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Error: The session with id 'undefined' does not exist

See original GitHub issue

The problem

Since yesterday evening my tests throwing this error

Environment

Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: beta27/beta28
Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): beta27
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Monterey
Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 14
Npm or Yarn package manager: 6.14
Mobile platform/version under test: iOS
Real device or emulator/simulator: Simulator
Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: CLI

Details

The server is started via AppiumServiceBuilder in java

Link to Appium logs

2022-04-08 08:24:35:798 - [Appium] Attempting to load plugin images...
2022-04-08 08:24:35:800 - [debug] [Appium] Requiring plugin at /Users/jenkins/HomeOfQA/workspace/RMA-iOS-Versions/uitesting/.appium/node_modules/@appium/images-plugin
2022-04-08 08:24:37:030 - [Appium] Welcome to Appium v2.0.0-beta.28 (REV 28603c381745d77b6e6efb8b70e8de870638eb29)
2022-04-08 08:24:37:032 - [Appium] Non-default server args:
2022-04-08 08:24:37:034 - [Appium] { address: '127.0.0.1',
2022-04-08 08:24:37:034 - [Appium]   allowInsecure: [ 'adb_shell' ],
2022-04-08 08:24:37:035 - [Appium]   localTimezone: true,
2022-04-08 08:24:37:035 - [Appium]   logTimestamp: true,
2022-04-08 08:24:37:035 - [Appium]   port: 4727,
2022-04-08 08:24:37:035 - [Appium]   usePlugins: [ 'images' ] }
2022-04-08 08:24:37:035 - [Appium] Default capabilities, which will be added to each request unless overridden by desired capabilities:
2022-04-08 08:24:37:035 - [Appium] { 'appium:noReset': 'false' }
2022-04-08 08:24:37:036 - [Appium] Attempting to load driver xcuitest...
2022-04-08 08:24:37:038 - [debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at /Users/jenkins/HomeOfQA/workspace/RMA-iOS-Versions/uitesting/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver
2022-04-08 08:24:38:485 - [Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4727
2022-04-08 08:24:38:486 - [Appium] Available drivers:
2022-04-08 08:24:38:486 - [Appium]   - xcuitest@4.3.5 (automationName 'XCUITest')
2022-04-08 08:24:38:486 - [Appium] Available plugins:
2022-04-08 08:24:38:486 - [Appium]   - images@1.2.4 (ACTIVE)
2022-04-08 08:24:38:498 - [HTTP] --> GET /status
2022-04-08 08:24:38:498 - [HTTP] {}
2022-04-08 08:24:38:499 - [debug] [AppiumDriver@1229] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []
2022-04-08 08:24:38:523 - [debug] [AppiumDriver@1229] Encountered internal error running command: Error: The session with id 'undefined' does not exist
2022-04-08 08:24:38:523 - [debug] [AppiumDriver@1229]     at AppiumDriver.executeCommand (/Users/jenkins/HomeOfQA/workspace/RMA-iOS-Versions/uitesting/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:549:15)
2022-04-08 08:24:38:523 - [debug] [AppiumDriver@1229]     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
2022-04-08 08:24:38:523 - [debug] [AppiumDriver@1229]     at asyncHandler (/Users/jenkins/HomeOfQA/workspace/RMA-iOS-Versions/uitesting/node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/protocol/protocol.js:313:19)
2022-04-08 08:24:38:540 - [HTTP] <-- GET /status 500 41 ms - 716