chrome not reachable exception when ExpressVPN is connected
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chrome not reachable exception when ExpressVPN is connected.
To Reproduce
Connect the Express VPN All firewalls disabled Run the below code -
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options from selenium import webdriver driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path='D:/chromedriver_win32/chromedriver.exe')
Expected behavior
driver.get should be successful without any exceptions.
Actual Behavior
Below exception is thrown -
D:\Assignment>python add_to_cart_v3.py
DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:59948/devtools/browser/b3bea32b-25a1-47ff-800c-162e0200566a
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "add_to_cart_v3.py", line 67, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'D:/chromedriver_win32/chromedriver.exe')
File "C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 81, in __init__
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__
self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
File "C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: chrome not reachable
Additional Information
When Express VPN is disconnected, everything works fine. Same issue observed in case of Firefox.
Environment
OS: Windows 10 Pro Browser: Chrome, Firefox Browser version: 86.0.4240.75 Browser Driver version: ChromeDriver 86.0.4240.22 Language Bindings version: python 3.6.6 32 bit Selenium Grid version (if applicable): 3.141.0 Express VPN connected
Issue Analytics
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- Created 3 years ago
- Comments:12 (3 by maintainers)
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