Unable to execute selenium webdriver scripts in safari 5 Browser - selenium

Question

I have downloaded the Apple Developer certificate and also configured the Safari Extension in my framework. Now, when I start executing the script, the Browser is launched, it is performing few actions and then it is throwing the following error.
(Note: I am using selenium-server-standalone-2.31.0.jar)
Mar 5, 2013 3:59:13 PM org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriverServer start
INFO: Server started on port 5674
Mar 5, 2013 3:59:33 PM org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriverChannelHandler$1 operationComplete
INFO: Connection opened
Mar 5, 2013 3:59:45 PM org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler
WARNING: EXCEPTION, please implement org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriverChannelHandler.exceptionCaught() for proper handling.
java.io.IOException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.read0(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketDispatcher.read(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.readIntoNativeBuffer(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.read(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:59)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.processSelectedKeys(AbstractNioWorker.java:465)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:332)
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:35)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Mar 5, 2013 3:59:46 PM org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriverServer stop
INFO: Stopping server

Answer 1

I encountered the same error after calling safariDriver.quit(). It turns out that SafariDriver didn't close the socket even though it knew that it was going to terminate. To fix the issue, I've adjusted the behavior of the QUIT command, and included the patch with my PR for another feature related to the Safari Driver: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/pull/87.
The actual fix is quite straightforward, view it at https://github.com/Rob--W/selenium/commit/2b53d4b61.
Want to implement this fix yourself? Follow the following steps:
Install the pre-requisites (available for Linux, Mac and Windows):
Java Development Kit (JDK, not just the JRE)
Ruby
Git
Clone the Selenium repository:
git clone https://code.google.com/p/selenium/
Apply my commit.
At the root of the Selenium repository, run the following command:
./go selenium-server-standalone offline=true
(if you're using Windows, omit ./ :)
go selenium-server-standalone offline=true
Wait a while. The initial build takes several minutes, subsequent builds are done within a minute. The desired result is found in the following directory (relative to the repository's root):
build/java/server/src/org/openqa/grid/selenium/selenium-standalone.jar