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Multiple scenario with multiple session mess up the webdriver configuration(Both V2.x and V3.x has the problem)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, nodejs
Domain
testing

Research direction

Start with the supplied two-scenario test using two session configurations with different hosts and ports. Trace how the outer scenario and internal customer session update and restore the WebDriver configuration, then reproduce the second-scenario failure and verify that each session uses its own complete host and port.

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Here is my test code:

`Feature("test")

Scenario("test1", ({ I }) => {
I.wait(3)
session("customer", browserstack_desktop_configuration, async () => {
I.wait(3);
})
})

Scenario("test2", ({ I }) => {
I.wait(3)
session("customer", browserstack_desktop_configuration, async () => {
I.wait(3);
})
})`

browserstack_desktop_configuration and browserstack_desktop_configuration is global configurations, they have different host and port, like:
browserstack_desktop_configuration: {
host:"a",
port:8080
},
browserstack_desktop_configuration:{
host:"b",
port:80
}
During scenario 1 execution, it using browserstack_desktop_configuration correctly, and start internal 'customer' session with browserstack_desktop_configuration configuration correctly. The tracky is, Before scenario 2 execution, the webdriver configuration change to :
{hostname:"a",
host:"b",
port:80
}, underline webdriverio is using hostname and port to start remote browser, so it throws below error message:
`Can't connect to WebDriver.
Error: Failed to create session.
Unable to connect to "http://a:80/wd/hub", make sure browser driver is running on that address.
If you use services like chromedriver see initialiseServices logs above or in wdio.log file as the service might had problems to start the driver.

Please make sure Selenium Server (ChromeDriver or PhantomJS) is running and accessible`

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