Selenium UnreachableBrowserException - "Could not start a new session" in SoapUI Groovy TestStep

Question

I use SoapUI Pro 5.1.2 on Win7 x32, and try to connect to Selenium Webdriver in Groovy TestStep.

For this purpose I added selenium-standalone-server.jar v2.45.0 in $SOAP_HOME$\bin\ext folder.

My Groovy TestStep code:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver

System.setProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver', 'C:\\\\Windows\\system32\\chromedriver.exe')
log.info(System.getProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver')) //got 'C:\\Windows\system32\chromedriver.exe'

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver() // this line causes error

driver.get('http://google.com')
driver.quit()

When I try to run this step, SoapUI returns 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. 
Build info: 
    version: '2.45.0', 
    revision: '5017cb8', 
    time: '2015-02-26 23:59:50' 
System info: 
    host: 'SmithPC', 
    ip: '10.0.2.15', 
    os.name: 'Windows 7', 
    os.arch: 'x86', 
    os.version: '6.1', 
    java.version: '1.8.0_45' 
Driver info: 
    driver.version: ChromeDriver 
error at line: 7

I tried to run this piece of code through the Netbeans IDE, after adding the same selenium-standalone-server.jar package to empty java project. And it has completed without problems!

This is error-log of soapUI:

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.
Build info: version: '2.45.0', revision: '5017cb8', time: '2015-02-26 23:59:50'
System info: host: 'SmithPC', ip: '10.0.2.15', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_45'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:593)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:240)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:126)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:139)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:171)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:160)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:117)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:422)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedConstructor.invoke(CachedConstructor.java:77)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.ConstructorSite$ConstructorSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.callConstructor(ConstructorSite.java:102)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallConstructor(CallSiteArray.java:57)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:182)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:186)
    at Script3.run(Script3.groovy:7)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:92)
    at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngine.run(SourceFile:79)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.run(WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.java:138)
    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.panels.teststeps.GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel$RunAction$1.run(GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel.java:250)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.SystemDefaultRoutePlanner.determineProxy(SystemDefaultRoutePlanner.java:79)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultRoutePlanner.determineRoute(DefaultRoutePlanner.java:77)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.determineRoute(InternalHttpClient.java:124)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:183)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:71)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:55)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.fallBackExecute(ApacheHttpClient.java:126)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.execute(ApacheHttpClient.java:72)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:133)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:66)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:572)
    ... 23 more

I also tried use FirefoxDriver() instead of ChromeDriver(), and got the same error.

Looks like `chromedriver.exe` starts normally- at least soapUI log in terminal shows message `Starting ChromeDriver 2.15.322448 (hashcode) on port 36240` right before error message — Maxim, May 22 '15 at 18:00
I tried to run `FirefoxDriver()` without any pre-configuring - the simplest way to launch browser - but it throws the same error too — Maxim, May 22 '15 at 18:05
I've got the same error, my solution was an older version of Chrome — fab, Feb 25 '16 at 06:53

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 02 '16 at 17:43

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I have encountered the same error, which said:

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.

but chromedriver.exe started fine. I can see it in task manager.

My environment is as following,

windows 7, ultimate, 64 bit system
selenium-server-standalone-2.47.1
chromedriver 2.19
google chrome: 45.0

After many tries suggested in google results, my final solution is to add 127.0.0.1 localhost to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.

Hope to help you!

edited Aug 02 '16 at 17:43

Nina

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answered Sep 13 '15 at 03:39

xjfengck

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Can also be a problem if you have a bogus localhost entry. In short, it appears, selenium only likes 127.0.0.1 localhost as your localhost entry. – PeterS Nov 30 '16 at 14:49

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '15 at 12:20

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Download latest driver(chrome or IE) from seleniumhq.org, and use below code

    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","<YourPath>chromedriver.exe");
    WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
    driver.get("http://www.yahoo.com");

This worked for me.

answered Sep 08 '15 at 12:20

Yash Jagdale

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updating the chromedriver helped me. – Atul Chavan Aug 07 '17 at 08:19

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 14 '16 at 00:18

In selenium 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.

Could have a lot of causes. However looking at the stacktrace in this case is due to a NullPointerException:

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.SystemDefaultRoutePlanner.determineProxy(SystemDefaultRoutePlanner.java:79)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultRoutePlanner.determineRoute(DefaultRoutePlanner.java:77)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.determineRoute(InternalHttpClient.java:124)

The problem is that you're using selenium inside SOAPUI. SOAPUI seems to set the default proxy to null (ProxySelector.setDefault(null)). So when selenium gets the default proxy an invoke a method on it, a NullPointerException is thrown.

The problem is that you executes your code inside SOAPUI so you can not get the default proxy before SOAPUI set it to null... then a possible workaround is in your Groovy testStep try to create a ProxySelector an set it as default before WebDriver is executed:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.net.Proxy
import java.net.ProxySelector

def selectDirectProxy(URI uri) {
  final List<Proxy> proxy = new ArrayList<Proxy>()
  proxy.add(Proxy.NO_PROXY)
  return proxy
}

// create a ProxySelector
ProxySelector proxySelector = [ select : { uri->selectDirectProxy(uri) } ] as ProxySelector
// set as default to avoid null pointer
ProxySelector.setDefault(proxySelector);

// now it's safe to invoke WebDriver...
System.setProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver', 'C:\\\\Windows\\system32\\chromedriver.exe')
log.info(System.getProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver')) //got 'C:\\Windows\system32\chromedriver.exe'

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver()

In this example I extend the ProxySelector abstract class in a groovy way, to set at least one direct proxy. If its necessary it's also possible to use the Proxy class to configure a no direct proxy and set it in the list, but with this code I'm trying to avoid the NPE due to SOAPUI ProxySelector.setDefault(null).

Really cool trick. I used to run webdriver inside SoapUI older versions (4.xx) and your post helped me to run it in new versions :) — Payam, May 02 '19 at 02:37

Ivan Litskevich · Answer 4 · 2015-05-22T14:01:29.617

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It already told you what happened:

//got 'C:**\\**Windows\system32\chromedriver.exe'

Try to define path using one of the next ways:

System.setProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver','C:\\Windows\\system32\\chromedriver.exe')
log.info(System.getProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver'))

OR

System.setProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver','C:/Windows/system32/chromedriver.exe')
log.info(System.getProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver'))

Also, I would not recommend you to store chromedriver.exe in system32 folder, especially if you don't have admin rights on the workstation. Use smt like C:/WebDrivers/hromedriver.exe

edited May 22 '15 at 14:01

answered May 22 '15 at 13:20

Ivan Litskevich

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It's not that ChromeDriver executable path is wrong, for this java throws `IllegalStateException`: "The driver executable does not exist". I tried to change directory of driver, placing new copy of `chromedriver.exe` in `C:\drivers`, but it's not help - the same error appears. – Maxim May 22 '15 at 17:58

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 20 '17 at 09:24

This could be a compatibility issue between the 'selenium', 'chrome browser version' and 'chrome driver' version that you are using.

It you are using Selenium 2.53 (like me), then using chrome driver 2.25 should work for you.

You can download it from here - https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.25/

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 04 '19 at 09:39

I encountered the same issue and upgrading to the latest chrome driver fixed my issue.

You can download the latest chrome driver from following URL.

http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html

It is best to use always the latest version. After downloading, set the path of chrome driver in System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","{Your path Chrome Driver}");

    System.out.println("Creating Chrome Driver");
 // Set Chrome Driver
    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "D:\\chromedriver.exe");

    WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    driver.get("{Your URL}");

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 23 '21 at 06:23

This problem is totally related to the chrome browser version and chrome driver version.

Once you keep both browser and driver versions the same, your problem will get resolved.

To check the chrome version go to the following steps ->> Click on three vertical dots ->> Help ->> About Google Chrome Browser ->> see the chrome version.

Now check the chrome BROWSER version

in my case browser version is 90.0

Now download the same version of the chrome driver respective of the operating system

We will download the 90.0 version of driver, then set the browser path System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "D:\chromedriver.exe");

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("{Your URL}")

#JAVA #SELENIUM

dos4dev · Answer 8 · 2020-04-23T17:02:59.437

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If someone encountered a similar problem on Ubuntu, please check if you install Chromium web browser

Not enough to have only chrome browser.

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edited Apr 23 '20 at 17:02

answered Apr 23 '20 at 10:48

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