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:

Unable to         


        

Answer 1

In my case, I'm in a Kubernetes environment where I cannot use the default TMPDIR because it will fill up the temp directory with garbage.

So I was using this to use a different tmpdir:

driver = new ChromeDriver(new ChromeDriverService.Builder()
                    .withEnvironment(ImmutableMap.of("TMPDIR", customTmpPath))
                    .build(), options);

But now that I've upgraded everything to the latest, this no longer seems to work. I will need to find a new way to do this.