Timed out waiting 45 seconds for Firefox to start

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I am using ubuntu 16.04

Timed out waiting 45 seconds for Firefox to start.
Build info: version: '3.7.1', revision: '8a0099a', time: '2017-11-06T21:07:31.527Z'
System info: host: 'supranimbus-Inspiron-3250', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.10.0-40-generic', java.version: '1.8.0_151'
Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.XpiDriverService.waitUntilAvailable(XpiDriverService.java:131)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.XpiDriverService.start(XpiDriverService.java:116)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:79)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:600)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:219)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:142)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:120)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:98)
    at facedoxmain.FaceDox.InvokeBrowser(FaceDox.java:17)
    at facedoxmain.FaceDox.main(FaceDox.java:57)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker$TimeoutException: Timed out waiting for [http://localhost:20033/hub/status] to be available after 45005 ms
    at org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker.waitUntilAvailable(UrlChecker.java:100)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.XpiDriverService.waitUntilAvailable(XpiDriverService.java:129)

45 seconds is far too short as a Firefox timeout startup. More like ten minutes in my experience ;-{ — user207421, Nov 27 '17 at 07:10
System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette","home\\supranimbus\\downloads\\geckodriver"); driver = new FirefoxDriver(); driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(90,TimeUnit.SECONDS); driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(50,TimeUnit.SECONDS); driver.manage().window().maximize(); driver.manage().deleteAllCookies(); System.out.println("browser openned"); driver.get("https://192.168.0.29:3008/login/29"); — Dhinakaran, Nov 27 '17 at 07:24
@EJP Sir, we (Firefox) have evolved with availability of `Firefox Quantum`, 10 secs is what we need to load a complete webpage in an ideal `Test Bed` — undetected Selenium, Nov 27 '17 at 08:03
Check this QA - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45374301/java-selenium-failing-to-open-web-page-on-firefox/45374991#45374991 — undetected Selenium, Nov 27 '17 at 08:07

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 29 '18 at 21:21

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I faced this issue and finally found the answer. I had been referencing the Marionette driver which is no longer correct for FF version 53 and up on Selenium 3.5 or higher. The GeckoDriver documentation displays how the system property should be referenced.

I changed my code from:

System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette", System.getProperty("user.dir") + "path");

to:

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", System.getProperty("user.dir") + "path");

and now my local Firefox works perfectly.

Hope this helps others.

edited Jan 29 '18 at 21:21

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answered Jan 29 '18 at 20:45

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Please, can you tell what is System.getProperty("user.dir") ? user.dir where or what is? Thanks! – Rose8525 May 16 '20 at 20:08

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '20 at 14:33

I haved this error for 2 days in WIndows, the solution for me was in Set.Plataform put Plataform.ANY or Plataform.Windows because Plataform.WIN10 not worked, marionette wasn't necessary and I added and neether works, only works this. I hope this helps someone else:

public class Main {
    public static RemoteWebDriver driver;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "D:/Lib/geckodriver.exe");
        DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities().firefox();
        desiredCapabilities.setPlatform(Platform.ANY);
        desiredCapabilities.setBrowserName("firefox");

        driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://172.20.19.182:5557/wd/hub"), desiredCapabilities);
        driver.navigate().to("http://www.google.com");
        driver.findElementByName("q").sendKeys("execute automation");
        driver.findElementByName("q").sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);
        driver.close();
        // write your code here
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 27 '17 at 06:42

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use implicit wait before get method, it will wait for the page to load eg:

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(50, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

edited Nov 27 '17 at 06:42

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answered Nov 27 '17 at 06:39

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driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(100, TimeUnit.SECONDS); this is also cannot work – Dhinakaran Nov 27 '17 at 07:29
please check the IP address you are passing, it is showing the site can't be reached took too long to respond – rijin john Nov 27 '17 at 07:49

Timed out waiting 45 seconds for Firefox to start

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