Failed to create Appium session

Environment (please complete the following information):

• WebdriverIO version: [6.0.13]
• Mode: [WDIO Testrunner]
• If WDIO Testrunner, running sync/async: [sync]
• Node.js version: [14.4.0]
• NPM version: [6.14.5]
• Browser name and version: [Chrome]
• Platform name and version: [Windows 10]

Config of WebdriverIO Appium Config:

services: [
        [
            "appium",
            {
                // For options see
                // https://github.com/webdriverio/webdriverio/tree/master/packages/wdio-appium-service
                args: {
                    // ...
                    debugLogSpacing: true,
                    platformName: "android",
                    // ...
                },
                command: "appium",
            },
        ],
    ],
    port: 4723, 

   config.capabilities = [
    {
        // The defaults you need to have in your config
        platformName: "Android",
        browserName: "chrome",
        maxInstances: 1,
        // For W3C the appium capabilities need to have an extension prefix
        // http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/caps/
        // This is `appium:` for all Appium Capabilities which can be found here
        "appium:deviceName": "Pixel_2_XL_API_29",
        "appium:platformVersion": "11",
        "appium:orientation": "PORTRAIT",
        // `automationName` will be mandatory, see
        // https://github.com/appium/appium/releases/tag/v1.13.0
        "appium:automationName": "UiAutomator2",
        "appium:newCommandTimeout": 240,
        "goog:chromeOptions": {
            w3c: true,
            // Add this option to prevent the annoying "Welcome"-message
            args: ["--no-first-run"],
        },
    },

Describe the bug Not able to create a session with Appium. Getting error Unable to connect to "http://localhost:4723/", make sure browser driver is running on that address.

If I run Appium instance separately then I get this error: ERROR webdriver: Error: The URL '/session' did not map to a valid resource

To Reproduce I’m using the appium-boilerplate, no changes made to it other than the deviceName and platformVersion

Expected behavior Be able to run tests in Android simulator

[wswebcreation]

@sam-022

Strange, do you have a version of Appium already running in the background? The boilerplate starts a session on its own, not using /wd/hub.

If you run Appium as a separate service you need to set the basePath as /, see also below from https://webdriver.io/blog/2020/03/26/webdriverio-v6-released.html

if you run it as a service you need to stop the current separate appium service, that’s why possibly get connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4723

[sam-022]

@wswebcreation I’m using the same boilerplate example, every time I run the test I get this error: ERROR webdriver: Error: The URL '/session' did not map to a valid resource For some reason, it’s not able to connect to /wd/hub. Do you have any suggestions? Or, any other alternative way to get this running?