Browser in protractor test closes automatically

Question

I have been running a protractor test that closes mid test. I am using jasmine with protractor. The defaultTimeoutInterval is set to defaultTimeoutInterval: 8000000 , the allScriptsTimeout is set to allScriptsTimeout: 10000000 . My tests take almost an hour to run for each it() statement. This is because they are waiting on certain objects to appear. When I increase some of my internal times to make the objects appear quicker, the browsers dont close. But this causes the tests to fail as I need to wait for an extended period of time. So what is happening is that the browsers are closing on their own, mid test. I have 4 browser instances running. The first browserInstance closes after 35 minutes, the second one closes 5 minutes after. I still need these browsers to continue running the tests. I do not have browser.close() anywhere in my code and I do nothing to prompt them to close. This is the only error that I get:

System info: os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.5', java.version: '1.8.0_73' Driver info: driver.version: unknown at WebDriverError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:27:10) at Object.checkLegacyResponse (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:639:15) at parseHttpResponse (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/http/index.js:538:13) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/http/index.js:472:11 at ManagedPromise.invokeCallback_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1379:14) at TaskQueue.execute_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2913:14) at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2896:21) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_mo dules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2820:25 at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7 at process._tickCallback (node.js:369:9) From: Task: Protractor.waitForAngular() - Locator: By(css selector, i.glyphicon-bell) at WebDriver.schedule (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:377:17) at ProtractorBrowser.executeAsyncScript_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/browser.js:236:28) at runWaitForAngularScript (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/browser.js:264:30) at ProtractorBrowser.waitForAngular (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/browser.js:270:16) at ElementArrayFinder.getWebElements (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:155:29) at ElementArrayFinder.getWebElements (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:261:56) at ElementArrayFinder.ElementFinder.getWebElements (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js: 717:39) at ElementArrayFinder.applyAction_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:407:34) at ElementArrayFinder._this.(anonymous function) [as click] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:101:30) at ElementFinder.(anonymous function) [as click] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:742:22)Error at ElementArrayFinder.applyAction_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:406:27) at ElementArrayFinder._this.(anonymous function) [as click] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:101:30) at ElementFinder.(anonymous function) [as click] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:742:22) at /Users/Harman/webapp-qa-tests/js/tests/brackets/4-player-bracket.js:203:64 at ManagedPromise.invokeCallback_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1379:14) at TaskQueue.execute_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/pro mise.js:2913:14) at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2896:21) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2775:27 at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7 at process._tickCallback (node.js:369:9) From: Task: Run it("should allow player 1 to concede") in control flow at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/jasminewd2/index.js:79:14) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/jasminewd2/index.js:16:5 at ManagedPromise.invokeCallback_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1379:14) at TaskQueue.execute_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2913:14) at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2896:21) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2775:27 From asynchronous test: Error at Suite. (/Users/Harman/webapp-qa-tests/js/tests/brackets/4-player-bracket.js:189:9) at Suite. (/Users/Harman/webapp-qa-tests/js/tests/brackets/4-player-bracket.js:126:5) at Object. (/Users/Harman/webapp-qa-tests/js/tests/brackets/4-player-bracket.js:13:1)

I am running webdriver 2.24 , newest version of chrome, with protractor version 4.0.9

I have removed the ip address and host name from the error message.

Answer 1

I think the core problem is you are trying to run on latest browser using old selenium version .It should be 2.53.x something.

Please upgrade your protractor version to latest like 4.0.11 by changing the version in package.json file and do from command prompt(inside project root directory):

npm update 

and then give update your selenium driver with following command from command prompt

webdriver-manager update

it will update the selenium version to latest and then try running your tests again.