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Bug: DevToolsActivePort File doesn't exist

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Bug report

Not able to run chrome directconnect. WebDriverError: unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn’t exist. About the same issue as the log here https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/5964

Node Version: 6
Protractor Version: 5.3.1
Angular Version: N/A
Browser(s): chrome
Operating System and Version windows 10
Your protractor configuration file

let config = {
    allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
    specs: [
        './specs/**.spec.ts'
    ],
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'useAutomationExtension': false,
        'args': ['--disable-gpu','-disable-dev-shm-usage','--no-sandbox','-disable-popup-blocking','--start-maximized','--disable-web-security','--allow-running-insecure-content','--disable-infobars']
    },
    params: {
        basePath
    },
    directConnect: true,
    baseUrl:  basePath,
    framework: 'jasmine',
    jasmineNodeOpts: {
        showColors: true,
        defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
        print: function () { }
    },
    useAllAngular2AppRoots: true,
    beforeLaunch: function () {
        require('ts-node').register({
            lazy: true
        });
    }
};

Issue Analytics

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Created 5 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:22 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

12reactions

JonWallstencommented, Jun 19, 2018

@CalebRouleau I’ve tried with Puppeteer@1.1.1 (Chrome 66) and Puppeteer@1.5.0 (Chrome 69) And the following flags: ['--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--no-sandbox', '--disable-extensions', '--disable-dev-shm-usage']

11reactions

GonzaloCYcommented, May 14, 2019

I solved the issue by using:

webdriver-manager start

instead of:

sudo webdriver-manager start

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