Chrome session not starting with wdio 8.22.0

[Vikrant87-lego]

Hi All,

I have tried to create a new webdriverio project using the command npm init wdio@latest ./

and choose below options:

1. E2E Testing - of Web or Mobile Applications
2. On my local machine
3. Web - web applications in the browser
4. Chrome,Firefox,Microsoft Edge
5. Mocha (https://mochajs.org/)
6. No compiler
7. default spec files location
8. default pageobject location
9. wait-for: utilities that provide functionalities to wait for certain conditions till a defined task is complete.
10. allure report
11. UI5 service
12. npm install

but when i am trying to run the command npm run wdio i am getting below mentioned error:

Execution of 1 workers started at 2023-11-08T13:33:22.483Z
2023-11-08T13:33:22.741Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onPrepare hook
2023-11-08T13:33:22.743Z INFO @wdio/utils: Setting up browser driver for: chrome@stable
2023-11-08T13:33:22.744Z INFO @wdio/utils: Setting up browser binaries for: chrome@stable
2023-11-08T13:33:22.747Z INFO webdriver: Downloading Chromedriver v119.0.6045.124
2023-11-08T13:33:22.899Z WARN webdriver: Chromedriver v119.0.6045.124 don't exist, trying to find known good version...
2023-11-08T13:33:23.017Z INFO webdriver: Download of Chromedriver v119.0.6045.105 was successful
2023-11-08T13:33:23.021Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerStart hook
2023-11-08T13:33:23.023Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Start worker 0-0 with arg: run,./wdio.conf.js
[0-0] 2023-11-08T13:33:25.182Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Run worker command: run
[0-0] RUNNING in chrome - file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/test/specs/test.e2e.js
[0-0] 2023-11-08T13:33:25.655Z INFO webdriver: Initiate new session using the WebDriver protocol
[0-0] 2023-11-08T13:33:25.992Z INFO webdriver: Downloading Chromedriver v119.0.6045.124
[0-0] 2023-11-08T13:33:26.157Z WARN webdriver: Chromedriver v119.0.6045.124 don't exist, trying to find known good version...
[0-0] 2023-11-08T13:33:26.172Z INFO webdriver: Download of Chromedriver v119.0.6045.105 was successful
[0-0] 2023-11-08T13:33:26.433Z ERROR @wdio/runner: Error: spawn UNKNOWN
[0-0] at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:413:11)
[0-0] at Object.spawn (node:child_process:692:9)
[0-0] at startWebDriver (file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/node/startWebDriver.js:57:28)
[0-0] at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
[0-0] at async WebDriver.newSession (file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:18:31)
[0-0] at async remote (file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:45:22)
[0-0] at async Runner._startSession (file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:224:29)
[0-0] at async Runner._initSession (file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:190:25)
[0-0] at async Runner.run (file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:79:19)
[0-0] FAILED in chrome - file:///C:/Users/User1/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/test/specs/test.e2e.js
2023-11-08T13:33:26.577Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerEnd hook
2023-11-08T13:33:26.578Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onComplete hook

Spec Files: 0 passed, 1 failed, 1 total (100% completed) in 00:00:04

2023-11-08T13:33:26.585Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Shutting down spawned worker
2023-11-08T13:33:26.839Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Waiting for 0 to shut down gracefully
2023-11-08T13:33:26.840Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: shutting down

Node version: v18.6.0
wdio version : 8.22.0
os: windows 11(64 bit)

Can you please help me understand what is going wrong here?

[christian-bromann]

Can you please help me understand what is going wrong here?

It seems the Chromedriver fails to start for unknown reason, can you provide more information about your environment? Maybe provide a reproducible example as Dockerfile?

[Vikrant87-lego]

Hi Christian,

I am using a VM which has window 11(64 bit) and it has a chrome browser version 119.0.6045.106 installed. And my package .json looks like below:

{
"devDependencies": {
"@wdio/allure-reporter": "^8.21.0",
"@wdio/cli": "^8.22.0",
"@wdio/local-runner": "^8.22.0",
"@wdio/mocha-framework": "^8.22.0",
"@wdio/spec-reporter": "^8.21.0",
"wdio-ui5-service": "^2.0.2"
},
"scripts": {
"wdi5": "wdio run ./webapp/test/e2e/wdio.conf.js"
}
}

Also please find attache config file that i am using.
config.js.zip

Hope this helps?

Regards,
Vikrant

[christian-bromann]

Can you verify that you can start the downloaded Chromedriver binary?

[Vikrant87-lego]

Hi Christian,

can you please help me find the exact location where webdriverio v8 stores the Chromedriver binary under node_modules?

Regards,
Vikrant

[christian-bromann]

You can see it in the wdio logs or define a custom path via https://webdriver.io/docs/capabilities#cachedir

[Vikrant87-lego]

Hi Christian,

I tried downloadin the Chromedriver.exe for chrome version v119.0.6045.105 and changed the config file with below:

capabilities: [{
browserName: 'chrome',
'wdio:chromedriverOptions': {
binary: 'C:/Users/username/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/driver/chromedriver-win64/chromedriver.exe'
}
},

when i tried to run command npm run wdio

i am getting below mentioned error:

2023-11-10T11:24:51.456Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onPrepare hook
2023-11-10T11:24:51.460Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerStart hook
2023-11-10T11:24:51.461Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Start worker 0-0 with arg: run,./wdio.conf.js
[0-0] 2023-11-10T11:24:52.799Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Run worker command: run
[0-0] RUNNING in chrome - file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/test/specs/test.e2e.js
[0-0] 2023-11-10T11:24:53.166Z INFO webdriver: Initiate new session using the WebDriver protocol
[0-0] 2023-11-10T11:24:53.817Z ERROR @wdio/runner: Error: spawn UNKNOWN
[0-0] at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:413:11)
[0-0] at Object.spawn (node:child_process:692:9)
[0-0] at startWebDriver (file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/node/startWebDriver.js:57:28)
[0-0] at async WebDriver.newSession (file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:18:31)
[0-0] at async remote (file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:45:22)
[0-0] at async Runner._startSession (file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:224:29)
[0-0] at async Runner._initSession (file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:190:25)
[0-0] at async Runner.run (file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:79:19)
[0-0] FAILED in chrome - file:///C:/Users/Username/Documents/Testing/WDIO/test/specs/test.e2e.js
2023-11-10T11:24:54.042Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerEnd hook
2023-11-10T11:24:54.042Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onComplete hook

But my firefox is workin as expected, its only an issue with chrome browser session which is not launching at all.

[christian-bromann]

What happened if you start the Chromedriver (C:/Users/username/Documents/Testing/Webdriverio/driver/chromedriver-win64/chromedriver.exe) from the terminal, does it spawn?

[Vikrant87-lego]

I lack admin rights on my machine to run .exe file, could that be any issue?

[christian-bromann]

possibly, yes

[Vikrant87-lego]

Hi Christian,

I tried using a windows machine with admin rights and i was able to spawn the chromedriver binary successfully but when i try to run the wdio config it gives me an error:

Execution of 1 workers started at 2023-11-15T08:56:47.108Z
 
2023-11-15T08:56:47.251Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onPrepare hook
2023-11-15T08:56:47.257Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerStart hook
2023-11-15T08:56:47.259Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Start worker 0-0 with arg: run,./wdio.conf.js
[0-0] 2023-11-15T08:56:49.211Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Run worker command: run
[0-0] RUNNING in chrome - file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/test/specs/test.e2e.js
[0-0] 2023-11-15T08:56:49.724Z INFO webdriver: Initiate new session using the WebDriver protocol
[0-0] 2023-11-15T08:56:50.473Z ERROR @wdio/runner: Error: spawn UNKNOWN
[0-0]     at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:413:11)
[0-0]     at Object.spawn (node:child_process:757:9)
[0-0]     at startWebDriver (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/node/startWebDriver.js:57:28)
[0-0]     at async WebDriver.newSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:18:31)
[0-0]     at async remote (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:45:22)
[0-0]     at async Runner._startSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:224:29)
[0-0]     at async Runner._initSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:190:25)
[0-0]     at async Runner.run (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:79:19)
[0-0] FAILED in chrome - file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/test/specs/test.e2e.js
2023-11-15T08:56:50.610Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerEnd hook
2023-11-15T08:56:50.612Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onComplete hook
 
Spec Files:      0 passed, 1 failed, 1 total (100% completed) in 00:00:03
 
2023-11-15T08:56:50.616Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Shutting down spawned worker
2023-11-15T08:56:50.869Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Waiting for 0 to shut down gracefully
2023-11-15T08:56:50.870Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: shutting down

Also i tried to give the absolute path of the binary in config file as below:
[0-0]   desiredCapabilities: {
[0-0]     browserName: 'chrome',
[0-0]     'wdio:chromedriverOptions': {
[0-0]       binary: 'C:/Users/username/Downloads/chromedriver-win64/chromedriver-win64/chromedriver.exe'
[0-0]     },

Error:

ERROR webdriver: Request failed with status 500 due to unknown error: unknown error: unhandled inspector error:
{"code":-32000,"message":"Target crashed"}
[0-0]   (Session info: chrome=119.0.6045.124)
[0-0] 2023-11-15T09:01:35.003Z ERROR webdriver: unknown error: unknown error: unhandled inspector error: {"code":-32000,"message":"Target crashed"}
[0-0]   (Session info: chrome=119.0.6045.124)
[0-0]     at getErrorFromResponseBody (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:194:12)
[0-0]     at NodeJSRequest._request (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/request/index.js:164:23)
[0-0]     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
[0-0]     at async startWebDriverSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:63:20)
[0-0]     at async WebDriver.newSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:20:45)
[0-0]     at async remote (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:45:22)
[0-0]     at async Runner._startSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:224:29)
[0-0]     at async Runner._initSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:190:25)
[0-0]     at async Runner.run (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:79:19)
[0-0] 2023-11-15T09:01:35.005Z ERROR @wdio/runner: Error: Failed to create session.
[0-0] unknown error: unhandled inspector error: {"code":-32000,"message":"Target crashed"}
[0-0]   (Session info: chrome=119.0.6045.124)
[0-0]     at startWebDriverSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:68:15)
[0-0]     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
[0-0]     at async WebDriver.newSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:20:45)
[0-0]     at async remote (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:45:22)
[0-0]     at async Runner._startSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:224:29)
[0-0]     at async Runner._initSession (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:190:25)
[0-0]     at async Runner.run (file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:79:19)
[0-0] FAILED in chrome - file:///C:/Users/username/OneDrive%20-%20LEGO/Documents/WDIO/test/specs/test.e2e.js
2023-11-15T09:01:35.142Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onWorkerEnd hook
2023-11-15T09:01:35.144Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onComplete hook
 
Spec Files:      0 passed, 1 failed, 1 total (100% completed) in 00:00:15

Can you suggest something to resolve this issue?
We are able to launch Firefox and edge though, also can i use some other version which is more stable for Windows 11 environment?

Regards,
Vikrant

[christian-bromann]

Can you suggest something to resolve this issue?

I can't. Chrome seems to crash on your system.