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"The provided browser was not found" while it is effectively installed

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Describe the bug On my M1 mac running Monterey, when I fire a browser through ZAP using “Manual Explore” I get an error saying “The provided browser was not found”, even though the selected browser is installed

This happens for Chrome and Safari, but not for Firefox

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Click “Manual Explore” in the “Quick Launch” pane
  2. On the line labeled “Explore your application” select “Chrome”
  3. Click the “Launch Browser” button
  4. See an error pop up saying “The provided browser was not found”

Expected behavior The selected browser - controlled by selenium - should start.

Software versions

  • ZAP: 2.11.1
  • OS: MacOS Monterey 12.1 on M1 CPU
  • Java Version : Unsure; java -version fails

Errors from the zap.log file

2022-01-04 10:36:08,628 [ZAP-BrowserLauncher] ERROR ExtensionQuickStartLaunch - unknown error: Chrome failed to start: was killed.

  (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)

  (The process started from chrome location /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)

Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'

System info: host: '***REDACTED***', ip: 'f***REDACTED***', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '11.1', java.version: '11.0.12'

Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver

Would you like to help fix this issue? Yes

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Comments:26 (13 by maintainers)

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3reactions
thc202commented, Feb 15, 2022

Seems to be Eval Villain add-on causing the issue.

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thc202commented, Apr 12, 2022

There’s an option to automatically update the add-ons: https://www.zaproxy.org/docs/desktop/ui/dialogs/options/checkforupdates/

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