Chromedriver not loading in time. Gives error org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Timed out waiting for driver server to start

Question

I have written some automation scripts to download data from websites. I am using Selenium webdriver libraries and Chromedriver. and I have created runnable jars for each script and have scheduled them. Whenever scripts run on remote desktop, most of the time i am getting this error

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Timed out waiting for driver server to start.

This exception is thrown on the line

driver = new ChromeDriver();

So is there any way to increase the wait time for chromedriver to launch so that this issue may not occur. Or any other reason this issue is happening. I am using latest chromedriver version 2.34

Answer 1

Looks similar to Run multiple instances of Selenium driver in same machine

• If you try to run the multiple scripts at the same time, use threading with multiple instances of Web Driver.
• Use driver.quit properly. See https://www.mkyong.com/selenium/many-chromedriver-exe-are-left-hanging-on-windows-selenium/

Answer 2

How about implicityWait? Have you set?

 wd.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

Another custom solution you can try to add Thread.sleep.. but it is not recommended.

Answer 3

Have you set properties to your Chromedriver?

   System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "chromedriver.exe");