I am running very complex python-selenium tests on non-public webpages. In most cases these tests run fine, but sometimes one of these tests fail during the initialization of the webdriver itself.
Hint: This error happens when trying to initialize a webdriver, i.e. when doing something like this:
# Start of the tests
mydriver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile, log_path=logfile)
# ERROR HAPPENS HERE
# Doing other stuff here
....
# Doing tests here
....
# Doing shutdown here
mydriver.quit()
Here is a full example of such an error:
___________ ERROR at setup of TestSuite.test_synaptic_events_fitting ___________
> lambda: ihook(item=item, **kwds),
when=when,
)
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flaky/flaky_pytest_plugin.py:273:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
conftest.py:157: in basedriver
mydriver = firefox.get_driver(*args)
bsp_usecase_tests/tools/firefox.py:44: in get_driver
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile, log_path=logfile) #### INITIALIZING OF WEBDRIVER HERE
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py:158: in __init__
keep_alive=True)
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py:154: in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py:243: in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py:311: in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
self =
response = {'status': 500, 'value': '{"value":{"error":"unknown error","message":"connection refused","stacktrace":"stack backtra...s::imp::thread::{{impl}}::new::thread_start\n at /checkout/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs:84"}}'}
def check_response(self, response):
"""
Checks that a JSON response from the WebDriver does not have an error.
:Args:
- response - The JSON response from the WebDriver server as a dictionary
object.
:Raises: If the response contains an error message.
"""
status = response.get('status', None)
if status is None or status == ErrorCode.SUCCESS:
return
value = None
message = response.get("message", "")
screen = response.get("screen", "")
stacktrace = None
if isinstance(status, int):
value_json = response.get('value', None)
if value_json and isinstance(value_json, basestring):
import json
try:
value = json.loads(value_json)
if len(value.keys()) == 1:
value = value['value']
status = value.get('error', None)
if status is None:
status = value["status"]
message = value["value"]
if not isinstance(message, basestring):
value = message
message = message.get('message')
else:
message = value.get('message', None)
except ValueError:
pass
exception_class = ErrorInResponseException
if status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_ELEMENT:
exception_class = NoSuchElementException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_FRAME:
exception_class = NoSuchFrameException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_WINDOW:
exception_class = NoSuchWindowException
elif status in ErrorCode.STALE_ELEMENT_REFERENCE:
exception_class = StaleElementReferenceException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_NOT_VISIBLE:
exception_class = ElementNotVisibleException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_ELEMENT_STATE:
exception_class = InvalidElementStateException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_SELECTOR \
or status in ErrorCode.INVALID_XPATH_SELECTOR \
or status in ErrorCode.INVALID_XPATH_SELECTOR_RETURN_TYPER:
exception_class = InvalidSelectorException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_IS_NOT_SELECTABLE:
exception_class = ElementNotSelectableException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_NOT_INTERACTABLE:
exception_class = ElementNotInteractableException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_COOKIE_DOMAIN:
exception_class = InvalidCookieDomainException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNABLE_TO_SET_COOKIE:
exception_class = UnableToSetCookieException
elif status in ErrorCode.TIMEOUT:
exception_class = TimeoutException
elif status in ErrorCode.SCRIPT_TIMEOUT:
exception_class = TimeoutException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_ERROR:
exception_class = WebDriverException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNEXPECTED_ALERT_OPEN:
exception_class = UnexpectedAlertPresentException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_ALERT_OPEN:
exception_class = NoAlertPresentException
elif status in ErrorCode.IME_NOT_AVAILABLE:
exception_class = ImeNotAvailableException
elif status in ErrorCode.IME_ENGINE_ACTIVATION_FAILED:
exception_class = ImeActivationFailedException
elif status in ErrorCode.MOVE_TARGET_OUT_OF_BOUNDS:
exception_class = MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException
elif status in ErrorCode.JAVASCRIPT_ERROR:
exception_class = JavascriptException
elif status in ErrorCode.SESSION_NOT_CREATED:
exception_class = SessionNotCreatedException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT:
exception_class = InvalidArgumentException
elif status in ErrorCode.NO_SUCH_COOKIE:
exception_class = NoSuchCookieException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNABLE_TO_CAPTURE_SCREEN:
exception_class = ScreenshotException
elif status in ErrorCode.ELEMENT_CLICK_INTERCEPTED:
exception_class = ElementClickInterceptedException
elif status in ErrorCode.INSECURE_CERTIFICATE:
exception_class = InsecureCertificateException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_COORDINATES:
exception_class = InvalidCoordinatesException
elif status in ErrorCode.INVALID_SESSION_ID:
exception_class = InvalidSessionIdException
elif status in ErrorCode.UNKNOWN_METHOD:
exception_class = UnknownMethodException
else:
exception_class = WebDriverException
if value == '' or value is None:
value = response['value']
if isinstance(value, basestring):
if exception_class == ErrorInResponseException:
raise exception_class(response, value)
raise exception_class(value)
if message == "" and 'message' in value:
message = value['message']
screen = None
if 'screen' in value:
screen = value['screen']
stacktrace = None
if 'stackTrace' in value and value['stackTrace']:
stacktrace = []
try:
for frame in value['stackTrace']:
line = self._value_or_default(frame, 'lineNumber', '')
file = self._value_or_default(frame, 'fileName', '')
if line:
file = "%s:%s" % (file, line)
meth = self._value_or_default(frame, 'methodName', '')
if 'className' in frame:
meth = "%s.%s" % (frame['className'], meth)
msg = " at %s (%s)"
msg = msg % (meth, file)
stacktrace.append(msg)
except TypeError:
pass
if exception_class == ErrorInResponseException:
raise exception_class(response, message)
elif exception_class == UnexpectedAlertPresentException and 'alert' in value:
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace, value['alert'].get('text'))
> raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
E WebDriverException: Message: connection refused
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py:237: WebDriverException
These tests are running as part of a jenkins plan inside a docker container, to ensure the exact same environment all the time. Here is a list of the used packages and their versions:
python 2.7.12
pytest 3.6.1
selenium 3.8.0
geckodriver 0.19.1
firefox 62.0
flaky 3.4.0
The error roughly appears in about 1% of all tests. There are about 15 different tests, and the error seem to appear randomly (i.e. not always the same test).
Is this a bug in firefox/selenium/geckodriver? And is there a way to fix this?
The following code snippet is not some code I am using! It is just an idea of how to fix my problem described above. Is this maybe a good way to solve my original problem, or not?
while counter<5:
try:
webdriver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile, log_path=logfile)
break
except WebDriverException:
counter +=1
Is there a better way to do this?
解决方案
This error message...
{'status': 500, 'value': '{"value":{"error":"unknown error","message":"connection refused","stacktrace":"stack backtra...s::imp::thread::{{impl}}::new::thread_start\n at /checkout/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs:84"}}'}
...implies that the GeckoDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new WebBrowsing Session i.e. Firefox Browser session.
geckodriver is implicitly ending the (previous) session when the last window closes. If driver.quit() is called as the subsequent command it will fail because the session has already been implicitly deleted.
In these cases GeckoDriver should detect that the session has been closed implicitly after driver.close() or ignore the response from driver.quit() in case the session has already been closed.
In such cases the following trace logs are generated:
1505753594121 webdriver::server DEBUG Last window was closed, deleting session
1505753594121 webdriver::server DEBUG Deleting session
1505753594121 geckodriver::marionette DEBUG Stopping browser process
1505753594364 webdriver::server DEBUG
1505753594523 webdriver::server DEBUG -> DELETE /session/a8312282-af00-4931-94d4-0d401abf01c9
1505753594524 webdriver::server DEBUG >::run::hba9181b5aacf8f04\n 4: 0x402c59 - std::sys_common::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::h19de262639927233\n 5: 0x40c065 - std::panicking::try::do_call::h6c1659fc4d01af51\n 6: 0x5e38ec - panic_unwind::__rust_maybe_catch_panic\n at /checkout/src/libpanic_unwind/lib.rs:98\n 7: 0x420d32 - >::call_box::h953e5f59694972c5\n 8: 0x5dc00b - alloc::boxed::{{impl}}::call_once\n at /checkout/src/liballoc/boxed.rs:661\n - std::sys_common::thread::start_thread\n at /checkout/src/libstd/sys_common/thread.rs:21\n - std::sys::imp::thread::{{impl}}::new::thread_start\n at /checkout/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs:84"}}
1505753594533 webdriver::server DEBUG -> DELETE /session/a8312282-af00-4931-94d4-0d401abf01c9
1505753594542 webdriver::server DEBUG >::run::hba9181b5aacf8f04\n 4: 0x402c59 - std::sys_common::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::h19de262639927233\n 5: 0x40c065 - std::panicking::try::do_call::h6c1659fc4d01af51\n 6: 0x5e38ec - panic_unwind::__rust_maybe_catch_panic\n at /checkout/src/libpanic_unwind/lib.rs:98\n 7: 0x420d32 - >::call_box::h953e5f59694972c5\n 8: 0x5dc00b - alloc::boxed::{{impl}}::call_once\n at /checkout/src/liballoc/boxed.rs:661\n - std::sys_common::thread::start_thread\n at /checkout/src/libstd/sys_common/thread.rs:21\n - std::sys::imp::thread::{{impl}}::new::thread_start\n at /checkout/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs:84"}}
1505753594549 webdriver::server DEBUG -> GET /shutdown
1505753594551 webdriver::server DEBUG as hyper::server::Handler>::handle::hd03629bd67672697\n 4: 0x403a04 - std::sys_common::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::h32e6ff325c0d7f46\n 5: 0x40c036 - std::panicking::try::do_call::h5f902dc1eea01ffe\n 6: 0x5e38ec - panic_unwind::__rust_maybe_catch_panic\n at /checkout/src/libpanic_unwind/lib.rs:98\n 7: 0x4209a2 - >::call_box::h032bafb4b576d1cd\n 8: 0x5dc00b - alloc::boxed::{{impl}}::call_once\n
Though the error codes for the error you are seeing is 'status': 500 and the error sample I have provided is 404 Not Found, apparently looks different, the core reason is similar as:
"message":"connection refused"
due to:
imp::thread::{{impl}}::new::thread_start
from:
/checkout/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs:84
From another perspective, while you use GeckoDriver, Selenium and Firefox ensure that the binaries are compatible as follows:
Analysis
There had been significant changes in the geckodriver binary since the availability of geckodriver 0.19.1. A couple of the changes are:
GeckoDriver v0.22.0 (2018-09-15):
The HTTP status codes used for [script timeout] and [timeout] errors has changed from Request Timeout (408) to Internal Server Error (500) in order to not break HTTP/1.1 Keep-Alive support, as HTTP clients interpret the old status code to mean they should duplicate the request.
The HTTP/1.1 Keep-Alive timeout for persistent connections has been increased to 90 seconds.
An [invalid session ID] error is now returned when there is no active session.
The handshake when geckodriver connects to Marionette has been hardened by killing the Firefox process if it fails.
The handshake read timeout has been reduced to 10 seconds instead of waiting forever.
GeckoDriver v0.21.0 (2018-06-15):
WebDriver commands that do not have a return value now correctly return {value: null} instead of an empty dictionary.
Force use of IPv4 network stack.
On certain system configurations, where localhost resolves to an IPv6 address, geckodriver would attempt to connect to Firefox on the wrong IP stack, causing the connection attempt to time out after 60 seconds. We now ensure that geckodriver uses IPv4 consistently to both connect to Firefox and for allocating a free port.
GeckoDriver v0.20.1 (2018-04-06):
Avoid attempting to kill Firefox process that has stopped.
With the change to allow Firefox enough time to shut down in 0.20.0, geckodriver started unconditionally killing the process to reap its exit status. This caused geckodriver to inaccurately report a successful Firefox shutdown as a failure.
GeckoDriver v0.20.0 (2018-03-08):
Backtraces from geckodriver no longer substitute for missing Marionette stacktraces.
The Firefox process is now given ample time to shut down, allowing enough time for the Firefox shutdown hang monitor to kick in.
Firefox has an integrated background monitor that observes long-running threads during shutdown. These threads will be killed after 63 seconds in the event of a hang. To allow Firefox to shut down these threads on its own, geckodriver has to wait that time and some additional seconds.
Solution
Upgrade Selenium to current levels Version 3.14.0.
Upgrade GeckoDriver to GeckoDriver v0.22.0 level.
Upgrade Firefox version to Firefox v62.0.2 levels.
If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.
Always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.
Execute your Test as a non-root user.
Update
As per your question update of-coarse you can induce a loop for multiple trials to initialize the selenium webdriver instance as follows:
Ensure that there is no dangling instances of geckodriver by invoking taskkill command (WindowsOS specific) as follows:
os.system("taskkill /f /im geckodriver.exe /T")
Ensure that there is no dangling instances of geckodriver by invoking kill() command (Cross platform) as follows:
from selenium import webdriver
import psutil
from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
for counter in range(5):
try:
webdriver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\geckodriver.exe')
print("WebDriver and WebBrowser initialized ...")
break
except WebDriverException:
#Cross platform
PROCNAME = "geckodriver"
for proc in psutil.process_iter():
# check whether the process name matches
if proc.name() == PROCNAME:
proc.kill()
print("Retrying ...")
print("Out of loop ...")