Remote WebDriver UnreachableBrowserException: Could not start a new session

Question

I got this exception for all browsers. For example, I create a remote webdriver on chrome like this:

caps = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
ChromeOptions optio         


        

Answer 1

The error says it all :

INFO: Using `new ChromeOptions()` is preferred to `DesiredCapabilities.chrome()`

The current implementation of Selenium while invoking RemoteWebDriver supports the ChromeOptions and you can use the following code block :

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
webDriver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://myIP:5555/wd/hub"), options);

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Update

As per your comment update the documentation at seleniumhq-documentation is yet to be updated. Here are the relevant bytes from the Selenium Release Notes :

• Selenium v3.5.0 :

  * Start making *Option classes instances of Capabilities. This allows
    the user to do:
    `WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new InternetExplorerOptions());`
  

• Selenium v3.6.0 :

  * All `*Option` classes now extend `MutableCapbilities`
    `new RemoteWebDriver(new ChromeOptions());`
  

• Selenium v3.7.0 :

  * Migrated from using `DesiredCapabilities` to either
    `MutableCapabilities` or (preferably) `ImmutableCapabilities`.