Ever since upgrading Selenium to 4.0.0, I've been encountering issues with opening Chrome and Firefox browsers.
Here are the specifics:
Chrome : Version 96
Chrome driver : Updated to support version 96. Downloaded from this link
Selenium : 4.0.0
This is the code snippet used to initiate the browser:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "<location of chromedriver>");<br>
driver = new ChromeDriver();
The browser window opens briefly before closing abruptly. A corresponding error message is:
AILED CONFIGURATION: @BeforeClass beforeClassSetup("chrome")
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes may include an invalid server address or browser startup failure.
Build info: version: '4.0.0', revision: '3a21814679'
System info: host: 'dkleinman.esri.com', ip: 'fe80:0:0:0:23:8798:b33c:2bf6%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.15.7', java.version: '16.0.1'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Command: [null, newSession {capabilities=[Capabilities {browserName: chrome, goog:chromeOptions: {args: [], extensions: []}}], desiredCapabilities=Capabilities {browserName: chrome, goog:chromeOptions: {args: [], extensions: []}}}]
Switching back to Selenium 3.14 (while keeping Chrome at version 96) resolves this issue smoothly.