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Mingu Hyun
Mingu Hyun

Reputation: 45

ChromeDriver v80 doesn't work even though Chrome version is matched (Chrome v80)

chromedriver.exe file is in the folder it works.

the version is 80.0.3987.116. also the chrome's version is 80.0.3987.116.

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

this doesn't work. with that error message.

WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist

I thought this error is because of updating chrome hours ago

Then I changed my code with chromeoptions

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")
driver = webdriver.Chrome('chromedriver', options= chrome_options)

also doesn't work with another error.

SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 80

The version is matched with chrome version.

I tried installing a different version of chromedriver and got the same error.

SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 79

how can i fix it?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3941

Answers (2)

Anoop Singh
Anoop Singh

Reputation: 29

I solved this error by updating the Chrome Webdriver version using - https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=80.0.3987.106/ hope it helps !! Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193088

This error message...

SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 80

...implies that the ChromeDriver v80 was unable to initiate/spawn a new Browsing Context i.e. Chrome Browser where is version is other then 80.0.

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

  • You mentioned about using chromedriver=80 and chrome=80 but somehow while your program execution ChromeDriver other then v80 is being invoked.

  • So, it's quite evident your have other versions of ChromeDriver other then chromedriver=81.0 present within your system and is present within the system PATH variable which gets invoked while you:

    driver = webdriver.Chrome()

Solution

The easiest solution will be to override the default chromedriver binary location with chromedriver v80.0 binary location as follows:

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/path/to/chromedriver')
driver.get('http://google.com/')

Reference

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

Upvotes: 1

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