# Maestro CLI 2.9.0: test light and dark mode in one flow

DevFeed: [Maestro CLI 2.9.0: test light and dark mode in one flow](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/maestro-cli-2-9-0-test-light-and-dark-mode-in-one-flow-22904.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://maestro.dev/blog/maestro-cli-2-9-0>)

Author: Manu Armani

Published: 2026-08-31T15:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [mobile.dev - Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mobile-dev-medium.md>)

Topics: [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [WebView](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webview.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chrome.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>)

Tags: [2-9-0](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2-9-0.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [angular](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/angular.md>), [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [dark-mode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dark-mode.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [vue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vue.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [webview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webview.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

Maestro CLI 2.9.0 adds commands for testing light and dark themes within a single flow across iOS, Android, and Web. It also introduces negation globs for YAML files and improves Android WebView inspection, Chrome Web flows, Android reliability, and upload-status polling.

## Source excerpt

Maestro CLI 2.9.0 adds dark-mode commands for iOS, Android, and Web, negation globs in config.yaml, and reliability work for Android WebViews and modern Chrome.