"WebDriverException: Message: chrome not reachable" When loading chrome profile

[eloi.p...@foxbit.com.br]

I am unsure if i should post this issue here or at selenium github issues.

Selenium github clearly states:

"If the issue is with Google Chrome consider logging an issue with chromedriver instead:
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/help"

Hence I will be posting at both, but any help here is very appreciated!

selenium version 2.53.6
ubuntu 16.04
python 2.7.15 on anaconda//jupyter notebook
chromedriver 2.39

Trying to run headless chrome

If I:

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--headless')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="gdrive_path", chrome_options=options)
it works fine
However, i have a warsaw plugin installed, which by my understanding is associated to the chrome profile. Hence i need to load it.

So, if i try:

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.add_argument("--user-data-dir=/home/ubuntu/.config/google-chrome") #Path to your chrome profile
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=gdrive, chrome_options=options)
It shld work, but instead I get an error msg:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
WebDriverException Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-5-db496bd122c0> in <module>()
4 options.add_argument('--headless')
5 options.add_argument("user-data-dir=/home/ubuntu/.config/google-chrome") #Path to your chrome profile
----> 6 w = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=gdrive, chrome_options=options)

/home/ubuntu/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.pyc in __init__(self, executable_path, port, chrome_options, service_args, desired_capabilities, service_log_path)
67 command_executor=ChromeRemoteConnection(
68 remote_server_addr=self.service.service_url),
---> 69 desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
70 except:
71 self.quit()

/home/ubuntu/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.pyc in __init__(self, command_executor, desired_capabilities, browser_profile, proxy, keep_alive, file_detector)
88 self.error_handler = ErrorHandler()
89 self.start_client()
---> 90 self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
91 self._switch_to = SwitchTo(self)
92 self._mobile = Mobile(self)

/home/ubuntu/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.pyc in start_session(self, desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
175 if browser_profile:
176 capabilities['desiredCapabilities']['firefox_profile'] = browser_profile.encoded
--> 177 response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, capabilities)
178 self.session_id = response['sessionId']
179 self.capabilities = response['value']

/home/ubuntu/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.pyc in execute(self, driver_command, params)
234 response = self.command_executor.execute(driver_command, params)
235 if response:
--> 236 self.error_handler.check_response(response)
237 response['value'] = self._unwrap_value(
238 response.get('value', None))

/home/ubuntu/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.pyc in check_response(self, response)
190 elif exception_class == UnexpectedAlertPresentException and 'alert' in value:
191 raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace, value['alert'].get('text'))
--> 192 raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
193
194 def _value_or_default(self, obj, key, default):

WebDriverException: Message: chrome not reachable
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.39.562737 (dba483cee6a5f15e2e2d73df16968ab10b38a2bf),platform=Linux 4.4.0-1060-aws x86_64)

any advice?

Ty!

[John Chen]

Most likely you had another Chrome instance that was already using that user profile. Please close all running Chrome instances, and use 'ps ax' to verify that no Chrome processes are running, and then try again.

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[eloi.p...@foxbit.com.br]

Nah, fixed it with the help of a selenium dev.

had to use "--user-data-dir=/home/ubuntu/.config/google-chrome/Default"
instead of "--user-data-dir=/home/ubuntu/.config/google-chrome"

weirdly, after i loaded chromedriver with selenium for the first time with:

"--user-data-dir=/home/ubuntu/.config/google-chrome/Default" as an added option, the following requests (even after reeboting) wld understand it as a default profile, and i wld get a similar error if i tried to specify it again, but it wld work out fine if i didnt pass any argument after that first try.

reference: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/5998

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