MacOS Catalina(v 10.15.3): Error: “chromedriver” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. Unable to launch the chrome browser

Question

I have recently upgraded my mac machine to OS Catalina(v 10.15.3). After this upgrade I am unable to launch the chrome driver using selenium.

I am facing the below error

Answer 1

Quick solution

1. Open Finder
2. Navigate to where the chromedriver file is located
3. Right-click on the chromedriver file and select open

After this the script should work fine.