Could not instantiate class org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver

[feralejandro]

Hi, I can't use Chrome with my Serenity project. I was working with it last Monday and today, out of the blue, it stopped working. The error that appears is 'Could not instantiate class org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.'

I have Serenity version 4.0.1 and JDK 18.

[wakaleo]

Try with 4.0.14

[feralejandro]

It works, but now it is much slower than before. I don't know what could be the reason. Just in case that's my pom:

<name>newatest</name>

 <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <serenity.version>4.0.14</serenity.version>
    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
    <tags></tags>
    <webdriver.base.url></webdriver.base.url>
</properties>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-core</artifactId>
        <version>${serenity.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-cucumber</artifactId>
        <version>${serenity.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-screenplay</artifactId>
        <version>${serenity.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-screenplay-webdriver</artifactId>
        <version>${serenity.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
        <artifactId>serenity-ensure</artifactId>
        <version>${serenity.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
        <version>1.8.2</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
        <version>5.8.2</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
        <version>5.8.2</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.10</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
        <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
        <version>3.23.1</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>7.13.0</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
            <configuration>
                <skip>true</skip>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
            <configuration>
                <includes>
                    <include>**/*Test.java</include>
                    <include>**/Test*.java</include>
                    <include>**/*TestSuite.java</include>
                    <include>**/When*.java</include>
                </includes>
                <systemPropertyVariables>
                    <webdriver.base.url>${webdriver.base.url}</webdriver.base.url>
                </systemPropertyVariables>
                <parallel>classes</parallel>
                <parallel>methods</parallel>
                <useUnlimitedThreads>true</useUnlimitedThreads>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>integration-test</goal>
                        <goal>verify</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>net.serenity-bdd.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>serenity-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${serenity.version}</version>
            <configuration>
                <tags>${tags}</tags>
                <reports>single-page-html</reports> 
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>serenity-reports</id>
                    <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>aggregate</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
            <dependencies>
                <dependency>
                    <groupId>net.serenity-bdd</groupId>
                    <artifactId>serenity-single-page-report</artifactId>
                    <version>${serenity.version}</version>
                </dependency>
            </dependencies>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

[wakaleo]

You should use the latest versions of JUnit 5, but other than that I don't see anything unusual.

[feralejandro]

I've upgraded JUnit 5 to the latest versions and it's still running slow, so I don't know what it could be. If I use Edge instead of Chrome, it works normally.

[szead]

I have the same issue using Serenity 4.0.14 and 4.0.18 with selenium/standalone-chrome:latest. It comes from time to time but not always. I am trying to figure out what caused it without success.

[szead]

I think my issue is related to this: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/docker-selenium/issues/1978