org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 75 using Selenium

Question

I want to open the Chrome browser it displays error.

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class Homepage {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        //Create Driver object
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Workdirectory\\chromedriver.exe");
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
    }
}

Here I am expecting My Chrome Browser but it throws an error like

Starting ChromeDriver 75.0.3770.8 (681f24ea911fe754973dda2fdc6d2a2e159dd300-refs/branch-heads/3770@{#40}) on port 21714
Only local connections are allowed.
Please protect ports used by ChromeDriver and related test frameworks to prevent access by malicious code.
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 75
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:48'
System info: host: 'DESKTOP-3JIP3OF', ip: '192.168.1.73', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_101'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver

Answer 1

Error session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 75 . So there is a compatibility issue with the chrome browser version and the chromedriver version. Please get the appropriate chrome driver based on your chrome browser version from the below location.

http://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads

Answer 2

This error message...

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 75

...implies that the ChromeDriver v75 supports Chrome Browser v75 only which wasn't available within your system.

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Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:

• You are using chromedriver=75.0.3770.8
• Release Notes of chromedriver=75.0.3770.8 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome version 75

• The latest released Chrome version is chrome=74.0 which you are currently using.

So there is a clear mismatch between the ChromeDriver v75.0 and the Chrome Browser v74.0

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Solution

• Downgrade ChromeDriver to ChromeDriver v74.0 level.
• Keep Chrome version at Chrome v74.0 level. ( as per ChromeDriver v74.0 release notes )
• Execute your @Test .

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Reference

You can find a relevant detailed discussion in:

• How to work with a specific version of ChromeDriver while Chrome Browser gets updated automatically through Python selenium