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UnreachableBrowserException: Could not start a new session Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure

I am new to selenium. Able to configure selenium set up on Ubuntu.Configuration details given below:

But every run I am getting below error on jenkins :

Opening chrome driver
Oct 30, 2019 1:26:49 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities chrome
INFO: Using `new ChromeOptions()` is preferred to `DesiredCapabilities.chrome()`
[ERROR] Tests run: 3, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 2, Time elapsed: 0.998 s <<< FAILURE! - in TestSuite
[ERROR] setUp(com.test.WebAppTitleTestOnChrome)  Time elapsed: 0.895 s  <<< FAILURE!
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.

Please suggest me.

Solution

  • This error message...

    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.

    ...implies that the ChromeDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new WebBrowser i.e. Chrome Browser session.

    Your main issue possibly is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:

    • You are using chromedriver=2.41
    • Release Notes of chromedriver=2.41 clearly mentions the following :

    Supports Chrome v67-69

    • You are using chrome= 68.0
    • Your Selenium Client version is unknown to us.
    • Your JDK version is unknown to us.

    So there might be a mismatch between the JDK version , Selenium Client version , ChromeDriver v2.41 and the Chrome Browser v68.0

    Solution

    Ensure that:

    • JDK is upgraded to current levels JDK 8u222.
    • Selenium is upgraded to current levels Version 3.141.59.
    • ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v78.0 level.
    • Chrome is updated to current Chrome Version 78.0 level. (as per ChromeDriver v78.0 release notes)
    • Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
    • If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.
    • Take a System Reboot.
    • Execute your @Test as non-root user.