Timeout exceeded when trying to follow quick start example

I have a working Electron app, and I just tried getting started with spectron following the example:

const Application = require('spectron').Application
const assert = require('assert')
const electronPath = require('electron')
const path = require('path')
let settingsPath = null

describe('Application launch', function () {
  this.timeout(10000)

  beforeEach(function () {
    this.app = new Application({
      path: electronPath,
      args: [path.join(__dirname, '..')]
    })
    return this.app.start()
  })

  afterEach(function () {
    if (this.app && this.app.isRunning()) {
      return this.app.stop()
    }
  })

  it('spawns the tray', function () {
    return this.app.client.getWindowCount().then(function (count) {
      assert.equal(count, 0)
    })
  })
})

npm test starts the app, and then after the timeout elapses, it prints:

$ npm test

> radiamagent@0.0.1 test path
> mocha



  Application launch
    1) "before each" hook for "spawns the tray"


  0 passing (10s)
  1 failing

  1) Application launch
       "before each" hook for "spawns the tray":
     Error: Timeout of 10000ms exceeded. For async tests and hooks, ensure "done()" is called; if returning a Promise, ensure it resolves. (path\test\spec.js)

This happens no matter how long I set the timeout. I’ve noticed that console.log() functions will fire if I add them to the beforeEach() block, but not it(). And this happens on Windows and Mac. Any ideas?

[cristiammercado]

After hours of tests, this is the configuration worked for me, exactly this part chromeDriverArgs: ['remote-debugging-port=9222']:

const Application = require('spectron').Application
const assert = require('assert')
const electronPath = require('electron') // Require Electron from the binaries included in node_modules.
const path = require('path')

describe('Application launch', function () {
    this.timeout(10000)

    beforeEach(function () {
        this.app = new Application({
            // Your electron path can be any binary
            // i.e for OSX an example path could be '/Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp'
            // But for the sake of the example we fetch it from our node_modules.
            path: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'electron' + (process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '')),

            // Assuming you have the following directory structure

            //  |__ my project
            //     |__ ...
            //     |__ main.js
            //     |__ package.json
            //     |__ index.html
            //     |__ ...
            //     |__ test
            //        |__ spec.js  <- You are here! ~ Well you should be.

            // The following line tells spectron to look and use the main.js file
            // and the package.json located 1 level above.
            args: [path.join(__dirname, '..')],
            env: {
                ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING: true,
                ELECTRON_ENABLE_STACK_DUMPING: true,
                NODE_ENV: 'test'
            },
            waitTimeout: 10e3,
            requireName: 'electronRequire',
            chromeDriverLogPath: '../chromedriverlog.txt',
            chromeDriverArgs: ['remote-debugging-port=9222']
        })
        return this.app.start()
    })

    afterEach(function () {
        if (this.app && this.app.isRunning()) {
            return this.app.stop()
        }
    })

    it('shows an initial window', function () {
        return this.app.client.getWindowCount().then(function (count) {
            assert.equal(count, 1)
            // Please note that getWindowCount() will return 2 if `dev tools` are opened.
            // assert.equal(count, 2)
        })
    })
})

[tarikhagustia]

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