Unable to launch Chrome browser with selenium beta 4

[Tuyen Ngoc Tran]

Hi all,

I am getting the issue when trying to start Chrome browser 91 with selenium beta 4. Please help me to suggest the solution.

Below is my code snippet

package com.ceterus.automation.test.insight;

import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WindowType;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

class TestBrowse {
@Test
public void openNewWindow(){
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
driver.switchTo().newWindow(WindowType.WINDOW);
driver.navigate().to("https://www.swtestacademy.com");
}
}

The error is thrown

java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.createArgs()Ljava/util/List;

at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:441)

at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService(ChromeDriverService.java:94)

at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:123)

at com.ceterus.automation.test.insight.TestBrowse.openNewWindow(TestBrowser.java:13)

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.junit.platform.commons.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:675)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.MethodInvocation.proceed(MethodInvocation.java:60)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$ValidatingInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:125)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.intercept(TimeoutExtension.java:132)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestableMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:124)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.extension.TimeoutExtension.interceptTestMethod(TimeoutExtension.java:74)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker$ReflectiveInterceptorCall.lambda$ofVoidMethod$0(ExecutableInvoker.java:115)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.lambda$invoke$0(ExecutableInvoker.java:105)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain$InterceptedInvocation.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:104)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.proceed(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:62)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.chainAndInvoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:43)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.InvocationInterceptorChain.invoke(InvocationInterceptorChain.java:35)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.invoke(ExecutableInvoker.java:104)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.execution.ExecutableInvoker.invoke(ExecutableInvoker.java:98)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.lambda$invokeTestMethod$6(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:202)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.invokeTestMethod(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:198)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:135)

at org.junit.jupiter.engine.descriptor.TestMethodTestDescriptor.execute(TestMethodTestDescriptor.java:69)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$5(NodeTestTask.java:135)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$7(NodeTestTask.java:125)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:135)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:123)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:122)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:80)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService$ExclusiveTask.compute(ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:171)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.invokeAll(ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:115)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$5(NodeTestTask.java:139)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$7(NodeTestTask.java:125)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:135)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:123)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:122)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:80)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService$ExclusiveTask.compute(ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:171)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.invokeAll(ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:115)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$5(NodeTestTask.java:139)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$7(NodeTestTask.java:125)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.Node.around(Node.java:135)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.lambda$executeRecursively$8(NodeTestTask.java:123)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ThrowableCollector.execute(ThrowableCollector.java:73)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.executeRecursively(NodeTestTask.java:122)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.NodeTestTask.execute(NodeTestTask.java:80)

at org.junit.platform.engine.support.hierarchical.ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService$ExclusiveTask.compute(ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.java:171)

at java.util.concurrent.RecursiveAction.exec(RecursiveAction.java:189)

at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:289)

at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1056)

at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1692)

at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:157)

[prave...@gmail.com]

Have you told selenium where is webdriver executable in your machine? Try setting system property `webdriver.chrome.driver` to the path of webdriver.

[Tuyen Ngoc Tran]

Hi Prave,

I tried with the property `webdriver.chrome.driver', it throws another exception

java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.createArgs()Ljava/util/List;

at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:441)

at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService(ChromeDriverService.java:94)

at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:123)

at com.ceterus.automation.test.insight.TestBrowser.openNewWindow(TestBrowser.java:14)

It seems to be called by Selenium 3 not Selenium 4.

Below is my code snippet that is using the System property

package com.ceterus.automation.test.insight;

import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WindowType;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

class TestBrowser {
@Test
public void openNewWindow(){
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", System.getProperty("user.home") + "\\Downloads\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe");
//WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
driver.switchTo().newWindow(WindowType.WINDOW);
driver.navigate().to("https://www.swtestacademy.com");
}
}

[prave...@gmail.com]

I don't see another exception, its the same you were getting before.

'It seems to be called by Selenium 3 not Selenium 4.', why don't you check the code and see whether telling a path is required or not. If you don't set a path, selenium tries finding it on your machine using environment variables or other means but explicitly setting the path is safest. This property is referenced by `ChromeDriverService.CHROME_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY`.

There seems nothing wrong now, I suggest you check following things:

1. While you are running this test, either via maven or IDE, check whether you're passing any command line arguments. If so, make sure they're correctly pass or remove them and see whether it works that way.

2. Make sure the driver exe path exist. Try not to use `System.getProperty("user.home")` as it may point to a different user depending on how to run it. Try using full path such as C:\ProgramData\drivers\chromedriver.exe.