Protractor latest Chrome tests no longer running

Question

Until a few weeks ago I had my Protractor e2e tests working with the Chrome browser. However, since the last Chrome update 69.0.3497.100 (64-bit) running the tests in non-headless mode don't work any more and I get an error. If i run the tests in headless mode (via chromeOptions in the protractor config file "--headless") all works fine.

The error i get in the windows command prompt is:

WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist) (Driver info: chromedriver=2.41.578737......)

Chrome is always closed before I run the e2e tests.

I have done a webdriver-manager clean and after, a webdriver-manager update. I also manually installed chromedriver@latest via npm but still no luck.

My chromeOptions in the config file is

chromeOptions: {
args: ["--user-data-dir", "--disable-gpu", "--no-sandbox", '--disable-web-security']
    },

On running the e2e tests, chrome launches properly, but the tab remains on the default new tab page. If in the config, I tel it to use FF, the pages change properly.

Can anyone help me with this issue?

Answer 1

Cannot get rid of this

<rejected> { WebDriverError: unknown error: session deleted because of page crash
[protractor] from unknown error: cannot determine loading status
[protractor] from tab crashed
[protractor]   (Session info: chrome=69.0.3497.100)
[protractor]   (Driver info: chromedriver=2.41.578737 (49da6702b16031c40d63e5618de03a32ff6c197e),platform=Windows NT 10.0.14393 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)

tried with chromedriver=2.42 too.

Workaround is moving to chrome32_68.0.3440.84 and disable Google Update Service (gupdatem) and Google Update Service (gupdate) windows services (if you are on windows) to stop chrome automatic update.