Firefox webdriver needs to be replaced by Marionette from Firefox version 47.0

[mariusioana]

Hi,

With recent version of Firefox 47.0, selenium server latest version 2.53 does not work anymore: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37693106/selenium-2-53-not-working-on-firefox-47 https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/2110

So now it is recommended to just make use of Marionette to replace Firefox webdriver: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette/WebDriver

Any recommendations on how to make it work now with nightwatchjs?

Thanks!

[redrockzee]

Firefox does not work. Neither does IEDriverServer.exe, The only driver that works anymore is Chrome.

[martineez]

you have to download geckodriver (there's no nodejs wrapper)

  selenium: {
    cli_args: {
      'webdriver.gecko.driver': '/path/to/geckodriver'
    }
  },
  ...
  test_settings: {
    default: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox',
        marionette: true,
        javascriptEnabled: true
      }
}

[dealloc]

@martineez your suggestion got it working here for me, though the documentation should be updated (new users don't like having to skim issues for things like these)

[beatfactor]

I'll add this to the docs soon.

[mariusioana]

Thanks @martineez ! It worked. Though the problem now for is that with this new driver, following code seems to not work anymore. browser.api.execute seems that it does not work anymore to get the _initialState_ property from window object. This is a regression. Tried on Chrome the same and works nicely. Also, on older versions of FF works ok. So maybe this is a bug now? @beatfactor , any ideas? It kind of blocks me from running the tests and would really appreciate some help or guidance :). Thanks!

getSession: function(browser) {
    return new Promise(function(session) {
      browser.api.execute(function() {
        return {
          catalogUrl: window._initialState_.catalogUrl,
          accessToken: (JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem(window._initialState_.macConfig.clientId))).accessToken
        }
      }, [], function(result) {
        session(result.value);
      })
    });
  },

Error seen in session when used in debugging mode:

TypeError: window._initialState_ is undefined (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 8 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.53.0', revision: '35ae25b', time: '2016-03-15 17:00:58'
System info: host: 'ioana-osx.eur.adobe.com', ip: '10.131.168.79', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.10.3', java.version: '1.8.0_74'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.MarionetteDriver
Capabilities [{rotatable=false, raisesAccessibilityExceptions=false, marionette=true, appBuildId=20160604131506, version=47.0, platform=MAC, proxy={}, command_id=1, specificationLevel=0, acceptSslCerts=false, browserVersion=47.0, platformVersion=14.3.0, name=Cleanup Connections, XULappId={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}, browserName=Firefox, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, takesElementScreenshot=true, platformName=Darwin, device=desktop}]
Session ID: 90f93a94-e5dd-8b41-b8ce-ffacae5a4d9e

[beatfactor]

Maybe this will help: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825858?

[mariusioana]

Excellent, it worked! Thanks @beatfactor !

[aeneasr]

i tried @martineez hints but my firefox (47.0.1) just opens about:blank&utm_content=firstrun and returns

Error retrieving a new session from the selenium server

Connection refused! Is selenium server started?
{ state: 'unhandled error',
  sessionId: null,
  hCode: 1075377371,
  value: 
   { localizedMessage: 'Unable to connect to host 127.0.0.1 on port 7055 after 45000 ms. Firefox conso
le

nightwatch.json

{
  "src_folders" : ["tests"],
  "output_folder" : "reports",
  "custom_commands_path" : "",
  "custom_assertions_path" : "",
  "page_objects_path" : "",
  "globals_path" : "",

  "selenium" : {
    "start_process" : true,
    "server_path" : "./bin/selenium-server-standalone-2.53.0.jar",
    "log_path" : "",
    "host" : "127.0.0.1",
    "port" : 4444,
    "cli_args" : {
      "webdriver.chrome.driver" : "",
      "webdriver.ie.driver" : "",
      "webdriver.gecko.driver": "C:\\ChromeDriver\\geckodriver.exe"
    }
  },

  "test_settings" : {
    "default" : {
      "launch_url" : "http://localhost:3000",
      "selenium_port"  : 4444,
      "selenium_host"  : "localhost",
      "silent": true,
      "screenshots" : {
        "enabled" : false,
        "path" : ""
      },
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "firefox",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true
      }
    },

    "chrome" : {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "chrome",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true
      }
    }
  }
}

[CleanCodeWillKeepYouAlive]

same prob as @arekkas has, pass step with dowload gecko driver and specified path in configure file but error still displayed: Error retrieving a new session from the selenium server Connection refused! Is selenium server started?

[straris]

Same here :(

[ghost]

@arekkas You missed the marionette: true, from martineez's config example

[beatfactor]

This should be closed and moved to the wiki (until we have a section on the website) Is someone who has got it working able to summarize this and create a wiki article? Thanks.

[aeneasr]

@DanC-UNiDAYS indeed, thank you!

[aeneasr]

The config I got it working with is:

{
  "src_folders" : ["tests"],
  "output_folder" : "reports",
  "custom_commands_path" : "",
  "custom_assertions_path" : "",
  "page_objects_path" : "",
  "globals_path" : "",

  "selenium" : {
    "start_process" : true,
    "server_path" : "./bin/selenium-server-standalone-2.53.0.jar",
    "log_path" : "",
    "host" : "127.0.0.1",
    "port" : 4444,
    "cli_args" : {
      "webdriver.chrome.driver" : "",
      "webdriver.ie.driver" : "",
      "webdriver.gecko.driver": "C:\\ChromeDriver\\geckodriver.exe"
    }
  },

  "test_settings" : {
    "default" : {
      "launch_url" : "http://localhost:3000",
      "selenium_port"  : 4444,
      "selenium_host"  : "localhost",
      "silent": true,
      "screenshots" : {
        "enabled" : false,
        "path" : ""
      },
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "firefox",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "marionette": true
      }
    },

    "chrome" : {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "chrome",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true
      }
    }
  }
}

[IceCreamYou]

FWIW, I was able to get this working with geckodriver 0.9.0 and Selenium 2.53.1 as described above. I was not able to get it working with geckodriver 0.10.0 + Selenium 3.0.0-beta2 or with geckodriver 0.10.0 + Selenium 2.53.1.

Update: Seems to work with geckodriver/Marionette 0.11.1 and Selenium 2.53.1, although I haven't been able to get mouseButtonClick() to work in any version of geckodriver. click() does seem to work.

[traviskaufman]

Same here: Not able to get it working without redundantly downloading a lesser version of the geckodriver :(

[naissa12]

I get the following errors when I run geckodriver with selenium 2.53

(firefox:25304): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion 'g_type_parent (interface_type) == G_TYPE_INTERFACE' failed
JavaScript warning: https://normandy.cdn.mozilla.net/static/bundles/selfrepair-5c0beb002c2cc297accf.57474d2dada3.js, line 7: mutating the [[Prototype]] of an object will cause your code to run very slowly; instead create the object with the correct initial [[Prototype]] value using Object.create

Does anyone get this error?

[naissa12]

@arekkas what version of firefox are you using?

[naissa12]

which one is that?

[aeneasr]

48.0.2

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[naissa12]

@arekkas what OS?

[vangorra]

FYI. Looks like a geckdriver is now availble through npm.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/geckodriver

[potapovDim]

@naissa12

{
  "src_folders": [
    "tests"
  ],
  "output_folder": "reports",
  "custom_commands_path": "commands",
  "custom_assertions_path": "",
  "page_objects_path": [
    "pages/account",
    "pages"
  ],
  "globals_path": "globals.js",
  "selenium": {
    "start_process": true,
    "server_path": "./node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar",
    "log_path": "",
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 4444,
    "cli_args": {
      "webdriver.chrome.driver": "./node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.25",
      "webdriver.gecko.driver": "./node_modules/geckodriver/geckodriver",
      "webdriver.opera.driver": "./node_modules/operadriver/lib/operadriver.js"
    }
  },
  "test_settings": {
    "default": {
      "launch_url": "http://localhost",
      "selenium_port": 4444,
      "selenium_host": "localhost",
      "silent": true,
      "screenshots": {
        "enabled": false,
        "path": ""
      },
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "chrome",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true
      }
    },
    "phantom": {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "phantomjs",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "phantomjs.binary.path": "./node_modules/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs",
        "phantomjs.cli.args": [
          "--ignore-ssl-errors=true"
        ]
      }
    },
    "safari": {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "safari",
        "version": "49",
        "api_key": "api_key",
        "api_secret": "api_secret"
      }
    },
    "firefox":{
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "firefox",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "marionette": true
      }
    }
  }
}

[dayanamcc]

how can addapt the same but into wdio.conf.js but instead of using nitghwatch using WebdriverIO webdriverIO + selenium-server v2.53.1 and ghekodriver ???

i want something like this selenium: { cli_args: { 'webdriver.gecko.driver': './---path-to geckodriver--/0.13.0-x64-geckodriver'?? } },

but into webdriverIO

this is how is working now on IE and on Chrome services: ['selenium-standalone']

   seleniumArgs: {
      version: '2.53.1',
      drivers: {
      ie: {
          version: '2.53.1',
          arch: 'ia32',
          baseURL: 'https://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com',
      },
      chrome: {
          version: '2.27',
          arch: process.arch,
          baseURL: 'https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com'
      },
      firefox:{
               should i set something here ¿? or? 
      }
    }
  },

[straris]

@dayanamcc shouldn't you be asking that on webdriverIO instead?

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