Unable to parse new session response, when run Pro

Question

Protractor version : 5.1.1, Firefox version: 47, webdriver version : v0.15.0 I get following error when I try to run Protractor test in Firefox:

[15:13:47] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[15:13:47] I/direct - Using FirefoxDriver directly...
[15:13:53] E/launcher - Unable to parse new session response: {"value": {"sessionId":"e8dc5d2f-a3bd-45db-89c1-a023e31e08e6","value":{"XULappId":"{ec80
30f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}","acceptSslCerts":false,"appBuildId":"20160604131506","browserName":"Firefox","browserVersion":"47.0","command_id":1
,"count":1,"device":"desktop","platform":"WINDOWS_NT","platformName":"Windows_NT","platformVersion":"6.3","proxy":{},"raisesAccessibilityExceptions":f
alse,"rotatable":false,"specificationLevel":0,"takesElementScreenshot":true,"takesScreenshot":true,"version":"47.0"}}}
[15:13:53] E/launcher - WebDriverError: Unable to parse new session response: {"value": {"sessionId":"e8dc5d2f-a3bd-45db-89c1-a023e31e08e6","value":{"
XULappId":"{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}","acceptSslCerts":false,"appBuildId":"20160604131506","browserName":"Firefox","browserVersion":"47.0
","command_id":1,"count":1,"device":"desktop","platform":"WINDOWS_NT","platformName":"Windows_NT","platformVersion":"6.3","proxy":{},"raisesAccessibil
ityExceptions":false,"rotatable":false,"specificationLevel":0,"takesElementScreenshot":true,"takesScreenshot":true,"version":"47.0"}}}
    at WebDriverError (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\error.js:27:5)
    at doSend.then.response (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:445:19)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:109:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver.js:777:24)
    at Function.createSession (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\firefox\index.js:640:55)
    at Direct.getNewDriver (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\protractor\lib\driverProviders\direct.ts:112:25)

    at Runner.createBrowser (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\protractor\lib\runner.ts:225:39)
    at q.then.then (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\protractor\lib\runner.ts:391:27)
    at _fulfilled (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\q\q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\q\q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\q\q.js:796:13)
    at C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\q\q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (C:\DG_Selenium\analytics-qa\TestAutomation\SeleniumFramework\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
[15:13:53] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

Config file :

    capabilities : {
        'browserName' : 'firefox',
     },
   directConnect : true,

Tried running following command:

java -jar "C:\Users\testuser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\s
elenium-server-standalone-3.3.1.jar" -Dwebdriver.firefox.bin="c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
Exception in thread "main" com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException: Unknown option: -Dwebdriver.firefox.bin=c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.e
xe
        at com.beust.jcommander.JCommander.parseValues(JCommander.java:742)
        at com.beust.jcommander.JCommander.parse(JCommander.java:282)
        at com.beust.jcommander.JCommander.parse(JCommander.java:265)
        at com.beust.jcommander.JCommander.<init>(JCommander.java:210)
        at org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncherV3$1.setConfiguration(GridLauncherV3.java:227)
        at org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncherV3.buildLauncher(GridLauncherV3.java:155)
        at org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncherV3.main(GridLauncherV3.java:75)

Answer 1

directConnect is not working with Firefox 52+ and Protractor 5.1.1. (angular/protractor#4253) Have you tried with a standalone version of webdriver-manager to eliminate the directConnect problems?

How to use webdriver-manager:

• npm install webdriver-manager -g
• webdriver-manager update
• webdriver-manager start

It will start a server on localhost:4444/wd/hub. Add that to your config with seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub'.

You are also using an old version of Firefox (47) with a new webdriver version. I don't know if that could cause the problem. Do you really need 47, or can you upgrade? If so, be aware that 51 is "stable" and 52 could give some troubles.