Error: spawn Unknown system error -86 - In Protractor Test run

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Bug report

• Node Version: v10.16.3

• Protractor Version: 7.0.0

• Angular Version: ``

• Browser(s): chrome

• Operating System and Version MAC OS CATALINA 10.15.6

• Your protractor configuration file `exports.config = { params: { host: hostAddress, env: ‘DEV’, },

  directConnect: true, noGlobals: true,

  getPageTimeout: 60000, allScriptsTimeout: 9000000,

  jasmineNodeOpts: { showColors: true, isVerbose: true, defaultTimeoutInterval: 120000, },

  multiCapabilities: [capabilityBuilder.generateCapability(args.notHeadless ? undefined : ‘headless’)], Capability File - const FLAGS = { normal: [‘–window-size=375,812’, ‘pixelRatio=3’, ‘–mute-audio’], headless: [‘–headless’, ‘–disable-gpu’, ‘–window-size=375,812’, ‘pixelRatio=3’, ‘–mute-audio’], };

/**

• @class CapabilityBuilder / module.exports = class CapabilityBuilder { /*

  • Generate a capability

  • Protractor configuration reference: https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/lib/config.ts

  • Chrome argument reference: https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

  • @param params {Array}

  • @return {{browserName: string, shardTestFiles: *, maxInstances: *, chromeOptions: {mobileEmulation: {deviceName: string}, args: Array}}} */ generateCapability(runner = ‘normal’) { if (!FLAGS[runner]) { throw new Error(Runner is not available: ${runner}); }

    const params = FLAGS[runner]; return { browserName: ‘chrome’, shardTestFiles: runConfig.shardTestFiles, maxInstances: runConfig.maxInstances, ‘goog:chromeOptions’: { mobileEmulation: { deviceName: ‘iPhone 8’, }, args: params, }, }; }

`

• A relevant example test
• Output from running the test `/Users/naveensabares/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.3/bin/node /Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/bin/protractor /Applications/WebStorm.app/Contents/plugins/JavaScriptLanguage/helpers/protractor-intellij/lib/protractor-intellij-config.js --intellijOriginalConfigFile=/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/tests/protractor/config/protractor.acceptance.conf.js --disableChecks ****** SERVER ALREADY STARTED ****** [15:06:29] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver [15:06:29] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly… [15:06:29] E/launcher - spawn Unknown system error -86 [15:06:29] E/launcher - Error: spawn Unknown system error -86 at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:366:11) at Object.spawn (child_process.js:551:9) at exec (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/io/exec.js:116:27) at resolveCommandLineFlags.then.args (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/remote/index.js:219:25) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7) From: Task: WebDriver.createSession() at Function.createSession (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:769:24) at Function.createSession (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/chrome.js:761:15) at Direct.getNewDriver (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/direct.js:77:33) at Runner.createBrowser (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:195:43) at q.then.then (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:339:29) at _fulfilled (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54) at /Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30 at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13) at /Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:556:49 at runSingle (/Users/naveensabares/ctp-mobile/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13) [15:06:29] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

Process finished with exit code 199 `

• Steps to reproduce the bug
• The URL you are running your tests against (if relevant)

Feature Request

• Reasons for adopting new feature
• Is this a breaking change? (How will this affect existing functionality)

The below driver versions were working fine until last December. However the test throws the above error

 webdriver-manager status
[15:29:21] I/status - selenium standalone version available: 3.141.59 [last]
[15:29:21] I/status - chromedriver version available: 87.0.4280.88 [last]
[15:29:21] I/status - geckodriver version available: v0.28.0 [last]
[15:29:21] I/status - android-sdk is not present
[15:29:21] I/status - appium is not present

Chrome browser version - Version 87.0.4280.141 (Official Build) (x86_64)

[deepaksrgm2010]

There is an update of webdriver manager - 12.1.8. which fixes this issue. So we need to bump up the version of web driver manager

[jamesg1]

@AakashIsTheLimit Just follow this temporary workaround - https://github.com/angular/webdriver-manager/issues/476#issuecomment-755978392