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Until a few weeks ago I had my Protractor e2e tests working with the Chrome browser. However, since the last Chrome update 69.0.3497.100 (64-bit) running the tests in non-headless mode don't work any more and I get an error. If i run the tests in headless mode (via chromeOptions in the protractor config file "--headless") all works fine.

The error i get in the windows command prompt is:

WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.41.578737......)

Chrome is always closed before I run the e2e tests.

I have done a webdriver-manager clean and after, a webdriver-manager update. I also manually installed chromedriver@latest via npm but still no luck.

My chromeOptions in the config file is

chromeOptions: {
args: ["--user-data-dir", "--disable-gpu", "--no-sandbox", '--disable-web-security']
    },

On running the e2e tests, chrome launches properly, but the tab remains on the default new tab page. If in the config, I tel it to use FF, the pages change properly.

Can anyone help me with this issue?

Mangu
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Aldo Cauchi Savona
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  • i've been through [link] (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50692358/how-to-work-with-a-specific-version-of-chromedriver-while-chrome-browser-gets-up/50697221#50697221) still no luck. – Aldo Cauchi Savona Sep 24 '18 at 09:55
  • After webdriver-manager update i now get: The error I get after update is: Failed to read HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\MachineLevelUserCloudPolicyEnrollmentToken: The system cannot find the file specified. Many: ERROR:in_progress_cache_impl.cc(192)] Cache is not initialized, cannot RetrieveEntry. then: E/launcher - unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist (Driver info: chromedriver=2.41.578737 trimmed) E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199 – Aldo Cauchi Savona Sep 24 '18 at 10:05
  • I 'fixed' the Registry error as found a few posts mentioning that error, but still page don't change in the chrome browser and the tests wont run. I now get multpile error lines with the following: ERROR:in_progress_cache_impl.cc(192)] Cache is not initialized, cannot RetrieveEntry. And at the very end I get: DNS config watch failed. – Aldo Cauchi Savona Sep 26 '18 at 07:11

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Cannot get rid of this 

<rejected> { WebDriverError: unknown error: session deleted because of page crash
[protractor] from unknown error: cannot determine loading status
[protractor] from tab crashed
[protractor]   (Session info: chrome=69.0.3497.100)
[protractor]   (Driver info: chromedriver=2.41.578737 (49da6702b16031c40d63e5618de03a32ff6c197e),platform=Windows NT 10.0.14393 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)

tried with chromedriver=2.42 too.

Workaround is moving to chrome32_68.0.3440.84 and disable Google Update Service (gupdatem) and Google Update Service (gupdate) windows services (if you are on windows) to stop chrome automatic update.

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