Selenium Chromedriver opens with data:, in navigation bar - selenium

Question

if i open Chrome via chromedriver and navigate to a URL i only get a data:, in the navigation bar. All googled solutions (right chromedriverversion, protocoll in URL, etc.) didnt help me.
package de.vhv.selenium;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class OpenChromeAndNavigate {
#Test
public void test() {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C://vhventw//selenium//chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.de");
}
}
In addition everything works if i add --headless and listen to the debugport. But i dont want to let it run headless.
package de.vhv.selenium;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
public class OpenChromeAndNavigate {
#Test
public void test() {
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C://vhventw//selenium//chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(getDesiredCapabilities());
driver.get("https://www.google.de");
}
private ChromeOptions getDesiredCapabilities() {
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--headless");
// options.addArguments("--disable-extensions"); // disabling extensions
// options.addArguments("--disable-gpu"); // applicable to windows os only
// options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage"); // overcome limited resource problems
// options.addArguments("--no-sandbox");
options.addArguments("--remote-debugging-port=9223");
return options;
}
}
Any ideas what i can try?
Setup:
Chrome Version = 71.0.3578.80
Chromedriver Version = 2.46.628402

Answer 1

I figured out, that the line
options.addArguments("--remote-debugging-port=9225");
fixed my problem. I already used it in headless runs to listen to the port and watch the headless run. But it fixed my problem with headfull runs.
return new ChromeDriver(getDesiredCapabilities());
private ChromeOptions getDesiredCapabilities() {
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
//options.addArguments("--headless");
options.addArguments("--disable-extensions"); // disabling extensions
options.addArguments("--disable-gpu"); // applicable to windows os only
options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage"); // overcome limited resource problems
options.addArguments("--no-sandbox");
options.addArguments("--remote-debugging-port=9225");
return options;
}

Answer 2

You need to take care of a couple of things:
Not sure about your project structure but I will suggest to avoid the . character and the word selenium within the package name as in:
package de.vhv.selenium;
The Value part passed through System.setProperty() line containing the absolute path of chromedriver.exe should be expressed through escaped backslashes as:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\vhventw\\selenium\\chromedriver.exe");
As per ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome:
If you are using Chrome version 72, please download ChromeDriver 2.46 or ChromeDriver 72.0.3626.69
As per best practices:
Upgrade JDK to recent levels JDK 8u202.
Upgrade Selenium to current levels Version 3.141.59.
Upgrade ChromeDriver to current ChromeDriver v73.0.3683.68 level.
Keep Chrome version between Chrome v73 levels. (as per ChromeDriver v73.0.3683.68 release notes)
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
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.
Take a System Reboot.
Execute your #Test.
Always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.

Answer 3

I was struggling with the same issue, then I realised that I forgot to start the test with :
$I->amOnPage('/');
definitely to try before digging deeper.