E/launcher - WebDriverError: Connection refused with protractor v4.0.9 and chrome 54.0.2840.59

[sdeprez]

Hi guys, I'm getting a WebDriverError: Connection refused with the following settings:

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• Node Version: 4.4.7
• Protractor Version: 4.0.9
• Angular Version: 1.5.7
• Browser(s): google-chrome-stable 54.0.2840.59
• Operating System and Version 15.10
• Your protractor configuration file

exports.config = { 
  seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
  specs: ['tests/**/*.js'],
  multiCapabilities: [
    {   
      browserName: 'chrome',
      chromeOptions: {args: ['--lang=en', '--window-size=1600,1200']},
    },  
  ],  
}

I first run (successfully)
webdriver-manager start

Then
protractor "path/to/my/conf.js

which fails outputting:

[20:08:08] I/hosted - Using the selenium server at http://localhost:4444/wd/hub
[20:08:08] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[20:08:14] E/launcher - Connection refused
[20:08:14] E/launcher - WebDriverError: Connection refused
    at WebDriverError (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:27:10)
    at Object.checkLegacyResponse (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:639:15)
    at parseHttpResponse (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/http/index.js:538:13)
    at /home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/http/index.js:472:11
    at ManagedPromise.invokeCallback_ (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1379:14)
    at TaskQueue.execute_ (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2913:14)
    at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2896:21)
    at /home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2820:25
    at /home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:369:9)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:329:24)
    at Builder.build (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/builder.js:458:24)
    at Hosted.DriverProvider.getNewDriver (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/driverProvider.js:37:33)
    at Runner.createBrowser (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:198:43)
    at /home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:277:30
    at _fulfilled (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13)
    at /home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/q/q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
[20:08:14] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

And the webdriver command outputted:

20:18:24.030 INFO - Executing: [new session: Capabilities [{count=1, browserName=chrome, chromeOptions={args=[--lang=en, --window-size=1600,1200]}}]])
20:18:24.039 INFO - Creating a new session for Capabilities [{count=1, browserName=chrome, chromeOptions={args=[--lang=en, --window-size=1600,1200]}}]
Starting ChromeDriver 2.22.397932 (282ed7cf89cf0053b6542e0d0f039d4123bbb6ad) on port 23996
Only local connections are allowed.
20:18:28.830 INFO - Command failed to close cleanly. Destroying forcefully (v2). [/home/seb/Runity/client/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.22, --port=23996][ {}]
20:18:29.839 ERROR - Unable to kill process with PID 2418
20:18:29.842 WARN - Exception thrown
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:37:03'
System info: host: 'seb-Lemur', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.2.0-42-generic', java.version: '1.7.0_101'
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.<init>(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$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:537)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:37:03'
System info: host: 'seb-Lemur', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.2.0-42-generic', java.version: '1.7.0_101'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.callConstructor(DefaultDriverProvider.java:113)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.newInstance(DefaultDriverProvider.java:97)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverFactory.newInstance(DefaultDriverFactory.java:60)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$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.remote.UnreachableBrowserException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:37:03'
System info: host: 'seb-Lemur', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.2.0-42-generic', java.version: '1.7.0_101'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:665)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:249)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:144)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:170)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:138)
    ... 14 more
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to localhost:23996 [localhost/127.0.0.1] failed: Connection refused
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:37:03'
System info: host: 'seb-Lemur', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.2.0-42-generic', java.version: '1.7.0_101'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:91)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:644)
    ... 19 more
Caused by: org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to localhost:23996 [localhost/127.0.0.1] failed: Connection refused
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.java:151)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:353)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:380)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:236)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:184)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:88)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:110)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:184)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:71)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:55)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.fallBackExecute(ApacheHttpClient.java:162)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.execute(ApacheHttpClient.java:90)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:142)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:82)
    ... 20 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
    at org.apache.http.conn.socket.PlainConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainConnectionSocketFactory.java:74)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.java:134)
    ... 33 more
20:18:29.850 WARN - Exception: Connection refused

[azachar]

Hi @sdeprez,

I am having the same issue as you. It seems to me that is related to a new release of chrome 54 - Have a look here - https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads.

For some unknown reason, I am unable to download the latest chrome driver by running webdriver-manager update.

It looks like a next bug - angular/webdriver-manager#102

[heathkit]

Yup, as mentioned in the other bug, you can manually update to the latest chromedriver with node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome 2.24. We'll have a new version of webdriver-manager with 2.24 as the default out soon.