A few notes that make this tricky are that I'm using c9.io
(developing in the cloud) so I use the gem webdrivers
to be able to run Chrome with Watir, instead of creating an executable path to the Chrome installed on my device.
My code was working until I logged in today and got the error
session not created exception: Chrome version must be >= 64.0.3282.0 (Driver info: chromedriver=2.37.543610 (afd36256570660b5a2f0e4dbd1b040f3dcfe9cb5),platform=Linux 4.9.80-c9 x86_64)
Relevant parts of gemfile (everything else is stock)
gem 'webdrivers'
gem 'watir'
Code I'm trying to compile
def mastersave
require 'watir'
@browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome, headless: true
end
I'm not stuck on the idea of using Chrome, but it's what was working for me. The gem 'webdrivers' also allows me to use firefox, but I get the error 'permission denied' with that.
This error message...
session not created exception: Chrome version must be >= 64.0.3282.0 (Driver info: chromedriver=2.37.543610 (afd36256570660b5a2f0e4dbd1b040f3dcfe9cb5),platform=Linux 4.9.80-c9 x86_64)
...implies that Chrome version must be >= 64.0
Your main issue is the version compatibility between the binaries you are using as follows :
- You are using chromedriver=2.37 which is still not GA hence we are not sure about the dependencies but from the error message its clear it won't be supporting Chrome v64.x
Solution
- To be safer you can :
- Either downgrade to chromedriver=2.36 where the Release Notes mentions Supports Chrome v63-65
- Or upgrade to chrome=65.x
- 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.
- If your base Chrome version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Chrome.
- Execute your
@Test
.
The following error Chrome version must be >= 64.0.3282.0
, says it is NOT compatible with current chromedriver version 2.37
Updating chrome to latest version should solve the issue.
please refer to https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads.
Latest Release: ChromeDriver 2.36
Supports Chrome v63-65