Protractor against webdriver-manager This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 74 Error

Summary: Run Latest Protractor against latest webdriver-manager, looks for Chrome Browser 74, which does not yet exist. Errors below. Please advise of workaround or when fix is forthcoming. (See inter alia: bonigarcia/webdrivermanager#318)
Run webdriver-manager v13.0.0 node v10.15.0 Windows 7 Update 1

PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\bin>node webdriver-manager start

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_172\bin\java.exe -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\downloads\chromedriver_74.0.3729.6.exe -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\downloads\geckodriver_0.24.0.exe -jar

PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\downloads\selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar -port 4444
selenium process id: 12060
15:55:48.473 INFO [GridLauncherV3.parse] - Selenium server version: 3.141.59, revision: e82be7d358
15:55:48.520 INFO [GridLauncherV3.lambda$buildLaunchers$3] - Launching a standalone Selenium Server on port 4444
2019-03-25 15:55:48.553:INFO::main: Logging initialized @288ms to org.seleniumhq.jetty9.util.log.StdErrLog
15:55:48.739 INFO [WebDriverServlet.] - Initialising WebDriverServlet
15:55:48.963 INFO [SeleniumServer.boot] - Selenium Server is up and running on port 4444

Run Protractor 6.9.0

PATH\Source\Workspaces\Test_Automation\PNL_Tests\NewPNLGridTests> node PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\bin\protractor conf.js
[16:00:28] W/driverProviders - Using driver provider directConnect, but also found extra driver provider parameter(s): seleniumAddress
[16:00:28] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:33657/devtools/browser/473fad9e-b641-4509-b265-ff1c7d57d9d9
[0325/160030.761:ERROR:broker_win.cc(55)] Error reading broker pipe: Error (0x5) while retrieving error. (0x6D)
[0325/160030.762:ERROR:cmd_buffer_helper.cc(141)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: CommandBufferHelper::AllocateRingBuffer() failed
[16:00:31] E/launcher - Error: SessionNotCreatedError: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 74
(Driver info: chromedriver=74.0.3729.6 (255758eccf3d244491b8a1317aa76e1ce10d57e9-refs/branch-heads/3729@{#29}),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1 x86_64) at Object.checkLegacyResponse (PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\error.js:585:15) at parseHttpResponse (PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:533:13) at Executor.execute (PATH\Protractor\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:468:26) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

[16:00:31] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 100

Cheers, RW

[scooper91]

We are having the same issue.

For now, we are able to work around it by specifying the exact chrome version when updating the drivers:
webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome=73.0.3683.86
If you don't want to hardcode the chrome version you can do:
webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome=$(google-chrome --version | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
(Annoyingly, google-chrome --version doesn't just give the version number!)

@scooper91 Thx scoop! I shall document this as a solution to the versioning problem.

Cheers, RW
And the Crowe takes winge to the Roaky Wood

It seems that the combination below has introduced significant instability in the execution of Protractor.

--protractor v6.9.0
--webdriver-manager v13.0.0
--node v10.15.0
--windows 7 and/or 10
--Chrome 73.0.3683.86 (Official Build) (64-bit)
--chromedriver 73.0.3683.86

I now have: "Error while waiting for Protractor to sync with the page: "both angularJS testability and angular testability are undefined. This could be either because this is a non-angular page or because your test involves client-side navigation, which can interfere with Protractor's bootstrapping. See http://git.io/v4gXM for details"

This is a common and well-documented error, but not one that I have encountered with previously what was a rather robust Protractor.

I've tried dozens of solutions for this regarding timeouts and timing, but I believe that the timing is a red herring and some change made from previous versions causes even the simplest examples not to work, The issues is likely in Protractor now.

I shall now proceed to the Protractor issues page.

[cnishina]

Great this looks like it has been resolved. The idea was (if passed the no params), webdriver-manager would download the latest assuming it worked with the browser you were using. This is working as intended but the Chrome version isn't out and the Chromedriver version is released. I have ideas on how we can fix this in the future but since this is working as designed, I am closing this issue.

[vsravuri]

@cnishina

Appreciate if this can be fixed in future.

If you are using Chrome version 74, please download ChromeDriver 74.0.3729.6
If you are using Chrome version 73, please download ChromeDriver 73.0.3683.68
If you are using Chrome version 72, please download ChromeDriver 2.46 or ChromeDriver 72.0.3626.69

http://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads

@cnishina C, scoops workaround is nice, but someone should post to the main tutorial page.

If Chrome 74 doesn't get out soon otherwise protractor will lose a lot of new business.

RW

[vsravuri]

Thanks @scooper91

I slightly modified your command and it works perfectly fine in Mac OS
webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome=$(/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --version | cut -d ' ' -f 3)

[edarioq]

@scooper91

I've tried dozens of solutions for this regarding timeouts and timing, but I believe that the timing is a red herring and some change made from previous versions causes even the simplest examples not to work, The issues is likely in Protractor now.

Getting the same errors, I've tried async and waitForAngularEnabled(false) but so far no luck.

@ediaroq Using the example from the web page... Works on Win 7/10 Trying on Mac later.

FACT 1: Webdriver-Manager has a bug. It wants Chrome 74 (which does not exist until April 23, 2019 when it shall magically appear) so you need the workaround. The fix is for the package to automatically sync with the latest existing versions of chromedriver/browser like it always used to.

FACT2: Protractor 6.0.0 has a documentation bug. It was released without updating the Public Facing site or the README. You now must use async.

==================================================================

CONF FILE TEMPLATE:
Using the exports.config = {
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
framework: 'jasmine',
specs: ['spec3.js']
};

//Please note the async and awaits; note the location of the waitForAngularEnabled

SPEC FILE TEMPLATE:
describe('Protractor Demo App', function() {
it('should add one and two', async function() {
browser.waitForAngularEnabled(false);
await browser.get('http://juliemr.github.io/protractor-demo/');
await browser.sleep(5000);
await element(by.model('first')).sendKeys(1);
await element(by.model('second')).sendKeys(2);
await element(by.id('gobutton')).click();
await browser.sleep(3000);
expect(await element(by.binding('latest')).getText()).toEqual('5'); // This is wrong!
browser.waitForAngularEnabled(true);
});
});

==================================================================

//Open Terminal 1 Run these commands in sequence
COMMANDLINE> node C:\Users\stateyourname\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\bin\webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome=73.0.3683.86

COMMANDLINE> node C:\Users\stateyourname\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\bin\webdriver-manager start

//Open Terminal 2
COMMANDLINE> node C:\Users\stateyourname\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\bin\protractor C:\Users\stateyourname\Your_Path_To_Your_Conf\conf3.js

P.S. I got it working on my existing tests that were broken by the update.

P.P.S. I mean no offense to anyone, newbie or veteran of Protractor, but please look at the attachment, we all need to read the marked sections in depth, as we have a new paradigm. Timing and sync/async is discussed in detail.

Cheers

[edarioq]

For now I guess I'll stick to using protractor version 5.4.2, at least until the protractor team has better documentation on what changed and how to fix it.

EDIT - Will try your fixes, thanks @RoakyWood

[edarioq]

Thanks works. To clarify:

1. The version of chrome it asks for doesn't work, you have to specify:
   webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome=73.0.3683.86

2. You now have to use async, await in your tests, example:

describe('My App', () => {
    it('should have a title', async () => {
        await browser.get('http://localhost:8080/');
        expect(await browser.getTitle()).toEqual('Welcome!');
    });
});

With these changes it works again.

@edarioq E.Q.: Awesome!

The entire backstory is here: SeleniumHQ/selenium#2969