Selenium Server 4.1.2 tests crash silently before launching browser

[CalvinGocMMLLC]

Describe the bug

When following your setup guide for running a test with selenium server I get to the step to run the test and I just get this:

nighwatch_test % npx nightwatch tests/ecosia.js --env selenium.chrome
Starting Selenium Server [selenium-server-4.1.2.jar] on port 4444 in standalone mode ...

Nothing else happens. I have not updated the nightwatch.conf.js file. I'm using openDJK 18.0.1.1, I am only using these libraries:

  "devDependencies": {
    "@nightwatch/selenium-server": "^4.1.2",
    "chromedriver": "^103.0.0",
    "nightwatch": "^2.2.2"
  }

No logs are generated

Sample test

Just use the test from the guide

sampleTest.js

```js describe('Ecosia.org Demo', function() { before(browser => browser.navigateTo('https://www.ecosia.org/')); it('Demo test ecosia.org', function(browser) { browser .waitForElementVisible('body') .assert.titleContains('Ecosia') .assert.visible('input[type=search]') .setValue('input[type=search]', 'nightwatch') .assert.visible('button[type=submit]') .click('button[type=submit]') .assert.textContains('.layout__content', 'Nightwatch.js'); }); after(browser => browser.end()); }); module.exports = { sampleTest: function(browser) { } } ```

Run with command

$ nightwatch test/sampleTest.js --env selenium.chrome

Verbose output

debug.log

```txt log file is empty ```

Configuration

nightwatch.json

```js { // // Refer to the online docs for more details: // https://nightwatchjs.org/gettingstarted/configuration/ // // _ _ _ _ _ _ _ // | \ | |(_) | | | | | | | | // | \| | _ __ _ | |__ | |_ __ __ __ _ | |_ ___ | |__ // | . ` || | / _` || '_ \ | __|\ \ /\ / / / _` || __| / __|| '_ \ // | |\ || || (_| || | | || |_ \ V V / | (_| || |_ | (__ | | | | // \_| \_/|_| \__, ||_| |_| \__| \_/\_/ \__,_| \__| \___||_| |_| // __/ | // |___/ // module.exports = { // An array of folders (excluding subfolders) where your tests are located; // if this is not specified, the test source must be passed as the second argument to the test runner. src_folders: [], // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/working-with-page-objects/using-page-objects.html page_objects_path: ['node_modules/nightwatch/examples/pages/'], // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/custom-commands.html custom_commands_path: ['node_modules/nightwatch/examples/custom-commands/'], // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/custom-assertions.html custom_assertions_path: '', // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/plugin-api.html plugins: [], // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/#external-globals globals_path : '', webdriver: {}, test_settings: { default: { disable_error_log: false, launch_url: 'https://nightwatchjs.org', screenshots: { enabled: false, path: 'screens', on_failure: true }, desiredCapabilities: { browserName : 'firefox' }, webdriver: { start_process: true, server_path: '' } }, safari: { desiredCapabilities : { browserName : 'safari', alwaysMatch: { acceptInsecureCerts: false } }, webdriver: { start_process: true, server_path: '' } }, firefox: { desiredCapabilities : { browserName : 'firefox', alwaysMatch: { acceptInsecureCerts: true, 'moz:firefoxOptions': { args: [ // '-headless', // '-verbose' ] } } }, webdriver: { start_process: true, server_path: '', cli_args: [ // very verbose geckodriver logs // '-vv' ] } }, chrome: { desiredCapabilities : { browserName : 'chrome', 'goog:chromeOptions' : { // More info on Chromedriver: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/ // // w3c:false tells Chromedriver to run using the legacy JSONWire protocol (not required in Chrome 78) w3c: true, args: [ //'--no-sandbox', //'--ignore-certificate-errors', //'--allow-insecure-localhost', //'--headless' ] } }, webdriver: { start_process: true, server_path: '', cli_args: [ // --verbose ] } }, edge: { desiredCapabilities : { browserName : 'MicrosoftEdge', 'ms:edgeOptions' : { w3c: true, // More info on EdgeDriver: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webdriver-chromium/capabilities-edge-options args: [ //'--headless' ] } }, webdriver: { start_process: true, // Download msedgedriver from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webdriver-chromium/ // and set the location below: server_path: '', cli_args: [ // --verbose ] } }, ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Configuration for when using cucumber-js (https://cucumber.io) | // | // It uses the bundled examples inside the nightwatch examples folder; feel free | // to adapt this to your own project needs | ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 'cucumber-js': { src_folders: ['examples/cucumber-js/features/step_definitions'], test_runner: { // set cucumber as the runner type: 'cucumber', // define cucumber specific options options: { //set the feature path feature_path: 'node_modules/nightwatch/examples/cucumber-js/*/*.feature', // start the webdriver session automatically (enabled by default) // auto_start_session: true // use parallel execution in Cucumber // parallel: 2 // set number of workers to use (can also be defined in the cli as --parallel 2 } } }, ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Configuration for when using the browserstack.com cloud service | // | // Please set the username and access key by setting the environment variables: | // - BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME | // - BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY | // .env files are supported | ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// browserstack: { selenium: { host: 'hub.browserstack.com', port: 443 }, // More info on configuring capabilities can be found on: // https://www.browserstack.com/automate/capabilities?tag=selenium-4 desiredCapabilities: { 'bstack:options' : { userName: '${BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME}', accessKey: '${BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY}', } }, disable_error_log: true, webdriver: { timeout_options: { timeout: 15000, retry_attempts: 3 }, keep_alive: true, start_process: false } }, 'browserstack.local': { extends: 'browserstack', desiredCapabilities: { 'browserstack.local': true } }, 'browserstack.chrome': { extends: 'browserstack', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'chrome', chromeOptions : { w3c: true } } }, 'browserstack.firefox': { extends: 'browserstack', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'firefox' } }, 'browserstack.ie': { extends: 'browserstack', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'internet explorer', browserVersion: '11.0' } }, 'browserstack.safari': { extends: 'browserstack', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'safari' } }, 'browserstack.local_chrome': { extends: 'browserstack.local', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'chrome' } }, 'browserstack.local_firefox': { extends: 'browserstack.local', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'firefox' } }, ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Configuration for when using the SauceLabs cloud service | // | // Please set the username and access key by setting the environment variables: | // - SAUCE_USERNAME | // - SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY | ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// saucelabs: { selenium: { host: 'ondemand.saucelabs.com', port: 443 }, // More info on configuring capabilities can be found on: // https://wiki.saucelabs.com/display/DOCS/Test+Configuration+Options desiredCapabilities: { 'sauce:options' : { username: '${SAUCE_USERNAME}', accessKey: '${SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY}', screenResolution: '1280x1024' // https://docs.saucelabs.com/dev/cli/sauce-connect-proxy/#--region // region: 'us-west-1' // https://docs.saucelabs.com/dev/test-configuration-options/#tunnelidentifier // parentTunnel: '', // tunnelIdentifier: '', } }, disable_error_log: false, webdriver: { start_process: false } }, 'saucelabs.chrome': { extends: 'saucelabs', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'chrome', browserVersion: 'latest', javascriptEnabled: true, acceptSslCerts: true, timeZone: 'London', chromeOptions : { w3c: true } } }, 'saucelabs.firefox': { extends: 'saucelabs', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'firefox', browserVersion: 'latest', javascriptEnabled: true, acceptSslCerts: true, timeZone: 'London' } }, ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Configuration for when using the Selenium service, either locally or remote, | // like Selenium Grid | ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// selenium_server: { // Selenium Server is running locally and is managed by Nightwatch // Install the NPM package @nightwatch/selenium-server or download the selenium server jar file from https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/, e.g.: selenium-server-4.1.1.jar selenium: { start_process: true, port: 4444, server_path: '', // Leave empty if @nightwatch/selenium-server is installed command: 'standalone', // Selenium 4 only cli_args: { //'webdriver.gecko.driver': '', //'webdriver.chrome.driver': '' } }, webdriver: { start_process: false, default_path_prefix: '/wd/hub' } }, 'selenium.chrome': { extends: 'selenium_server', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'chrome', chromeOptions : { w3c: true } } }, 'selenium.firefox': { extends: 'selenium_server', desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'firefox', 'moz:firefoxOptions': { args: [ // '-headless', // '-verbose' ] } } } } }; } ```

Your Environment

Executable	Version
nightwatch --version	2.2.2
npm --version	8.13.1
yarn --version	1.22.19
node --version	18.2.0

Browser driver	Version
NAME	VERSION
chromedriver	103.0.0

OS	Version
NAME	VERSION
macOS Monterey	12.4

[beatfactor]

That often occurs when Java is not installed. Somehow the error got lost.

[harshit-bs]

This bug seems related to #3105.

[AutomatedTester]

Work will be done in #3105