @property (nonatomic, copy, readwrite) NSString *verb;
 @property (nonatomic, copy, readwrite) NSString *path;
 
@@ -126,10 +127,17 @@ static NSString *const FBRouteSessionPrefix = @"/session/:sessionID";
   return self;
 }
 
+- (instancetype)standalone
+{
+  self.isStandalone = YES;
+  return self;
+}
+
 - (instancetype)respondWithBlock:(FBRouteSyncHandler)handler
 {
   FBRoute_Sync *route = [FBRoute_Sync withVerb:self.verb path:self.path requiresSession:self.requiresSession];
   route.handler = handler;
+  route.isStandalone = self.isStandalone;
   return route;
 }
 
@@ -138,6 +146,7 @@ static NSString *const FBRouteSessionPrefix = @"/session/:sessionID";
   FBRoute_TargetAction *route = [FBRoute_TargetAction withVerb:self.verb path:self.path requiresSession:self.requiresSession];
   route.target = target;
   route.action = action;
+  route.isStandalone = self.isStandalone;
   return route;
 }
 

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBSession.h

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 /** Bundle identifier of Mobile Safari browser */
 extern NSString* const FB_SAFARI_BUNDLE_ID;
 
+/**
+ Posted (synchronously, on whatever thread calls -kill) once a session has been torn down. The
+ notification's object is the FBSession instance that was killed - see -identifier.
+ */
+extern NSString* const FBSessionWasKilledNotification;
+
 /**
  Class that represents testing session
  */
@@ -44,6 +50,13 @@ extern NSString* const FB_SAFARI_BUNDLE_ID;
 
 + (nullable instancetype)activeSession;
 
+/**
+ Kills the active session, if any, and blocks until its teardown - including one already started
+ by a concurrent caller - is fully finished. Call this before preparing/launching a replacement
+ application, so it can't race a still-in-progress termination of the outgoing one.
+ */
++ (void)killActiveSessionAndWaitForTeardown;
+
 /**
  Fetches session for given identifier.
  If identifier doesn't match activeSession identifier, will return nil.

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBSession.m

@@ -34,12 +34,23 @@ NSString *const FBDefaultApplicationAuto = @"auto";
 
 NSString *const FB_SAFARI_BUNDLE_ID = @"com.apple.mobilesafari";
 
+// FBXCAXClientProxy's shared accessibility channel can be stuck servicing another request.
+static const NSTimeInterval FB_IS_SYSTEM_APP_CHECK_TIMEOUT_SEC = 5.;
+// -terminate hard-asserts off the main thread, which may itself be busy - see -fb_terminate...:.
+static const NSTimeInterval FB_APP_TERMINATE_TIMEOUT_SEC = 5.;
+// How long a -kill caller that lost the race below waits for the winner's teardown to finish.
+static const NSTimeInterval FB_KILL_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SEC = 35.;
+NSString *const FBSessionWasKilledNotification = @"FBSessionWasKilledNotification";
+
 @interface FBSession ()
 @property (nullable, nonatomic) XCUIApplication *testedApplication;
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL isTestedApplicationExpectedToRun;
 @property (nonatomic) BOOL shouldAppsWaitForQuiescence;
 @property (nonatomic, nullable) FBAlertsMonitor *alertsMonitor;
 @property (nonatomic, readwrite) NSMutableDictionary<NSNumber *, NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSNumber *> *> *elementsVisibilityCache;
+
+- (BOOL)fb_isTestedApplicationSameAsSystemAppWithTimeout:(NSTimeInterval)timeout;
+- (void)fb_terminateTestedApplicationWithTimeout:(NSTimeInterval)timeout;
 @end
 
 @interface FBSession (FBAlertsMonitorDelegate)
@@ -90,17 +101,54 @@ NSString *const FB_SAFARI_BUNDLE_ID = @"com.apple.mobilesafari";
 @implementation FBSession
 
 static FBSession *_activeSession = nil;
+// Class-level, not per-instance: a caller that finds _activeSession already nil (a concurrent
+// -kill beat it there) still needs to know whether that -kill's teardown is done, since it cleared
+// the pointer before running it. See +waitForActiveTeardownWithTimeout:.
+static BOOL _isTeardownInProgress = NO;
+
++ (NSCondition *)teardownCondition
+{
+  static NSCondition *condition;
+  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
+  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+    condition = [NSCondition new];
+  });
+  return condition;
+}
+
+// Waits (bounded) for any -kill teardown currently in progress to finish.
++ (void)waitForActiveTeardownWithTimeout:(NSTimeInterval)timeout
+{
+  NSCondition *condition = self.teardownCondition;
+  [condition lock];
+  NSDate *deadline = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:timeout];
+  while (_isTeardownInProgress && [condition waitUntilDate:deadline]) {
+  }
+  [condition unlock];
+}
 
 + (instancetype)activeSession
 {
   return _activeSession;
 }
 
-+ (void)markSessionActive:(FBSession *)session
++ (void)killActiveSessionAndWaitForTeardown
 {
-  if (_activeSession) {
-    [_activeSession kill];
+  FBSession *session = _activeSession;
+  if (nil != session) {
+    // Runs the real teardown synchronously if this call wins the race in -kill, or waits for
+    // whoever did to finish if it lost - either way, blocks until torn down.
+    [session kill];
+  } else {
+    // _activeSession is already nil, but a concurrent -kill (e.g. from DELETE /session) may still
+    // be mid-teardown - wait for it, so we don't launch a replacement app too early.
+    [self waitForActiveTeardownWithTimeout:FB_KILL_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SEC];
   }
+}
+
++ (void)markSessionActive:(FBSession *)session
+{
+  [self killActiveSessionAndWaitForTeardown];
   _activeSession = session;
 }
 
@@ -169,33 +217,58 @@ static FBSession *_activeSession = nil;
 
 - (void)kill
 {
-  if (nil == _activeSession) {
+  // DELETE /session and session creation can now run concurrently, so a session already
+  // superseded by a newer one can still reach here via a stale reference. Check-and-clear must be
+  // atomic, else a belated -kill could null out the new session's pointer instead of its own.
+  BOOL wasActive;
+  @synchronized (self.class) {
+    wasActive = (self == _activeSession);
+    if (wasActive) {
+      _activeSession = nil;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!wasActive) {
+    // Someone else is already tearing this session down - wait for that to finish (bounded), so
+    // we don't act as if it's gone (e.g. launch a new app) while its -terminate is still in flight.
+    [self.class waitForActiveTeardownWithTimeout:FB_KILL_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SEC];
     return;
   }
 
-  [self disableAlertsMonitor];
+  NSCondition *teardownCondition = self.class.teardownCondition;
+  [teardownCondition lock];
+  _isTeardownInProgress = YES;
+  [teardownCondition unlock];
+
+  @try {
+    // Posted before teardown so pending HTTP requests for this session can stop waiting sooner.
+    [NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter postNotificationName:FBSessionWasKilledNotification object:self];
 
-  FBScreenRecordingPromise *activeScreenRecording = FBScreenRecordingContainer.sharedInstance.screenRecordingPromise;
-  if (nil != activeScreenRecording) {
-    NSError *error;
-    if (![FBXCTestDaemonsProxy stopScreenRecordingWithUUID:activeScreenRecording.identifier error:&error]) {
-      [FBLogger logFmt:@"%@", error];
+    [self disableAlertsMonitor];
+
+    FBScreenRecordingPromise *activeScreenRecording = FBScreenRecordingContainer.sharedInstance.screenRecordingPromise;
+    if (nil != activeScreenRecording) {
+      NSError *error;
+      if (![FBXCTestDaemonsProxy stopScreenRecordingWithUUID:activeScreenRecording.identifier error:&error]) {
+        [FBLogger logFmt:@"%@", error];
+      }
+      [FBScreenRecordingContainer.sharedInstance reset];
     }
-    [FBScreenRecordingContainer.sharedInstance reset];
-  }
 
-  if (nil != self.testedApplication
-      && FBConfiguration.sharedInstance.shouldTerminateApp
-      && self.testedApplication.running
-      && ![self.testedApplication fb_isSameAppAs:XCUIApplication.fb_systemApplication]) {
-    @try {
-      [self.testedApplication terminate];
-    } @catch (NSException *e) {
-      [FBLogger logFmt:@"%@", e.description];
+    if (nil != self.testedApplication
+        && FBConfiguration.sharedInstance.shouldTerminateApp
+        && self.testedApplication.running
+        && ![self fb_isTestedApplicationSameAsSystemAppWithTimeout:FB_IS_SYSTEM_APP_CHECK_TIMEOUT_SEC]) {
+      // Blocks until the app is either actually terminated or durably given up on (never left
+      // pending) - see -fb_terminateTestedApplicationWithTimeout: - so it's safe to report this
+      // teardown as finished as soon as this returns.
+      [self fb_terminateTestedApplicationWithTimeout:FB_APP_TERMINATE_TIMEOUT_SEC];
     }
+  } @finally {
+    [teardownCondition lock];
+    _isTeardownInProgress = NO;
+    [teardownCondition broadcast];
+    [teardownCondition unlock];
   }
-
-  _activeSession = nil;
 }
 
 - (XCUIApplication *)activeApplication
@@ -290,4 +363,62 @@ static FBSession *_activeSession = nil;
     : [[XCUIApplication alloc] initWithBundleIdentifier:bundleIdentifier];
 }
 
+// Has no async variant and can block on the shared accessibility channel. Run off-thread and give
+// up after `timeout`, assuming the tested app IS the system app - safer, since it means skipping
+// termination rather than risking terminating springboard.
+- (BOOL)fb_isTestedApplicationSameAsSystemAppWithTimeout:(NSTimeInterval)timeout
+{
+  __block XCUIApplication *systemApp = nil;
+  __block NSException *caughtException = nil;
+  dispatch_semaphore_t sem = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
+  dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(QOS_CLASS_USER_INITIATED, 0), ^{
+    // Undocumented private API; guard in case it hard-asserts off-main like -terminate does on
+    // some Xcode/iOS version - uncaught, that would crash the whole process.
+    @try {
+      systemApp = XCUIApplication.fb_systemApplication;
+    } @catch (NSException *e) {
+      caughtException = e;
+    }
+    dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
+  });
+  int64_t timeoutNs = (int64_t)(timeout * NSEC_PER_SEC);
+  if (0 != dispatch_semaphore_wait(sem, dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, timeoutNs)) || nil != caughtException) {
+    [FBLogger logFmt:@"Could not determine the system application within %@ seconds%@; assuming '%@' might be it and skipping its termination", @(timeout), nil == caughtException ? @"" : [NSString stringWithFormat:@" (%@)", caughtException.description], self.testedApplication.bundleID];
+    return YES;
+  }
+  return [self.testedApplication fb_isSameAppAs:systemApp];
+}
+
+// -terminate hard-asserts off-main, but -kill can now run on a background queue. Dispatching to
+// main and waiting indefinitely could hang just as long as main is stuck, so give up after
+// `timeout` - but a "given up on" call must never still terminate whatever's running by the time
+// main gets to it (e.g. a replacement session's app), so cancellation and the actual terminate
+// call share a lock: whichever gets there first - the dispatched block, or the timeout - wins.
+- (void)fb_terminateTestedApplicationWithTimeout:(NSTimeInterval)timeout
+{
+  XCUIApplication *application = self.testedApplication;
+  NSObject *lock = [NSObject new];
+  __block BOOL isAllowedToTerminate = YES;
+  dispatch_semaphore_t sem = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
+  dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+    @synchronized (lock) {
+      if (isAllowedToTerminate) {
+        @try {
+          [application terminate];
+        } @catch (NSException *e) {
+          [FBLogger logFmt:@"%@", e.description];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
+  });
+  int64_t timeoutNs = (int64_t)(timeout * NSEC_PER_SEC);
+  if (0 != dispatch_semaphore_wait(sem, dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, timeoutNs))) {
+    @synchronized (lock) {
+      isAllowedToTerminate = NO;
+    }
+    [FBLogger logFmt:@"Could not terminate '%@' within %@ seconds; giving up on it rather than risk terminating a possible replacement session's app later", application.bundleID, @(timeout)];
+  }
+}
+
 @end

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBTCPSocket.m

@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@
       }
       [strongSelf scheduleReceiveForConnection:connection];
     } else if (nw_connection_state_failed == state || nw_connection_state_cancelled == state) {
-      [weakSelf handleDisconnectForConnection:connection];
+      __strong typeof(weakSelf) strongSelf = weakSelf;
+      [strongSelf handleDisconnectForConnection:connection];
     }
   });
   nw_connection_start(connection);

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/FBWebServer.m

@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 #import "FBTCPSocket.h"
 
 #import "FBCommandHandler.h"
+#import "FBCommandStatus.h"
 #import "FBErrorBuilder.h"
 #import "FBExceptionHandler.h"
+#import "FBResponsePayload.h"
 #import "FBRouteRequest.h"
 #import "FBRuntimeUtils.h"
 #import "FBSession.h"
@@ -80,6 +82,11 @@ static NSString *const FBServerURLEndMarker = @"<-ServerURLHere";
   [self.server setDefaultHeader:@"Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value:@"*"];
   [self.server setDefaultHeader:@"Access-Control-Allow-Headers" value:@"Content-Type, X-Requested-With"];
 
+  [NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter addObserver:self
+                                          selector:@selector(sessionWasKilled:)
+                                              name:FBSessionWasKilledNotification
+                                            object:nil];
+
   [self registerRouteHandlers:[self.class collectCommandHandlerClasses]];
   [self registerServerKeyRouteHandlers];
 
@@ -167,8 +174,26 @@ static NSString *const FBServerURLEndMarker = @"<-ServerURLHere";
   }
 }
 
+- (void)sessionWasKilled:(NSNotification *)notification
+{
+  FBSession *session = notification.object;
+  if (![session isKindOfClass:FBSession.class]) {
+    return;
+  }
+  // Same "invalid session id" shape a still-queued request would eventually get anyway, once
+  // -routeQueue drains and FBRoute.decorateRequest: finds the session gone - just delivered now
+  // instead of after however long the request would otherwise have been stuck waiting.
+  NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Session %@ was deleted while this request was still pending", session.identifier];
+  id<FBResponsePayload> payload = FBResponseWithStatus([FBCommandStatus noSuchDriverErrorWithMessage:message
+                                                                                            traceback:nil]);
+  RouteResponse *response = [RouteResponse new];
+  [payload dispatchWithResponse:response];
+  [self.server abandonPendingRequestsForSessionID:session.identifier withResponse:response];
+}
+
 - (void)stopServing
 {
+  [NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter removeObserver:self name:FBSessionWasKilledNotification object:nil];
   [FBSession.activeSession kill];
   [self stopScreenshotsBroadcaster];
   if (self.server.isRunning) {
@@ -208,7 +233,7 @@ static NSString *const FBServerURLEndMarker = @"<-ServerURLHere";
   for (Class<FBCommandHandler> commandHandler in commandHandlerClasses) {
     NSArray *routes = [commandHandler routes];
     for (FBRoute *route in routes) {
-      [self.server handleMethod:route.verb withPath:route.path block:^(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response) {
+      [self.server handleMethod:route.verb withPath:route.path standalone:route.isStandalone block:^(RouteRequest *request, RouteResponse *response) {
         __strong typeof(weakSelf) strongSelf = weakSelf;
         if (nil == strongSelf) {
           return;

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Routing/RouteResponse.m

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #import "RouteResponse.h"
 
 @interface RouteResponse ()
-@property (nonatomic, copy) NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *mutableHeaders;
+@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *mutableHeaders;
 @end
 
 @implementation RouteResponse

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBConfiguration.m

@@ -124,17 +124,14 @@ static NSString *const axSettingsClassName = @"AXSettings";
 {
   // 'WebDriverAgent --port 8080' can be passed via the arguments to the process
   NSRange rangeFromArguments = [self.class bindingPortRangeFromArguments];
-  if (rangeFromArguments.location != NSNotFound) {
-    return rangeFromArguments;
+  if (rangeFromArguments.location == NSNotFound) {
+    // Existence of USE_PORT in the environment implies the port range is managed by the launching process.
+    NSString *usePort = NSProcessInfo.processInfo.environment[@"USE_PORT"];
+    rangeFromArguments = usePort.length > 0
+      ? NSMakeRange((NSUInteger)usePort.integerValue, 1)
+      : NSMakeRange(DefaultStartingPort, DefaultPortRange);
   }
-
-  // Existence of USE_PORT in the environment implies the port range is managed by the launching process.
-  if (NSProcessInfo.processInfo.environment[@"USE_PORT"] &&
-      [NSProcessInfo.processInfo.environment[@"USE_PORT"] length] > 0) {
-    return NSMakeRange([NSProcessInfo.processInfo.environment[@"USE_PORT"] integerValue] , 1);
-  }
-
-  return NSMakeRange(DefaultStartingPort, DefaultPortRange);
+  return rangeFromArguments;
 }
 
 - (NSString *)bindingIPAddress

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBXCTestDaemonsProxy.m

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #import "XCUIDevice.h"
 
 #define LAUNCH_APP_TIMEOUT_SEC 300
+#define STOP_SCREEN_RECORDING_TIMEOUT_SEC 20
 
 static void (*originalLaunchAppMethod)(id, SEL, NSString*, NSString*, NSArray*, NSDictionary*, void (^)(_Bool, NSError *));
 
@@ -342,14 +343,16 @@ static void swizzledLaunchApp(id self, SEL _cmd, NSString *path, NSString *bundl
   }
 
   __block NSError *innerError = nil;
-  [FBRunLoopSpinner spinUntilCompletion:^(void(^completion)(void)){
-    [session stopScreenRecordingWithUUID:uuid withReply:^(NSError *invokeError) {
-      if (nil != invokeError) {
-        innerError = invokeError;
-      }
-      completion();
-    }];
+  dispatch_semaphore_t sem = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
+  [session stopScreenRecordingWithUUID:uuid withReply:^(NSError *invokeError) {
+    innerError = invokeError;
+    dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
   }];
+  int64_t timeoutNs = (int64_t)(STOP_SCREEN_RECORDING_TIMEOUT_SEC * NSEC_PER_SEC);
+  if (0 != dispatch_semaphore_wait(sem, dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, timeoutNs)) && nil == innerError) {
+    NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Did not receive a reply to stop screen recording within %d seconds", STOP_SCREEN_RECORDING_TIMEOUT_SEC];
+    innerError = [[[FBErrorBuilder builder] withDescription:message] build];
+  }
   if (nil != innerError && error) {
     *error = innerError;
   }

package/WebDriverAgentLib/Utilities/FBXCodeCompatibility.m

@@ -77,32 +77,53 @@
 
 @end
 
+#define TESTMANAGERD_VERSION_TIMEOUT_SEC 20
+
 NSInteger FBTestmanagerdVersion(void)
 {
-  static dispatch_once_t getTestmanagerdVersion;
-  static NSInteger testmanagerdVersion;
-  dispatch_once(&getTestmanagerdVersion, ^{
+  // Not dispatch_once: that would permanently cache the timeout fallback below if the first call's
+  // reply merely arrived late. -1 means "not yet determined"; a timeout isn't cached, so it retries.
+  static NSInteger cachedVersion = -1;
+  static dispatch_queue_t syncQueue;
+  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
+  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+    syncQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.facebook.wda.testmanagerdVersion", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+  });
+
+  __block NSInteger result;
+  dispatch_sync(syncQueue, ^{
+    if (cachedVersion >= 0) {
+      result = cachedVersion;
+      return;
+    }
+
     id<XCTMessagingChannel_RunnerToDaemon> proxy = [FBXCTestDaemonsProxy testRunnerProxy];
     if ([(NSObject *)proxy respondsToSelector:@selector(_XCT_exchangeProtocolVersion:reply:)]) {
       id<FBXCTestManagerLegacyProtocolVersionExchanging> legacyProxy = (id<FBXCTestManagerLegacyProtocolVersionExchanging>)proxy;
-      [FBRunLoopSpinner spinUntilCompletion:^(void(^completion)(void)){
-        [legacyProxy _XCT_exchangeProtocolVersion:testmanagerdVersion reply:^(unsigned long long code) {
-          testmanagerdVersion = (NSInteger) code;
-          completion();
-        }];
+      __block NSInteger receivedVersion = -1;
+      dispatch_semaphore_t sem = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
+      [legacyProxy _XCT_exchangeProtocolVersion:0 reply:^(unsigned long long code) {
+        receivedVersion = (NSInteger) code;
+        dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
       }];
+      int64_t timeoutNs = (int64_t)(TESTMANAGERD_VERSION_TIMEOUT_SEC * NSEC_PER_SEC);
+      if (0 != dispatch_semaphore_wait(sem, dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, timeoutNs))) {
+        // Assume newest/full-featured on timeout, but don't cache it - retry on the next call.
+        [FBLogger logFmt:@"Did not receive a testmanagerd protocol version reply within %d seconds; assuming the newest/full-featured protocol", TESTMANAGERD_VERSION_TIMEOUT_SEC];
+        result = 0xFFFF;
+        return;
+      }
+      result = receivedVersion;
     } else {
-      // Modern testmanagerd (Xcode 15+) has already negotiated named XCTCapabilities by the time
-      // a daemon session exists, instead of a single scalar protocol version. There is no direct
-      // integer equivalent to report here (this value is diagnostic-only, surfaced via the
-      // 'testmanagerdVersion' session capability), so keep reporting the existing "assume
-      // newest/full-featured" sentinel, while confirming capabilities did negotiate successfully.
+      // Modern testmanagerd (Xcode 15+) negotiates named XCTCapabilities instead of a scalar
+      // version; there's no direct integer equivalent, so just confirm capabilities negotiated.
       XCTCapabilities *capabilities = [XCTRunnerDaemonSession sharedSession].remoteInterfaceCapabilities;
       if (nil == capabilities) {
         [FBLogger log:@"Could not retrieve testmanagerd capabilities"];
       }
-      testmanagerdVersion = 0xFFFF;
+      result = 0xFFFF;
     }
+    cachedVersion = result;
   });
-  return testmanagerdVersion;
+  return result;
 }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "appium-webdriveragent",
-  "version": "16.7.2",
+  "version": "16.7.3",
   "description": "Package bundling WebDriverAgent",
   "keywords": [
     "Appium",