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.

Otherwise, if the problem only occurs in your special testing environment: 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 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).