Selenium not go to url when open profile firefox [duplicate] - selenium

Question

As the documentation states, you can call webdriver.FirefoxProfile() with the optional argument of profile_directory to point to the directory of a specific profile you want the browser to use. I noticed it was taking a long time to run this command, so when I looked into the code, it looked like it was copying the specified profile Problem is, it takes an extremely long time for the profile to copy (something like >30 minutes, didn't have the patience to wait for it to finish.)
I'm using a hybrid of userscripts and selenium to do some automation for me, so to setup a new profile every single time I want to test out my code would be burdensome.
Is the only way to change this behaviour to edit the firefox_profile.py itself (if so, what would be the best way to go about it?)?

Answer 1

As per the current implementation of GeckoDriver with Firefox using the FirefoxProfile() works as follows :
If case of initiating a Browsing Session through a new Firefox Profile as follows :
from selenium import webdriver
myprofile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=myprofile, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\geckodriver.exe')
driver.get('https://www.google.co.in')
print("Page Title is : %s" %driver.title)
driver.quit()
A new rust_mozprofile gets created on the run as follows :
1521446301607 mozrunner::runner INFO Running command: "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" "C:\\Users\\ATECHM~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.xFayqKkZrOB8"
Of-coarse on a successful closure (i.e. successful invocation of driver.quit()) the temporary rust_mozprofile.xFayqKkZrOB8 gets deleted/destroyed completely.
Again in case of initiating a Browsing Session through an existing Firefox Profile() as follows :
from selenium import webdriver
myprofile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile(r'C:\Users\AtechM_03\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\moskcpdq.SeleniumTest')
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=myprofile, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\geckodriver.exe')
driver.get('https://www.google.co.in')
print("Page Title is : %s" %driver.title)
driver.quit()
Similarly a new rust_mozprofile gets created on the run as follows :
1521447102321 mozrunner::runner INFO Running command: "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" "C:\\Users\\ATECHM~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.2oSwrQwQoby9"
Similarly in this case as well on a successful closure (i.e. successful invocation of driver.quit()) the temporary rust_mozprofile.2oSwrQwQoby9 gets deleted/destroyed completely.
So the timespan you are observing is the time needed for a FirefoxProfile() to scoop out a new rust_mozprofile.
Perhaps as per your question timespan for profile to copy (something like >30 minutes) is a pure overhead. So it won't be possible to use a Firefox Profile without making a copy of rust_mozprofile.
Solution
Upgrade Selenium Client to current levels Version 3.11.0.
Upgrade GeckoDriver to current GeckoDriver v0.20.0 level.
Upgrade Firefox version to Firefox Quantum v59.0.1 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 Firefox base version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Firefox Quantum.
Execute your #Test.