From 73dc7948aba5f229c881102c69f4174018b844a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJ <ipriyanshujain@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:34:19 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(sidecar): pick free WDA port instead of hardcoded 9100

Use SocketUtils.nextFreePort to pick a free port in the 22000-23000 range
rather than hardcoding 9100, which only worked if a previous WDA session
left a listener there.
---
 .../src/main/kotlin/dev/sanderling/sidecar/DriverBackend.kt    | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sidecar/src/main/kotlin/dev/sanderling/sidecar/DriverBackend.kt b/sidecar/src/main/kotlin/dev/sanderling/sidecar/DriverBackend.kt
index fab13d3..be84c3b 100644
--- a/sidecar/src/main/kotlin/dev/sanderling/sidecar/DriverBackend.kt
+++ b/sidecar/src/main/kotlin/dev/sanderling/sidecar/DriverBackend.kt
@@ -492,11 +492,12 @@ class IosDriverBackend(private val udid: String) : DriverBackend {
     init {
         val httpClient = xcuitest.api.OkHttpClientInstance.get()
         val metrics = maestro.utils.NoOpMetrics()
+        val wdaPort = maestro.utils.SocketUtils.nextFreePort(22000, 23000)
         val installer = xcuitest.installer.LocalXCTestInstaller(
             udid,
             "localhost",
             false,
-            9100,
+            wdaPort,
             metrics,
             httpClient,
             false,