[🐛 Bug]: v4.16.1 Not able to open a browser with NoSuchDriverException

[letskodeit]

What happened?

I have written a very simple code on my Windows system to open a browser and it is not working with any browser, ex: Chrome or Edge when I am using version 4.16.1

The same code is working without any issues with version 4.11.0 and 4.15.0

How can we reproduce the issue?

Here is the simple code:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;

public class MSEdgeDriverDemo {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();
		driver.manage().window().maximize();
		driver.get("https://www.letskodeit.com");
		driver.quit();
	}
}

Relevant log output

Here are the errors:

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.remote.NoSuchDriverException: Unable to obtain: Capabilities {browserName: MicrosoftEdge, ms:edgeOptions: {args: [], extensions: []}}, error Command failed with code: -1073741701, executed: [--browser, MicrosoftEdge, --output, json]

Build info: version: '4.16.0', revision: '15400459dd*'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 11', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.6'
Driver info: driver.version: EdgeDriver
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverFinder.getPath(DriverFinder.java:25)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverFinder.getPath(DriverFinder.java:13)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.generateExecutor(EdgeDriver.java:72)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:61)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:57)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:49)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:45)
	at basicweb.MSEdgeDriverDemo.main(MSEdgeDriverDemo.java:9)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Command failed with code: -1073741701, executed: [--browser, MicrosoftEdge, --output, json]

Build info: version: '4.16.0', revision: '15400459dd*'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 11', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.6'
Driver info: driver.version: EdgeDriver
	at org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManager.runCommand(SeleniumManager.java:157)
	at org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManager.getDriverPath(SeleniumManager.java:299)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverFinder.getPath(DriverFinder.java:22)
	... 7 more

Operating System

Windows

Selenium version

Java 4.16.1

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Edge Version 119.0.2151.97 and Chrome Version 119.0.6045.200

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Using Selenium latest version to download drivers automatically

Are you using Selenium Grid?

N/A

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[titusfortner]

duplicate of #13261

[letskodeit]

@titusfortner
Can you please let me know how to enable logging?
I referred to the documentation and tried to enable. I followed these steps:

1. Downloaded the dependency using this:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.titusfortner</groupId>
  <artifactId>selenium-logger</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>

2. Added this line in the code before initializing the driver
   SeleniumLogger.enable();

Example:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;

import com.titusfortner.logging.SeleniumLogger;

public class MSEdgeDriverDemo {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		SeleniumLogger.enable();
		
		WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();
		driver.manage().window().maximize();
		driver.get("https://www.letskodeit.com");
		driver.quit();
	}
}

I still see the same error in Console:

2023-12-07 11:12:26 FINE Selenium [SeleniumManager getBinary] Selenium Manager binary found at: C:\Users\aniltomar\.cache\selenium\manager\0.4.16\selenium-manager.exe 
2023-12-07 11:12:26 FINE Selenium [SeleniumManager runCommand] Executing Process: [--browser, MicrosoftEdge, --output, json, --debug] 
2023-12-07 11:12:27 FINE Selenium [ExternalProcess] completed to copy the output of process 4848 
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.remote.NoSuchDriverException: Unable to obtain: Capabilities {browserName: MicrosoftEdge, ms:edgeOptions: {args: [], extensions: []}}, error Command failed with code: -1073741701, executed: [--browser, MicrosoftEdge, --output, json, --debug]

Build info: version: '4.16.1', revision: '9b4c83354e'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 11', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.6'
Driver info: driver.version: EdgeDriver
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverFinder.getPath(DriverFinder.java:25)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverFinder.getPath(DriverFinder.java:13)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.generateExecutor(EdgeDriver.java:72)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:61)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:57)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:49)
	at org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver.<init>(EdgeDriver.java:45)
	at basicweb.MSEdgeDriverDemo.main(MSEdgeDriverDemo.java:12)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Command failed with code: -1073741701, executed: [--browser, MicrosoftEdge, --output, json, --debug]

Build info: version: '4.16.1', revision: '9b4c83354e'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 11', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.6'
Driver info: driver.version: EdgeDriver
	at org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManager.runCommand(SeleniumManager.java:157)
	at org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManager.getDriverPath(SeleniumManager.java:299)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverFinder.getPath(DriverFinder.java:22)
	... 7 more

[titusfortner]

Oh, ok, so Selenium Manager isn't even starting. This failure is before it starts logging anything.

[dj-luis198]

install VC++ redistributable x86 solves the problem.

[letskodeit]

@titusfortner @dj-luis198

Does it mean 4.15 version doesn't need Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015-2022?

[anjalivaswani8614]

I'm facing the similar issue however for me SeleniumManager Exe is not even getting downloaded. Im working behind the proxy and browser is not getting launched.

Here is the issue:
I'm facing the issue where getting the error: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Unable to obtain Selenium Manager Binary at: C:\Users.cache\selenium\manager\0.4.16\selenium-manager.exe
Build info: version: '4.16.1', revision: '9b4c83354e'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.9'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
at org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManager.getBinary(SeleniumManager.java:210)
at org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManager.getDriverPath(SeleniumManager.java:253)

Browser is not launching .
ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
chromeOptions.setCapability("goog:chromeOptions", true);
chromeOptions.addArguments("--no-sandbox");
chromeOptions.addArguments("--remote-allow-origins=*");
chromeOptions.addArguments("--ignore-certificate-errors");
chromeOptions.addArguments("--proxy-server=http://",PROXY_URL_STRING);
chromeOptions.addArguments("--proxy=http://",PROXY_URL);
chromeOptions.addArguments("--start-maximized");

ChromeOptions ChromeOpt = new ChromeOptions();
// Pass the ChromeOpt option it takes as a type of Capability.
String chromeDriverPath = String.valueOf(SeleniumManager.getInstance().getDriverPath(chromeOptions,false));
System.out.println("chromeDriverPath--" + chromeDriverPath);

return this.driver= new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);

Many times selenium chrome driver exe is not getting downloaded without using WebDriver Manager.

[diemol]

As I replied in the other issue you opened, please use Nightly as a workaround https://www.selenium.dev/downloads/#nightly

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