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Amad Bin Mumtaz
Amad Bin Mumtaz

Reputation: 95

Selenium test cases execution in maximized browser state

I want to run my selenium test cases on Chrome/Firefox in maximized state. Currently, I have a pipeline that works and runs my Selenium java tests (mvn test) only in headless mode regardless of the configuration I set in my driver definition. GitLab runner is configured under my VM where all pipeline stages are running. Is there a way or something I am missing with which I can run my tests in a maximized browser state?

Pipeline stage:

stages:
  - test_regression_suite

E2E_tests:
  image: maven:3-jdk-11
  stage: test_regression_suite
  tags:
    - ci-runner
  variables:
    JAVA_HOME: "C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_361"
  script:
    - cd pth\to\my\framework\src\runner\file
    - mvn test
  timeout: 1200 seconds
  allow_failure: true

Browser configurations:

    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", System.getProperty("user.dir") + operatingPlatform);
    Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    prefs.put("plugins.plugins_disabled", new String[]{"Chrome PDF Viewer"});

    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.addArguments("--start-maximized");
    options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
    HashMap<String, Object> options1 = new HashMap<String, Object>();
    options1.put("prefs", prefs);
    driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

Despite the option ("--start-maximized") already defined above, it still runs the test cases in the headless mode because of which several of my test cases are getting failed (due to application UI dependencies).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 73

Answers (1)

Amad Bin Mumtaz
Amad Bin Mumtaz

Reputation: 95

So we connected with the GitLab support team on this and it seems to be a limitation from the runner that it always runs tests in a headless mode regardless of what configurations are applied in the automation framework. Also, this goes for other scripts (PowerShell or ms cmd) and the execution will be done in silent/ headless mode.

Upvotes: 0

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