After updating Google Chrome and Selenium, tests are not running with ChromeDriver

Question

After updating Google Chrome and Selenium, tests are not running with ChromeDriver.

System:

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
Selenium: selenium-server-4.8.1.jar
Chrome: Version 111.0.5563.64 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Java: 
openjdk version "1.8.0_362"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_362-8u362-ga-0ubuntu1~20.04.1-b09)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.362-b09, mixed mode)

Code:

public static void main(String[] args) {
  // Set up browser
  ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
  driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
  driver.get("https://www.example.com");
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
}

        

Error:

org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.ConnectionFailedException: Unable to establish websocket connection to http://localhost:44211/devtools/browser/34525f00-d1ba-4249-9fc0-904e3b8be194
Build info: version: '4.8.1', revision: '8ebccac989'
System info: os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '5.15.0-67-generic', java.version: '17.0.5'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.netty.NettyWebSocket.<init>(NettyWebSocket.java:102)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.netty.NettyWebSocket.lambda$create$3(NettyWebSocket.java:128)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.netty.NettyClient.openSocket(NettyClient.java:107)
    at org.openqa.selenium.devtools.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:78)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chromium.ChromiumDriver.lambda$new$2(ChromiumDriver.java:116)
    at java.base/java.util.Optional.map(Optional.java:260)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chromium.ChromiumDriver.<init>(ChromiumDriver.java:114)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:82)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:50)
    at TTR.TicketReportWeekly.main(TicketReportWeekly.java:33)

Can anyone help me understand this error and also resolve it?

Answer 1

ChromeOptions ops = new ChromeOptions();
ops.addArguments("--remote-allow-origins=*");
ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(ops);

This Script sorted my issue. Thanks a lot!

Answer 2

Here are a few things that would normally be needed to check to resolve the issue:

1. Update ChromeDriver: Make sure you have the latest version of ChromeDriver that is compatible with your version of Chrome. You can check the version compatibility matrix on the ChromeDriver website to ensure that you have the correct version.

2. Check Chrome version: Verify that the version of Google Chrome installed on your system matches the version of ChromeDriver you are using. If they are not compatible, you may need to either update Chrome or use an older version of ChromeDriver.

3. Check Selenium version: Ensure that you have the latest version of Selenium installed on your system, which is compatible with your version of ChromeDriver and Chrome.

4. Disable Chrome sandbox: Try disabling the Chrome sandbox to see if that resolves the issue. This can be done by passing the --no-sandbox argument to the ChromeDriver.

5. Check port conflicts: Verify that there are no port conflicts on the system that might be preventing the ChromeDriver from connecting to Chrome. You can check for any conflicting processes using the following command on Linux:

sudo netstat -lnp | grep 44211

This will display a list of processes running on port 44211. If any process is using this port, you can kill it using the kill command and try running the test again.

If none of the above help resolve the issue, you can do this:

public static void main(String[] args) {
  // Set up browser
  ChromeOptions ops = new ChromeOptions();
  ops.addArguments("--remote-allow-origins=*");
  ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(ops);
  driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
  driver.get("https://www.example.com");
  driver.manage().window().maximize();
}

This solved the issue for me.

Answer 3

Download the chrome-driver from the selenium.dev as per your chrome version. When the chromedriver and chrome browser version doesn't match script won't run.

Answer 4

I have been associated with a software qa consulting firm for more than nine years, and it is one of the challenges frequently faced by the automation team during the initial days.

Usually, this automation test stops running on the updated Google Chrome due to an incompatible Driver version. Hence, we need to ensure that 'Chromedriver' is always upgraded to the compatible version with the installed 'Google Chrome' version on the system/servers.

Answer 5

From 4.8.* selenium version you need not add ops.addArguments("--remote-allow-origins=");. Its working fine for me without that. I added "com.google.guava guava 31.0.1-jre" dependency in POM.XML when I changed from selenium 3. version to 4.8.* version. It working for me.

If anyone upgrading from selenium3.* to 4.* follow the document link "https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/getting_started/upgrade_to_selenium_4/" helped a lot for me

After chrome browser version changed from 115 to 116 selenium 4.8.* version was no longer working. then shifting to 4.11.0 version it started working fine.