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"unknown error","message":"connection refused","stacktrace" while trying to use firefoxprofile through GeckoDriver with Selenium on Mac OS X

I am getting connection refused error while creating a firefox driver.
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "path to gecko driver");
FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
options.setLogLevel(FirefoxDriverLogLevel.FATAL);
options.setAcceptInsecureCerts(true);
options.addArguments("-profile", "./firefoxprofile");
options.setHeadless(true);
LOGGER.info("Completed setting firefox optons");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);
Log:
1550014357421 mozrunner::runner INFO Running command: "/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin" "-marionette" "-profile" "./firefoxprofile" "-foreground" "-no-remote"
1550014357464 geckodriver::marionette DEBUG Waiting 60s to connect to browser on 127.0.0.1:61008
[GFX1-]: [OPENGL] Failed to init compositor with reason: FEATURE_FAILURE_OPENGL_CREATE_CONTEXT
Can't find symbol 'GetGraphicsResetStatus'.
1550014417545 mozrunner::runner DEBUG Killing process 38393
Exiting due to channel error.
1550014417592 webdriver::server DEBUG <- 500 Internal Server Error {"value":{"error":"unknown error","message":"connection refused","stacktrace":""}}
Web server is running and I could able to test it with curl command and I tried with 777 permissions on gecko driver bin file.
Also updated Gecko driver to latest version (0.24.0)

Your configurations looks good.
I had a similar problems in Linux.
In my case the solution was test with all versions of gecko driver and with one of them, it worked.
Also you can check if the o.s user of your IDE (eclipse, intellij) is the same user of the firefox. In my case, eclipse was starting with root but firefox could not start with root user.
I hope this help you.

While working with Selenium v3.x, GeckoDriver v0.24.0 and Firefox Quantum v65.0 to use a new Firefox Profile on every run of your Test Execution you can use the following code block :
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\path\\to\\geckodriver.exe");
FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
options.setProfile(new FirefoxProfile());
options.setLogLevel(FirefoxDriverLogLevel.FATAL);
options.setAcceptInsecureCerts(true);
options.setHeadless(true);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
You can find a detailed discussion in Cannot resolve constructor FirefoxDriver(org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile)

I was facing the same problem in Windows using python. Make sure that your Firefox browser version is also the latest one.
After searching a lot, I finally found it was because a previous instance of the browser was running. Keep in mind, not another instance like one opened by me but an instance which was previously opened by selenium. If you can, close all the background browser processes. I restarted my system and it works perfectly fine as long as I remember to do browser.quit().
If you stop the program before closing the object properly, there is a chance the background instance will keep running unless eclipse or whichever IDE you are using closes it.

Selenium: Getting chrome didn't shut down correctly

I'm getting the chrome didn't shut down correctly error message when I reopen a chrome browser in my selenium framework.
In the framework I'm opening the browser instance at the beginning for each of my test case using the below code
if (browserType.equalsIgnoreCase("Chrome")) {
try {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", curProj+"\\drivers\\chromedriver.exe");
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
//options.addArguments("user-data-dir=C:/Users/xw20/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data");
options.addArguments(chromeProfile);
webdriver = new ChromeDriver(options);
logger.info("getWebDriver - Setting webdriver.chrome.driver system property as: " + System.getProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver"));
}
catch(IllegalStateException e) {
logger.error("The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property. ",e.fillInStackTrace());
throw new IllegalStateException("The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property.");
}
and closing at the end using the below code
driver.close();
driver.quit();
But when I open a browser for the second test case I'm getting "chrome didn't shut down correctly" popup message.
I tried updating the below in the Preferences file of chrome profile but no luck
exit_type:Crashed
exited_cleanly:true
Configuration :
Chrome Version: Version 64.0.3282.186 (Official Build) (32-bit)
Selenium Version: 3.11.0

As per your code it would be tough to analyze the reason behind the error chrome didn't shut down correctly without knowing your framework structure. Perhaps a more details about how code block was invoked (i.e. main() or TestNG) would have helped us.
Having said that there still seems some more factors to look at as follows :
If you are using an existing Chrome Profile through user-data-dir ideally you should avoid the switches setExperimentalOption and addArguments for customization as those should be set within the respective Chrome Profile.
As you are using an existing Chrome Profile through user-data-dir as per the documentation ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome the path should point the profile directory as follows :
options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:/Users/xw20/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile 2")
Here you can find a detailed discussion at How to open a Chrome Profile through Python
Avoid using driver.close(); and always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.
Here you can find a detailed discussion at PhantomJS web driver stays in memory
Upgrade JDK to recent levels JDK 8u162.
Upgrade Selenium to current levels Version 3.11.0.
Upgrade ChromeDriver to current ChromeDriver v2.37 level.
Upgrade Chrome version to current Chrome v65.x levels.
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
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.
Execute your #Test.

Did you set exit_type:Normal, I'm currently doing that before the test start, and or after the test ends and it Works.
on C#
public static void FixChromeSingleProfile(string dataDir)
{
FileStream fs = new FileStream(dataDir, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs);
string json = sr.ReadToEnd();
sr.Close();
fs.Close();
dynamic jsonDe = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
if (jsonDe.profile.exit_type != "Normal")
{
jsonDe.profile.exit_type = "Normal";
string r = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonDe);
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(dataDir, false);
sw.Write(r);
sw.Close();
}
}

This solution is in Python and works 100% but you should be able to implement this in Java as well. I just call the close_windows function every time I am finished using Selenium.
def close_windows():
windows = driver.window_handles
for w in windows:
driver.switch_to.window(w)
driver.close()
driver.quit()
close_windows()

Selenium FireFoxDriver unable to connect

I've been attempting to use Selenium to drive Firefox for the fist time. I used virtually identical code to drive Chrome without issue. However, when I attempt to use the Firefox driver, the browser opens, stalls, and then, after about 60 seconds, I get an error report that reads as follows:
Unable to connect to host 127.0.0.1 on port 7055 after 45000 ms. Firefox console output:
4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}","syncGUID":"dcskEFBTLyBH","location":"app-global","version":"48.0.1","type":"theme","internalName":"classic/1.0","updateURL":null,"updateKey":null,"optionsURL":null,"optionsType":null,"aboutURL":null,"icons":{"32":"icon.png","48":"icon.png"},"iconURL":null,"icon64URL":null,"defaultLocale":{"name":"Default","description":"The default theme.","creator":"Mozilla","homepageURL":null,"contributors":["Mozilla Contributors"]},"visible":true,"active":true,"userDisabled":false,"appDisabled":false,"descriptor":"C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\browser\\extensions\\{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi","installDate":1471881400240,"updateDate":1471881400240,"applyBackgroundUpdates":1,"skinnable":true,"size":21905,"sourceURI":null,"releaseNotesURI":null,"softDisabled":false,"foreignInstall":false,"hasBinaryComponents":false,"strictCompatibility":true,"locales":[],"targetApplications":[{"id":"{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}","minVersion":"48.0.1","maxVersion":"48.0.1"}],"targetPlatforms":[],"seen":true}
1472056603181 addons.xpi DEBUG getModTime: Recursive scan of {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
I've checked other guides and all they recommend is that I update my .jar files. I am using selenium-java-3.0.0-beta2 and Firefox 48.0.1 to test so my files are up to date. I would like to get this to run properly.
UPDATE: code still does not work and I've set the System property to set the geckodriver properly. However, I still cannot get the driver to function properly. It won't even launch the browser any more.
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
public class SimpleFireFoxDriver {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C:\\Selenium\\geckodriver.exe");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
capabilities.setCapability("marionette", true);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://www.youtube.com");
System.out.println("Made it to the promised land");
driver.quit();
}
}
Edit: Also the path to FireFox itself is located here:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Changing the system property worked for me. Change it to following:
System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette","src\\test\\java\\lib\\geckodriver.exe");
driver= new FirefoxDriver();
Hope that helps.

This is happening because you have set the wrong system property. You need to set system property as follows:
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C:\\Selenium\\geckodriver.exe");
Selenium firefox driver expects this System property to be set before initiating marionette driver and launching firefox. And if you don't set any System property and try to instantiate Firefox driver then you will get following error :
"The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.gecko.driver system property."
Hope this helps.

Changing "webdriver.gecko.driver" with "webdriver.firefox.marionette" saved my life!
example:
Correct
System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette","C://selenium/gecko/geckodriver.exe");
Not correct
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C://selenium/gecko/geckodriver.exe");

Download the latest Gecko driver V0.17.0 and this resolved my error without changing the setProperty or downgrading of Firefox browser.
Not so sure, whether this may help you.

Changing "webdriver.gecko.driver" with "webdriver.firefox.marionette" saved my Life Also Downgrading Firefox from 50 to 36
Or try this code:
System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette", "D://Driver//geckodriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

Selenium 3 - Marionette - Custom Firefox profile

I am running into a huge problem regarding selenium 3 automated ui tests. First of all, I clarify how I run selenium tests on Firefox 46 with selenium 2.x:
- Start selenium server on console: java -jar selenium.jar -firefoxProfileTemplate c:\selenium\firefox_profile
- Run (behat) tests from another console
Now, I've read that Firefox 48 does not support the webdriver anymore, and moved to Marionette webdriver. Ok, so I downloaded Selenium 3 beta with the corresponding geckodriver and startet the above worflow again - it worked BUT:
My site uses a self signed ssl certificate. Ok this was no problem in previous selenium version with webdriver, I could just create a custom firefox profile and use it by appending firefoxProfileTemplate flag. The problem on Selenium 3 with Marionette driver is, that this flag does not exist anymore.
So how to specify the firefox profile, which selenium / Marionette should use when opening firefox, from the command line? Is there a new option? Or maybe a global config file somewhere?
Regards-

Not sure which language you're using ,but for java side you can use the old FirefoxProfile to set the firefox driver support SSL. see below code:
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
FirefoxProfile fp = new FirefoxProfile();
// fp.addExtension(extensionToInstall);
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15292972/auto-download-pdf-files-in-firefox
// http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mime-types.shtml
// for config list see this :
// http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries#Profile.
fp.setAcceptUntrustedCertificates(true);
fp.setAssumeUntrustedCertificateIssuer(true);
fp.setEnableNativeEvents(false);
capabilities.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.PROFILE, fp);
It's a bit hard when selenium switch all the old drivers to W3C WebDriver, there are no much document here for user,hope this helps you.

How can I start installed browser without adding IE driver or Chrome driver in selenium web driver?

I have installed IE and chrome browser in my computer. I want to run my selenium script from original browser with all add-ons and default setting.
I am able to find *.exe of browser with some capabilities.But can not able to write and open link (driver.get()) in browser. Please refer following code.
DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities();
cap.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS, true);
cap.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INITIAL_BROWSER_URL, DriverTestNG.url);
DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer().setCapability("ignoreProtectedModeSettings", true);
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "src/main/resources/Framework/Drivers/Windows/IEDriverServer_Win32_2.40.0/IEDriverServer.exe");
cap.setCapability("IE.binary", "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe");
cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
cap.setJavascriptEnabled(true);
cap.setCapability("requireWindowFocus", true);
cap.setCapability("enablePersistentHover", false);
cap.setCapability("elementScrollBehavior", 1);
cap.setCapability("cssSelectorsEnabled", true);
cap.setCapability("nativeEvents", true);
driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(cap);
May be I have missed something.I am not sure about this that selenium web driver supports this functionality or not.
Please guide me for it.
Thanks in advance.

Regarding to your title, you can not run Internet Explorer or Chrome without using a webDriver because you need the webDriver as an API to access the functionality of IE or chrome.
But you can still use extensions and your default settings. The reason why you don't see any extensions running chromeDriver is that it always creates a new temporary profile for each test-session. If you want to run your own custom profile with extensions and settings you have to tell chromeDriver which user profile it should use by defining the user-data-dir.
You can find the capabilities here:
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/capabilities
example:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("user-data-dir=C:/Users/user_name/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data");
You can also specifiy extensions by using:
https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/extensions
I don't use IEdriver so I can't tell you how it works with the IE but as far as i know the internet explorer does not have profiles and the extensions are managed somewhere in the registry. So I would assume that extensions installed before running the tests are available also trough IEWebDriver.