1779723 - "WebDriver:NewSession" can fail if Firefox gets started with some random URL that causes network errors

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Remote Protocol :: Marionette, defect, P3)

Description

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Originally filed as: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/10840

If a test starts Firefox with some random URL like https://www.start-maximized.com, which in my case redirects some times and then ends-up on a network error page, the WebDriver:NewSession will fail with a NS_BINDING_ABORTED error:

1657775131409	Marionette	DEBUG	0 -> [0,1,"WebDriver:NewSession",{"acceptInsecureCerts":true,"browserName":"firefox","pageLoadStrategy":"normal"}]
1657775131411	RemoteAgent	WARN	TLS certificate errors will be ignored for this session
1657775131421	Marionette	DEBUG	Waiting for initial application window
[GFX1-]: RenderCompositorSWGL failed mapping default framebuffer, no dt
1657775131892	RemoteAgent	TRACE	Received DOM event load for [object HTMLDocument]
console.warn: SearchSettings: "get: No settings file exists, new profile?" (new NotFoundError("Could not open the file at /var/folders/1c/9qlxg8ln30b82r6fjs47lscw0000gn/T/rust_mozprofileLtNhga/search.json.mozlz4", (void 0)))
1657775132562	Marionette	TRACE	Received observer notification browser-idle-startup-tasks-finished
1657775132562	RemoteAgent	TRACE	Received observer notification browser-idle-startup-tasks-finished
DevTools listening on ws://localhost:53669/devtools/browser/c7f95f0f-49ad-4286-8628-ad9a44154713
1657775132565	RemoteAgent	TRACE	[22] ProgressListener state=start: https://www.start-maximized.com/
1657775133260	RemoteAgent	TRACE	[22] ProgressListener state=stop: error=0x804b0002 (NS_BINDING_ABORTED)
1657775133260	Marionette	DEBUG	0 <- [1,1,{"error":"session not created","message":"Error: NS_BINDING_ABORTED","stacktrace":"#checkLoadingState@chrome://remote/content/shared/Navigate.jsm:209:28\nonStateChange@chrome://remote/content/shared/Navigate.jsm:254:28\n"},null]
1657775133274	webdriver::server	DEBUG	Teardown session
1657775133274	mozrunner::runner	DEBUG	Killing process 26733
Exiting due to channel error.
Exiting due to channel error.
[GFX1-]: Receive IPC close with reason=AbnormalShutdown
Exiting due to channel error.
1657775133324	webdriver::server	DEBUG	<- 500 Internal Server Error {"value":{"error":"session not created","message":"Error: NS_BINDING_ABORTED","stacktrace":"#checkLoadingState@chrome://remote/content/shared/Navigate.jsm:209:28\nonStateChange@chrome://remote/content/shared/Navigate.jsm:254:28\n"}}

At the moment we care about this error but only for the initial document:
https://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/rev/a9a0747e863e716284d7c3f25d44cb057505547c/remote/shared/Navigate.jsm#195-200

That means if Firefox gets started with a given URL this check will be ignored and instead an error is thrown causing the WebDriver:NewSession command to fail.

Should be a regression from my patches on bug 1763124.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Set release status flags based on info from the regressing bug 1763124

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Set release status flags based on info from the regressing bug 1763124

Comment 3

[amatzilla]

Any resolution on this matter would help me too.
Running Selenium C# tests using Mozilla FF, ver103.0 on a Grid architecture. Looks like a folder called 'moziila_rustprof' getting created on the Temp folder. Fails to create a session.
Message: 
Test method Dynamics365Tests.UI.Smoke.Smoke.VerifyUserAuthentication threw exception:
System.InvalidOperationException: Error: NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_HOST (SessionNotCreated)

Comment 4

[amatzilla]

StackTrace for the above:
1659377742950 geckodriver INFO Listening on 127.0.0.1:56281
1659377743320 mozrunner::runner INFO Running command: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "--marionette" "test-type" "--allow-running-insecure-content" "--disable-extensions" "--ignore-certificate-errors" "-no-remote" "-profile" "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\rust_mozprofile1HkQUs"
1659377750694 Marionette INFO Marionette enabled
1659377750708 Marionette INFO Listening on port 56439
Read port: 56439
1659377751146 RemoteAgent WARN TLS certificate errors will be ignored for this session
console.warn: SearchSettings: "get: No settings file exists, new profile?" (new NotFoundError("Could not open the file at C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\rust_mozprofile1HkQUs\search.json.mozlz4", (void 0)))
JavaScript error: chrome://remote/content/marionette/driver.js, line 2273: NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIObserverService.removeObserver]

Comment 5

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

(In reply to amatzilla from comment #4)

1659377743320 mozrunner::runner INFO Running command: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "--marionette" "test-type" "--allow-running-insecure-content" "--disable-extensions" "--ignore-certificate-errors" "-no-remote" "-profile" "C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\rust_mozprofile1HkQUs"

I missed that particular comment which was added while I was away for a longer time. As such sorry for the delay.

Please note that you are using a couple of command line arguments that are not valid for Firefox. I assume you just copied them from your Chrome script. Please check firefox.exe --help which arguments are actually existent and can be used. The problem with the broken / busted page load on startup is most likely due to the "test-type" argument which should get loaded when Firefox starts up. Can you please check?

Comment 6

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Clear a needinfo that is pending on an inactive user.

Inactive users most likely will not respond; if the missing information is essential and cannot be collected another way, the bug maybe should be closed as INCOMPLETE.

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