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WebdriverIO in watch-mode "forgets" hostname and protocol if not explicitly specified

See original GitHub issue

Environment (please complete the following information):

WebdriverIO version: [7.1.0]
Mode: [WDIO Testrunner]
If WDIO Testrunner, running sync/async: [async]

Config of WebdriverIO

export const config: WebdriverIO.Config = {
    runner: "local",
    specs: ["__specs__/*.spec.js"],
    specFileRetries: 0,
    capabilities: [{browserName: "chrome", "goog:chromeOptions": {args: chrome_args}}],
    port: 9515,
    path: "/",

    services: [
        ["chromedriver", {logFileName: `${test_dir}/chromedriver.log`, port: 9515}],
    ],
}

Note: The bug happens with the default service as well.

Describe the bug WebdriverIO works fine until I try to use the watch mode. Then the first run is still ok but the consecutive ones fail with:

UnsupportedProtocolError: Unsupported protocol "undefined:"
    at normalizeArguments (/Users/pero/src/pero/cling-main/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:420:23)
    at normalizeArguments (/Users/pero/src/pero/cling-main/node_modules/got/dist/source/as-promise/core.js:34:31)
    at Object.got [as default] (/Users/pero/src/pero/cling-main/node_modules/got/dist/source/create.js:88:39)
    at WebDriverRequest._request (/Users/pero/src/pero/cling-main/node_modules/webdriver/build/request.js:126:41)
    at WebDriverRequest.makeRequest (/Users/pero/src/pero/cling-main/node_modules/webdriver/build/request.js:68:21)
    at Browser.protocolCommand (/Users/pero/src/pero/cling-main/node_modules/webdriver/build/command.js:74:24)
    at Browser.wrapCommandFn (/Users/pero/src/pero/cling-main/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/shim.js:79:38)

It works once I explicitly configure hostname and protocol:

config = {
...
    hostname: "localhost",
    protocol: "http",
...
}

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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jbblanchetcommented, Apr 24, 2021

@christian-bromann just saw the tags you added. I don’t mind trying picking this up, but I just left on vacation for a week, and I have to onboard a new dev when I return, so it could be 10-15 days before I’m able to contribute.

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flunderperocommented, Mar 10, 2021

@jbblanchet Ah, sorry. I was in the middle of something else and just wanted to help out quickly. Great to hear that it worked in the end.

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