diff --git a/lib/runner/test-runners/default.js b/lib/runner/test-runners/default.js
index 5d9289bc71..2b0f3f17bd 100644
--- a/lib/runner/test-runners/default.js
+++ b/lib/runner/test-runners/default.js
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ class DefaultRunner {
     if (this.client && this.client.sessionId && this.client.startSessionEnabled) {
       Logger.info(`Attempting to close session ${this.client.sessionId}...`);
 
-      return this.currentSuite.terminate(null, null, true);
+      const failures = !this.currentSuite.reporter.allTestsPassed;
+
+      return this.currentSuite.terminate(failures ? 'FAILED' : '', null, true);
     }
 
     return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/lib/transport/selenium-webdriver/index.js b/lib/transport/selenium-webdriver/index.js
index a039c2e3fd..fac23ca2f1 100644
--- a/lib/transport/selenium-webdriver/index.js
+++ b/lib/transport/selenium-webdriver/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const {Logger, isObject, IosSessionNotCreatedError, AndroidConnectionError} = re
 const httpClient = require('./httpclient.js');
 const Session = require('./session.js');
 const BaseTransport = require('../');
+const CDP = require('./cdp.js');
 const {colors} = Logger;
 const {isErrorResponse, checkLegacyResponse, throwDecodedError, WebDriverError} = error;
 
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ class Transport extends BaseTransport {
 
   async sessionFinished(reason) {
     this.emit('session:finished', reason);
-
+    CDP.resetConnection();
     await this.closeDriver();
   }
 
diff --git a/test/apidemos/cdp/registerAuth.js b/test/apidemos/cdp/registerAuth.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2d096ac4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/apidemos/cdp/registerAuth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+describe('cdp tests', function() {
+  it('register basic auth', function() {
+    browser.registerBasicAuth('admin', 'admin')
+      .navigateTo('http://localhost');
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/apidemos/cdp/registerAuth2.js b/test/apidemos/cdp/registerAuth2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2d096ac4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/apidemos/cdp/registerAuth2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+describe('cdp tests', function() {
+  it('register basic auth', function() {
+    browser.registerBasicAuth('admin', 'admin')
+      .navigateTo('http://localhost');
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/lib/command-mocks.js b/test/lib/command-mocks.js
index 6ec31edc30..57ba27081f 100644
--- a/test/lib/command-mocks.js
+++ b/test/lib/command-mocks.js
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ module.exports = {
           sessionId,
           capabilities: {
             acceptInsecureCerts: false,
-            browserName: 'firefox',
+            browserName,
             browserVersion: '65.0.1'
           }
         }
diff --git a/test/src/apidemos/cdp/testCdpCommands.js b/test/src/apidemos/cdp/testCdpCommands.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90e45ca6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/apidemos/cdp/testCdpCommands.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const MockServer = require('../../../lib/mockserver.js');
+const Mocks = require('../../../lib/command-mocks');
+
+const mockery = require('mockery');
+const common = require('../../../common.js');
+const {settings} = common;
+const NightwatchClient = common.require('index.js');
+
+describe('cdp commands test', function() {
+  beforeEach(function(done) {
+    mockery.enable({useCleanCache: true, warnOnReplace: false, warnOnUnregistered: false});
+    this.server = MockServer.init();
+    this.server.on('listening', () => {
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(function(done) {
+    mockery.deregisterAll();
+    mockery.resetCache();
+    mockery.disable();
+    this.server.close(function() {
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('reset cdp connection after each session', function() {
+    const testsPath = [path.join(__dirname, '../../../apidemos/cdp')];
+    let resetConnectionCalled = false;
+
+    mockery.registerMock('./cdp.js', {
+      getConnection: function(...args) {
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      },
+      resetConnection: function() {
+        resetConnectionCalled = true;
+      }
+    });
+
+    Mocks
+      .createNewW3CSession({
+        persist: true,
+        browserName: 'chrome',
+        postdata: {
+          capabilities: {firstMatch: [{}], alwaysMatch: {browserName: 'chrome', 'goog:chromeOptions': {}}}
+        }
+      })
+      .navigateTo({url: 'http://localhost', persist: true});
+
+   
+
+    const globals = {
+      calls: 0,
+      waitForConditionPollInterval: 50,
+      waitForConditionTimeout: 120,
+      retryAssertionTimeout: 1000,
+
+
+      reporter(results) {
+        assert.strictEqual(resetConnectionCalled, true);
+        if (results.lastError) {
+          throw results.lastError;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    return NightwatchClient.runTests(testsPath, settings({
+      desiredCapabilities: {
+        browserName: 'chrome'
+      },
+      selenium_host: null,
+      output: false,
+      skip_testcases_on_fail: false,
+      globals
+    }));
+  });
+
+  
+});