Webdriver agent issue in macos-13 runner for running appium tests in iOS simulator

[asudharsan]

Trying to setup CI/CD for running appium webdriver IO tests on github runner
currently using macos-13 runner image
My workflow job is as follows
- name: Set up Xcode uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1.6.0 with: xcode-version: "15.2.0" - name: Boot iOS Simulator run: xcrun simctl boot 'iPhone 14' - name: Check Simulator Status run: xcrun simctl list - name: Check if the device is booted run: | booted="" timeout=120 while [[ $timeout -gt 0 && -z "$booted" ]]; do booted=$(xcrun simctl list devices | grep -E "Booted|booted" | wc -l) sleep 5 ((timeout-=5)) done if [[ "$booted" -gt 0 ]]; then echo "iOS simulator has successfully booted." else echo "iOS simulator booting timed out or failed." exit 1 fi - name: Search for Evidation app if: ${{ inputs.project == 'xxx' }} run: | if [[ ${{ inputs.environment }} == 'stage' ]]; then app_path=$(find /Users/runner/work/xx/xx/app -name "xxx" -type d 2>/dev/null) fi if [ -n "$app_path" ]; then echo "App found at: $app_path" else echo "App not found on the runner." exit 1 fi - name: Install iOS app on simulator if: ${{ inputs.project == 'xxx' }} run: | cd /Users/runner/work/xx.xxapp xcrun simctl install booted "./xx.app" - name: Check if the app is installed if: ${{ inputs.project == 'xx' }} run: | app_name="Evidation Stage" if ls -1 ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Devices/*/data/Containers/Bundle/Application/*/"$app_name".app > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "App installed successfully on the simulator." else echo "Failed to install the app on the simulator." exit 1 fi - name: Run The selected Tests on iOS

When the run tests step comes i see this error
2024-05-02T16:19:09.560Z ERROR @wdio/appium-service: [XCUITestDriver@87de (d2d8682d)] Unable to start WebDriverAgent: Error: We were not able to retrieve the /status response from the WebDriverAgent server after 60000ms timeout.Try to increase the value of 'appium:wdaLaunchTimeout' capability as a possible workaround.

which eventually fails with this error
[0-2] 2024-05-02T16:47:02.075Z ERROR webdriver: Request failed with status undefined due to TimeoutError: Timeout awaiting 'response' for 120000ms when running "http://127.0.0.1:4723/session" with method "POST" and args "{"capabilities":{"alwaysMatch":{"platformName":"iOS","appium:automationName":"XCUITest","appium:autoAcceptAlerts":true,"appium:deviceName":"iPhone 14","appium:platformVersion":"17.2","appium:app":"/Users/runner/work/xx/xx/app/xx.app"},"firstMatch":[{}]},"desiredCapabilities":{"platformName":"iOS","appium:automationName":"XCUITest","appium:autoAcceptAlerts":true,"appium:deviceName":"iPhone 14","appium:platformVersion":"17.2","appium:app":"/Users/runner/work/xx/xx/app/xx.app"}}" [0-2] 2024-05-02T16:47:02.077Z ERROR webdriver: TimeoutError: Timeout awaiting 'response' for 120000ms when running "http://127.0.0.1:4723/session" with method "POST" and args "{"capabilities":{"alwaysMatch":{"platformName":"iOS","appium:automationName":"XCUITest","appium:autoAcceptAlerts":true,"appium:deviceName":"iPhone 14","appium:platformVersion":"17.2","appium:app":"/Users/runner/work/xx/xx/app/xx.app"},"firstMatch":[{}]},"desiredCapabilities":{"platformName":"iOS","appium:automationName":"XCUITest","appium:autoAcceptAlerts":true,"appium:deviceName":"iPhone 14","appium:platformVersion":"17.2","appium:app":"/Users/runner/work/xx/xx/app/xx.app"}}"

I was able to use the same steps few months back using Xcode 14.2.0 but now with various Xcode version and iOS simulator versions seeing the same issue

In my local i have Appium.app installed so i could dowload the latest webdriver agent, copy in Application/Appium.app/.. path and the issue was resolved but not in the github runner

Anybody faced this on github runners and how to solve it?

[asudharsan]

I was able to get it fixed by using Xcode 15.3.0