WebDriverException: unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist while trying to initiate Chrome Browser

Question

I am trying to launch chrome with an URL, the browser launches and it does nothing after that.

I am seeing the below error after 1 minute:

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Answer 1

I was facing the same issue recently and after some trial and error it worked for me as well.

MUST BE ON TOP:

options.addArguments("--no-sandbox"); //has to be the very first option

BaseSeleniumTests.java

public abstract class BaseSeleniumTests {

    private static final String CHROMEDRIVER_EXE = "chromedriver.exe";
    private static final String IEDRIVER_EXE = "IEDriverServer.exe";
    private static final String FFDRIVER_EXE = "geckodriver.exe";
    protected WebDriver driver;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        loadChromeDriver();
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.close();
            driver.quit();
        }
    }

    private void loadChromeDriver() {
        ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
        String filePath = classLoader.getResource(CHROMEDRIVER_EXE).getFile();
        DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
        ChromeDriverService service = new ChromeDriverService.Builder()
                .usingDriverExecutable(new File(filePath))
                .build();
        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        options.addArguments("--no-sandbox"); // Bypass OS security model, MUST BE THE VERY FIRST OPTION
        options.addArguments("--headless");
        options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
        options.addArguments("start-maximized"); // open Browser in maximized mode
        options.addArguments("disable-infobars"); // disabling infobars
        options.addArguments("--disable-extensions"); // disabling extensions
        options.addArguments("--disable-gpu"); // applicable to windows os only
        options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage"); // overcome limited resource problems
        options.merge(capabilities);
        this.driver = new ChromeDriver(service, options);
    }

}

GoogleSearchPageTraditionalSeleniumTests.java

@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@SpringBootTest
public class GoogleSearchPageTraditionalSeleniumTests extends BaseSeleniumTests {

    @Test
    public void getSearchPage() {
        this.driver.get("https://www.google.com");
        WebElement element = this.driver.findElement(By.name("q"));
        assertNotNull(element);
    }

}

pom.xml

        
            org.springframework.boot
            spring-boot-starter
        
        
            org.springframework.boot
            spring-boot-starter-test
            test
        
        
            org.seleniumhq.selenium
            selenium-java
            test