Node.js Selenium IPv6 Issue (SocketException Protocol family unavailable)

Question

This error only happens when I spawn the ios-driver jar as a Node.js child.

The error is java.net.SocketException: Protocol family unavailable

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Answer 1

I managed to solve this by making the spawned child ignore stdin:

var selenium = spawn('java', ['-jar', './ios-server-standalone-0.6.6-SNAPSHOT.jar', '-port', '4444'], {stdio: ['ignore', null, null]});

I'm not sure why this workaround works.