javaseleniumgoogle-chromejenkinsselenium-chromedriver

UnreachableBrowserException: Could not start a new session Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure

I am new to selenium. Able to configure selenium set up on Ubuntu.Configuration details given below:

But every run I am getting below error on jenkins :

Opening chrome driver
Oct 30, 2019 1:26:49 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities chrome
INFO: Using `new ChromeOptions()` is preferred to `DesiredCapabilities.chrome()`
[ERROR] Tests run: 3, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 2, Time elapsed: 0.998 s <<< FAILURE! - in TestSuite
[ERROR] setUp(com.test.WebAppTitleTestOnChrome)  Time elapsed: 0.895 s  <<< FAILURE!
org.openqa.selenium.remote.UnreachableBrowserException: 
Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.

Please suggest me.

Solution

  • This error message...

    org.openqa.selenium.remote.UnreachableBrowserException: Could not start a new session. 
Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.

    ...implies that the ChromeDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new WebBrowser i.e. Chrome Browser session.

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

    Supports Chrome v67-69

    So there might be a mismatch between the JDK version , Selenium Client version , ChromeDriver v2.41 and the Chrome Browser v68.0

    Solution

    Ensure that: