[🐛 Bug]: Getting 'WebDriverError: HTTP method not allowed' error message while using actions class methods in Firefox browser

[d-sprasad]

What happened?

Getting 'WebDriverError: HTTP method not allowed' error message while using actions class methods in Firefox browser, below are the details:-

Browser: Firefox 102 Driver version: geckodriver-v0.31.0 WebDriver version: 3.6.0

In Webdriver version 3.6.0, in http.js (node/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js), end points are not updated as per w3 standards, it is causing issue while running actions class methods in firefox, Please update endpoints in 3.6.0 version as updated in selenium latest version.

https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js

How can we reproduce the issue?

1. npm i selenium-webdriver@3.6.0
2. Write a test with actions class methods
   Example: await driver.actions().sendKeys(Key.TAB).perform()
3. Download gecko driver version v0.31.0
4. Run test in firefox bowser

Relevant log output

WebDriverError: HTTP method not allowed
at parseHttpResponse (node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:536:11)
at /node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:441:30

Operating System

macOS

Selenium version

3.6.0

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

Firefox 102.2.0

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

geckodriver-v0.31.0

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No response

[github-actions[bot]]

@d-sprasad, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

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[pujagani]

WebDriver version 3.6.0 is very old. We are currently on the 4.7 series and planning the 4.8 release soon. The complete transition from JSONWire to W3C happened in Selenium 4. We do not do a patch release for older versions. Kindly upgrade to the latest Selenium version.