WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally selenium selenium

WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally


Check your Google chrome Version and its compatibility with the chrome driver.

You can check that from the Chromedriver Site and download the compatible version.

It worked for me.


probably your window screen size is not matching try giving maximize in onPrepare:

onPrepare: function(){browser.driver.manage().window().maximize();    }


  1. Open your project and Please update your npm modules by the following command.

    project_root:\> npm update
  2. Now update your selenium driver to the latest version using the following command

    project_root:\> webdriver-manager update  
  3. Run your tests again.