[🐛 Bug]: Minitest::UnexpectedError: Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchWindowError: no such window

[Pepan]

What happened?

Error happened :

Minitest::UnexpectedError: Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchWindowError: no such window
  (Session info: chrome=128.0.6613.85)
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:62:in `add_cause'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:41:in `error'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:52:in `assert_ok'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:34:in `initialize'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:101:in `new'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:101:in `create_response'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:103:in `request'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:67:in `call'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:675:in `execute'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:193:in `switch_to_window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/target_locator.rb:107:in `window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver.rb:261:in `switch_to_window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver.rb:402:in `within_given_window'

How can we reproduce the issue?

Just running system test as usually. After new Chrome installed.

Relevant log output

Running 7 tests in a single process (parallelization threshold is 50)
Capybara starting Puma...
* Version 6.4.2, codename: The Eagle of Durango
* Min threads: 0, max threads: 4
* Listening on http://127.0.0.1:50003

Minitest::UnexpectedError: Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchWindowError: no such window
  (Session info: chrome=128.0.6613.85)
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:62:in `add_cause'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:41:in `error'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:52:in `assert_ok'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:34:in `initialize'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:101:in `new'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:101:in `create_response'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:103:in `request'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:67:in `call'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:675:in `execute'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:193:in `switch_to_window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.23.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/target_locator.rb:107:in `window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver.rb:261:in `switch_to_window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver.rb:402:in `within_given_window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver.rb:238:in `close_window'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver_specializations/chrome_driver.rb:41:in `block in reset!'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver_specializations/chrome_driver.rb:41:in `each'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver_specializations/chrome_driver.rb:41:in `reset!'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara/session.rb:132:in `reset!'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara.rb:327:in `block in reset_sessions!'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara.rb:327:in `reverse_each'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/capybara-3.40.0/lib/capybara.rb:327:in `reset_sessions!'
    /Users/josefchmel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.3.4/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/actionpack-7.2.1/lib/action_dispatch/system_testing/test_helpers/setup_and_teardown.rb:16:in `after_teardown'

### Operating System

macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 (23G93)

### Selenium version

selenium-webdriver (4.23.0, 4.19.0), Ruby 3.3.3

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

Chrome 128.0.6613.85

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

(Session info: chrome=128.0.6613.85)

### Are you using Selenium Grid?

_No response_

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[Pepan]

solution : --disable-search-engine-choice-screen send this option to Chrome

    driven_by :selenium, using: :chrome, screen_size: [1400, 1400] do |driver_option|
      driver_option.add_argument '--disable-search-engine-choice-screen'
    end

[aguspe]

Hello @Pepan just to double check this doesn't seem to be a selenium issue, since I cannot reproduce it but on your test you were not able to select the right window and you needed to disable the search engine selection option

if that's the case I will propose to close this

[Pepan]

Hello @aguspe, no.

Look at screenshots.

After I add argument (see my above reply) it starts working again. So it starts to happening without developers intervention and dev. can do nothing to solve it. ... it is caused probably by EU rules which Google must follow ... I guess. Maybe in your country this "choose search engine screen" does not appear.

[pujagani]

https://www.selenium.dev/blog/2024/chrome-browser-woes/ If the proposed solution works, can we close this?

[aguspe]

Hello @aguspe, no.

Look at screenshots.

After I add argument (see my above reply) it starts working again. So it starts to happening without developers intervention and dev. can do nothing to solve it. ... it is caused probably by EU rules which Google must follow ... I guess. Maybe in your country this "choose search engine screen" does not appear.

I'm also in the EU and I can see this browser selection screen but that comes from google itself not selenium, so as @pujagani if after adding the flag to disable the search eangine selection works, the issue doesn't seem to be selenium related but chrome related

I can try to reproduce it again, but I can't, for more information:

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/12/09/google-chrome-to-display-choose-your-search-engine-prompt/

And as @pujagani refer already the blog regarding passing the flag

[aguspe]

Just as an example @Pepan, the following code throws an error:

# test_example.rb

require 'minitest/autorun'
require 'selenium-webdriver'

class ExampleTest < Minitest::Test

  def setup
    options = Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome::Options.new
    options.add_argument('--window-size=1400,1400') # Set the window size

    @driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome, options: options
  end

  def teardown
    @driver.quit
  end

  def test_visiting_example_page
    @driver.navigate.to 'https://google.com'
    search_bar = @driver.find_element(xpath: '//*[@title="Search"]')
    search_bar.send_keys 'Dogs'
    assert_equal 'Dogs', @driver.title, 'Page title should have dogs'
  end
end

Without me passing the flag '--disable-search-engine-choice-screen'because it cannot interact with the element due to the default engine selection being in front of it, so it's not a Selenium issue but an issue due to this new selector in Chrome

[Pepan]

I understand ... but it halted on selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:62:inadd_cause'` so I posted it here.

[aguspe]

Thank you so much @Pepan have a great day!