[Bug]: Cannot connect to appium server V1

[Filjo0]

Description

After AppiumWebDriver (DotNet) update from 5.0.0-beta01 to 5.0.0-beta02 or 5.0.0-beta03 it's not possible to connect to AppiumServer.

Environment

• Appium server version: 1.22.3:
• Real device:

Configuration

            var capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
            capabilities.AddAdditionalAppiumOption(MobileCapabilityType.PlatformName, "Android");
            capabilities.AddAdditionalAppiumOption(AndroidMobileCapabilityType.AppActivity, "MainActivity");

            var appiumServer = new AppiumServiceBuilder().UsingAnyFreePort().Build();
            appiumServer.Start();

            var driver = new AndroidDriver(appiumServer, capabilities);

Stacktrace:

The local appium server has not been started. The given Node.js executable: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe Arguments: "C:\Users...v\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\build\lib\main.js" --port "60870" --address "127.0.0.1".

Additional information

Adding an argument and hardcoding the port seems to help finding the server, but there's still an issue connecting to it.
var arguments = new OptionCollector().AddArguments(GeneralOptionList.BasePath("/wd/hub"));
var appiumServer = new AppiumServiceBuilder().UsingPort(4723).WithArguments(arguments).Build();

The error:
[HTTP] No route found for /session
[HTTP] <-- POST /session 404 7 ms - 211
[HTTP]

[Dor-bl]

@Filjo0 please refer to: #587

[Filjo0]

@Filjo0 please refer to: #587

Please refer to 'Additional information'.
Adding an argument '/wd/hub/' does not help.

[Dor-bl]

Sorry missed that part.
So it's most likely related to this bug :
#532

[Dor-bl]

@Filjo0 I ran a couple of tests from my side, and all works fine when adding the /wd/hub argument.
var args = new OptionCollector().AddArguments(GeneralOptionList.BasePath("/wd/hub"));

the reason it's not working for you could be that you are using appium 1.x Server, please try to update to appium 2.x

[Filjo0]

Well, in our case it's working fine using 5.0.0-beta01 and is broken using 5.0.0-beta02.

Also, Appium cannot be updated to 2.x due to certain reasons.

[Dor-bl]

I will try to have another look somewhere next week. But it might be problematic for me to repro the issue, since I'm using appium 2

[Dor-bl]

@Filjo0, Good news for you.
Indeed there seems to be an issue on the appiumServiceBuilder when not passing the /wd/hub Option. related to: #529
i'll need to see if it's worth the effort to add a fix to appium V1 considering it's about to be Obsolete and users can still use the
var arguments = new OptionCollector().AddArguments(GeneralOptionList.BasePath("/wd/hub"));

On the other end, using this Code does work for me so try to see what's wrong on your side:
var arguments = new OptionCollector().AddArguments(GeneralOptionList.BasePath("/wd/hub")); var appiumServer = new AppiumServiceBuilder().UsingPort(4723).WithArguments(arguments).Build();

[Dor-bl]

@Filjo0 Appium 2 was officially released, are you still using appium 1?