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yesterday my Firefox browser updated to 55. Since then my code wont work any more. Im using Selenium 3.4 geckodriver 18.0 and Firefox 55. In chrome it works. i got the following message: 

> 1503585931231 geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.18.0
> 1503585931265 geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:31895
> 1503585932805 geckodriver::marionette INFO    Starting browser C:\Program
> Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe with args ["-marionette"]
> 1503585936703 Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette Unable to read
> VR Path Registry from
> C:\Users\Ja\AppData\Local\openvr\openvrpaths.vrpath [GPU 2512]
> WARNING: pipe error: 109: file
> c:/builds/moz2_slave/m-rel-w64-00000000000000000000/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc,
> line 346 1503585942553    Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 49243
> 1503585943132 Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 49243
> 1503585943228 Marionette  DEBUG   loaded listener.js Aug 24, 2017 4:45:43
> PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
> INFORMATION: Detected dialect: W3C
> 1503585944268 Marionette  DEBUG   Received DOM event "beforeunload" for
> "about:blank" 1503585945049   Marionette  DEBUG   Received DOM event
> "pagehide" for "about:blank" 1503585945051    Marionette  DEBUG   Received
> DOM event "unload" for "about:blank"
> 1503585945102 Marionette  DEBUG   Received DOM event "DOMContentLoaded"
> for "http://www.phptravels.net/"
> 1503585945208 Marionette  DEBUG   Received DOM event "pageshow" for
> "http://www.phptravels.net/" 1503585970177    Marionette  INFO    New
> connections will no longer be accepted Aug 24, 2017 4:46:13 PM
> org.openqa.selenium.os.UnixProcess destroy SCHWERWIEGEND: Unable to
> kill process with PID 11736

Has somebody the same problem and maybe a solution? or should I just downgrade Firefox?

Forget to say that iam working with Selenium WebDriver.

Thanks for answering.

Fsociety
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  • Post a issue with geckodriver or marrionette. Might be they are not working on FF55 as of now and as a workaround go back to 54 – Tarun Lalwani Aug 24 '17 at 16:11

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https://www.katalon.com might be a good alternative. It's free, but not Open Source. But it is not compatible to Selenium, i.e. test cases created with Selenium IDE cannot run with Katalon.

Andreas Wittig
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Katalon is a very good choice. If you want more alternatives, as said in Top 3 Selenium IDE alternatives for Firefox & Chrome, look into those:

  1. Katalon Recorder with Firefox addon or Chrome addon
  2. Protractor, you can use protractor recorder npm package
  3. Robot Framework (only supporting Chrome addon by now)
mqueirozcorreia
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Bad news: from Firefox 55 onwards, Selenium IDE will no longer work. Check: https://seleniumhq.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/firefox-55-and-selenium-ide/

luisfersom
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I did help myself so far with Firefox Portable v54:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Mozilla%20Firefox%2C%20Portable%20Ed./Mozilla%20Firefox%2C%20Portable%20Edition%2054.0.1/

It works parallel with other versions of FF.

To disable automatic update of this installation never go to Help->About screen. Rather do 2 things:

  • in the settings set "never check for updates"
  • If you want to know the active version type about:support in the address bar.
Phani Kumar M
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Andreas Wittig
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Selenium is having a compatibility issue with firefox version 55+

Issue for reference: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/4406.

What you can do right now is revert back your firefox to 54.0.1, for that you can

  1. 1st uninstall 55+ version and the maintenance service
  2. download the 54.0.1 installer
  3. while installing choose custom install and then disable maintenance service which auto updates the version to the latest.
chuha.billi
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I'd recommend using Katalon Automation Recorder. I found it to be a great Selenium IDE alternative solution. As mention above, it's an addon work on both Chrome and FF Quantum.

I was able to import my existing Selenium IDE projects into Katalon Automation Recorder. Here the guide Katalon team provided.

seleniers
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  • Generally, links to a tool or library [should be accompanied by usage notes, a specific explanation of how the linked resource is applicable to the problem, or some sample code](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/251605), or if possible all of the above. – Tom Aranda Dec 22 '17 at 03:28
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From August 2018, Selenium IDE Is Dead, Long Live Selenium IDE!

Official docs are here.

Mate Mrše
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