Electron 10.3.0 and Spectron 12.0.0 gives error "Failed to create session"

Hello,

Im trying to run the electron-quick-start app using Electron 10.3.0 and Spectron 12.0.0 under node v12.18.3

Im getting the following error:

Application launch
    1) "before each" hook for "shows an initial window"


  0 passing (1s)
  1 failing

  1) Application launch
       "before each" hook for "shows an initial window":
     Error: Failed to create session.
unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally.
  (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
  (The process started from chrome location /Users/albertf/Test/electron-spectron-failed-to-create-session-error/node_modules/spectron/lib/launcher.js is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
      at Object.startWebDriverSession (node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:34:15)
      at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

I created a repo for reproducing same error https://github.com/alberto-f/electron-spectron-failed-to-create-session-error

Could someone help me spot what it is wrong in here ? AFAIK Im even using the right versions.

albertf@albertf-mac electron-quick-start % npm ls spectron electron                         
electron-quick-start@1.0.0 /Users/albertf/Test/electron-quick-start
├── electron@10.3.0 
└── spectron@12.0.0 

If you don’t have the time, Could you tell me what version of Spectron should work with the electron-quick-start repo?

Thanks.

[dhanyn10]

me too.

my package.json

  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^12.0.2",
    "electron-builder": "^22.10.4",
    "mocha": "^8.3.2"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "bootbox": "^5.4.0",
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
    "spectron": "^14.0.0"
  }

here’s the output from github actions

Run npm run test

> electron-with-bootbox@0.0.0 test /home/runner/work/electron-example/electron-example/bootbox
> mocha



  Application launch
    1) "before each" hook for "show an initial window"


  0 passing (6s)
  1 failing

  1) Application launch
       "before each" hook for "show an initial window":
     Error: Failed to create session.
unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally.
  (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
  (The process started from chrome location /home/runner/work/electron-example/electron-example/bootbox/node_modules/spectron/lib/launcher.js is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
      at Object.startWebDriverSession (node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:34:15)
      at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
      at async Function.newSession (node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:35:45)
      at async Object.exports.remote (node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:53:22)

[DWboutin]

I got the same error, looks like a wrong version of Chrome browser in Spectron launcher https://github.com/electron-userland/spectron/issues/843