976807 - newSession should create a new browser instance

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Remote Protocol :: Marionette, defect, P1)

Description

[Malini Das [:mdas] - Away, not checking bugmail]

when newSession is called, WebDriver demands a new browser instance to run in. Right now, we just create a new tab, so we'll have to change our default behaviour.

Comment 1

[David Burns :automatedtester]

This would need to be done in the remote server that we need to create. Currently we have https://github.com/automatedtester/Selenium-Proxy which does this already but we may rewrite that server closer to release date

Comment 2

[David Burns :automatedtester]

adding whiteboard note until keyword is created

Comment 3

[David Burns :automatedtester]

THis is a nice to have in Marionette 1.0 but we can get the client code to start up the httpd and the browsers on newSession and manage them both.

Comment 4

[Andreas Tolfsen ❲:ato❳]

Yes.  It has the implication that the httpd needs to have process- and profile management for Firefox built in.

Comment 5

[David Burns :automatedtester]

this has been done with https://github.com/jgraham/rust_mozrunner and https://github.com/jgraham/rust_mozprofile