Running automated test on IE11 using standalone Selenium server

[Fred H]

I created some tests that run fine on my Chrome local browser. I now want to run these tests on a local IE11 browser.

I downloaded the latest Selenium Standalone Server (3.5.3) and the IEDriverServer.exe which are both in my PATH. Per Selenium docs, I updated my registry for running the driver with IE11.

I am running the selenium server with:

 java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.5.3.jar

It seems to start OK:

C:\Users\fhardin\bin>java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.5.3.jar
16:16:19.697 INFO - Selenium build info: version: '3.5.3', revision: 'a88d25fe6b'
16:16:19.698 INFO - Launching a standalone Selenium Server
2017-09-16 16:16:19.720:INFO::main: Logging initialized @214ms to org.seleniumhq.jetty9.util.log.StdErrLog
16:16:19.770 INFO - Driver class not found: com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver
16:16:19.796 INFO - Driver provider class org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver registration is skipped: registration capabilities Capabilities [{browserName=safari, version=, platform=MAC}] does not match the current platform VISTA
16:16:19.820 INFO - Using the passthrough mode handler
2017-09-16 16:16:19.846:INFO:osjs.Server:main: jetty-9.4.5.v20170502
2017-09-16 16:16:19.863:WARN:osjs.SecurityHandler:main: [email protected]@520a3426{/,null,STARTING} has uncovered http methods for path: /
2017-09-16 16:16:19.866:INFO:osjsh.ContextHandler:main: Started [email protected]{/,null,AVAILABLE}
2017-09-16 16:16:20.094:INFO:osjs.AbstractConnector:main: Started [email protected]{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:4444}
2017-09-16 16:16:20.095:INFO:osjs.Server:main: Started @590ms
16:16:20.095 INFO - Selenium Server is up and running

I configured Sencha Test to run with a GenericWebserver per Sencha Docs. When I run the test for IE11, I get this error from Sencha Studio:

Error: Invalid timeout type specified:
 ms Build info: version: '3.5.3', revision: 'a88d25fe6b',time: '2017-08-29T12:54:15.039Z' System info: host: 'PA10030928', ip: '172.16.241.3', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_144'
 Driver info: driver.version: unknown at url("http://localhost/htdocs/figleaftraining/extjs5/walk/walk3-8/")
 - C:\Users\fhardin\Sencha\Test\2_1_1_31\resources\app.asar\node_modules\orion-core\serve\context\WebDriver.js:124:18 at timeouts("script", 10000)
 - C:\Users\fhardin\Sencha\Test\2_1_1_31\resources\app.asar\node_modules\orion-core\serve\context\WebDriver.js:123:18 at init()
 - C:\Users\fhardin\Sencha\Test\2_1_1_31\resources\app.asar\node_modules\orion-core\serve\context\WebDriver.js:118:18

Any ideas why this does not work? Is there any additional setup needed?

Thanks,
Fred

[joel.watson]

Hi Fred--

Which version of the IEDriver are you using?

Thanks
Joel

[Fred H]

Joel,

It is the latest version from Selenium: 3.5.1.0.



Fred

[daniel.gallo]

It appears the newer versions of Selenium Server and IEDriverServer may cause some issues together, with others online also encountering the same error.

Numerous sites online talk about downgrading both the Selenium Server and IEDriverServer. I tried using version 3.4 of Selenium Server and IEDriverServer, and this combination works fine with Sencha Test.

You can download the older versions of both from here: http://selenium-release.storage.goog...html?path=3.4/

[Fred H]

Daniel,

I tried the older 3.4 versions of Selenium Standalone Server and IEDriverServer, and I was able to get things to work.

Thanks!
Fred

[novis]

I had the same problem. Nice to find this forum. Thanks!

[cro]

+1 to this. Thanks