[🐛 Bug]: ChromiumOptions: android-specific options are removed after merge

[kool79]

What happened?

1. Create ChromiumOptions (ChromeOptions) and set android-specific properties (activity/package/sn/process)
2. Create MutableCapabilities (empty one)
3. Merge ChromiumOptions with Mutable capabilities Expected: result contain the chromiumOptions Actual: all android-related options (from the ChromiumOptions.androidOptions field) are removed

How can we reproduce the issue?

var original = new ChromeOptions();
        original.setAndroidActivity("co_activity");
        original.setAndroidPackage("co_package");
        original.setExperimentalOption("experimental", "co_experimental");
        original.addArguments("--co_argument");

        System.out.println("Original :: " + original.asMap());

        var caps = new MutableCapabilities();
        var merged = original.merge(caps);

        System.out.println("Merged   :: " + merged.asMap());

Relevant log output

Original :: {browserName=chrome, goog:chromeOptions={androidActivity=co_activity, androidPackage=co_package, args=[--co_argument], experimental=co_experimental, extensions=[]}}
Merged   :: {browserName=chrome, goog:chromeOptions={args=[--co_argument], experimental=co_experimental, extensions=[]}}

Operating System

windows 10

Selenium version

java 4.21.0

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

n/a

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

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Are you using Selenium Grid?

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[github-actions[bot]]

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[iampopovich]

I suspect that the issue lies in the ChromiumOptions.mergeInPlace method. I am trying to understand in detail how it copies capabilities and whether the name affects their copying in our case.