Im trying to get Selenium working with Java. I'm using Maven. My pom.xml file looks like this

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
  <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
  <version>4.1.2</version>
</dependency>

When i try to run my programm the following error shows up. Chrome starts but does not open any sites. Ive tried chrome webdriver version 98 97 and 96. Does my normal chrome version matter?

Starting ChromeDriver 97.0.4692.71 (adefa7837d02a07a604c1e6eff0b3a09422ab88d-refs/branch-heads/4692@{#1247}) on port 61659
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/security-considerations for suggestions on keeping ChromeDriver safe.
ChromeDriver was started successfully.
[1644353402.048][WARNING]: This version of ChromeDriver has not been tested with Chrome version 98.
Feb. 08, 2022 9:50:02 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: W3C
Feb. 08, 2022 9:50:02 PM org.openqa.selenium.devtools.CdpVersionFinder findNearestMatch
WARNING: Unable to find an exact match for CDP version 98, so returning the closest version found: 97
Feb. 08, 2022 9:50:02 PM org.openqa.selenium.devtools.CdpVersionFinder findNearestMatch
INFO: Found CDP implementation for version 98 of 97

CodePudding user response：

This error message...

[1644353402.048][WARNING]: This version of ChromeDriver has not been tested with Chrome version 98.
Feb. 08, 2022 9:50:02 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: W3C
Feb. 08, 2022 9:50:02 PM org.openqa.selenium.devtools.CdpVersionFinder findNearestMatch
WARNING: Unable to find an exact match for CDP version 98, so returning the closest version found: 97
Feb. 08, 2022 9:50:02 PM org.openqa.selenium.devtools.CdpVersionFinder findNearestMatch
INFO: Found CDP implementation for version 98 of 97

...implies that the ChromeDriver was unable to 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:

• You are using chrome=98
• Release Notes of ChromeDriver v98.0 clearly mentions the following:

Supports Chrome version 98

• But you are using chromedriver=97.0.4692.71
• Release Notes of chromedriver=97.0.4692.71 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome version 97

So there is a clear mismatch between chromedriver=97.0 and the chrome=98.0

Solution

Ensure that:

• Selenium is upgraded to current released Version 4.1.2.
• ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v98.0 level.
• Chrome Browser is updated to current chrome=98 (as per chromedriver=98.0.4758.48 release notes).

CodePudding user response：

Sadly, Selenium 4.1.2 doesnt support v98 yet. Here is the changelog:

v4.1.2

• Supported CDP versions: 85, 95, 96, 97
• Add new desktop cast command for Chromium
• ...