selenium session selenium-webdriver internet-explorer-11 selenium-iedriver

Selenium script is not opening URL in IE11

I have the below selenium script to launch a URL, but I always get error when I run. I have searched stack overflow and other sites, but none of the solution works for me.

Solutions tried: 1. Setting all the security values to same level (High) 2. Enabling or disabling all the security setting.

Code:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class Automation{

    static String driverPath = "IE driver path";
    public WebDriver driver;

    @BeforeClass
    public void setUp() {
        System.out.println("*******************");
        System.out.println("launching IE browser");
        System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", ".\\ieDriver\\IEDriverServer.exe");
        driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
    }

    @Test
    public void testGooglePageTitleInIEBrowser() {
        driver.navigate().to("http://www.google.com");
        String strPageTitle = driver.getTitle();
        System.out.println("Page title: - "+strPageTitle);
        Assert.assertTrue(strPageTitle.equalsIgnoreCase("Google"), "Page title doesn't match");
    }

    @AfterClass
    public void tearDown() {
        if(driver!=null) {
            System.out.println("Closing IE browser");
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Error Thrown:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\bin\java" -ea -Didea.test.cyclic.buffer.size=1048576 "-javaagent:C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2017.3.4\lib\idea_rt.jar=52446:C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2017.3.4\bin" -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2017.3.4\lib\idea_rt.jar;C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2017.3.4\plugins\testng\lib\testng-plugin.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\deploy.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\access-bridge-32.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\cldrdata.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\jaccess.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\jfxrt.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\nashorn.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunec.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\sunpkcs11.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\ext\zipfs.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\javaws.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jce.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jfr.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jfxswt.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\management-agent.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\plugin.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\resources.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\out\test\classes;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\out\test\resources;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\out\production\resources;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-java\2.53.0\645a24b52c9e5704e900ac755b5800352e981af7\selenium-java-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.testng\testng\6.9.9\1bf509349476d6a48978cc2b04af9caa907781ab\testng-6.9.9.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.relevantcodes\extentreports\2.40.2\724ab4559804e499184e546754116e4b3d53e106\extentreports-2.40.2.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.pdfbox\pdfbox\2.0.7\b1beed06441f7404a7702a069823ab56782aee2e\pdfbox-2.0.7.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.commons\commons-lang3\3.1\905075e6c80f206bbe6cf1e809d2caa69f420c76\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.itextpdf\itextpdf\5.4.0\993f5da44e7072abd385ecee05279353d79bea47\itextpdf-5.4.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\dom4j\dom4j\1.6.1\5d3ccc056b6f056dbf0dddfdf43894b9065a8f94\dom4j-1.6.1.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.poi\poi\3.13\f59f504ba8c521e61e25f417ec652fd485010f3\poi-3.13.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.poi\poi-scratchpad\3.13\9d763275e6c7fa05d47e2581606748669e88c55\poi-scratchpad-3.13.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.poi\poi-ooxml\3.13\c364a8f5422d613e3a56db3b4b889f2989d7ee73\poi-ooxml-3.13.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.json\json\20090211\c183aa3a2a6250293808bba12262c8920ce5a51c\json-20090211.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\src\lib\ojdbc14.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\src\lib\itextpdf-5.4.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\src\lib\sikuli-script.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\src\lib\xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\Desktop\Code Base\New Order Create - Automation\NOC Automation - gradle project\src\lib\log4j-1.2.17.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\junit\junit\4.12\2973d150c0dc1fefe998f834810d68f278ea58ec\junit-4.12.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-chrome-driver\2.53.0\7541a3948c3fb31122ee9633731e8103f3292b0a\selenium-chrome-driver-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-edge-driver\2.53.0\9f3da0dfa620ae8cd71afacfdd6ddae5028ce1ea\selenium-edge-driver-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-firefox-driver\2.53.0\5dc655b1999898d2fc3791c649b7355d98629a69\selenium-firefox-driver-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-ie-driver\2.53.0\27b703e9fba9c0f636109cf4bd697c1f208ac825\selenium-ie-driver-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-safari-driver\2.53.0\c80224258a8b702c99f2d7b3847ce89dc1bcd2bd\selenium-safari-driver-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-support\2.53.0\3706aa8a696d1b7938365a41ee7ca46309a0b2d\selenium-support-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-leg-rc\2.53.0\bdabcf672449c588913ae32973dd8f7d54f510de\selenium-leg-rc-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.beust\jcommander\1.48\bfcb96281ea3b59d626704f74bc6d625ff51cbce\jcommander-1.48.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.ant\ant\1.7.0\9746af1a485e50cf18dcb232489032a847067066\ant-1.7.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.yaml\snakeyaml\1.15\3b132bea69e8ee099f416044970997bde80f4ea6\snakeyaml-1.15.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.beanshell\bsh\2.0b4\a05f0a0feefa8d8467ac80e16e7de071489f0d9c\bsh-2.0b4.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.jsoup\jsoup\1.8.3\65fd012581ded67bc20945d85c32b4598c3a9cf1\jsoup-1.8.3.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.xerial\sqlite-jdbc\3.8.11.1\b33358a3e242b21f2fe518dc1471fab0a49a04a\sqlite-jdbc-3.8.11.1.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.freemarker\freemarker\2.3.23\cd143cd8c02a9f838e3cb75a6dfe133750437f6d\freemarker-2.3.23.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.pdfbox\fontbox\2.0.7\99321d36cfbd7f2c15f24b67fdcc88c66b453379\fontbox-2.0.7.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.2\4bfc12adfe4842bf07b657f0369c4cb522955686\commons-logging-1.2.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\xml-apis\xml-apis\1.0.b2\3136ca936f64c9d68529f048c2618bd356bf85c9\xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\9ce04e34240f674bc72680f8b843b1457383161a\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.poi\poi-ooxml-schemas\3.13\56fb0b9f3ffc3d7f7fc9b59e17b5fa2c3ab921e7\poi-ooxml-schemas-3.13.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-remote-driver\2.53.0\eb76ed037ba5a7c11cce11effd0e2175056905ac\selenium-remote-driver-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\b1b6ea3b7e4aa4f492509a4952029cd8e48019ad\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.commons\commons-exec\1.3\8dfb9facd0830a27b1b5f29f84593f0aeee7773b\commons-exec-1.3.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\net.java.dev.jna\jna\4.1.0\1c12d070e602efd8021891cdd7fd18bc129372d4\jna-4.1.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\net.java.dev.jna\jna-platform\4.1.0\23457ad1cf75c2c16763330de5565a0e67b4bc0a\jna-platform-4.1.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\io.netty\netty\3.5.7.Final\811465e6dfc89d7c78d21de6a9747b6046cb5403\netty-3.5.7.Final.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.ant\ant-launcher\1.7.0\e7e30789211e074aa70ef3eaea59bd5b22a7fa7a\ant-launcher-1.7.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.xmlbeans\xmlbeans\2.6.0\29e80d2dd51f9dcdef8f9ffaee0d4dc1c9bbfc87\xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\cglib\cglib-nodep\2.1_3\58d3be5953547c0019e5704`enter 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here`d6ed4ffda3b0c7c66\cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.google.code.gson\gson\2.3.1\ecb6e1f8e4b0e84c4b886c2f14a1500caf309757\gson-2.3.1.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.seleniumhq.selenium\selenium-api\2.53.0\a6105ad5c43dcc02c1cf87250111b0a7f1a7c2e6\selenium-api-2.53.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.httpcomponents\httpclient\4.5.1\7e3cecc566df91338c6c67883b89ddd05a17db43\httpclient-4.5.1.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.google.guava\guava\19.0\6ce200f6b23222af3d8abb6b6459e6c44f4bb0e9\guava-19.0.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\stax\stax-api\1.0.1\49c100caf72d658aca8e58bd74a4ba90fa2b0d70\stax-api-1.0.1.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.httpcomponents\httpcore\4.4.3\e876a79d561e5c6207b78d347e198c8c4531a5e5\httpcore-4.4.3.jar;C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.hamcrest\hamcrest-core\1.3\42a25dc3219429f0e5d060061f71acb49bf010a0\hamcrest-core-1.3.jar;C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2017.3.4\plugins\testng\lib\jcommander.jar" org.testng.RemoteTestNGStarter -usedefaultlisteners false -socket52445 @w@C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\AppData\Local\Temp\idea_working_dirs_testng.tmp -temp C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\AppData\Local\Temp\idea_testng.tmp
[TestNG] Running:
  C:\Users\kiran.venkatesan\.IdeaIC2017.3\system\temp-testng-customsuite.xml
*******************
launching IE browser
Started InternetExplorerDriver server (32-bit)
3.9.0.0
Listening on port 48142
Only local connections are allowed
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.

org.openqa.selenium.remote.SessionNotFoundException: session null does not exist (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 23 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b1534ae328c771e0856c93e187490ca824', time: '2016-03-15 10:43:46'
System info: host: 'BDC4-L-9XMLTF2', ip: '192.168.56.1', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_121'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
Capabilities [{capabilities={proxy={}, acceptInsecureCerts=false, browserVersion=11, se:ieOptions={nativeEvents=true, browserAttachTimeout=0, ie.ensureCleanSession=false, elementScrollBehavior=0, enablePersistentHover=true, ie.browserCommandLineSwitches=, ie.forceCreateProcessApi=false, requireWindowFocus=false, initialBrowserUrl=http://localhost:48142/, ignoreZoomSetting=false, ie.fileUploadDialogTimeout=3000, ignoreProtectedModeSettings=false}, timeouts={implicit=0, pageLoad=300000, script=30000}, browserName=internet explorer, pageLoadStrategy=normal, unhandledPromptBehavior=dismiss, platformName=windows, setWindowRect=true}, sessionId=c1b66a88-1f49-4f1a-9348-23500ef57966, platform=ANY}]
Session ID: null

    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
    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.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:701)

Solution

The error says it all :

Started InternetExplorerDriver server (32-bit)
3.9.0.0
org.openqa.selenium.remote.SessionNotFoundException: session null does not exist (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 23 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b1534ae328c771e0856c93e187490ca824', time: '2016-03-15 10:43:46'
System info: host: 'BDC4-L-9XMLTF2', ip: '192.168.56.1', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_121'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver

It is clear from your error stack trace that the new session is not getting initiated and the Driver info is also not getting recognized.

Your main issue is the version compatibility between the binaries you are using as follows :

You are using IEDriverServer v3.9.0.0
You are using InternetExplorer v11.0 (as per your question)
You are using Selenium Client v2.53.0 of 2016-03-15 10:43:46 which is almost 2 years olden.
Your JDK version is 1.8.0_121 which is pretty ancient.

So there is a clear mismatch between the JDK v8u121 , Selenium Client v2.53.0 , ChromeDriver version (v2.36) and the Chrome Browser version (v65.0)

Solution

Upgrade JDK to recent levels JDK 8u162.
Upgrade Selenium Client to v3.11.0.
Upgrade IEDriverServer to v3.11.1.
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
If your base Web Browser base version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Web Browser.
Execute your @Test.