CODEWITHSUNDEEP
internet-explorerselenium-webdriver
Traveller87
Traveller87

Reputation: 151

Command line server for the IE WebDriver has stopped working: Why this happening & How we can find a solution for this

I come across this problem "command line server for the ie driver has stopped working" when execute my selenium batch tests on Internet explorer browser most of the times... ..... this seriously impact the test execution...Have seen many posts in web regarding this , but could not make out why this issue happens ,and how we can find a solution for this ...Please let me know if you knows any detail reading this , Many Thanks, ~Musaffir

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4263

Answers (2)

locika
locika

Reputation: 11

From IEDriverserver v3.5.0.0 changelog:

  • To successfully use this version of the IE driver, you should be using version 3.5 or above of the language bindings. Those are the only versions of language bindings that will understand the payload required to be sent during the creation of a new session. Earlier versions of the language bindings are not guaranteed to be fully compatible with this release of the IE driver.

You should use the the 32 bit version of the driver because of this update in v2.47.0.1:

  • Enabled fast failure for cookie manipulation in IE. The refactor of cookie handling for the IE driver introduces an incompatibility with the 64-bit IE driver and IE 10 and 11 running on 64-bit Windows. As is the case with sending keystrokes and creating screenshots, a Windows hook procedure is now used for getting and settingcookies in IE. That means that in IE 10 and 11 on 64-bit Windows, where the content rendering process is still 32-bit, you must use the 32-bit IEDriverServer.exe in order to manipulate cookies. This commit will now cause exceptions to be thrown if you attempt to set or get cookies using the 64-bit driver against a 32-bit version of IE (or vice versa), but in particular, this will affect users who mistakenly try to use the 64-bit executable with IE 10 or 11 in 64-bit Windows.

You should download the v3.4.0 for Win 32 from here: http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/3.4/IEDriverServer_Win32_3.4.0.zip

(Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/master/cpp/iedriverserver/CHANGELOG)

Upvotes: 1

banrieen
banrieen

Reputation: 11

Cause of the error is that: IE11 with the IEDriverServer_x64_3.5.0 or latest version on windows 7 64bit or other system environment.

enter image description here

This error is not about the IE security setings or regedits, but because the IEDriverServer version is not compatible.

Please use the IEDriverServer_x64_3.0.0.

Download it from this site:

http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.0/

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions