Webdrivermanager downloads geckodriver-...macos-aarch64 instead of geckodriver-v0.30.0-macos for Intel mac

[mNarraMine]

Good day.
I got driver exception "Could not start a new session" when running my tests for Firefox on mac.
Under research the problem I figured out that my .cache contains geckodriver file that throws "Bad CPU type exception".
Download generic geckodriver for Intel platforms and replace it manually was fixed a problem. Therefore that means that the problem is in driver's binary that provides WebDriverManager.

Would be thankful for fixing it.
Thank you.

OS: macOS Monterey 12.0.1
Browser: Firefox v93.0
Webdriver: geckodriver 0.30.0
Driver manager: webdrivermanager 4.4.3

[philipkurian]

I am facing the same issue

OS: macOS Monterey 12.0.1
System: 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Browser: Firefox v94.0.1
Driver manager: webdrivermanager 5.0.3

My colleagues using windows machines do not have this issue.

[bonigarcia]

It seems the same issue as #734. To debug this problem, I would need you to post the WDM traces and TRACE level. I mean these traces: #700 (comment).

[bonigarcia]

@mNarraMine Please use the latest version of WebDriverManager. If the error persist there, please post the WDM traces at TRACE level.

[bonigarcia]

For getting the WebDriverManager logs, you need to include a Logback configuration file (for example, like this) in your project classpath. The name of this file should be src/test/resources/logback-test.xml (if you want logs only for your tests) or src/test/resources/logback.xml (if you want logs for both tests and application code). Then, you need to use the following line to set the level to TRACE:

<logger name="io.github.bonigarcia" level="TRACE" />

After that, when running a test, your should see something like this:

2021-12-03 11:54:24 [main] DEBUG i.g.b.wdm.cache.ResolutionCache.checkValidity(156) -- Removing resolution chrome=96 from cache (expired on Thu Nov 25 15:43:32 CET 2021)
2021-12-03 11:54:24 [main] TRACE i.g.b.wdm.versions.VersionDetector.getVersionsInputStream(315) -- Reading online commands.properties to find out driver version
2021-12-03 11:54:24 [main] DEBUG i.g.b.wdm.versions.VersionDetector.getBrowserVersionFromTheShell(205) -- Detecting chrome version using online commands.properties
2021-12-03 11:54:24 [main] DEBUG i.g.bonigarcia.wdm.versions.Shell.runAndWaitArray(65) -- Running command on the shell: [cmd.exe, /C, wmic, datafile, where, name="%PROGRAMFILES(X86):\=\\%\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe", get, Version, /value]
2021-12-03 11:54:24 [main] DEBUG i.g.bonigarcia.wdm.versions.Shell.runAndWaitArray(69) -- Result: Version=96.0.4664.45
2021-12-03 11:54:24 [main] TRACE i.g.b.wdm.versions.VersionDetector.getBrowserVersionUsingCommand(284) -- Detected browser version is 96.0.4664.45
2021-12-03 11:54:24 [main] DEBUG i.g.b.wdm.cache.ResolutionCache.checkValidity(156) -- Removing resolution chrome96=96.0.4664.45 from cache (expired on Thu Nov 25 18:45:50 CET 2021)
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] DEBUG i.g.b.wdm.versions.VersionDetector.getDriverVersionFromRepository(127) -- Latest version of chromedriver according to https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_96 is 96.0.4664.45
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] INFO  i.g.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager.resolveDriverVersion(1012) -- Using chromedriver 96.0.4664.45 (resolved driver for Chrome 96)
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] DEBUG i.g.b.wdm.cache.ResolutionCache.putValueInResolutionCacheIfEmpty(119) -- Storing resolution chrome=96 in cache (valid until 12:54:25 03/12/2021 CET)
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] DEBUG i.g.b.wdm.cache.ResolutionCache.putValueInResolutionCacheIfEmpty(119) -- Storing resolution chrome96=96.0.4664.45 in cache (valid until 11:54:25 04/12/2021 CET)
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] TRACE i.g.b.wdm.cache.CacheHandler.getDriverFromCache(83) -- Checking if chromedriver exists in cache
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] TRACE i.g.b.wdm.cache.CacheHandler.filterCacheBy(68) -- Filter cache by chromedriver -- input list [C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\81.0.4044.138\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\83.0.4103.39\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\95.0.4638.69\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\geckodriver\win64\0.30.0\geckodriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\msedgedriver\win64\95.0.1020.53\msedgedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\msedgedriver\win64\96.0.1054.29\msedgedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\msedgedriver\win64\96.0.1054.34\msedgedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\operadriver\win64\94.0.4606.61\operadriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\operadriver\win64\95.0.4638.54\operadriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\resolution.properties] -- output list [C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\81.0.4044.138\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\83.0.4103.39\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\95.0.4638.69\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe] 
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] TRACE i.g.b.wdm.cache.CacheHandler.filterCacheBy(68) -- Filter cache by 96.0.4664.45 -- input list [C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\81.0.4044.138\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\83.0.4103.39\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\95.0.4638.69\chromedriver.exe, C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe] -- output list [C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe] 
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] TRACE i.g.b.wdm.cache.CacheHandler.filterCacheBy(68) -- Filter cache by WIN -- input list [C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe] -- output list [C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe] 
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] DEBUG i.g.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager.manage(968) -- Driver chromedriver 96.0.4664.45 found in cache
2021-12-03 11:54:25 [main] INFO  i.g.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager.exportDriver(1067) -- Exporting webdriver.chrome.driver as C:\Users\boni\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\96.0.4664.45\chromedriver.exe

For further info about logging with with SLF4J and Logback you can see the following tutorial.

[martin-ober]

for me this options are working for a workaround on the geckodriver on my mac:

-Dwdm.architecture=X64 -Dwdm.forceDownload=true

use wdm.forceDownload if there is already the m1-version in the cache ...

[bonigarcia]

I'm closing this issue since I think it is fixed in the latest version. If the problem happens again, please open a new issue.