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Which ChromeDriver version is compatible with which Chrome Browser version?

Actually I'm a bit confused. Although I read several resources about this.

For having a test of Selenium 3 using ChromeBrowser we need an extra app called ChromeDriver.

I found this text from GitHub:

ChromeDriver is only compatible with Chrome version 12.0.712.0 or newer. If you need to test an older version of Chrome, use Selenium RC and a Selenium-backed WebDriver instance.

My question is are all ChromeDriver versions compatible with all Chrome version? No conflict between each version?

Where can I find documentation of all versions matching between the ChromeDriver & ChromeBrowser?

Solution

  • I found, that chrome and chromedriver versions support policy has changed recently.

    As stated on downloads page:

    If you are using Chrome version please download chromedriver
    Starting from v115 The latest Chrome + ChromeDriver releases per release channel (Stable, Beta, Dev, Canary) are available at the Chrome for Testing availability dashboard. For automated version downloading one can use the convenient JSON endpoints.

    Note also that latest versions of Selenium has built-in Selenium Manager which will download specified version of Chrome and ChromeDriver automatically when you specify browserName and browserVersion properties in options.
    Chrome v114 ChromeDriver 114.0.5735.90
    Chrome v113 ChromeDriver 113.0.5672.63
    Chrome v112 ChromeDriver 112.0.5615.49
    Chrome v111 ChromeDriver 111.0.5563.64
    Chrome v110 ChromeDriver 110.0.5481.77
    Chrome v109 ChromeDriver 109.0.5414.74
    Chrome v108 ChromeDriver 108.0.5359.71
    Chrome v107 ChromeDriver 107.0.5304.18
    Chrome v106 ChromeDriver 106.0.5249.62
    Chrome v105 ChromeDriver 105.0.5195.52
    Chrome v104 ChromeDriver 104.0.5112.79
    Chrome v103 ChromeDriver 103.0.5060.134
    Chrome v102 ChromeDriver 102.0.5005.61
    Chrome v101 ChromeDriver 101.0.4951.41
    Chrome v100 ChromeDriver 100.0.4896.60
    Chrome v99 ChromeDriver 99.0.4844.51
    Chrome v98 ChromeDriver 98.0.4758.102
    Chrome v97 ChromeDriver 97.0.4692.71
    Chrome v96 ChromeDriver 96.0.4664.45
    Chrome v95 ChromeDriver 95.0.4638.69
    Chrome v94 ChromeDriver 94.0.4606.113
    Chrome v93 ChromeDriver 93.0.4577.63
    Chrome v92 ChromeDriver 92.0.4515.107
    Chrome v91 ChromeDriver 91.0.4472.101
    Chrome v90 ChromeDriver 90.0.4430.24
    Chrome v89 ChromeDriver 89.0.4389.23
    Chrome v88 ChromeDriver 88.0.4324.96
    Chrome v87 ChromeDriver 87.0.4280.88
    Chrome v86 ChromeDriver 86.0.4240.22
    Chrome v85 ChromeDriver 85.0.4183.87
    Chrome v84 ChromeDriver 84.0.4147.30
    Chrome v83 ChromeDriver 83.0.4103.39
    Chrome v81 ChromeDriver 81.0.4044.69
    Chrome v80 ChromeDriver 80.0.3987.106
    Chrome v79 ChromeDriver 79.0.3945.36
    Chrome v78 ChromeDriver 78.0.3904.105
    Chrome v77 ChromeDriver 77.0.3865.40
    Chrome v76 ChromeDriver 76.0.3809.126
    Chrome v75 ChromeDriver 75.0.3770.140
    Chrome v74 ChromeDriver 74.0.3729.6
    Chrome v73 ChromeDriver 73.0.3683.68
    older version of Chrome see Barett's anwer

    There is general guide to select version of crhomedriver for specific chrome version: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads/version-selection

    Here is excerpt:

    • First, find out which version of Chrome you are using. Let's say you have Chrome 72.0.3626.81.
    • Take the Chrome version number, remove the last part, and append the result to URL "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_". For example, with Chrome version 72.0.3626.81, you'd get a URL "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_72.0.3626".
    • Use the URL created in the last step to retrieve a small file containing the version of ChromeDriver to use. For example, the above URL will get your a file containing "72.0.3626.69". (The actual number may change in the future, of course.)
    • Use the version number retrieved from the previous step to construct the URL to download ChromeDriver. With version 72.0.3626.69, the URL would be "https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=72.0.3626.69/".
    • After the initial download, it is recommended that you occasionally go through the above process again to see if there are any bug fix releases.

    Note, that this version selection algorithm can be easily automated. For example, simple powershell script in another answer has automated chromedriver updating on windows platform.

    Note also that latest versions of Selenium has built-in Selenium Manager which will download specified version of Chrome and ChromeDriver automatically when you specify browserName and browserVersion properties in options.