org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure #2144

ANSHUL786 · 2024-03-28T08:54:37Z

Do I have the most recent component updates?

I use the most recent available driver/plugin and server versions

Is the component officially supported by the Appium team?

I have verified the component repository is present under the Appium organization in GitHub

Is there an existing issue for this?

I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

when i am trying to run my appium code
getting below error

FAILED CONFIGURATION: @BeforeClass UAApp.BaseComponent.AndroidBaseTest.configureAppium
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.

Yesterday it is working fine.

Expected Behavior

it should start execution.

Minimal Reproducible Example

@test
public void startTest(){
DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
caps.setCapability("deviceName", "oneplus7");
caps.setCapability("platformVersion", "12");
caps.setCapability("ignoreHiddenApiPolicyError" , true);
caps.setCapability("app", System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/src/test/java/resources/UA_QA_APP.apk");
caps.setCapability("automationName", "UiAutomator2");
driver = new AndroidDriver(new URI("http://127.0.0.1:4723").toURL(), caps);
}

Environment

Operating system: Windows 11
Appium server version (output of appium --version):2.5.1
Appium driver(s) and their version(s):
Appium plugin(s) and their version(s):
Node.js version (output of node --version):
npm version (output of npm --version):
Last component(s) version which did not exhibit the problem:
Platform and version under test:
Real device or emulator/simulator:

Link to Appium Logs

No response

Further Information

No response

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KazuCocoa · 2024-03-28T09:07:09Z

Please attach the full appium server log

ANSHUL786 · 2024-03-28T09:51:24Z

Today i am not able to start the server via my code

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.
Host info: host: 's-ASUS-A23', ip: '192.168.1.6'
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:536)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.startSession(AppiumDriver.java:268)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:161)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:90)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:102)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.(AndroidDriver.java:109)

simonberner · 2024-03-28T10:20:08Z

Hi @ANSHUL786
I just had the same issue on my side and solved it by updating the appium java-client from v9.2.0 to v9.2.1. 🙂

sanjaneya-chwy · 2024-03-28T18:46:31Z

@simonberner -- The latest version of java client is 9.2.0...where did you get 9.2.1 from?

sanjaneya-chwy · 2024-03-28T18:48:53Z

I am seeing the exact same issue as well. Updated Appium to 2.5.1 and also updated Java client to 9.2.0. Any help in fixing this issue is greatly appreciated

sanjaneya-chwy · 2024-03-28T19:15:30Z

UPDATE: appium java-client from v9.2.0 to v9.2.1 did the trick. But I am still puzzled about how do we know to use 9.2.1 when maven website only shows 9.2.0 as latest: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.appium/java-client

valfirst · 2024-03-28T20:16:39Z

@sanjaneya-chwy https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/appium/java-client/

Jiyvn · 2024-03-29T06:58:10Z

hit the same error with 9.2.0 using selenium 4.19. After explicitly specifying the selenium version to 4.18.1, this issue get fixed. Maybe selenium 4.19 changes causing the problem? https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/acd9d0e77dc5a5a39c3a95a5aa0e94a6c4161fe7/java/CHANGELOG#L1 @KazuCocoa

valfirst · 2024-03-29T07:13:30Z

@Jiyvn https://github.com/appium/java-client?tab=readme-ov-file#compatibility-matrix

simonberner · 2024-03-29T09:21:56Z

@simonberner -- The latest version of java client is 9.2.0...where did you get 9.2.1 from?

@sanjaneya-chwy see https://github.com/appium/java-client/releases

JialiLyv · 2024-04-17T09:42:28Z

I am still having this issue using java-client 9.2.2 and selenium-java 4.19.0.

And I am sure my Appium Server is working as I can connect to it using Appium Inspector using the same capabilities.

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Response code 404. Message: The requested resource could not be found, or a request was received using an HTTP method that is not supported by the mapped resource
Build info: version: '4.19.1', revision: 'abe0ee07dc'
System info: os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'aarch64', os.version: '14.4.1', java.version: '18.0.2'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver

JialiLyv · 2024-04-18T09:22:42Z

an update on this, it turned out the cache was the culprit. after changing to the above combination and reloading the mavin project fixed the issue.

NehallBaig · 2024-09-10T06:40:58Z

@ANSHUL786 Please use mentioned below dependencies. I hope your error will be resolved.

io.appium java-client 9.2.2 org.seleniumhq.selenium selenium-remote-driver 4.13.0 org.seleniumhq.selenium selenium-support 4.12.0

rs-rajashrichaudhari · 2025-01-22T17:32:12Z

I’m encountering the same issue with Selenium version 4.25.0 and Java-Client version 9.2.1. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated:
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.

System info: os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.13'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver
lt:options={w3c=true, appiumVersion=2.15.0, isRealMobile=true, Device details - Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G, Android, 13, visual=true, autoGrantPermissions=true, platformName=Android, printPageSourceOnFindFailure=true}

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:536)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.startSession(AppiumDriver.java:268)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:161)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:90)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:102)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.

rajeevdaa · 2025-02-10T08:56:17Z

Really helpful answer by downgrade java-client version issue RESOVED

vnuta9 · 2025-02-28T05:01:14Z

@KazuCocoa @valfirst @simonberner @mykola-mokhnach
I hit the same/similar Exception with issue. My work space details are ...

Environment

Operating system: Mac Sequoia 15.3.1
Appium server version:2.15.0
Appium driver(s) and their version(s): xcuitest@7.35.1
Appium plugin(s) and their version(s): No plugins activated
Node.js version: v20.16.0
npm version: 10.8.1
Platform and version under test: iOS 18.3.1
Real device: Apple iPhone 11
JDK: 11.0.26
appium-java-client: 9.4.0
selenium-java client: 4.28.0
TestNG: 7.11.0

Exception Stack trace:

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure.

Host info: host: 'macmini.lan', ip: '192.168.86.21'
Build info: version: '4.29.0', revision: '5fc1ec94cb'
System info: os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'aarch64', os.version: '15.3.1', java.version: '21.0.4'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver
Command: [null, newSession {capabilities=[Capabilities {appium:autoAcceptAlerts: true, appium:autoWebview: true, appium:automationName: XCUITest, appium:deviceName: Venkata Nutalapati's iPhone, appium:includeSafariInWebviews: true, appium:platformVersion: 18.3.1, appium:udid: 00008030-000159EA0E60402E, appium:webviewConnectTimeout: 50000, browserName: Safari, platformName: IOS}]}]
Capabilities {appium:autoAcceptAlerts: true, appium:autoWebview: true, appium:automationName: XCUITest, appium:deviceName: Venkata Nutalapati's iPhone, appium:includeSafariInWebviews: true, appium:platformVersion: 18.3.1, appium:udid: 00008030-000159EA0E60402E, appium:webviewConnectTimeout: 50000, browserName: Safari, platformName: IOS}
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:563)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.startSession(AppiumDriver.java:313)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:174)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:101)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:113)
	at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver.<init>(IOSDriver.java:101)

Caused by: java.io.UncheckedIOException: java.net.ConnectException
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.jdk.JdkHttpClient.execute0(JdkHttpClient.java:497)

Caused by: java.net.ConnectException
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientImpl.send(HttpClientImpl.java:951)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientFacade.send(HttpClientFacade.java:133)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.jdk.JdkHttpClient.execute0(JdkHttpClient.java:456)

Caused by: java.net.ConnectException
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.common.Utils.toConnectException(Utils.java:1028)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.PlainHttpConnection.connectAsync(PlainHttpConnection.java:227)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.PlainHttpConnection.checkRetryConnect(PlainHttpConnection.java:280)

Caused by: java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.ensureOpen(SocketChannelImpl.java:202)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.beginConnect(SocketChannelImpl.java:786)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.connect(SocketChannelImpl.java:874)

Appreciate your response which can help !

KazuCocoa · 2025-02-28T09:26:42Z

We couldn't say anything without the appium server log, but possibly it is HTTP connection related? (based on the error message the above)

vnuta9 · 2025-02-28T14:55:39Z

@KazuCocoa
Thanks for the reply.
It has not hit the Appium server yet, and in the stage of creating AppiumDriver itself, we are facing this issue, . No change of log on the terminal where Appium was started and running. I usually collect and copy this terminal output as Appium logs. Other than this, I am unaware of any other(prescribed) way to collect Appium logs, sorry !
Please let me know !

KazuCocoa · 2025-02-28T17:06:34Z

Would network debug logs such as -Djavax.net.debug=all help?

vnuta9 · 2025-02-28T18:24:00Z

@KazuCocoa
Thanks for kind help !

I ran this export MAVEN_OPTS=-Djavax.net.debug=all in my Mac terminal and used eclipse to ran the test and collected the logs from eclipse console. Could be I am using it wrongly, but below is the logs attached.

logs_2144.txt

vnuta9 · 2025-03-01T02:55:21Z

@KazuCocoa
A small UPDATE:
After changing appium java client 9.4 and Selenium java client to 4.28.0(possibly the cause, may be...), I am getting a slightly different exception while creating the Appium Driver both for Android and iOS platforms: which is ...

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Response code 400. Message: No such context found. 
Host info: host: 'macmini.lan', ip: '192.168.86.21'
Build info: version: '4.29.0', revision: '5fc1ec94cb'
System info: os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'aarch64', os.version: '15.3.1', java.version: '11.0.26'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver
Command: [null, newSession {capabilities=[Capabilities {appium:autoGrantPermissions: true, appium:autoWebview: true, appium:automationName: UiAutomator2, appium:deviceName: Galaxy S21 FE 5G, appium:fastReset: true, appium:platformVersion: 14, appium:udid: R5CW71PYTHE, appium:webviewConnectTimeout: 50000, browserName: Chrome, platformName: ANDROID}]}]
Capabilities {appium:autoGrantPermissions: true, appium:autoWebview: true, appium:automationName: UiAutomator2, appium:deviceName: Galaxy S21 FE 5G, appium:fastReset: true, appium:platformVersion: 14, appium:udid: R5CW71PYTHE, appium:webviewConnectTimeout: 50000, browserName: Chrome, platformName: ANDROID}
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:114)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:75)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:61)
	at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:178)
	at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:243)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:545)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.startSession(AppiumDriver.java:313)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:174)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:101)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:113)
	at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.<init>(AndroidDriver.java:109)
	at com.zq.mobile.browser.test.util.SeleniumUtil.getDriver4MobileWeb(SeleniumUtil.java:211)
	at com.zq.mobile.browser.test.util.SeleniumUtil.setUp(SeleniumUtil.java:147)
	at com.zq.mobile.browser.agent.StockQuoteCreation.setUp(StockQuoteCreation.java:30)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:141)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodConsideringTimeout(MethodInvocationHelper.java:71)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(ConfigInvoker.java:400)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurations(ConfigInvoker.java:333)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.invokeBeforeClassMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:188)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:128)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1541)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:739)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:614)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:421)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:413)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:373)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:312)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:95)
	at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1274)
	at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1208)
	at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1112)
	at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1079)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGExecutor.run(TestNGExecutor.java:308)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGXmlTestSuite.execute(TestNGXmlTestSuite.java:71)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.testng.TestNGProvider.invoke(TestNGProvider.java:113)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:385)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.execute(ForkedBooter.java:162)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.run(ForkedBooter.java:507)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:495)

KazuCocoa · 2025-03-01T07:00:55Z

Please attach the full appium server log as well. It looks like it is not suitable for this GitHub issue as a different topic.
https://discuss.appium.io/ would also help to get help from community.

vnuta9 · 2025-03-01T23:30:52Z

@KazuCocoa
Thanks for taking time to look in to this issue posted.
Here is the log file.

appiumlogs.txt

vnuta9 · 2025-03-02T02:46:46Z

@KazuCocoa
The issue got resolved by commenting WEB_VIEW capability setting...

	//setting WebView is giving exception
	//iOsOptions.setCapability("appium:autoWebview", false);// automatically shift to web view

This is the effective for both Android, and iOS both. This code used to work since more than 6 months to retrieve AppiumDriver instance. This must have been newly enforced in the latest Appium, Selenium Java client software components. In case, what I am thinking is right, what is the use of AUTOWEBVIEW ??

KazuCocoa · 2025-03-02T05:26:33Z

The shared appium server log didn't have appium:autoWebview. Do you mean when you set appium:autoWebview as false, the issue occurred? And when you commented out the "appium:autoWebview": false, it worked...?

The given log had only ["NATIVE_APP","CHROMIUM"] contexts. As the README in https://github.com/appium/appium-uiautomator2-driver, "appium:autoWebview": true sets context for WEBVIEW_ + appium:appPackage, but not in your attached log case since you set browserName: chrome, which was CHROMIUM, it was not webview app

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