Unable to launch IE 11 when running selenium with IEDriverServer 3.9.0.0

Question

I'm having issues launching IE 11 when I run my selenium tests. Here is the code I am using to setup my browser

 if (browser.equalsIgnoreCase("ie")) {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",  "IEDriverServer.exe");
        driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
    } else {
        throw new Exception("Browser is not correct");
    }
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    driver.get("https://www.google.com/");
    Dimension dimension = new Dimension(800,600);
    driver.manage().window().setSize(dimension);
}

I tried the other solutions base off this thread but still no luck. Stack Link. Is there any solutions I can use?

Environment:
Selenium version: 3.12.0
IEDriverServer version: 3.9.0.0
IE Version: 11.0.65

Console output:

 Started InternetExplorerDriver server (64-bit)
 3.9.0.0
 Listening on port 10696
 Only local connections are allowed

stack trace:

  org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.net.SocketException: 
  Connection reset
  Build info: version: '3.12.0', revision: '7c6e0b3', time: '2018-05-      08T14:04:26.12Z'
  System info: host: 'DESKTOP7', ip: '', os.name: '      Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_171'
  Driver info: driver.version: InternetExplorerDriver
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:92)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:543)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:207)
at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.run(InternetExplorerDriver.java:223)
at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.<init>(InternetExplorerDriver.java:215)
at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.<init>(InternetExplorerDriver.java:152)
at com.dlp.tests.TestCases.Basic_Template.setup(Basic_Template.java:37)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at       java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at       java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
  Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:210)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:141)
at okio.Okio$2.read(Okio.java:139)
at okio.AsyncTimeout$2.read(AsyncTimeout.java:237)
at okio.RealBufferedSource.indexOf(RealBufferedSource.java:345)
at okio.RealBufferedSource.readUtf8LineStrict(RealBufferedSource.java:217)
at okhttp3.internal.http1.Http1Codec.readHeaderLine(Http1Codec.java:212)
at okhttp3.internal.http1.Http1Codec.readResponseHeaders(Http1Codec.java:189)
at okhttp3.internal.http.CallServerInterceptor.intercept(CallServerInterceptor.java:88)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:147)
at okhttp3.internal.connection.ConnectInterceptor.intercept(ConnectInterceptor.java:45)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:147)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:121)
at okhttp3.internal.cache.CacheInterceptor.intercept(CacheInterceptor.java:93)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:147)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:121)
at okhttp3.internal.http.BridgeInterceptor.intercept(BridgeInterceptor.java:93)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:147)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.intercept(RetryAndFollowUpInterceptor.java:125)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:147)
at okhttp3.internal.http.RealInterceptorChain.proceed(RealInterceptorChain.java:121)
at okhttp3.RealCall.getResponseWithInterceptorChain(RealCall.java:200)
at okhttp3.RealCall.execute(RealCall.java:77)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.OkHttpClient.execute(OkHttpClient.java:105)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:101)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:73)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:136)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:83)

I doubt this is an exception. This stack trace points to normal execution! — log N, Jun 06 '18 at 21:41
@kav This question was raised by you. You have tell us about the issue you are facing — undetected Selenium, Jun 07 '18 at 00:30
@DebanjanB I am having issues launching IE11 when I run my selenium test cases. I provided my source code and environment versions of how I am setting up my environment. — kav, Jun 07 '18 at 00:45
@kav As Nilesh mentioned _stack trace points to normal execution_, so where are you exactly stuck? — undetected Selenium, Jun 07 '18 at 00:54

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '18 at 12:37

This error message...

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset

...implies that the IEDriverServer was unable to initiate/spawn a new WebBrowsing Session i.e. InternetExplorer Browser session.

Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:

Your Selenium Client version is 3.12.0 of 2018-05-08T14:04:26.12Z which is almost an year older.
Your InternetExplorerDriver version 3.9.0.0.

So there is a clear mismatch between the Selenium Client v3.12.0 and InternetExplorerDriver v3.9.0.0. As per best practices as Selenium Client and InternetExplorerDriver are released in sync you must use both the binaries from the same major release.

Further InternetExplorerDriver server v3.9.0.0 had a known issue as per the following references:

This issue have been addressed through the following commit:

Properly initializing JSON values in IE driver

Solution

Upgrade IEDriverServer to current IEDriverServer v3.12.0 level.
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
Take a System Reboot.
Execute your @Test.
Always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.

Thanks for your answer. IE was able to launch but it launches this URL `http://localhost:12303/` instead of going to the URL I provided and fails the test case. Would you whats causing this issue? I updated my post with the latest stack trace and code. — kav, Jun 07 '18 at 16:32
@DebanjanB can you stop posting arbitrary troubleshooting tips in your answers? Making suggestions like "reboot" or "run ccleaner" just devalues your answers, and is not at all related to the question asked. — Corey Goldberg, Jun 07 '18 at 19:21

Unable to launch IE 11 when running selenium with IEDriverServer 3.9.0.0

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