selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: Chrome version must be between 70 and 73 with ChromeDriver

Question

I am trying to create a webcrawler using Selenium, but I get this error when I try to create the webdriver object.

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Answer 1

This error message...

selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: Chrome version must be between 70 and 73
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.45.615291 (ec3682e3c9061c10f26ea9e5cdcf3c53f3f74387),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1 x86_64)

...implies that Chrome version must be between 70 and 73

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Your main issue is the version compatibility between the binaries you are using as follows :

• You are using chromedriver=2.45
• Release Notes of chromedriver=2.45 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome v70-72

• You are using chrome=68.0
• Release Notes of ChromeDriver v2.41 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome v67-69

So there is a clear mismatch between ChromeDriver v2.45 and the Chrome Browser v68.0

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Solution

• Upgrade ChromeDriver to current ChromeDriver v2.45 level.
• Keep Chrome version between Chrome v70-72 levels. (as per ChromeDriver v2.45 release notes)
• Take a System Reboot.
• Execute your @Test.

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Alternative

Somehow I feel there are 2 versions of Chrome browser installed in your system. If that is the case you need to mention the absolute location of the Chrome binary within your program and you can use the following solution:

• Code Block:

  from selenium import webdriver
  from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
  options = Options()
  options.binary_location = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
  driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path="C:/Utility/BrowserDrivers/chromedriver.exe", )
  driver.get('http://google.com/')
  

• You can find a detailed discussion in Set chrome browser binary through chromedriver in Python

Note: You can find a relevant discussion in Session not created exception: Chrome version must be >= x.y.z when using Selenium Webdriver with Chrome

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Reference

You can find a relevant detailed discussion in:

• How to work with a specific version of ChromeDriver while Chrome Browser gets updated automatically through Python selenium

Answer 2

For me, upgrading the driver did the trick. Just run:

brew cask upgrade chromedriver

and then try running your test again. Hope it helps!

Answer 3

I encountered the same problem. I tried installing a downgraded version of Chrome (current stable was 74 and the driver required chrome version must be between 70-73) but I wasn't able to do so.

I found another way. This link will show you which version is compatible with your current google-chrome (to know your version the command is google-chrome --version)

This link will guide you as to how to install chrome driver with zip file. The commands are:

cd
wget <URL to zip file>
unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
sudo mv chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriver
sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/chromedriver
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/chromedriver

In case the error comes No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver' OR the same error persists

Repeat the above procedure with the path /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver instead of /usr/bin/chromedriver

For me, google-chrome version 74 worked with ChromeDriver version 73

Answer 4

You can find the older versions of chrome driver here.

I dont think it is a good idea to install chrome from sources other than the official channel and installation of the same can cause issues. See if the google update service is running in your PC. This will automatically update the chrome version to latest. Mine is running Version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit).

Answer 5

There are two options to resolve this issue:

1. If your Chrome version is not updated -> Update it

Steps: 1. Go to Help -> About Google Chrome -> Chrome will automatically look for updates(update Chrome to the latest version)

2. If your chrome version is already up to date -> Then you need to upgrade you chrome driver version

Here is the link: http://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads