org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created exception from tab crashed error when executing from Jenkins CI server

Question

I am trying to run my automation tests from Jenkins CI server (built with Gradle), but the browser crashes instantly with the error below. It also crashes when I run gradle

Answer 1

Please try with Chromedriver version 83.0.4103.39 (https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads)

Answer 2

Chrome Crash issue fix :

This code with launch the browser without any crash. Make sure, chrome exe is compatible with the current browser.

    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions()
    options.addArguments("--no-sandbox");
    driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
    driver.manage().window().maximize();
    driver.get("https://www.google.com");

Answer 3

This error message...

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created exception from tab crashed (Session info: chrome=65.0.3325.181) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.37.544315 (730aa6a5fdba159ac9f4c1e8cbc59bf1b5ce12b7),platform=Windows NT 6.1.7601 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information) Command duration or timeout: 2.50 seconds Build info: version: '3.11.0', revision: 'e59cfb3', time: '2018-03-11T20:26:55.152Z' System info: host: 'USNBDFV9K12', ip: '10.23.4.80', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_131' Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver

The error stack trace clearly shows your ChromeDriver binary details are not getting detected back as in :

Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver

Though your chromedriver=2.37.544315 and Chrome: 65.0.3325.181 are compatible your main issue is java.version: '1.8.0_131' which is ancient.

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Solution

• Upgrade JDK to recent levels JDK 8u162
• Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
• Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
• If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.
• Take a system Reboot.
• Execute your @Test.

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from tab crashed

from tab crashed was WIP(Work In Progress) with the Chromium Team for quite some time now which relates to Linux attempting to always use /dev/shm for non-executable memory. Here are the references :

• Linux: Chrome/Chromium SIGBUS/Aw, Snap! on small /dev/shm
• Chrome crashes/fails to load when /dev/shm is too small, and location can't be overridden
• As per Comment61#Issue 736452 the fix seems to be have landed with Chrome v65.0.3299.6

Hence you may need to bump up to Chrome v65.0.3299.6 or later.