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Is there any way to improve the performance of WDA?

See original GitHub issue

Using the script below, I compared the performance of find element API between WDA v4.8.0 and v4.7.0 with Xcode 13.4.1. The result indicated that both median and average of the response time of the API increased around 30%.

WDA version	v4.7.0	v4.8.0	v4.10.2
average (ms)	160.9	209.27	211.13
median (ms)	160	208	209

I believe https://github.com/appium/WebDriverAgent/commit/1c1a8060ffcaeef59b537da62c7a37dd0c6b9eb7 since WDA v4.8.0 is essential to support Xcode 14.X, it is a great work. The comparison is conducted with Xcode 13.4.1 because WDA 4.7.0 doesn’t work with Xcode 14.X. Therefore, I’m not sure it can be also slow when it comes to using WDA 4.8.0 with Xcode 14.X (I have no idea to compare the performance with Xcode 14.X). But, I would love to ask if there’s a chance to improve the performance at WDA side.

Minimal Reproducible Example

const wdio = require("webdriverio");

const options = {
  logLevel: 'silent',
  port: 4723,
  capabilities: {
    'appium:automationName': "XCUITest",
    'appium:platformName': "iOS",
    'appium:platformVersion': "15.5",
    'appium:deviceName': "iPhone 12",
    'appium:app': "/Users/mwakizaka/Documents/10_projects/magic-pod-repo/apps/UIKitCatalog.zip",
    'appium:newCommandTimeout': "60",
    'appium:useNewWDA': true,
  }
}

const main = async () => {
  let driver;
  try {
    driver = await wdio.remote(options);
    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
      await driver.$("~Activity Indicators");
      await driver.$("~Alert Views");
      await driver.$("~Buttons");
      await driver.$("~Date Picker");
      await driver.$("~Image View");
      await driver.$("~Page Control");
      await driver.$("~Picker View");
      await driver.$("~Progress Views");
      await driver.$("~Search");
      await driver.$("~Segmented Controls");
    }
    
    console.log("The end");
  } catch( err ) {
    console.log(err);
  } finally {
    if (driver) await driver.deleteSession();
  }
}
main();

Environment

Operating system: macOS 12.6
If running via appium CLI…
- Appium CLI version (output of appium --version): 2.0.0-beta.46
- Node.js version (output of node --version): v16.13.2
- npm version (output of npm --version): 8.1.2
- Last appium version which did not exhibit the problem: N/A
If running Appium Desktop, its version: N/A
Appium driver(s) and their version(s): xcuitest@4.12.2 with WDA4.10.2, xcuitest@4.7.3 with WDA4.8.0, xcuitest@4.7.2 with WDA4.7.0 [installed (NPM)]
Appium plugin(s) and their version(s): N/A
Platform and version under test: iOS 15.5
Real device or emulator/simulator: simulator
Xcode: Xcode 13.4.1 Build version 13F100