[🐛 Bug]: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist using newheadless in linux

[vicozohili]

What happened?

When using --headless=new in RemoteWebDriver the error "DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist"a occurs. If I use the old --headless the browser launches.

How can we reproduce the issue?

Use --headles=new in Linux with RemoteWebdriver.

Relevant log output

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Operating System

Linux

Selenium version

4.8.3

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

112

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

112

Are you using Selenium Grid?

4.8.3

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[vicozohili]

Chrome is started in linux using the below code:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); options.setPlatformName(Platform.ANY.name()); options.setPageLoadStrategy(PageLoadStrategy.NORMAL); options.addArguments("--headless=new"); // open headless browser options.addArguments("--start-maximized"); // open browser in maximized mode options.addArguments("--window-size=1920,1080"); // browser resolution options.addArguments("--enable-automation"); options.addArguments("--disable-infobars"); // disabling infobars options.addArguments("--disable-extensions"); // disabling extensions options.addArguments("--disable-gpu"); // applicable to windows os only options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage"); // overcome limited resource problems options.addArguments("--no-sandbox"); // bypass OS security model options.addArguments("--disable-browser-side-navigation"); options.addArguments("--whitelisted-ips"); // bypass whitelisted ips options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", new ArrayList(Arrays.asList("disable-popup-blocking"))); // disable Pop-ups options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", browserPrefs); // browser preferences options.setAcceptInsecureCerts(true); // bypass SSL certs WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(url, options);

Below is the error received when using --headless=new (note this issue does not occur with --headless)

12:33:03.524 WARN [SeleniumSpanExporter$1.lambda$export$3] - {"traceId": "a359c78a5e92956bc1f7800b75700ba1","eventTime": 1680953583107281378,"eventName": "Session request received by the Distributor","attributes": {"logger": "org.openqa.selenium.grid.distributor.local.LocalDistributor","request.payload": "[Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: true, browserName: chrome, goog:chromeOptions: {args: [--remote-allow-origins=, --headless=new, --start-maximized, --window-size=1920,1080, --enable-automation, --disable-infobars, --disable-extensions, --disable-gpu, --disable-dev-shm-usage, --no-sandbox, --disable-browser-side-navi..., --whitelisted-ips], excludeSwitches: [disable-popup-blocking], extensions: [], prefs: {download.default_directory: \u002fopt\u002finternal\u002fma\u002fjenkins\u002fwo...}}, goog:loggingPrefs: {browser: ALL, client: ALL, driver: ALL, performance: ALL, profiler: ALL, server: ALL}, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platformName: ANY}, Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: true, browserName: chrome, goog:chromeOptions: {args: [--remote-allow-origins=, --headless=new, --start-maximized, --window-size=1920,1080, --enable-automation, --disable-infobars, --disable-extensions, --disable-gpu, --disable-dev-shm-usage, --no-sandbox, --disable-browser-side-navi..., --whitelisted-ips], excludeSwitches: [disable-popup-blocking], extensions: [], prefs: {download.default_directory: \u002fopt\u002finternal\u002fma\u002fjenkins\u002fwo...}}, goog:loggingPrefs: {browser: ALL, client: ALL, driver: ALL, performance: ALL, profiler: ALL, server: ALL}, pageLoadStrategy: normal}]"}}

12:33:03.525 WARN [SeleniumSpanExporter$1.lambda$export$1] - Unable to create session: Could not start a new session. Could not start a new session. Error while creating session with the driver service. Stopping driver service: Could not start a new session. Response code 500. Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed. (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist) (The process started from chrome location /usr/bin/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.) Build info: version: '4.8.3', revision: 'b19b418e60' System info: os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '3.10.0-1160.6.1.el7.x86_64', java.version: '17.0.5' Driver info: driver.version: unknown

[titusfortner]

I believe this is a duplicate of #11741

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