Connection refused when starting a new session

[niccipeeps]

Meta -

OS:
OSX El Capitan V.10.11.6

Selenium Version:
2.53.0

Browser:
I am running selenium through nightwatch and checked to make sure nightwatch was setup correctly.
Everything was fine with Selenium and then I came back to run tests later and I got this error for all browsers.

Expected Behavior -

Actual Behavior -

Starting selenium server... WARN
[!] The host argument has been removed from Selenium 3 and will throw an exception.
started - PID: 3691

[Mbv Feedback] Test Suite

Running: ID82941: VU-1351 Feedback: Submit Feedback Form Successfully
Error retrieving a new session from the selenium server
Connection refused! Is selenium server started?
{ status: 33,
sessionId: null,
state: 'session not created',
value:
{ message: 'session not created exception\nfrom unknown error: Runtime.executionContextCreated has invalid 'context': {"auxData":{"frameId":"3697.1","isDefault":true},"id":1,"name":"","origin":"://"}\n (Session info: chrome=54.0.2840.71)\n (Driver info: chromedriver=2.20.353124 (035346203162d32c80f1dce587c8154a1efa0c3b),platform=Mac OS X 10.11.6 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)\nCommand duration or timeout: 752 milliseconds\nBuild info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58'\nSystem info:

21:21:09.546 INFO - Launching a standalone Selenium Server
21:21:09.575 INFO - Java: Oracle Corporation 24.79-b02
21:21:09.576 INFO - OS: Mac OS X 10.11.6 x86_64
21:21:09.585 INFO - v2.53.0, with Core v2.53.0. Built from revision 35ae25b
21:21:09.645 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver registration is skipped:
registration capabilities Capabilities [{platform=WINDOWS, ensureCleanSession=true, browserName=internet explorer, version=}] does not match the current platform MAC
21:21:09.645 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver registration is skipped:
registration capabilities Capabilities [{platform=WINDOWS, browserName=MicrosoftEdge, version=}] does not match the current platform MAC
21:21:09.646 INFO - Driver class not found: com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver
21:21:09.646 INFO - Driver provider com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver is not registered
21:21:09.647 INFO - Driver class not found: org.openqa.selenium.htmlunit.HtmlUnitDriver
21:21:09.647 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.htmlunit.HtmlUnitDriver is not registered
21:21:09.694 INFO - RemoteWebDriver instances should connect to: http://127.0.0.1:4445/wd/hub
21:21:09.694 INFO - Selenium Server is up and running
21:21:09.971 INFO - Executing: [new session: Capabilities [{platform=ANY, acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, name=Mbv Feedback}]])
21:21:09.979 INFO - Creating a new session for Capabilities [{platform=ANY, acceptSslCerts=true, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, name=Mbv Feedback}]
Starting ChromeDriver 2.20.353124 (035346203162d32c80f1dce587c8154a1efa0c3b) on port 11924
Only local connections are allowed.
21:21:11.381 WARN - Exception thrown
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58'
System info: host: 'z-mac-2031-Nicole-Peoples.local', ip: '192.168.0.103', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.6', java.version: '1.7.0_79'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:188)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.execute(DefaultSession.java:183)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.(DefaultSession.java:119)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.createSession(DefaultSession.java:95)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverSessions.newSession(DefaultDriverSessions.java:124)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:59)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.rest.ResultConfig.handle(ResultConfig.java:111)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.JsonHttpCommandHandler.handleRequest(JsonHttpCommandHandler.java:79)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.handleRequest(DriverServlet.java:204)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.doPost(DriverServlet.java:166)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.service(DriverServlet.java:132)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
at org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:428)
at org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.dispatch(ServletHandler.java:680)
at org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:571)
at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1526)
at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1479)
at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:920)
at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:820)
at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:986)
at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:837)
at org.openqa.jetty.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:243)
at org.openqa.jetty.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:358)
at org.openqa.jetty.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:537)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58'
System info: host: 'z-mac-2031-Nicole-Peoples.local', ip: '192.168.0.103', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.6', java.version: '1.7.0_79'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.callConstructor(DefaultDriverProvider.java:113)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.newInstance(DefaultDriverProvider.java:97)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverFactory.newInstance(DefaultDriverFactory.java:60)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:222)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:1)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$1.run(DefaultSession.java:176)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.callConstructor(DefaultDriverProvider.java:103)
... 9 more
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created exception
from unknown error: Runtime.executionContextCreated has invalid 'context': {"auxData":{"frameId":"3697.1","isDefault":true},"id":1,"name":"","origin":"://"}
(Session info: chrome=54.0.2840.71)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.20.353124 (035346203162d32c80f1dce587c8154a1efa0c3b),platform=Mac OS X 10.11.6 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 752 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58'
System info: host: 'z-mac-2031-Nicole-Peoples.local', ip: '192.168.0.103', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.6', java.version: '1.7.0_79'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:678)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:249)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:144)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.(ChromeDriver.java:170)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.(ChromeDriver.java:138)
... 14 more
21:21:11.389 WARN - Exception: session not created exception
from unknown error: Runtime.executionContextCreated has invalid 'context': {"auxData":{"frameId":"3697.1","isDefault":true},"id":1,"name":"","origin":"://"}
(Session info: chrome=54.0.2840.71)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.20.353124 (035346203162d32c80f1dce587c8154a1efa0c3b),platform=Mac OS X 10.11.6 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 752 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58'
System info: host: 'z-mac-2031-Nicole-Peoples.local', ip: '192.168.0.103', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.6', java.version: '1.7.0_79'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver

Steps to reproduce -

We have our own wrapper around nightwatch, so no easy steps to reproduce, just wondering if you've seen this error before.

[lukeis]

looks like you are running with an old version of ChromeDriver (2.20) the latest is 2.25 and newer versions of chrome will fail to launch in this way with older versions of chromedriver.

Update chromedriver :)

https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.25/