diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b9d330cc8..2e984e499 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,29 +3,12 @@ language: node_js
 node_js:
   - "lts/*"
 
-services:
-  - docker
-
 cache: false
 
 env:
   global:
-    - secure: "WMGxFkOeTTlhWB+ChMucRtIqVmMbwzYdNHuHQjKCcj8HBEPdZLfCuK/kf4rG\nVLcLQiIsyllqzNhBGVHG1nyqWr0/LTm8JRqSCDDVIhpyzp9KpCJQQJG2Uwjk\n6/HIJJh/wbxsEdLNV2crYU/EiVO3A4Bq0YTHUlbhUqG3mSCr5Ec="
-    - secure: "gejXUAHYscbR6Bodw35XexpToqWkv2ifeECsbeEmjaLkYzXmUUNWJGknKSu7\nEUsSfQV8w+hxApr1Z+jNqk9aX3K1I4btL3cwk2trnNI8XRAvu1c1Iv60eerI\nkE82Rsd5lwUaMEh+/HoL8ztFCZamVndoNgX7HWp5J/NRZZMmh4g="
-
-_install_plugins: &install_plugins >-
-  npm install
-  ep_align
-  ep_author_hover
-  ep_cursortrace
-  ep_font_size
-  ep_hash_auth
-  ep_headings2
-  ep_markdown
-  ep_readonly_guest
-  ep_spellcheck
-  ep_subscript_and_superscript
-  ep_table_of_contents
+  - secure: gQdsD91DHpaDXDyDzrxWUaYDZxzZC3ojkBWX6nbLbOgADSWhzHUqMShDQXGlT80G4SikOhtSGlS2aOtsRcPTOGRtwjrOkg266JY+Fa37yO6I7/xios8VZp56Tu6ADNuItLptP0nH/DY3rPEIfiztcd3h6jLZ0RJlGY7lkHpM3xs=
+  - secure: HxLMaehWXVYuhkJ54SqR+9czD6i8RtDhfx7WM8yTrRE2JtThqECfL+fjqrNMkG25zZpDISwCm082qb3Z5uE3tpARi9eizOLAuLbDwQeJNfV1vW7RBj3mZMhgfuwGMH5VkQsI1MiSPf3AIHPQdQSfkBTC5KiYzYsMay6VrKwEswA=
 
 jobs:
   include:
@@ -40,90 +23,4 @@ jobs:
         - "bin/installDeps.sh"
         - "export GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)"
       script:
-        - "./tests/frontend/travis/runner.sh"
-    - name: "Run the Backend tests without Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:libreoffice/ppa"
-        - "sudo apt-get update"
-        - "sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice"
-        - "sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-pdfimport"
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh"
-    - name: "Test the Dockerfile"
-      install:
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-      script:
-        - "docker build -t etherpad:test ."
-        - "docker run -d -p 9001:9001 etherpad:test && sleep 3"
-        - "cd src && npm run test-container"
-    - name: "Load test Etherpad without Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-        - "npm install -g etherpad-load-test"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh"
-    # we can only frontend tests from the ether/ organization and not from forks.
-    # To request tests to be run ask a maintainer to fork your repo to ether/
-    - if: fork = false
-      name: "Test the Frontend Plugins only"
-      install:
-        #FIXME
-        - "sed 's/\"loglevel\": \"INFO\",/\"loglevel\": \"WARN\",/g' settings.json.template > settings.json"
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/sauce_tunnel.sh"
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "rm tests/frontend/specs/*"
-        - *install_plugins
-        - "export GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)"
-      script:
-        - "./tests/frontend/travis/runner.sh"
-    - name: "Lint test package-lock.json"
-      install:
-        - "npm install lockfile-lint"
-      script:
-        - npx lockfile-lint --path src/package-lock.json --validate-https --allowed-hosts npm
-    - name: "Run the Backend tests with Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:libreoffice/ppa"
-        - "sudo apt-get update"
-        - "sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice"
-        - "sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-pdfimport"
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - *install_plugins
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh"
-    - name: "Test the Dockerfile"
-      install:
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-      script:
-        - "docker build -t etherpad:test ."
-        - "docker run -d -p 9001:9001 etherpad:test && sleep 3"
-        - "cd src && npm run test-container"
-    - name: "Load test Etherpad with Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - *install_plugins
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-        - "npm install -g etherpad-load-test"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh"
-    - name: "Test rate limit"
-      install:
-        - "docker network create --subnet=172.23.42.0/16 ep_net"
-        - "docker build -f Dockerfile -t epl-debian-slim ."
-        - "docker build -f tests/ratelimit/Dockerfile.nginx -t nginx-latest ."
-        - "docker build -f tests/ratelimit/Dockerfile.anotherip -t anotherip ."
-        - "docker run -p 8081:80 --rm --network ep_net --ip 172.23.42.1 -d nginx-latest"
-        - "docker run --name etherpad-docker -p 9000:9001 --rm --network ep_net --ip 172.23.42.2 -e 'TRUST_PROXY=true' epl-debian-slim &"
-        - "docker run --rm --network ep_net --ip 172.23.42.3 --name anotherip -dt anotherip"
-        - "./bin/installDeps.sh"
-      script:
-        - "cd tests/ratelimit && bash testlimits.sh"
-
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#etherpad-lite-dev"
+        - "tests/frontend/travis/runner.sh"
diff --git a/src/package-lock.json b/src/package-lock.json
index 1122051e8..630c09ae4 100644
--- a/src/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/package-lock.json
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jws/-/jws-3.2.2.tgz",
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+      "integrity": "sha1-xDYgbgUtIUkLEQF6RNURj5Ih5ds="
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lie/-/lie-3.3.0.tgz",
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+    "pako": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pako/-/pako-1.0.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4hLB8Py4zZce5s4yd9XzopqwVv/yGNhV1Bl8NTmCq1763HeK2+EwVTv+leGeL13Dnh2wfbqowVPXCIO0z4taYw==",
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+    },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/q/-/q-1.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-fjL3W0E4EpHQRhHxvxQQmsAGUdc=",
-      "dev": true
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       "integrity": "sha1-gRwwAxNoYTPvAAcSXjsO1wCXiBU="
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+    "selenium-webdriver": {
+      "version": "4.0.0-alpha.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/selenium-webdriver/-/selenium-webdriver-4.0.0-alpha.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-D4qnTsyTr91jT8f7MfN+OwY0IlU5+5FmlO5xlgRUV6hDEV8JyYx2NerdTEqDDkNq7RZDYc4VoPALk8l578RBHw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "jszip": "^3.2.2",
+        "rimraf": "^2.7.1",
+        "tmp": "0.0.30"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "rimraf": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-uWjbaKIK3T1OSVptzX7Nl6PvQ3qAGtKEtVRjRuazjfL3Bx5eI409VZSqgND+4UNnmzLVdPj9FqFJNPqBZFve4w==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "glob": "^7.1.3"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.6.0.tgz",
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+    "set-immediate-shim": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/set-immediate-shim/-/set-immediate-shim-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-SysbJ+uAip+NzEgaWOXlb1mfP2E=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
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-      "requires": {
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-        "end-of-stream": "^1.4.1",
-        "fs-constants": "^1.0.0",
-        "inherits": "^2.0.3",
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       "integrity": "sha1-beEM1SGaHxIdmgokssEbP7JN/+0="
     },
+    "tmp": {
+      "version": "0.0.30",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.30.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-ckGdSovn1s51FI/YsyTlk6cRwu0=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "os-tmpdir": "~1.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     "to-array": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/to-array/-/to-array-0.1.4.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vargs/-/vargs-0.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-a2GE2mUgzDIEzhtAfKwm2SYJ6/8=",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wd/-/wd-1.12.1.tgz",
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-      "requires": {
-        "archiver": "^3.0.0",
-        "async": "^2.0.0",
-        "lodash": "^4.0.0",
-        "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
-        "q": "^1.5.1",
-        "request": "2.88.0",
-        "vargs": "^0.1.0"
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-      "dependencies": {
-        "async": {
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-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-2.6.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-zflvls11DCy+dQWzTW2dzuilv8Z5X/pjfmZOWba6TNIVDm+2UDaJmXSOXlasHKfNBs8oo3M0aT50fDEWfKZjXg==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "lodash": "^4.17.14"
-          }
-        },
-        "punycode": {
-          "version": "1.4.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-1.4.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-wNWmOycYgArY4esPpSachN1BhF4=",
-          "dev": true
-        },
-        "qs": {
-          "version": "6.5.2",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.5.2.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-N5ZAX4/LxJmF+7wN74pUD6qAh9/wnvdQcjq9TZjevvXzSUo7bfmw91saqMjzGS2xq91/odN2dW/WOl7qQHNDGA==",
-          "dev": true
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-        "request": {
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-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/request/-/request-2.88.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-NAqBSrijGLZdM0WZNsInLJpkJokL72XYjUpnB0iwsRgxh7dB6COrHnTBNwN0E+lHDAJzu7kLAkDeY08z2/A0hg==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "aws-sign2": "~0.7.0",
-            "aws4": "^1.8.0",
-            "caseless": "~0.12.0",
-            "combined-stream": "~1.0.6",
-            "extend": "~3.0.2",
-            "forever-agent": "~0.6.1",
-            "form-data": "~2.3.2",
-            "har-validator": "~5.1.0",
-            "http-signature": "~1.2.0",
-            "is-typedarray": "~1.0.0",
-            "isstream": "~0.1.2",
-            "json-stringify-safe": "~5.0.1",
-            "mime-types": "~2.1.19",
-            "oauth-sign": "~0.9.0",
-            "performance-now": "^2.1.0",
-            "qs": "~6.5.2",
-            "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
-            "tough-cookie": "~2.4.3",
-            "tunnel-agent": "^0.6.0",
-            "uuid": "^3.3.2"
-          }
-        },
-        "tough-cookie": {
-          "version": "2.4.3",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.4.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-Q5srk/4vDM54WJsJio3XNn6K2sCG+CQ8G5Wz6bZhRZoAe/+TxjWB/GlFAnYEbkYVlON9FMk/fE3h2RLpPXo4lQ==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "psl": "^1.1.24",
-            "punycode": "^1.4.1"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "web-namespaces": {
       "version": "1.1.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-namespaces/-/web-namespaces-1.1.4.tgz",
@@ -8711,17 +8417,6 @@
         "lodash.isequal": "^4.5.0",
         "validator": "^12.0.0"
       }
-    },
-    "zip-stream": {
-      "version": "2.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zip-stream/-/zip-stream-2.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EkXc2JGcKhO5N5aZ7TmuNo45budRaFGHOmz24wtJR7znbNqDPmdZtUauKX6et8KAVseAMBOyWJqEpXcHTBsh7Q==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "archiver-utils": "^2.1.0",
-        "compress-commons": "^2.1.1",
-        "readable-stream": "^3.4.0"
-      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index f3a3bbd03..6c5f33a9d 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@
     "mocha": "7.1.2",
     "mocha-froth": "^0.2.10",
     "nyc": "15.0.1",
+    "selenium-webdriver": "^4.0.0-alpha.7",
     "set-cookie-parser": "^2.4.6",
     "sinon": "^9.2.0",
     "superagent": "^3.8.3",
-    "supertest": "4.0.2",
-    "wd": "1.12.1"
+    "supertest": "4.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10.13.0",
diff --git a/tests/frontend/travis/remote_runner.js b/tests/frontend/travis/remote_runner.js
index 86273df98..a0abd9a24 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/travis/remote_runner.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/travis/remote_runner.js
@@ -1,164 +1,121 @@
-var srcFolder = "../../../src/node_modules/";
-var wd = require(srcFolder + "wd");
-var async = require(srcFolder + "async");
+const srcFolder = "../../../src/node_modules/";
+const { Builder }= require(srcFolder + "selenium-webdriver");
+const baseUrl = "http://localhost:9001/tests/frontend";
+let driver;
+let getStatusInterval;
+let timeout;
+let allTestsPassed = true;
 
-var config = {
-    host: "ondemand.saucelabs.com"
-  , port: 80
-  , username: process.env.SAUCE_USER
-  , accessKey: process.env.SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY
-}
+let testSettings = {"browserName":"chrome", "platformName":"Windows 10", "browserVersion":"latest"}
+let name = `${process.env.GIT_HASH} - ${testSettings.browserName} ${testSettings.browserVersion} ${testSettings.platformName}`;
 
-var allTestsPassed = true;
-// overwrite the default exit code
-// in case not all worker can be run (due to saucelabs limits), `queue.drain` below will not be called
-// and the script would silently exit with error code 0
-process.exitCode = 1;
+runTest(testSettings)
 
-var sauceTestWorker = async.queue(function (testSettings, callback) {
-  var browser = wd.promiseChainRemote(config.host, config.port, config.username, config.accessKey);
-  var name = process.env.GIT_HASH + " - " + testSettings.browserName + " " + testSettings.version + ", " + testSettings.platform;
-  testSettings.name = name;
-  testSettings["public"] = true;
-  testSettings["build"] = process.env.GIT_HASH;
-  testSettings["extendedDebugging"] = true; // console.json can be downloaded via saucelabs, don't know how to print them into output of the tests
-  testSettings["tunnelIdentifier"] = process.env.TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER;
+async function runTest(testSettings){
+  driver = await new Builder().withCapabilities({
+    'browserName': testSettings.browserName,
+    'platformName': testSettings.platformName,
+    'browserVersion': testSettings.browserVersion,
+    'sauce:options': {
+        'username': process.env.SAUCE_USERNAME,
+        'accessKey': process.env.SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY,
+        'build': process.env.GIT_HASH,
+        'extendedDebugging': true,
+        'capturePerformance': true,
+        'tunnelIdentifier': process.env.TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER,
+        'name': name,
+        /* As a best practice, set important test metadata and execution options
+        such as build info, tags for reporting, and timeout durations.
+        */
+        'maxDuration': 600000,
+        'idleTimeout': 1000
+    }
+  }).usingServer("https://ondemand.saucelabs.com/wd/hub").build();
+  let session = await driver.getSession();
+  session = session.id_;
+  console.log(`https://saucelabs.com/jobs/${session}`);
 
-    browser.init(testSettings).get("http://localhost:9001/tests/frontend/", function(){
-      var url = "https://saucelabs.com/jobs/" + browser.sessionID;
-      console.log("Remote sauce test '" + name + "' started! " + url);
+  driver.get(baseUrl).then(function(){
+    let knownConsoleText = "";
+    // how many characters of the log have been sent to travis
+    let logIndex = 0;
+    getStatusInterval = setInterval(function(){
+      driver.executeScript("return $('#console').text()")
+        .then(function(knownConsoleText){
+        if(knownConsoleText.indexOf("FINISHED") > 0){
+          let match = knownConsoleText.match(/FINISHED.*([0-9]+) tests passed, ([0-9]+) tests failed/);
+          // finished without failures
+          if (match[2] && match[2] == '0'){
+            stopSauce(true, false, knownConsoleText);
 
-      //tear down the test excecution
-      var stopSauce = function(success,timesup){
-        clearInterval(getStatusInterval);
-        clearTimeout(timeout);
-
-        browser.quit(function(){
-          if(!success){
-            allTestsPassed = false;
-          }
-
-          // if stopSauce is called via timeout (in contrast to via getStatusInterval) than the log of up to the last
-          // five seconds may not be available here. It's an error anyway, so don't care about it.
-          printLog(logIndex);
-
-          if (timesup) {
-            console.log("[" + testSettings.browserName + " " + testSettings.platform + (testSettings.version === "" ? '' : (" " + testSettings.version)) + "] \x1B[31mFAILED\x1B[39m allowed test duration exceeded");
-          }
-          console.log("Remote sauce test '" + name + "' finished! " + url);
-
-          callback();
-        });
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * timeout if a test hangs or the job exceeds 14.5 minutes
-       * It's necessary because if travis kills the saucelabs session due to inactivity, we don't get any output
-       * @todo this should be configured in testSettings, see https://wiki.saucelabs.com/display/DOCS/Test+Configuration+Options#TestConfigurationOptions-Timeouts
-       */
-      var timeout = setTimeout(function(){
-        stopSauce(false,true);
-      }, 870000); // travis timeout is 15 minutes, set this to a slightly lower value
-
-      var knownConsoleText = "";
-      // how many characters of the log have been sent to travis
-      let logIndex = 0;
-      var getStatusInterval = setInterval(function(){
-        browser.eval("$('#console').text()", function(err, consoleText){
-          if(!consoleText || err){
-            return;
-          }
-          knownConsoleText = consoleText;
-
-          if(knownConsoleText.indexOf("FINISHED") > 0){
-            let match = knownConsoleText.match(/FINISHED.*([0-9]+) tests passed, ([0-9]+) tests failed/);
-            // finished without failures
-            if (match[2] && match[2] == '0'){
-              stopSauce(true);
-
-            // finished but some tests did not return or some tests failed
-            } else {
-              stopSauce(false);
-            }
+          // finished but some tests did not return or some tests failed
           } else {
+            stopSauce(false, false, knownConsoleText);
+          }
+        } else {
             // not finished yet 
             printLog(logIndex);
             logIndex = knownConsoleText.length;
           }
-        });
-      }, 5000);
+      })
+        .catch(function(err){console.log(`setInterval ${err}`)})
+    }, 5000);
 
-      /**
-       * Replaces color codes in the test runners log, appends
-       * browser name, platform etc. to every line and prints them.
-       *
-       * @param {number} index offset from where to start
-       */
-      function printLog(index){
-        let testResult = knownConsoleText.substring(index).replace(/\[red\]/g,'\x1B[31m').replace(/\[yellow\]/g,'\x1B[33m')
-                         .replace(/\[green\]/g,'\x1B[32m').replace(/\[clear\]/g, '\x1B[39m');
-        testResult = testResult.split("\\n").map(function(line){
-          return "[" + testSettings.browserName + " " + testSettings.platform + (testSettings.version === "" ? '' : (" " + testSettings.version)) + "] " + line;
-        }).join("\n");
+    /**
+     * Replaces color codes in the test runners log, appends
+     * browser name, platform etc. to every line and prints them.
+     *
+     * @param {number} index offset from where to start
+     */
+    function printLog(index){
+      let testResult = knownConsoleText.substring(index).replace(/\[red\]/g,'\x1B[31m').replace(/\[yellow\]/g,'\x1B[33m')
+                       .replace(/\[green\]/g,'\x1B[32m').replace(/\[clear\]/g, '\x1B[39m');
+      testResult = testResult.split("\\n").map(function(line){
+        return "[" + testSettings.browserName + " " + testSettings.platform + (testSettings.version === "" ? '' : (" " + testSettings.version)) + "] " + line;
+      }).join("\n");
 
-        console.log(testResult);
-      }
-    });
+      console.log(testResult);
+    }
 
-}, 6); //run 6 tests in parrallel
+    /**
+     * timeout if a test hangs or the job exceeds 9.5 minutes
+     * It's necessary because if travis kills the saucelabs session due to inactivity, we don't get any output
+     * @todo this should be configured in testSettings, see https://wiki.saucelabs.com/display/DOCS/Test+Configuration+Options#TestConfigurationOptions-Timeouts
+     */
+    timeout = setTimeout(function(){
+      stopSauce(false,true,"");
+    }, 570000); // travis timeout is 10 minutes, set this to a slightly lower value
 
-// 1) Firefox on Linux
-sauceTestWorker.push({
-    'platform'       : 'Windows 7'
-  , 'browserName'    : 'firefox'
-  , 'version'        : '52.0'
-});
+  //tear down the test excecution
+  async function stopSauce(success,timesup, knownConsoleText){
+    clearInterval(getStatusInterval);
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
 
-// 2) Chrome on Linux
-sauceTestWorker.push({
-    'platform'       : 'Windows 7'
-  , 'browserName'    : 'chrome'
-  , 'version'        : '55.0'
-  , 'args'           : ['--use-fake-device-for-media-stream']
-});
+    if(!success){
+      allTestsPassed = false;
+    }
 
-/*
-// 3) Safari on OSX 10.15
-sauceTestWorker.push({
-    'platform'       : 'OS X 10.15'
-  , 'browserName'    : 'safari'
-  , 'version'        : '13.1'
-});
-*/
+    // if stopSauce is called via timeout (in contrast to via getStatusInterval) than the log of up to the last
+    // five seconds may not be available here. It's an error anyway, so don't care about it.
+    printLog(logIndex);
 
-// 4) Safari on OSX 10.14
-sauceTestWorker.push({
-    'platform'       : 'OS X 10.14'
-  , 'browserName'    : 'safari'
-  , 'version'        : '12.0'
-});
-// IE 10 doesn't appear to be working anyway
-/*
-// 4) IE 10 on Win 8
-sauceTestWorker.push({
-    'platform'       : 'Windows 8'
-  , 'browserName'    : 'iexplore'
-  , 'version'        : '10.0'
-});
-*/
-// 5) Edge on Win 10
-sauceTestWorker.push({
-    'platform'       : 'Windows 10'
-  , 'browserName'    : 'microsoftedge'
-  , 'version'        : '83.0'
-});
-// 6) Firefox on Win 7
-sauceTestWorker.push({
-    'platform'       : 'Windows 7'
-  , 'browserName'    : 'firefox'
-  , 'version'        : '78.0'
-});
+    // if stopSauce is called via timeout (in contrast to via getStatusInterval) than the log of up to the last
+    // five seconds may not be available here. It's an error anyway, so don't care about it.
+    var testResult = knownConsoleText.replace(/\[red\]/g,'\x1B[31m').replace(/\[yellow\]/g,'\x1B[33m')
+                     .replace(/\[green\]/g,'\x1B[32m').replace(/\[clear\]/g, '\x1B[39m');
+    testResult = testResult.split("\\n").map(function(line){
+      return "[" + testSettings.browserName + " " + testSettings.platformName + (testSettings.browserVersion === "" ? '' : (" " + testSettings.browserVersion)) + "] " + line;
+    }).join("\n");
 
-sauceTestWorker.drain(function() {
-  process.exit(allTestsPassed ? 0 : 1);
-});
+    console.log(testResult);
+    if (timesup) {
+      console.log("[" + testSettings.browserName + " " + testSettings.platformName + (testSettings.browserVersion === "" ? '' : (" " + testSettings.browserVersion)) + "] \x1B[31mFAILED\x1B[39m allowed test duration exceeded");
+    }
+    console.log(`Remote sauce test ${name} finished! https://saucelabs.com/jobs/${session}`);
+
+    await driver.quit();
+    process.exit(allTestsPassed ? 0 : 1);
+  }
+    return
+  }).catch(function(err){console.log(`error while running the tests ${err}`)})
+}