Protractor fails with error code 199 on WebDriver.createSession()

Hi guys. I am using angular-cli and protractor fails to run my tests. I am sitting behind a corporate proxy which I add as a param when updating the webdriver. This is the output I get:

$ ./node_modules/.bin/webdriver-manager update --proxy=proxy_url_here
[15:11:28] I/update - selenium standalone: file exists C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\selenium-server-standalone-3.4.0.jar
[15:11:28] I/update - selenium standalone: selenium-server-standalone-3.4.0.jar up to date
[15:11:28] E/downloader - undefined
[15:11:28] I/update - geckodriver: file exists C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\geckodriver-v0.17.0.zip
[15:11:28] I/update - geckodriver: unzipping geckodriver-v0.17.0.zip
(node:12156) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Invalid filename
[15:11:28] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.30.zip

$ ./node_modules/.bin/protractor ./protractor.conf.js
[15:26:13] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[15:26:13] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[15:26:15] E/launcher - spawn UNKNOWN
[15:26:15] E/launcher - Error: spawn UNKNOWN
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:313:11)
    at Object.exports.spawn (child_process.js:380:9)
    at exec (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\io\exec.js:116:27)
    at resolveCommandLineFlags.then.args (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\remote\index.js:219:25)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.createSession (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver.js:777:24)
    at Function.createSession (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\chrome.js:709:29)
    at Direct.getNewDriver (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\lib\driverProviders\direct.ts:90:25)
    at Runner.createBrowser (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\lib\runner.ts:225:39)
    at q.then.then (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\lib\runner.ts:391:27)
    at _fulfilled (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:834:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:863:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:796:13)
    at C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:556:49
    at runSingle (C:\Users\g8uibf\Projects\mbsportal-ui\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:137:13)
[15:26:15] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

• Node Version: v6.9.5
• Protractor Version: 5.1.2
• Angular Version: 4
• Browser(s): chrome 58
• Operating System and Version Windows 10
• Your protractor configuration file

const { SpecReporter } = require('jasmine-spec-reporter');

exports.config = {
  allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
  specs: [
    './e2e/**/*.e2e-spec.ts'
  ],
  capabilities: {
    'browserName': 'chrome'
  },
  directConnect: true,
  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8080/',
  framework: 'jasmine',
  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    showColors: true,
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
    print: function() {}
  },
  onPrepare() {
    require('ts-node').register({
      project: 'e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json'
    });
    jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter({ spec: { displayStacktrace: true } }));
  }
};

Thank you for the help in advance!

[alexcheng1982]

For those still have this issue, after checking the official FAQ, I fixed the issue by adding the flag --no-sandbox for Chrome 66.

[naveenBsabares]

Hi Team, Even i am facing the issue webdriver-manager status
[14:56:47] I/status - selenium standalone version available: 3.141.59 [last] [14:56:47] I/status - chromedriver version available: 87.0.4280.88 [last] [14:56:47] I/status - geckodriver version available: v0.28.0 [last] [14:56:47] I/status - android-sdk is not present [14:56:47] I/status - appium is not present

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[14:55:30] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[14:55:30] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[14:55:30] E/launcher - spawn Unknown system error -86
[14:55:30] 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)
[14:55:30] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

Process finished with exit code 199
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