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"Command line server for IE Driver has stopped working" error while executing tests with Selenium, IEDriverServer through Java

I have been getting this series of intermittent failures with IEWebDriver:

Firstly a test fails and is not able to close the driver with using the .quit() method. I think this first failure is because IEDriver bombs.

I get a dialog box with:

Command line server for IE Driver has stopped working

After the first failure, IEDriver opens IE but when you try and perform an action on an object in a page you get the SocketTimeoutException. Interestingly it takes 3hours to fail with this error:

java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out Build info: version: '3.12.0', revision: '7c6e0b3', time: '2018-05-08T15:15:08.936Z' System info: host: 'WORKSTATION-3', ip: '172.26.50.248', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_92' Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver

How do I stop IEDriver from bombing and if I can't how do I prevent it from stopping the next test from running?

Solution

  • This error message...

    Command line server for IE Driver has stopped working
.
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out Build info: version: '3.12.0', revision: '7c6e0b3', time: '2018-05-08T15:15:08.936Z' System info: host: 'WORKSTATION-3', ip: '172.26.50.248', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_92'

    ...implies that the IEDriverServer was unable to initiate/spawn a new WebBrowsing Session i.e. InternetExplorer Browser session.

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

    So there is a clear mismatch between the Selenium Client v3.12.0 and JDK v8u92.

    Solution