Java Selenium 3.141.59 - Webdriver timed out waiting for driver server to start-CodePudding

I know there's a lot of similar posts on this issue on Stack Overflow; (link, link, link, etc.) but none of them seem to resolve my problem; in which I have updated the Chromedriver version to the latest Chrome version that I am using, but it appears as though it is just not starting / opening Chrome at all. Can anyone suggest something that I am doing wrong?

Chrome version: 103.0.5060.114 (Official Build) (64-bit) (cohort: Stable)
Chromedriver version: ChromeDriver 103.0.5060.53 (https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=103.0.5060.53/)
Java Selenium version (via Maven): 3.141.59

Code:

logger.info("*** Chrome Simulation(): default viewport");
String exePath = System.getProperty(USER_DIR)   "\\src\\main\\resources\\chromedriver.exe";

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", exePath);
ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
chromeOptions.addArguments("--start-maximized");

// chromeOptions.addArguments("--headless");
// chromeOptions.addArguments("--disable-gpu");
// chromeOptions.addArguments("--window-size=1920,1080");

driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);

driver.get(browserMeta.getProperties().getProperty(DESKTOP_URL));

When I try to run the code using a maven command:

mvn test "-Dcucumber.options=--tags '@Test'" -Denv=t1 -Dopenreport=false -DforkCount=0 -DreuseForks=false

to start the execution but I get the following error message / stacktrace:

Timed out waiting for driver server to start.
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: '[REDACTED FOR SAFETY REASONS]', ip: '[REDACTED FOR SAFETY REASONS]', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_161'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver

org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.waitUntilAvailable(DriverService.java:202)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.start(DriverService.java:188)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:79)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:213)
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:181)
org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:168)
org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:157)
[MY-ORG-PATH](MyFile:MyLineNumber)
[MY-ORG-PATH](MyFile:MyLineNumber)
[MY-ORG-PATH](MyFile:MyLineNumber)
[MY-ORG-PATH](MyFile:MyLineNumber)
sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor12.invoke(Unknown Source)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
io.cucumber.java.Invoker.doInvoke(Invoker.java:66)
io.cucumber.java.Invoker.invoke(Invoker.java:24)
io.cucumber.java.AbstractGlueDefinition.invokeMethod(AbstractGlueDefinition.java:47)
io.cucumber.java.JavaHookDefinition.execute(JavaHookDefinition.java:59)
io.cucumber.core.runner.CoreHookDefinition.execute(CoreHookDefinition.java:46)
io.cucumber.core.runner.HookDefinitionMatch.runStep(HookDefinitionMatch.java:21)
io.cucumber.core.runner.ExecutionMode$1.execute(ExecutionMode.java:10)
io.cucumber.core.runner.TestStep.executeStep(TestStep.java:92)
io.cucumber.core.runner.TestStep.run(TestStep.java:64)
io.cucumber.core.runner.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:98)
io.cucumber.core.runner.Runner.runPickle(Runner.java:71)
io.cucumber.junit.PickleRunners$NoStepDescriptions.run(PickleRunners.java:151)
io.cucumber.junit.FeatureRunner.runChild(FeatureRunner.java:135)
io.cucumber.junit.FeatureRunner.runChild(FeatureRunner.java:27)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$4.run(ParentRunner.java:331)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:79)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:329)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$100(ParentRunner.java:66)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:293)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:413)
io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber.runChild(Cucumber.java:199)
io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber.runChild(Cucumber.java:90)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$4.run(ParentRunner.java:331)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:79)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:329)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$100(ParentRunner.java:66)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:293)
io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber$RunCucumber.evaluate(Cucumber.java:234)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:413)
org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:364)
org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeWithRerun(JUnit4Provider.java:272)
org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:237)
org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:158)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
org.apache.maven.surefire.api.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodWithArray2(ReflectionUtils.java:167)
org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory$ProviderProxy.invoke(ProviderFactory.java:161)
org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory.invokeProvider(ProviderFactory.java:84)
org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.InPluginVMSurefireStarter.runSuitesInProcess(InPluginVMSurefireStarter.java:87)
org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeProvider(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1295)
org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1159)
org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:932)
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:210)
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:156)
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:148)
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:305)
org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:192)
org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:105)
org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:957)
org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:289)
org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:193)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:282)
org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:225)
org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:406)
org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:347)
org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:47)

CodePudding user response：

Following on from the chat in the Selenium room with @undetected-selenium I managed to get it working; but it wasn't just Selenium that I had to upgrade. Part of my pom.xml files were interrelated and I also had to upgrade the following elements; which I was also using:

cucumber-java to v7.3.3
cucumber-junit to v7.3.3
commons-io to v2.11.0
cucumber-core to v7.3.3

Once I had these upgraded; the solution worked as previously mentioned.

CodePudding user response：

This error message...

Timed out waiting for driver server to start.
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: '[REDACTED FOR SAFETY REASONS]', ip: '[REDACTED FOR SAFETY REASONS]', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_161'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver

...implies that the program timedout waiting for ChromeDriver to start and initiate/spawn a new Browsing Context i.e. google-chrome session.

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

Though you are using chrome=103.0.5060.114 and chromedriver=103.0.5060.53 with selenium=3.141.59
The jdk version is 1.8.0_161 which is quite old and ancient.

Solution

Ensure that:

JDK is upgraded to current levels JDK 8u331.
Selenium is upgraded to current released Version 4.3.0.
ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v103.0 level.
Chrome Browser is updated to current chrome=103.0 (as per chromedriver=103.0.5060.53 release notes).