BUG: scrollElementIntoView recieves a promise

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Environment (please complete the following information):

• Node.js version: 24.14.0
• NPM version: 11.12.0
• Browser name and version: Chrome 146.0.7680.165
• Platform name and version: MacOS Tahoe 26.3.1
• WebdriverIO version: 9.26.1
• @wdio/visual-service version: 9.2.0

Config of WebdriverIO + @wdio/visual-service

    [
      'visual',
      {
        baselineFolder: './visual/baselines',
        screenshotPath: './.visual',
        savePerInstance: true,
      } satisfies VisualServiceOptions,
    ]

Describe the bug
Hello, I found a bug for the @wdio/visual-service@9.2.0 : https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wdio/visual-service
The problem is that when trying to scroll the element into view, the element is passed as a promise to scrollElementIntoView (@wdio/image-comparison-core ). The default is that all elements get autoElementScroll: true.
So, with the element being a promise, I get this error: element.getBoundingClientRect is not a function
I changed my node_modules to await the element and the issue gets resolved.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

describe('ISSUE: scrollElementIntoView', () => {
  let element: ReturnType<WebdriverIO.Browser['$']>
  it('opens a page', async () => {
    await browser.url('https://webdriver.io/')
  })
  it('find elem', async () => {
    const elem = $('main section')
    await elem.waitForDisplayed()
    await browser.pause(750)
    element = elem
  })
  it('runs visual test', async () => {
    await browser.checkElement(element, 'section', {
      disableCSSAnimation: true,
      ignoreAntialiasing: true,
      ignoreAlpha: true,
    })
  })
})

Expected behavior
browser.checkElement should not throw an error

Log
Example should be enough

Additional context
Example should be enough