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org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: disconnected: not connected to DevTools error using ChromeDriver Chrome using Selenium and Java

I am seeing below error and browser got disconnected between. Its happening only for chrome. Selenium version I am using is:

<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.141.59</version>

Error stack trace:

[1579632222.785][SEVERE]: Unable to receive message from renderer
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: disconnected: not connected to DevTools
  (Session info: chrome=79.0.3945.117)
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'MBP15-PBJGH8.8x8.com', ip: 'fe80:0:0:0:1846:114d:10a6:bf26%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.6', java.version: '1.8.0_201'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 79.0.3945.117, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 78.0.3904.70 (edb9c9f3de024..., userDataDir: /var/folders/mz/2_llwtkx31d...}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:54446}, javascriptEnabled: true, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: MAC, platformName: MAC, proxy: Proxy(), setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify}
Session ID: 3577826ba5ac2d089a34e17f9aa987c9
Solution

  • This error message...

    org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: disconnected: not connected to DevTools
  (Session info: chrome=79.0.3945.117)
.
.
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 79.0.3945.117, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 78.0.3904.70 (edb9c9f3de024..., userDataDir: /var/folders/mz/2_llwtkx31d...}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:54446}, javascriptEnabled: true, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platform: MAC, platformName: MAC, proxy: Proxy(), setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify}

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

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

    Supports Chrome v78

    Supports Chrome 79

    So there is a clear mismatch between the ChromeDriver v78.0 and the Chrome Browser v79.0

    Solution

    Ensure that: