geb geckodriver not working properly (launching multiple browser window)

Question

I want to use geb with multiple browsers, specifically with firefox. However I am getting the firefox launching multiple windows without inserting the url., and ultimately failing. However, I have had no problem with chrome. Chrome is working perfectly. I am using firefox 57.0.4 (32-Bit), geckodriver 0.20.1 and selenium 3.11.0.

This is how I did the configuration for firefox(geckodriver) in the GebConfig.groovy file.

driver = {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Data\\selenium\\geckodriver.exe")
        DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.firefox()
        capabilities.setCapability("marionette", true);
         new FirefoxDriver(capabilities)
     }

I have also tried a simple configuration like this:

driver="org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver"

They are all opening multiple new windows, specifically 9 new firefox windows all failing, before crashing. Below is the stack trace.

1524422284063   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422284107   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:23600
1524422284801   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.t9ACOIsvj903"
1524422286509   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[Parent 5248, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 6128, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 6128, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422290031   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 53659
1524422290543   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
1524422291404   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422291444   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:37977
1524422291888   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.TDpwyZXqxyTB"
1524422293344   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[Parent 9756, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422296749   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 60160
1524422297189   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
1524422298143   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422298191   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:32782
1524422298377   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.yBcRA1dKXoGT"
1524422299521   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[Child 16340, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422302872   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 63356
1524422303045   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
1524422303852   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422303895   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:19586
1524422304228   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program  
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.9ev5FY0xc1i7"
1524422305543   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[GFX1-]: Could not get a DXGI adapter
[GFX1-]: Could not get a DXGI adapter
[Child 14868, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 14868, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422310032   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 64844
[GFX1-]: Could not get a DXGI adapter
1524422310604   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
1524422321813   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422321858   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:26836
1524422322191   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.ibDRBSonhkXz"
1524422323777   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[GFX1-]: Could not get a DXGI adapter
[GFX1-]: ClientLayerManager::BeginTransaction with IPC channel down. GPU 
process may have died.
[Parent 10436, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 16792, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 16792, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[GFX1-]: Could not get a DXGI adapter
1524422327647   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 49671
1524422327909   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
[GFX1-]: Could not get a DXGI adapter
1524422328854   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422328899   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:41041
1524422329094   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.nF37Bcb1rsbM"
1524422330408   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[Parent 10360, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 12412, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 12412, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422335433   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 55596
1524422335714   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
1524422336611   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422336657   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:44307
1524422337007   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.BZK9Y7YfOaPw"
1524422338399   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[Child 5860, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 5860, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422348219   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 65437
1524422348734   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
1524422350248   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422350322   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:36341
1524422350716   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.WMfmoDbCDTAT"
1524422353025   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[Child 10468, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
[Child 10468, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422358314   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 56794
1524422358557   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
1524422359719   geckodriver INFO    geckodriver 0.20.1
1524422359781   geckodriver INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:29271
1524422360457   mozrunner::runner   INFO    Running command: "C:\\Program 
Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe" "-marionette" "-profile" 
"C:\\Users\\My user 
name\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.L8VJnzbpCkrK"
1524422362362   Marionette  INFO    Enabled via --marionette
[Parent 6760, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error: 109: file 
z:/build/build/src/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_win.cc, line 
346
1524422368470   Marionette  INFO    Listening on port 54188
1524422368810   Marionette  DEBUG   Register listener.js for window 
4294967297
Tests run: 6, Failures: 0, Errors: 6, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 102.379 sec 
<<< FAILURE! - in MyTestSuite
mytestfunction(MyTestSuite)  Time elapsed: 29.182 sec  <<< ERROR!
geb.driver.DriverCreationException: failed to create driver from callback ' 
script1524422266628441905114$_run_closure1@2643ed03'
at MyTestSuite.mytestfunction(MyTestSuite.groovy:25)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: 
Unable to create new remote session. desired capabilities = Capabilities 
[{marionette=true, browserName=firefox, moz:firefoxOptions= 
{binary=Optional.empty, args=[], legacy=null, logLevel=null, prefs={}, 
profile=null}, version=, platform=ANY}], required capabilities = 
Capabilities [{moz:firefoxOptions={binary=Optional.empty, args=[], 
legacy=null, logLevel=null, prefs={}, profile=null}}]
Build info: version: '3.3.1', revision: '5234b325d5', time: '2017-03-10 
09:10:29 +0000'
System info: host: 'Hostname', ip: 'xxx.xxx.xx.xx', os.name: 'Windows 7', 
os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_144'
Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver

I am confused right now because sofar all possible solutions on the forum are not working.

Here is the GebConfig.groovy file:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.os.ExecutableFinder
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;

 reportsDir = "target/geb-reports"
 driver = null

    driver = {
    System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "D:\\eclipse-jee-workspace\\geb-example-maven\\drivers\\geckodriver.exe")
    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.firefox()
    capabilities.setCapability("marionette", true);
    new FirefoxDriver(capabilities)
 }




baseUrl = "http://gebish.org"

This is the GebishOrgSpec .groovy file

import geb.spock.GebSpec

class GebishOrgSpec extends GebSpec {

def "can get to the current Book of Geb"() {
    when:
    to GebishOrgHomePage

    and:
    manualsMenu.open()

    then:
    manualsMenu.links[0].text().startsWith("current")

    when:
    manualsMenu.links[0].click()

    then:
    at TheBookOfGebPage
  }
}

Here is the GebishOrgHomePage.groovy file

  import geb.Page

  class GebishOrgHomePage extends Page {

   static at = { title == "Geb - Very Groovy Browser Automation" }

 static content = {
    manualsMenu { module(ManualsMenuModule) }
 }

}

Here is the ManualsMenuModule.groovy

import geb.Module

 class ManualsMenuModule extends Module {
  static content = {
    toggle { $("div.menu a.manuals") }
    linksContainer { $("#manuals-menu") }
    links { linksContainer.find("a") }
}

void open() {
    toggle.click()
    waitFor { !linksContainer.hasClass("animating") }
 }
}

Here is the TheBookOfGebPage.groovy

import geb.Page

class TheBookOfGebPage extends Page {

static at = { title.startsWith("The Book Of Geb") }
}

Here is the pom

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0                       
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.gebish.example</groupId>
<artifactId>geb-maven-example</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1</version>
 <name>Geb Maven Example</name>
 <url>http://gebish.org</url>
 <properties>
 <gebVersion>1.1.1</gebVersion>
 <seleniumVersion>3.3.1</seleniumVersion>
 <groovyVersion>2.4.11</groovyVersion>
 <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 </properties>
 <dependencies>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
  <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
  <version>${groovyVersion}</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>junit</groupId>
  <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
  <version>4.12</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>

 <dependency>
    <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
    <artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
    <version>4.1</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi -->
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
     <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
     <version>3.9</version>
  </dependency>
  <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml -->
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
    <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
    <version>3.9</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml-schemas -->

 <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
    <artifactId>poi-ooxml-schemas</artifactId>
    <version>3.9</version>
 </dependency>

 <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.xmlbeans/xmlbeans -->
 <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
    <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
    <version>2.6.0</version>
 </dependency>






 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.spockframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spock-core</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-groovy-2.4</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
      <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.gebish</groupId>
  <artifactId>geb-spock</artifactId>
  <version>${gebVersion}</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
  <artifactId>selenium-chrome-driver</artifactId>
  <version>${seleniumVersion}</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-remote-driver -->
 <dependency>
    <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
    <artifactId>selenium-firefox-driver</artifactId>
    <version>${seleniumVersion}</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-ie-driver -->
 <dependency>
    <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
    <artifactId>selenium-ie-driver</artifactId>
    <version>${seleniumVersion}</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>


 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
  <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
  <version>3.5</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.19</version>
    <configuration>
      <includes>
        <include>*Spec.*</include>
      </includes>
      <systemPropertyVariables>
        <geb.build.reportsDir>target/test-reports/geb</geb.build.reportsDir>
      </systemPropertyVariables>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>
    <plugin>
    <groupId>com.rimerosolutions.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>wrapper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.4</version>
    <configuration>
      <mavenVersion>3.3.3</mavenVersion>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
    <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.5</version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <goals>
          <goal>testCompile</goal>
        </goals>
      </execution>
    </executions>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
        <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
        <version>${groovyVersion}</version>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </plugin>
  <plugin>
  <groupId>com.github.webdriverextensions</groupId>
  <artifactId>webdriverextensions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.1</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <goals>
        <goal>install-drivers</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <configuration>
    <drivers>
      <driver>
        <name>chromedriver</name>
        <version>2.36</version>
        <platform>windows</platform>
      </driver>
      <!-- <driver>
        <name>chromedriver</name>
        <version>2.36</version>
        <platform>windows</platform>
      </driver>-->
     <!-- <driver>
        <name>geckodriver</name>
        <version>0.14.0</version>
        <platform>windows</platform>
      </driver>-->
      <driver>
        <name>geckodriver</name>
        <version>0.20.1</version>
        <platform>windows</platform>
      </driver>
    </drivers>

  </configuration>
  </plugin>
</plugins>
<pluginManagement>
    <plugins>
        <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e 
settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
            <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.0</version>
            <configuration>
                <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
                    <pluginExecutions>
                        <pluginExecution>
                            <pluginExecutionFilter>
                                <groupId>
                                    com.github.webdriverextensions
                                </groupId>
                                <artifactId>
                                    webdriverextensions-maven-plugin
                                </artifactId>
                                <versionRange>
                                    [3.1.1,)
                                </versionRange>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>install-drivers</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </pluginExecutionFilter>
                            <action>
                                <ignore></ignore>
                            </action>
                        </pluginExecution>
                        <pluginExecution>
                            <pluginExecutionFilter>
                                <groupId>
                                    org.codehaus.gmaven
                                </groupId>
                                <artifactId>
                                    gmaven-plugin
                                </artifactId>
                                <versionRange>[1.5,)</versionRange>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>testCompile</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </pluginExecutionFilter>
                            <action>
                                <ignore></ignore>
                            </action>
                        </pluginExecution>
                    </pluginExecutions>
                </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</pluginManagement>

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Anticholinergic

Answer 1

I had similar problems when just trying with x64 drivers. Every version > 0.14.0 shows this symptom (4 empty browser windows, 4 instances of geckodriver.exe which need to be killed manually). As soon as I reverted my project to 0.14.0, everything worked again like a charm, even with current FF Quantum 59.0.2 (64-bit).

This is not a solution, of course, but a workaround. If there is a corresponding ticket for Geckodriver I do not know. I have not checked yet.

---

Update: I am still using Selenium 3.0.1. Maybe this is why I cannot use never versions of Geckodriver because on the release page it says that for driver version 0.15 you need at least Selenium 3.3. But as you said you use Selenium 3.11, this should not be a problem. Even Geckodriver 0.19.0 only needs Selenium 3.5. But maybe your Maven setup is flawed and somehow it pulls in an older Selenium version. You could check this.

Notch

I agree with kriegaex that this will most probably be some kind of WebDriver + geckodriver + FF version incompatibility. I would first try to upgrade your FF to latest and if that doesn't help I would start downgrading WebDriver and geckodriver. I can confirm that locally a combination of FF 56.0.2, WebDriver 3.6.0 and geckodriver 0.19.0 works for me. – Disciplinarian

Unfortunately I still have the same problem. with selenium 3.0.1 and geckodriver 0.14.0 I have one window open for some time but the url is not filled in and after about 30 minutes and new window is opened. – Anticholinergic

Then please provide a complete, minimal project (MCVE) incl. Maven build so I can reproduce your problem. GitHub would be nice. BTW, you could also try 64-bit instead of 32-bit if that is an option. This is the difference between our setups I can currently see. But it would really be better to speak code now, not just prose. This is StackOverflow. Thank you. – Notch

I am facing the same problem with internet explorer. – Crystallization

@Notch I have just updated the code with a minimal project. – Anticholinergic

Thanks for the MCVE. I can reproduce the problem with the 0.20 driver just like in my own project, no surprise there. But for me your project works fine with the current FF 64-bit version if (a) I change the Gecko Driver from 0.20.1 to 0.14.0 and (b) change the driver name in GebConfig from "geckodriver.exe" to "geckodriver-windows-64bit.exe". Maybe you forgot that and always point your test to a renamed driver with the problematic version instead of the one downloaded by Maven. – Notch

Hello, would you mind providing some feedback? I think my last comment solves your problem. – Notch

@Notch I want to apologize for the delay of my feedback. I went on holidays and I just got back. Your suggestion were correct. Thank you very much. However This does not work with FF 32-bit and geckodriver 0.14.0 32-bits. It did work well with only the 64-bit versions. – Anticholinergic