WebDriverException: No command or response codec has been defined. Unable to proceed

[Dora F]

I am using selenium version 2.53.1 and when I try to use any newer version I get this error and test fails

Jan 08, 2018 4:38:29 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: OSS
Jan 08, 2018 4:38:34 PM org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions findElement
WARNING: WebDriverException thrown by findElement(By.id: Allow)
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: No command or response codec has been defined. Unable to proceed
Build info: version: '3.8.0', revision: '924c4067df', time: '2017-11-30T11:20:39.408Z'
System info: host: 'Mac-mini.local', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.12.6', java.version: '1.8.0_131'

Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:154)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:601)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:180)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElements(RemoteWebDriver.java:398)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementsById(RemoteWebDriver.java:421)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ById.findElements(By.java:210)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElements(RemoteWebDriver.java:359)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.findElement(ExpectedConditions.java:881)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions.access$000(ExpectedConditions.java:43)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions$7.apply(ExpectedConditions.java:205)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions$7.apply(ExpectedConditions.java:201)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait.until(FluentWait.java:208)
at qamaven.qacode.iosTests.appTests.Helper.isPresent(Helper.java:133)
at qamaven.qacode.iosTests.appTests.Helper.tryCatchClick(Helper.java:126)
at qamaven.qacode.iosTests.appTests.Helper.setUpForStart(Helper.java:203)
at qamaven.qacode.iosTests.tests.dataIntegrity.ISwiper.iSwiperHome(ISwiper.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:108)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:661)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:869)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1193)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:126)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:744)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:602)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:380)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:375)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:340)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:289)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1301)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1226)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1144)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1115)
at org.testng.IDEARemoteTestNG.run(IDEARemoteTestNG.java:72)
at org.testng.RemoteTestNGStarter.main(RemoteTestNGStarter.java:123) 

[Harry King]

You running on a Mac and using remote web driver - the bindings are up to date in the stack trace, but what about the version of selenium and browser driver you are connecting to?

[Dora F]

I am using Appium v1.7.1 to run tests on iPhone simulator.