Use a different web browser and go to the official page of Google Chrome. Finally, follow the on-screen instructions to completely remove the old version of Google Chrome from your PC. Tap on Google Chrome and click on Uninstall button. If your issue only occurs in a special, uncommon testing environment, be aware that the ChromeDriver devs may choose not to investigate/resolve your issue. Now, click on Apps title and search Google Chrome by using the built-in search function. If none of these solutions fixes the problem, file a new issue with instructions on how to reproduce the problem. Please configure your environment to run Chrome as a regular user instead. While it is possible to work around this issue by passing '-no-sandbox' flag when creating your WebDriver session, such a configuration is unsupported and highly discouraged. This often fixes problems if you are running Selenium as a background service.Ī common cause for Chrome to crash during startup is running Chrome as root user (administrator) on Linux. Additional steps to resolve the Chrome blank (. Otherwise, if the problem only occurs in your special testing environment: A new default folder will automatically created and you can start use your browser again. This is another effective way to fix If youre experiencing slow performance or Chrome is acting up, crashes, and closes automatically. If your test exhibits the same problem even in a simple testing environment, file a new issue with instructions on how to reproduce the problem. For example, in Java, you may use the ProcessBuilder API to start the Chrome binary directly. You should also check that you are able to launch Chrome directly from your test (without using WebDriver/ChromeDriver). If Chrome fails to start correctly, you need to fix your installation of Chrome (perhaps by re-installing).Īssuming you are able to run Chrome from a command prompt, your next step should be to see if the same problem occurs when running your test in a simple testing environment (preferably launching the test binary/script directly from a normal user's command prompt). If you are passing any special command line switches/arguments to Chrome, make sure to include those too. This started doing it a few days ago and I dont know why, I have no popups extensions blocking anything. This often happens when running ChromeDriver/Chrome using a special test harness (perhaps an IDE) or continuous build system (e.g., Jenkins).įirst, try launching the same Chrome binary that your test uses from a normal user command prompt (check your chromedriver.log file to see what Chrome is being used). My tabs are automatically closing by themselves If I right click and 'open in new tab' it closes down after about 2 seconds, or if I click on a link and it takes me to a new tab without closing the old page, it closes down also.

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