fix:[iOS 17+] Appium should not overrride sauce:options cap with prefix

[mikhail-yesipchuk-zenitech]

Motivation/Description of the PR

• [iOS 17+] Override of 'sauce:options' cap into 'appium:sauce:options' lead to error on start and does not allow to run tests on cloud provider: iOS 17 and above must be used with the W3C protocol and Appium 2. Visit https://docs.saucelabs.com/mobile-apps/automated-testing/appium/appium-2-migration/ to learn how to migrate to Appium 2.
• Preconditions: "codeceptjs": "^3.7.4", "webdriverio": "^9.19.2", cloud provider: SauceLabs
• Used settings
  Appium: {
  "appiumV2": true,
  "protocol": "https",
  "host": "ondemand.eu-central-1.saucelabs.com",
  "region": "eu",
  "port": 443,
  "path": "/wd/hub",
  "user": "mikhail.yesipchuk",
  "key": "...",
  "waitForTimeout": 5000,
  "smartWait": 3000,
  "app": "storage:filename=.ipa",
  "platform": "iOS",
  "restart": false,
  "reuseSession": false,
  "desiredCapabilities": {
  "platformName": "iOS",
  "appium:app": "storage:filename=.ipa",
  "appium:automationName": "XCUITest",
  "appium:platformVersion": "18",
  "appium:deviceName": "iPhone 1.*",
  "appium:language": "en",
  "appium:locale": "en_GB",
  "sauce:options": {
  "name": "Mobile Automation Test - iOS",
  "appiumVersion": "latest",
  "phoneOnly": true,
  "networkCapture": false,
  },
  "appium:noReset": true,
  "appium:fullReset": false,
  "appium:waitForIdleTimeout": 0,
  "appium:newCommandTimeout": 90,
  "appium:autoAcceptAlerts": true,
  "appium:useNewWDA": false
  }
  }

Note: issue happens after update wdio from v8 to v9

Applicable helpers:

• Appium

Type of change

• 🔥 Breaking changes
• 🚀 New functionality
• 🐛 Bug fix
• 🧹 Chore
• 📋 Documentation changes/updates
• ♨️ Hot fix
• 🔨 Markdown files fix - not related to source code
• 💅 Polish code

Checklist:

• Tests have been added
• Documentation has been added (Run npm run docs)
• Lint checking (Run npm run lint)
• Local tests are passed (Run npm test)

Test run:
220 passing (4m)
1 pending
1 failing

1. CodeceptJS Workers Runner
   should run tests with pool mode:
   Uncaught Error: expect(received).toContain(expected) // indexOf

Expected substring: "Scenario Steps:"
Received string: "CodeceptJS v3.7.5 #StandWithUkraine

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

Fixes an issue where the Appium helper was incorrectly prefixing the sauce:options capability with appium:, causing test failures on iOS 17+ devices using SauceLabs cloud provider. The fix prevents the automatic prefixing of cloud provider-specific capabilities that should remain in their original format.

• Added exception for sauce:options capability to prevent automatic appium: prefixing
• Ensures cloud provider capabilities maintain their required format for proper communication
• Fixes compatibility issue with WDIO v9 upgrade affecting iOS 17+ test execution

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