Katalon recorder launching with default page in browser while clicking on record instead of navigating to the given website.

[farhath.aamir]

*Summary
Katalon recorder launching with default page in browser while clicking on record instead of navigating to the given website.
*Steps to reproduce

1. Click on record option and give the required website you want to use
2. Click on record (chrome with profile) and observe the browser getting launched and the page it launches

*Expected Results
The browser should launch the given website in the URL space rather than launching the default website saved for the browser.
*Actual Results
The browser launches a different URL and script recording fails. The error has been uploaded.
*Screenshots / Videos
Attached screenshot of the error which I receive when the script recording fails.
*Blocker?
Yes - unable to record scripts

Number of affected users?
1

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*Operating System
e.g. Windows 10/11 or MacOS Montery

*Katalon Studio version
e.g. version 8.x.x

*Katalon Studio logs
Windows logs folder: Katalon Studio folder>\config\.metadata\.log
MacOS logs folder: file:///Applications/Katalon%20Studio.app/Contents/MacOS/config/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/log

Environment (for Web Testing)
Browser & browser version

Environment (for Mobile Testing)
Browser and Browser version

Environment (for Mobile testing)

Appium version

Mobile platform/version under test: (for example: iOS 11 or Android 7)

Real device or emulator/simulator: (for example: iPhone 6s real or Nexus 6 simulator)

Xcode version (for iOS): (for example: Xcode 8 or Xcode 11)

Appium Logs: \.appium

Application file (.apk/.ipa): (if possible)

[Elly_Tran]

Hi there, and thanks for posting in the Katalon community!

Working with recording, we encourage you trying Katalon Web Recorder Plus: Katalon Web Recorder Plus | Katalon Docs. Double-checking the steps and configurations might resolve the issue.

If the doc doesn’t help, feel free to provide more details, and a community member will assist you soon. Thanks for being a part of our community!

Best,
Elly Tran

[dineshh]

can you try with latest katalon version?

[vu.tran]

Hi @farhath.aamir.

Thanks for joining our community. I would like to share that you can try our Katalon Web Recorder Plus for the same purpose Introducing Katalon Web Recorder Plus – A Smarter, Faster Way to Capture Web Tests. Meanwhile, our development team is aware of this.

Best,
Vu Tran

[philipB]

I would try with the latest version. 8.x is out of support and 10.2.2 has a lot of improvements since that time.