v2.0.0

Karate 2.0.0

Important: 2.0.5 is available.

The first major release of Karate v2 — a ground-up rewrite of the test automation framework, built on Java 21+ virtual threads with a custom JavaScript engine.

Highlights

• Custom JS Engine — embedded JavaScript engine (karate-js) replaces GraalJS. Minimal external dependencies, faster startup, native Java interop
• Virtual Threads — parallel test execution on Java 21+ virtual threads. No thread pool tuning needed
• W3C WebDriver — full cross-browser support for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge alongside the existing CDP driver
• Browser Pooling — automatic browser instance reuse across parallel scenarios via PooledDriverProvider
• Karate CLI — single binary launcher, no Maven or Gradle required. Install from VS Code with one click:

• Rewritten CDP Driver — auto-wait, Shadow DOM support, smarter element location
• Gatling Integration — Java-only DSL for load testing (karateProtocol(), karateFeature())
• Interactive HTML Reports — Alpine.js dashboard with timeline view, tag filtering, and nested call display
• Declarative Auth — configure auth for Basic, Bearer, and OAuth2 with automatic token refresh
• Soft Assertions — All JSON errors collected instead of first assertion failure. continueOnStepFailure mode for features
• Built-in Utilities — karate.faker.* for test data, karate.expect() for Chai-style assertions

Documentation

• Migration Guide (v1 → v2)
• What's New in v2
• Install & Get Started
• Browser Automation (CDP + WebDriver)
• Design Principles
• VS Code Extension
• IntelliJ Plugin
• Karate CLI / Universal Installer

Breaking Changes

See the Migration Guide for details.

Artifacts Released

• Maven artifacts
• Standalone JAR (download below)
• CVE / SBOM report (download below)