Selenium: Getting chrome didn't shut down correctly

Question

I'm getting the chrome didn't shut down correctly error message when I reopen a chrome browser in my selenium framework.

In the framework I'm opening the browser instance at the beginning for each of my test case using the below code

if (browserType.equalsIgnoreCase("Chrome")) {
            try {                               
                System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", curProj+"\\drivers\\chromedriver.exe");
                ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
                options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
                options.addArguments("disable-infobars");
                //options.addArguments("user-data-dir=C:/Users/xw20/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data");
                options.addArguments(chromeProfile);
                webdriver = new ChromeDriver(options);
                logger.info("getWebDriver - Setting webdriver.chrome.driver system property as: " + System.getProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver"));
            }
            catch(IllegalStateException e) {
                logger.error("The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property. ",e.fillInStackTrace());
                throw new IllegalStateException("The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property.");
            }

and closing at the end using the below code

driver.close();
driver.quit();

But when I open a browser for the second test case I'm getting "chrome didn't shut down correctly" popup message.

I tried updating the below in the Preferences file of chrome profile but no luck

exit_type:Crashed
exited_cleanly:true

Configuration :

Chrome Version: Version 64.0.3282.186 (Official Build) (32-bit)

Selenium Version: 3.11.0

Answer 1

As per your code it would be tough to analyze the reason behind the error chrome didn't shut down correctly without knowing your framework structure. Perhaps a more details about how code block was invoked (i.e. main() or TestNG) would have helped us.

Having said that there still seems some more factors to look at as follows :

• If you are using an existing Chrome Profile through user-data-dir ideally you should avoid the switches setExperimentalOption and addArguments for customization as those should be set within the respective Chrome Profile.

• As you are using an existing Chrome Profile through user-data-dir as per the documentation ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome the path should point the profile directory as follows :

  options.add_argument("user-data-dir=C:/Users/xw20/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile 2")
  

• Here you can find a detailed discussion at How to open a Chrome Profile through Python

• Avoid using driver.close(); and always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.
• Here you can find a detailed discussion at PhantomJS web driver stays in memory
• Upgrade JDK to recent levels JDK 8u162.
• Upgrade Selenium to current levels Version 3.11.0.
• Upgrade ChromeDriver to current ChromeDriver v2.37 level.
• Upgrade Chrome version to current Chrome v65.x levels.
• Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
• Use CCleaner tool to wipe off all the OS chores before and after the execution of your test Suite.
• 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.
• Execute your @Test.

Answer 2

Did you set exit_type:Normal, I'm currently doing that before the test start, and or after the test ends and it Works. on C#

 public static void FixChromeSingleProfile(string dataDir)
    {
        FileStream fs = new FileStream(dataDir, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
        StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs);
        string json = sr.ReadToEnd();
        sr.Close();
        fs.Close();
        dynamic jsonDe = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
        if (jsonDe.profile.exit_type != "Normal")
        {
            jsonDe.profile.exit_type = "Normal";
            string r = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonDe);

            StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(dataDir, false);
            sw.Write(r);
            sw.Close();
        }
    }