Encountered a WebDriverException while using Selenium with Firefox - Error: Reached an error page with the URL about

Meta Information :-

  • Browser: Firefox v51.0.1 (32-bit)
  • Operating System: Windows 10
  • Automation Tool: Selenium 3.0.1
  • WebDriver: Geckodriver Win32 v0.13.0
  • Programming Language: Java v1.8.0_71

Steps to Reproduce Issue :-

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("loading untrusted/self-signed URL")

Error Stacktrace Message :-

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Reached error page: about:certerror?e=nssBadCert&u=xxxxxxxx&c=UTF-8&f=regular&d=xxxxxx%20uses%20an%20invalid%20security%20certificate.%0A%0AThe%20certificate%20is%20not%20trusted%20because%20it%20is%20self-signed.%0AThe%20certificate%20is%20not%20valid%20for%20the%20name%20xxxxxx%0A%0AError%20code%3A%20%3Ca%20id%3D%22errorCode%22%20title%3D%22SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER%22%3ESEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER%3C/a%3E%0A Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:48:19 -0700' System info: host: 'Saurabh-PC', ip: '192.168.3.8', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_71' Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver

Screenshot of the Error :-

https://i.stack.imgur.com/4xh2y.png

Tried using FirefoxProfile as shown below without resolving the issue:

DesiredCapabilities dc = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
dc.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setAcceptUntrustedCertificates(true);

dc.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.PROFILE, profile);

WebDriver driver =  new FirefoxDriver(dc);
driver.get("loading untrusted/self-signed URL");

Reference Links Attempted for Solution :-

As per information from this bug report, support for handling untrusted/self-signed certificates will be available in Firefox 52.

No resolution found for Firefox v51.0.1 (32-bit) yet.

Any suggestions to resolve this issue with Firefox v51.0.1 (32-bit)?

javaseleniumfirefoxselenium-firefoxdrivergeckodriver

Answer №1

As stated in this bug report, Support for untrusted or self-signed certificates will be introduced with Firefox 52. We must await the release of Firefox 52.

Solution: In the meantime, as a workaround, we can utilize an existing Firefox profile that already has the certificate for the untrusted/self-signed URL added to Firefox's exception list.

How can we create a custom Firefox profile for Selenium?

  • Follow this link to manually create a custom Firefox profile
  • Add the certificate for the untrusted/self-signed URL manually to Firefox's exception list

https://i.stack.imgur.com/JgFuR.png

  • Launch Firefox using the existing profile:

    System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "path/to/geckodriver")

ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile myprofile = profile.getProfile("created Profile Name");

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(myprofile);
driver.get("untrusted/self-signed URL");

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