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Detox can't seem to connect to the test app(s)! [IOS]

See original GitHub issue

What happened?

Screen Shot 2022-05-11 at 5 19 24 PM

What was the expected behaviour?

Not run test file

In what environment did this happen?

Detox version: 19.6.9 React Native version: 0.63.4 Node version: 14.18.1 Device model: Mac mini (M1, 2020) iOS version: 12.4 macOS version: 12.3.1 (21E258) Xcode version: 13.3.1 (13E500a) Test-runner (select one): jest-circus / jest+jasmine / mocha / other

Detox logs

     DetoxRuntimeError: Detox can't seem to connect to the test app(s)!

HINT: 

Have you forgotten to call 'device.launchApp()' in the beginning of your test?
Refer to our troubleshooting guide, for full details: https://wix.github.io/Detox/docs/troubleshooting/running-tests#tests-execution-hangs

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The following package could not be delivered:

{
  type: 'reactNativeReload',
  params: {},
  messageId: -1000
}

Issue Analytics

State:
Created a year ago
Reactions:3
Comments:16 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

9reactions

asafkoremcommented, May 25, 2022

@2ducanhpham, @danilobuerger, @RichardPetrov, @ivari, @wkoutre, @isilher, and anyone who has experienced this issue, Please update Detox to the latest version (v19.7.0), we have fixed this issue in that version (here).

5reactions

ivaricommented, May 18, 2022

+1 on this, after updating to Xcode 13.4, on macOS 12.1.

Edit: Tried to repro on another machine, macOS 12.3.1. Tests worked, then upgraded to Xcode 13.4, tests no longer worked (same error as the op and my other machine).