[🐛 Bug]: selenium fail to run side file - Error: Driver took too long to build

[jackchuong]

What happened?

Hi all,
On my Windows 10, I have Chrome browser Version 123.0.6312.123 (Official Build) (64-bit) with Selenium IDE extension installed.
I recorded a simple test like access to https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/ --> login --> logout , saved as test3.side
I can run test with Selenium IDE successfully.

I installed nodejs and npm

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>node -v
v20.12.2
C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>npm -v
10.5.0

Then I use npm to install selenium-side-runner and chromedriver

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>selenium-side-runner --version
4.0.5
C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>chromedriver --version
ChromeDriver 123.0.6312.105 (399174dbe6eff0f59de9a6096129c0c827002b3a-refs/branch-heads/6312@{#761})

When I tried to run test3.side with selenium-side-runner I got error as below

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>selenium-side-runner -X test3.side
  console.log
    Beginning test session

      at Object.<anonymous>.exports.default (src/connect.ts:9:11)

  console.info
    Building driver for chrome

      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriverSync (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:172:14)

  console.info
    Driver attributes:{ capabilities: {}, server: '', browserName: 'chrome' }

      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriverSync (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:173:14)

  console.error

              Failed to build driver for chrome
              Supplied capabilities: {}
              Server: none
              Error: Error: Driver took too long to build. This is likely an issue with the browser or driver.

              OS: win32
              Node: v20.12.2
              Selenium-Webdriver: 4.19.0

              This is breaking at the boundary of the following code in selenium-webdriver:

              // BEGIN SELENIUM-WEBDRIVER CODE
              const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver')
              const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({}).forBrowser('chrome').build()
              // END SELENIUM-WEBDRIVER CODE

              To ensure the bug is in selenium IDE, please attempt to run the above code in a script or node REPL.
              You may have to npm install selenium-webdriver first.

              If you are unable to proceed further, please raise a bug here:
              https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/new?assignees=&labels=I-defect%2Cneeds-triaging&projects=&template=bug-report.yml&title=%5B%F0%9F%90%9B+Bug%5D%3A+

              If this code works in selenium-webdriver, but not the IDE or side-runner, please raise a bug here:
              https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&projects=&template=bug.md


      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriver (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:216:17)
      at WebDriverExecutor.init (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:259:21)
      at Object.<anonymous>.exports.default (src/connect.ts:10:3)
      at Object.<anonymous> (src/main.test.ts:130:5)

 FAIL  ../AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/selenium-side-runner/dist/main.test.js (31.04 s)
  × Testing driver connection (30086 ms)

  ● Testing driver connection

    Driver took too long to build. This is likely an issue with the browser or driver.

      at Timeout._onTimeout (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:200:13)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        31.16 s, estimated 32 s
Ran all test suites within paths "C:\Users\jack.chuong\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\selenium-side-runner\dist\main.test.js".

How can we reproduce the issue?

{
  "id": "5e433d3a-9418-4d87-80e9-7bc3ad30941e",
  "version": "2.0",
  "name": "test3",
  "url": "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com",
  "tests": [{
    "id": "aa835abb-ebea-4643-82e2-03d0e1797faf",
    "name": "test3",
    "commands": [{
      "id": "ed29e1d3-5e46-4101-8872-ce1ee4674383",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "open",
      "target": "/web/index.php/auth/login",
      "targets": [],
      "value": ""
    }, {
      "id": "128b58cf-852f-4454-acc2-dcb383d17128",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "setWindowSize",
      "target": "1366x728",
      "targets": [],
      "value": ""
    }, {
      "id": "4baa7371-2bdf-4400-801f-17e9c7471962",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "click",
      "target": "name=username",
      "targets": [
        ["name=username", "name"],
        ["css=.oxd-input--focus", "css:finder"],
        ["xpath=//input[@name='username']", "xpath:attributes"],
        ["xpath=//div[@id='app']/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div/div/div[2]/input", "xpath:idRelative"],
        ["xpath=//div[2]/input", "xpath:position"]
      ],
      "value": ""
    }, {
      "id": "86f17c96-705b-4014-b377-96a461b77aeb",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "type",
      "target": "name=username",
      "targets": [
        ["name=username", "name"],
        ["css=.oxd-input--focus", "css:finder"],
        ["xpath=//input[@name='username']", "xpath:attributes"],
        ["xpath=//div[@id='app']/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div/div/div[2]/input", "xpath:idRelative"],
        ["xpath=//div[2]/input", "xpath:position"]
      ],
      "value": "Admin"
    }, {
      "id": "40a05796-eb8e-4341-8b38-5c78593e4813",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "type",
      "target": "name=password",
      "targets": [
        ["name=password", "name"],
        ["css=.oxd-input--focus", "css:finder"],
        ["xpath=//input[@name='password']", "xpath:attributes"],
        ["xpath=//div[@id='app']/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[2]/div/div[2]/input", "xpath:idRelative"],
        ["xpath=//div[2]/div/div[2]/input", "xpath:position"]
      ],
      "value": "admin123"
    }, {
      "id": "3fbe4fb0-d619-447a-9d6b-e13ef4e07688",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "click",
      "target": "css=.oxd-button",
      "targets": [
        ["css=.oxd-button", "css:finder"],
        ["xpath=//button[@type='submit']", "xpath:attributes"],
        ["xpath=//div[@id='app']/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[3]/button", "xpath:idRelative"],
        ["xpath=//button", "xpath:position"],
        ["xpath=//button[contains(.,'Login')]", "xpath:innerText"]
      ],
      "value": ""
    }, {
      "id": "d9e199da-2e2b-4f4f-b563-91ccfb1af453",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "click",
      "target": "css=.oxd-userdropdown-name",
      "targets": [
        ["css=.oxd-userdropdown-name", "css:finder"],
        ["xpath=//div[@id='app']/div/div/header/div/div[2]/ul/li/span/p", "xpath:idRelative"],
        ["xpath=//p", "xpath:position"],
        ["xpath=//p[contains(.,'First Last')]", "xpath:innerText"]
      ],
      "value": ""
    }, {
      "id": "5486f213-0339-4cf3-91ba-5e6868a8fb6a",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "click",
      "target": "linkText=Logout",
      "targets": [
        ["linkText=Logout", "linkText"],
        ["css=li:nth-child(4) > .oxd-userdropdown-link", "css:finder"],
        ["xpath=//a[contains(text(),'Logout')]", "xpath:link"],
        ["xpath=//div[@id='app']/div/div/header/div/div[2]/ul/li/ul/li[4]/a", "xpath:idRelative"],
        ["xpath=//a[contains(@href, '/web/index.php/auth/logout')]", "xpath:href"],
        ["xpath=//li/ul/li[4]/a", "xpath:position"],
        ["xpath=//a[contains(.,'Logout')]", "xpath:innerText"]
      ],
      "value": ""
    }, {
      "id": "e4056d12-d0bc-47c5-8b29-5f180c0dff61",
      "comment": "",
      "command": "close",
      "target": "",
      "targets": [],
      "value": ""
    }]
  }],
  "suites": [{
    "id": "c341457c-b767-41e7-be85-aec02f650cf1",
    "name": "Default Suite",
    "persistSession": false,
    "parallel": false,
    "timeout": 300,
    "tests": ["aa835abb-ebea-4643-82e2-03d0e1797faf"]
  }],
  "urls": ["https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"],
  "plugins": []
}

Relevant log output

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>selenium-side-runner -X test3.side
  console.log
    Beginning test session

      at Object.<anonymous>.exports.default (src/connect.ts:9:11)

  console.info
    Building driver for chrome

      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriverSync (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:172:14)

  console.info
    Driver attributes:{ capabilities: {}, server: '', browserName: 'chrome' }

      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriverSync (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:173:14)

  console.error

              Failed to build driver for chrome
              Supplied capabilities: {}
              Server: none
              Error: Error: Driver took too long to build. This is likely an issue with the browser or driver.

              OS: win32
              Node: v20.12.2
              Selenium-Webdriver: 4.19.0

              This is breaking at the boundary of the following code in selenium-webdriver:

              // BEGIN SELENIUM-WEBDRIVER CODE
              const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver')
              const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({}).forBrowser('chrome').build()
              // END SELENIUM-WEBDRIVER CODE

              To ensure the bug is in selenium IDE, please attempt to run the above code in a script or node REPL.
              You may have to npm install selenium-webdriver first.

              If you are unable to proceed further, please raise a bug here:
              https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/new?assignees=&labels=I-defect%2Cneeds-triaging&projects=&template=bug-report.yml&title=%5B%F0%9F%90%9B+Bug%5D%3A+

              If this code works in selenium-webdriver, but not the IDE or side-runner, please raise a bug here:
              https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&projects=&template=bug.md


      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriver (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:216:17)
      at WebDriverExecutor.init (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:259:21)
      at Object.<anonymous>.exports.default (src/connect.ts:10:3)
      at Object.<anonymous> (src/main.test.ts:130:5)

 FAIL  ../AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/selenium-side-runner/dist/main.test.js (31.04 s)
  × Testing driver connection (30086 ms)

  ● Testing driver connection

    Driver took too long to build. This is likely an issue with the browser or driver.

      at Timeout._onTimeout (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:200:13)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        31.16 s, estimated 32 s
Ran all test suites within paths "C:\Users\jack.chuong\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\selenium-side-runner\dist\main.test.js".

Operating System

Windows 10

Selenium version

Node: v20.12.2 Selenium-Webdriver: 4.19.0

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

Chrome browser Version 123.0.6312.123 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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

Version 123.0.6312.123 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Are you using Selenium Grid?

no

[github-actions]

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[VietND96]

FAIL ../AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/selenium-side-runner/dist/main.test.js (31.04 s)
× Testing driver connection (30086 ms)

It could be due to your network connection causing the driver to take a long time to download & build

Can you also try to pre-run npm install -g chromedriver once to initialize the driver separately?

If it still fails, try to find any process in Windows Task Manager that keeps chromedriver.exe running before, kill it, and rerun.

Also, I don't know -X is represent for which config. However without -X I had a run successfully as below

PS D:\Code\GitHub\selenium-ide> selenium-side-runner test3.side
info: Running test test3

 RUNS  C:/Users/ndviet/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/selenium-side-runner/dist/main.test.js
info: Finished test test3 Success
 PASS  C:/Users/ndviet/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/selenium-side-runner/dist/main.test.js (15.546 s)
  Running project test3
    Running suite Default Suite
      √ Running test test3 (14573 ms)

Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
Tests:       1 passed, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        15.655 s

[jackchuong]

Can you also try to pre-run npm install -g chromedriver once to initialize the driver separately?

Yes

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>npm install -g chromedriver

changed 63 packages in 17s

2 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>chromedriver --version
ChromeDriver 123.0.6312.105 (399174dbe6eff0f59de9a6096129c0c827002b3a-refs/branch-heads/6312@{#761})

If it still fails, try to find any process in Windows Task Manager that keeps chromedriver.exe running before, kill it, and rerun.

There is no process in Windows Task Manager that keeps chromedriver.exe running before.

Also, I don't know -X is represent for which config

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>selenium-side-runner --help
Usage: bin [options] your-project-glob-here-*.side [variadic-project-globs-*.side]

Options:
  -V, --version                                   output the version number
  --base-url [url]                                Override the base URL that was set in the IDE
  -c, --capabilities [list]                       Webdriver capabilities
  -j, --jest-options [list]                       Options to configure Jest, wrap in extra quotes to allow shell to process (default: "\"\"")
  -s, --server [url]                              Webdriver remote server
  -r, --retries [number]                          Retry tests N times on failures, thin wrapper on jest.retryTimes (default: 0)
  -f, --filter [string]                           Run suites matching name, takes a regex without slashes, eg (^(hello|goodbye).*$)
  -w, --max-workers [number]                      Maximum amount of workers that will run your tests, defaults to number of cores
  -t, --timeout [number]                          The maximimum amount of time, in milliseconds, to spend attempting to locate an element. (default: 15000) (default:
                                                  15000)
  -T, --jest-timeout [number]                     The maximimum amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait for a test to finish. (default: 60000) (default: 60000)
  -x, --proxy-type [type]                         Type of proxy to use (one of: direct, manual, pac, socks, system)
  -y, --proxy-options [list]                      Proxy options to pass, for use with manual, pac and socks proxies
  -n, --config-file [filepath]                    Use specified YAML file for configuration. (default: .side.yml)
  -o, --output-directory [directory]              Write test results as json to file in specified directory. Name will be based on timestamp.
  -z, --screenshot-failure-directory [directory]  Write screenshots of failed tests to file in specified directory. Name will be based on test + timestamp.
  -f, --force                                     Forcibly run the project, regardless of project's version
  -d, --debug                                     Print debug logs
  -D, --debug-startup                             Print debug startup logs
  -X, --debug-connection-mode                     Debug driver connection mode
  -h, --help                                      display help for command

Without -X I get error as below

C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>selenium-side-runner test3.side
info: Running test test3
 FAIL  ../AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/selenium-side-runner/dist/main.test.js (31.115 s)
  Running project test3
    Running suite Default Suite
      × Running test test3 (30011 ms)

  ● Running project test3 › Running suite Default Suite › Running test test3

    Driver took too long to build. This is likely an issue with the browser or driver.

      at Timeout._onTimeout (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:200:13)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        31.24 s, estimated 32 s
Ran all test suites within paths "C:\Users\jack.chuong\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\selenium-side-runner\dist\main.test.js".

I tried with another Windows 11 , still same error.

[VietND96]

Oh ok, based on few info in your logs

OS: win32
Node: v20.12.2
Selenium-Webdriver: 4.19.0
chromedriver --version
ChromeDriver 123.0.6312.105 (399174dbe6eff0f59de9a6096129c0c827002b3a-refs/branch-heads/6312@{#761})

If accessing these 2 links directly, how long it takes to complete the download? is it within 30s? If no, need to figure out a config to extend that timeout (something needs to be asked in project selenium-ide)

• https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/123.0.6312.105/win32/chrome-win32.zip
• https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/123.0.6312.105/win64/chrome-win64.zip

Another Windows 11 with the same error, is it also win32? If yes, can you also try a machine win64 to see. If win64 can work, then the driver has something wrong with win32 that needs to ask chromedriver team

Another trick you can try to change the policy that will allow to run the PowerShell script (open PS run as administrators), then exec selenium-side-runner in PowerShell instead of CMD to see any helps

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force

[jackchuong]

@VietND96
My both Windows 10 & 11 are 64 bit OS.

I tried PowerShell as administrators and still get same error

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ExecutionPolicy
RemoteSigned

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process
Bypass

And yes, it takes more then 30s to complete the download, my average download speed is 2.87 MB/s , so it takes about 50s for each file.

[VietND96]

Can you try this command selenium-side-runner -D -d -X --proxy-type direct test3.side
By running this command, I saw a log appear very fast (in case run successfully) that it tried to connect to 127.0.0.1:51xxx, it looks like the port is random each run to launch the chromedriver.
If it stops with more logs helpful, let's check if it could be due to the firewall or something else can block the port or process of chromedriver.exe

[jackchuong]

I print as much information as possible here:

PS C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads> selenium-side-runner -D -d -X --proxy-type direct test3.side
Configuration: {
  baseUrl: '',
  capabilities: { browserName: 'chrome', proxy: { proxyType: 'direct' } },
  debug: true,
  debugConnectionMode: true,
  debugStartup: true,
  filter: '.*',
  force: undefined,
  maxWorkers: 8,
  screenshotFailureDirectory: undefined,
  projects: [ 'C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\Downloads\\test3.side' ],
  proxyOptions: {},
  proxyType: 'direct',
  retries: 0,
  runId: '15affc13ff18577918a97e64c972172b',
  path: 'C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\',
  server: '',
  jestTimeout: 60000,
  timeout: 15000
}
Jest command: node C:\Users\jack.chuong\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\selenium-side-runner\node_modules\jest\bin\jest.js [
  '--config=C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\selenium-side-runner\\runner.jest.config.js',
  '--maxConcurrency=8',
  '--runTestsByPath',
  'C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\selenium-side-runner\\dist\\main.test.js'
] {
  ALLUSERSPROFILE: 'C:\\ProgramData',
  APPDATA: 'C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Roaming',
  ChocolateyInstall: 'C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey',
  ChocolateyLastPathUpdate: '133386376887221046',
  CommonProgramFiles: 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files',
  'CommonProgramFiles(x86)': 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files',
  CommonProgramW6432: 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files',
  ComSpec: 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe',
  DriverData: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\Drivers\\DriverData',                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ',
  HOMEDRIVE: 'C:',
  HOMEPATH: '\\Users\\jack.chuong',
  LOCALAPPDATA: 'C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Local',
  NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS: '8',
  OS: 'Windows_NT',
  Path: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Oracle\\Java\\javapath;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Azure\\CLI2\\wbin;C:\\Windows\\system32;C:\\Windows;C:\\Windows\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\;C:\\Windows\\System32\\OpenSSH\\;C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY\\;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd;C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\;C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\scoop\\shims;C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;C:\\Program Files\\Azure Data Studio\\bin;C:\\Users\\jack.chuong;C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python310\\Scripts\\;C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm',
  PATHEXT: '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC;.CPL',
  PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE: 'AMD64',
  PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER: 'Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 11, GenuineIntel',
  PROCESSOR_LEVEL: '6',
  PROCESSOR_REVISION: '8e0b',
  ProgramData: 'C:\\ProgramData',
  ProgramFiles: 'C:\\Program Files',
  'ProgramFiles(x86)': 'C:\\Program Files (x86)',
  ProgramW6432: 'C:\\Program Files',
  PSModulePath: 'C:\\Users\\jack.chuong\\Documents\\WindowsPowerShell\\Modules;C:\\Program Files\\WindowsPowerShell\\Modules;C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\Modules;C:\\Program Files\\SharePoint Online Management Shell\\',
  PUBLIC: 'C:\\Users\\Public',
  SystemDrive: 'C:',
  SystemRoot: 'C:\\Windows',
  TEMP: 'C:\\Users\\JACK~1.CHU\\AppData\\Local\\Temp',
  TMP: 'C:\\Users\\JACK~1.CHU\\AppData\\Local\\Temp',
  windir: 'C:\\Windows',
  ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN: '1',
  __PSLockDownPolicy: '0',
  SE_CONFIGURATION: '{"baseUrl":"","capabilities":{"browserName":"chrome","proxy":{"proxyType":"direct"}},"debug":true,"debugConnectionMode":true,"debugStartup":true,"filter":".*","maxWorkers":8,"projects":["C:\\\\Users\\\\jack.chuong\\\\Downloads\\\\test3.side"],"proxyOptions":{},"proxyType":"direct","retries":0,"runId":"15affc13ff18577918a97e64c972172b","path":"C:\\\\Users\\\\jack.chuong\\\\AppData\\\\Roaming\\\\npm\\\\node_modules\\\\","server":"","jestTimeout":60000,"timeout":15000}'
}
  console.log
    Beginning test session

      at Object.<anonymous>.exports.default (src/connect.ts:9:11)

  console.info
    Building driver for chrome

      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriverSync (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:172:14)

  console.info
    Driver attributes:{
      capabilities: { proxy: { proxyType: 'direct' } },
      server: '',
      browserName: 'chrome'
    }

      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriverSync (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:173:14)

  console.error

              Failed to build driver for chrome
              Supplied capabilities: {"proxy":{"proxyType":"direct"}}
              Server: none
              Error: Error: Driver took too long to build. This is likely an issue with the browser or driver.

              OS: win32
              Node: v20.12.2
              Selenium-Webdriver: 4.19.0

              This is breaking at the boundary of the following code in selenium-webdriver:

              // BEGIN SELENIUM-WEBDRIVER CODE
              const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver')
              const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({"proxy":{"proxyType":"direct"}}).forBrowser('chrome').build()
              // END SELENIUM-WEBDRIVER CODE

              To ensure the bug is in selenium IDE, please attempt to run the above code in a script or node REPL.
              You may have to npm install selenium-webdriver first.

              If you are unable to proceed further, please raise a bug here:
              https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/new?assignees=&labels=I-defect%2Cneeds-triaging&projects=&template=bug-report.yml&title=%5B%F0%9F%90%9B+Bug%5D%3A+

              If this code works in selenium-webdriver, but not the IDE or side-runner, please raise a bug here:
              https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&projects=&template=bug.md


      at WebDriverExecutor.getDriver (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:216:17)
      at WebDriverExecutor.init (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:259:21)
      at Object.<anonymous>.exports.default (src/connect.ts:10:3)
      at Object.<anonymous> (src/main.test.ts:130:5)

 FAIL  ../AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/selenium-side-runner/dist/main.test.js (31.007 s)
  × Testing driver connection (30058 ms)

  ● Testing driver connection

    Driver took too long to build. This is likely an issue with the browser or driver.

      at Timeout._onTimeout (node_modules/@seleniumhq/side-runtime/src/webdriver.ts:200:13)

Test Suites: 1 failed, 1 total
Tests:       1 failed, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        31.129 s
Ran all test suites within paths "C:\Users\jack.chuong\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\selenium-side-runner\dist\main.test.js".

[toddtarsi]

Can you try running this and posting the output?

npm install selenium-webdriver && node -e "const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'); const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({'proxy':{'proxyType':'direct'}}).forBrowser('chrome').build();"

[jackchuong]

There is no output at console but it creates some files and folders , I attached them below.

PS C:\Windows\system32> cd C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads
PS C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads> npm install selenium-webdriver && node -e "const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'); const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({'proxy':{'proxyType':'direct'}}).forBrowser('chrome').build();"
At line:1 char:32
+ npm install selenium-webdriver && node -e "const webdriver = require( ...
+                                ~~
The token '&&' is not a valid statement separator in this version.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidEndOfLine

PS C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads> npm install selenium-webdriver                                                                                                                               
added 16 packages in 3s
PS C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads> node -e "const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'); const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({'proxy':{'proxyType':'direct'}}).forBrowser('chrome').build();"
PS C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>

node-output.zip
It's .7z file but I have to change file extension to .zip so I can upload it.

[toddtarsi]

Ah, windows, my mistake. Can you try the following two commands instead?

npm i -g selenium-webdriver;
node -e "const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'); const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({'proxy':{'proxyType':'direct'}}).forBrowser('chrome').build();"

EDIT: Oh, nice. Thanks for splitting that. Okay, reading a bit closer.

[toddtarsi]

What happens if you do this?

node -e "const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'); const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({'proxy':{'proxyType':'direct'}}).forBrowser('chrome').build(); driver.get('https://www.google.com').then(() => setTimeout(() => driver.close(), 3000));"

Does a Chrome browser window appear for you for 3 seconds and then disappear?

[jackchuong]

@toddtarsi
PS C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads> node -e "const webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'); const driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities({'proxy':{'proxyType':'direct'}}).forBrowser('chrome').build(); driver.get('https://www.google.com').then(() => setTimeout(() => driver.close(), 3000));"
No, nothing happens. I have also noticed this behavior, I watched some tutorials on youtube before trying selenium ide and selenium-side-runner :)
C:\Users\jack.chuong\Downloads>selenium-side-runner test3.side
should open my chrome browser and do steps in .side file , but I get error instead