Protractor fails with error code 199 on WebDriver.createSession()

[evgenyfedorenko]

Hi guys. I am using angular-cli and protractor fails to run my tests. I am sitting behind a corporate proxy which I add as a param when updating the webdriver.
This is the output I get:

$ ./node_modules/.bin/webdriver-manager update --proxy=proxy_url_here
[15:11:28] I/update - selenium standalone: file exists C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\selenium-server-standalone-3.4.0.jar
[15:11:28] I/update - selenium standalone: selenium-server-standalone-3.4.0.jar up to date
[15:11:28] E/downloader - undefined
[15:11:28] I/update - geckodriver: file exists C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\geckodriver-v0.17.0.zip
[15:11:28] I/update - geckodriver: unzipping geckodriver-v0.17.0.zip
(node:12156) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Invalid filename
[15:11:28] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.30.zip

$ ./node_modules/.bin/protractor ./protractor.conf.js
[15:26:13] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[15:26:13] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[15:26:15] E/launcher - spawn UNKNOWN
[15:26:15] E/launcher - Error: spawn UNKNOWN
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:313:11)
    at Object.exports.spawn (child_process.js:380:9)
    at exec (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\io\exec.js:116:27)
    at resolveCommandLineFlags.then.args (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\remote\index.js:219:25)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver.js:777:24)
    at Function.createSession (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\chrome.js:709:29)
    at Direct.getNewDriver (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\lib\driverProviders\direct.ts:90:25)
    at Runner.createBrowser (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\lib\runner.ts:225:39)
    at q.then.then (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\lib\runner.ts:391:27)
    at _fulfilled (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:796:13)
    at C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
[15:26:15] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

• Node Version: v6.9.5
• Protractor Version: 5.1.2
• Angular Version: 4
• Browser(s): chrome 58
• Operating System and Version Windows 10
• Your protractor configuration file

const { SpecReporter } = require('jasmine-spec-reporter');

exports.config = {
  allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
  specs: [
    './e2e/**/*.e2e-spec.ts'
  ],
  capabilities: {
    'browserName': 'chrome'
  },
  directConnect: true,
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8080/',
  framework: 'jasmine',
  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    showColors: true,
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
    print: function() {}
  },
  onPrepare() {
    require('ts-node').register({
      project: 'e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json'
    });
    jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter({ spec: { displayStacktrace: true } }));
  }
};

Thank you for the help in advance!

[jogelin]

I have the same issue on my CI environment when I want to run e2e using angula cli.

Node Version: v8.1.3
Protractor Version: 5.1.2
Angular Version: 4.2.5
Browser(s): chrome 59.0.3071.115
Operating System: RedHat 7.3

Protractor configuration file:

const {SpecReporter} = require('jasmine-spec-reporter');

exports.config = {
  allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
  specs: [
    './e2e/**/*.e2e-spec.ts'
  ],
  capabilities: {
    browserName: 'chrome',
    chromeOptions: {
      args: ["--headless", "--disable-gpu", "--window-size=800x600"]
    }
  },
  directConnect: true,
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4200/',
  framework: 'jasmine',
  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    showColors: true,
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
    print: function () {
    }
  },
  onPrepare() {
    require('ts-node').register({
      project: 'e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json'
    });
    jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter({spec: {displayStacktrace: true}}));
  }
};

My error:

** NG Live Development Server is listening on localhost:49152, open your browser on http://localhost:49152 **
(node:24932) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
Hash: 7d2af81fa7cb758e9eb3
Time: 18023ms
chunk    {0} polyfills.bundle.js, polyfills.bundle.js.map (polyfills) 235 kB {4} [initial] [rendered]
chunk    {1} main.bundle.js, main.bundle.js.map (main) 474 kB {3} [initial] [rendered]
chunk    {2} styles.bundle.js, styles.bundle.js.map (styles) 231 kB {4} [initial] [rendered]
chunk    {3} vendor.bundle.js, vendor.bundle.js.map (vendor) 4.17 MB [initial] [rendered]
chunk    {4} inline.bundle.js, inline.bundle.js.map (inline) 0 bytes [entry] [rendered]
webpack: Compiled successfully.
[08:24:23] I/update - chromedriver: file exists /var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.30.zip
[08:24:23] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.30.zip
[08:24:24] I/update - chromedriver: setting permissions to 0755 for /var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.30
[08:24:24] I/update - chromedriver: chromedriver_2.30 up to date
[08:24:24] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[08:24:24] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[08:25:24] E/launcher - unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.30.477691 (6ee44a7247c639c0703f291d320bdf05c1531b57),platform=Linux 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 x86_64)
[08:25:24] E/launcher - WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.30.477691 (6ee44a7247c639c0703f291d320bdf05c1531b57),platform=Linux 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 x86_64)
    at Object.checkLegacyResponse (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:505:15)
    at parseHttpResponse (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:509:13)
    at doSend.then.response (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:440:13)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:169:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:777:24)
    at Function.createSession (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/chrome.js:709:29)
    at Direct.getNewDriver (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/direct.js:77:33)
    at Runner.createBrowser (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:195:43)
    at q.then.then (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:339:29)
    at _fulfilled (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13)
    at /var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
    at flush (/var/lib/go-agent/pipelines/app-user-manager/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:125:13)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:95:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:161:9)
[08:25:24] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199
error Command failed with exit code 199.

It works locally on a windows 10 env !

[evgenyfedorenko]

@jogelin basically I had an issue that my corporate windows machine was blocking chrome driver which I downloaded from the public source. Our security team provided me with our internal chrome driver which I was able to start, so this was entirely local issue on my machine.

[chriseugenerodriguez]

I have same issue +1.

[wswebcreation]

@jogelin ,

What happens if you don't use directConnect:true but a local webdriver manager?

[wswebcreation]

@premiumwd

Wha tissue do you have, the same issue as mentioned by @deli6z or by @jogelin ?

[wswebcreation]

@deli6z ,

Is your issue solved then and can we close it?

[chriseugenerodriguez]

@wswebcreation this is the code i get

[09:37:13] I/update - chromedriver: file exists H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\chromedriver_2.30.zip
[09:37:13] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.30.zip
[09:37:13] I/update - chromedriver: chromedriver_2.30.exe up to date
[09:37:14] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[09:37:14] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[09:37:15] E/launcher - Server terminated early with status 1
[09:37:15] E/launcher - Error: Server terminated early with status 1
    at earlyTermination.catch.e (H:\d\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\remote\index.js:252:52)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:169:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (H:\d\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver.js:777:24)
    at Function.createSession (H:\d\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\chrome.js:709:29)
    at Direct.getNewDriver (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\built\driverProviders\direct.js:77:33)
    at Runner.createBrowser (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\built\runner.js:195:43)
    at q.then.then (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\built\runner.js:339:29)
    at _fulfilled (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:796:13)
    at H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
    at flush (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:125:13)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:95:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:161:9)
[09:37:15] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

[wswebcreation]

@premiumwd

Some questions because debugging is becoming hard this way:

• are you using Jasmine, Mocha, CucumberJS
• which OS
• which version of Chrome
• which version of NodeJS
• have you also tried it with a local webserver?

[chriseugenerodriguez]

@wswebcreation

Chrome 2.3
Node 8.1
Jasmine

protractor.conf.js

// Protractor configuration file, see link for more information
// https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/lib/config.ts

const { SpecReporter } = require('jasmine-spec-reporter');

exports.config = {
  allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
  specs: [
    './e2e/**/*.e2e-spec.ts'
  ],
 capabilities: {
    browserName: 'chrome',
    chromeOptions: {
      args: ["--headless", "--disable-gpu", "--window-size=800x600"]
    }
  },
  chromeOnly: true,
  directConnect: true,
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4200/',
  framework: 'jasmine',
  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    showColors: true,
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
    print: function () {
    }
  },
  onPrepare() {
    require('ts-node').register({
      project: 'e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json'
    });
    jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter({ spec: { displayStacktrace: true } }));
  }
};

[wswebcreation]

And on what OS? Did you also read this post. You are also using --headless. Did you also try it on your machine with just the example project?

[chriseugenerodriguez]

Windows 10. I didn't try example project, but did it with a new angular ng new project and still same issue.

[wswebcreation]

I don't have Windows 10, so I can't test it here, but what if you remove the headless and first check if that works? If not, then remove headless and check if you can use it with a local webdriver instead of directConnect

[chriseugenerodriguez]

@wswebcreation now i get error code 135

[12:57:30] I/file_manager - creating folder H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium
[12:57:32] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.30.zip
[12:57:34] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[12:57:34] E/local - Error code: 135
[12:57:34] E/local - Error message: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
[12:57:34] E/local - Error: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
    at Local.addDefaultBinaryLocs_ (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\built\driverProviders\local.js:41:23)
    at Local.setupDriverEnv (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\built\driverProviders\local.js:82:14)
    at Local.setupEnv (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\built\driverProviders\driverProvider.js:111:34)
    at q.then (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\built\runner.js:335:41)
    at _fulfilled (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:796:13)
    at H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:857:14
    at runSingle (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
    at flush (H:\d\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:125:13)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:95:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:161:9)
[12:57:34] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 135

[wswebcreation]

Can you please first do a clean install of all the node_modules and try it again?

[chriseugenerodriguez]

I am behind a firewall, could that be issue?