Unable to start session from Appium CLI and Appium Desktop

Question

Environment

• Xcode Version : 11.0 (11A420a)
• Appium desktop version : 1.13.0
• Appium CLI version : 1.16.0-beta.1
• Desktop OS/Version used to run Appium : Mac OS 10.14.6
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.dmg) : 12.10.0
• Mobile platform/version under test : iOS 13.0
• Simulator : iPhone 8
• Appium Server : Appium CLI and Appium.dmg

Scenario - 1

• Launch appium server from terminal
• Open Appium Desktop
• Select New Session Window in menu
• Tab to Custom Server
• Remote host: localhost, Remote port: 4723, Remote path: /wd/hub
• Added my capabilities
• Start session

Issue: The error message show - The URL '/wb/hub/session' did not map to a valid resource Issue_Of_Scenario1

Log of appium server running on terminal in scenario - 1:

[debug] [GENERIC] Calling AppiumDriver.getSessions() with args: [] [debug] [GENERIC] Responding to client with driver.getSessions() result: [] [HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/sessions 200 3 ms - 40 [HTTP] [HTTP] --> POST /wb/hub/session [HTTP] {"desiredCapabilities":{"app":"path-to-app","bundledId":"com.xyz","deviceName":"iPhone 8","deviceUDID":"C70FBC5C-1234-48E9-1234-9C24EF043E9F","platformName":"iOS","platformVersion":"13.0","simpleIsVisibleCheck":"true","useJSONSource":"true","newCommandTimeout":0,"connectHardwareKeyboard":true}} [debug] [HTTP] No route found. Setting content type to 'text/plain' [HTTP] <-- POST /wb/hub/session 404 1 ms - 57 [HTTP] [HTTP] --> DELETE /wb/hub/session [HTTP] {} [debug] [HTTP] No route found. Setting content type to 'text/plain' [HTTP] <-- DELETE /wb/hub/session 404 1 ms - 57 [HTTP]

Scenario - 2

• Open Appium Desktop
• Entered Host - 0.0.0.0 and Port - 4724
• Start Appium Server 1.13
• Click on Appium Inspector icon (Search icon)
• Tab to Custom Server
• Remote host: 0.0.0.0, Remote port: 4724, Remote path: /wd/hub
• Added my capabilities
• Start session

Issue: Screen display infinite loading spinner. Issue_Of_Scenario2

Answer 1

I am guessing this is what you have as your url "http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub/"? If yes, remove the "/wd/hub/". what you have should be this "http://127.0.0.1:4723".