# Unable to Create a new remote session

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session/36323>\
**Category:** Mobile Testing\
**Tags:** mobile-testing, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [November 14, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session/36323 "2019-11-14T14:29:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vivek.Malhotra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@Vivek.Malhotra](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Vivek.Malhotra)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session/36323/1 "2019-11-14T14:29:17Z")

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I just tried Katalon for the first time. I want to run tests for my android apk. I followed the tutorial on Katalon pages and have installed Npm, Android SDK, Appium etc.

Now On starting Spy or Record Mobile I am getting below exceptions. Does anyone have any idea how to resolve this?

java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: Unable to parse remote response:  
Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’  
System info: host: ‘MUC1NS92255’, ip: ‘192.168.56.1’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0\_181’  
Driver info: driver.version: SwipeableAndroidDriver  
at com.kms.katalon.composer.components.impl.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialogWithThread.runAndWait(ProgressMonitorDialogWithThread.java:49)  
at com.kms.katalon.composer.mobile.objectspy.components.MobileLocalAppComposite$12.run(MobileLocalAppComposite.java:474)  
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:119)  
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: Unable to parse remote response:  
Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’  
System info: host: ‘MUC1NS92255’, ip: ‘192.168.56.1’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0\_181’  
Driver info: driver.version: SwipeableAndroidDriver  
at io.appium.java\_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor$1.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:208)  
at io.appium.java\_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:217)  
at io.appium.java\_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:239)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)  
at io.appium.java\_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:42)  
at io.appium.java\_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)  
at io.appium.java\_client.android.AndroidDriver.execute(AndroidDriver.java:1)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.appium.driver.SwipeableAndroidDriver.execute(SwipeableAndroidDriver.java:1)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:213)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)  
at io.appium.java\_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:38)  
at io.appium.java\_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:84)  
at io.appium.java\_client.android.AndroidDriver.(AndroidDriver.java:85)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.appium.driver.SwipeableAndroidDriver.(SwipeableAndroidDriver.java:24)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.appium.driver.AppiumDriverManager.createMobileDriver(AppiumDriverManager.java:497)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.appium.driver.AppiumDriverManager.createMobileDriver(AppiumDriverManager.java:479)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.mobile.keyword.internal.MobileDriverFactory.startLocalMobileDriver(MobileDriverFactory.java:458)  
at com.kms.katalon.composer.mobile.objectspy.dialog.MobileInspectorController.startMobileApp(MobileInspectorController.java:191)  
at com.kms.katalon.composer.mobile.objectspy.components.MobileLocalAppComposite$12$1.call(MobileLocalAppComposite.java:479)  
at com.kms.katalon.composer.components.impl.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialogWithThread.startThreadAndWait(ProgressMonitorDialogWithThread.java:36)  
at com.kms.katalon.composer.components.impl.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialogWithThread.runAndWait(ProgressMonitorDialogWithThread.java:48)  
… 2 more  
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException  
at io.appium.java\_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor$1.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:186)  
… 22 more  
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Unable to parse remote response:  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:115)  
… 23 more  
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonException: Expected to read a START\_MAP but instead have: END. Last 0 characters read:  
Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’  
System info: host: ‘MUC1NS92255’, ip: ‘192.168.56.1’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0\_181’  
Driver info: driver.version: SwipeableAndroidDriver  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonInput.expect(JsonInput.java:290)  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonInput.beginObject(JsonInput.java:220)  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.MapCoercer.lambda$apply$1(MapCoercer.java:64)  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonTypeCoercer.lambda$null$6(JsonTypeCoercer.java:145)  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonTypeCoercer.coerce(JsonTypeCoercer.java:126)  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.Json.toType(Json.java:69)  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.Json.toType(Json.java:55)  
at org.openqa.selenium.json.Json.toType(Json.java:50)  
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:112)  
… 23 more

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**Author:** ![jayanthi.gunalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@jayanthi.gunalan](https://forum.katalon.com/u/jayanthi.gunalan)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session/36323/2 "2019-11-29T17:15:34Z")

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I am getting the same error. Please help me in resolving it

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**Author:** ![duyluong](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/duyluong/32/1116_2.png) [@duyluong](https://forum.katalon.com/u/duyluong)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-create-a-new-remote-session/36323/3 "2019-12-02T09:45:26Z")

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> [@Vivek.Malhotra](#):
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> : org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonException: Expected to read a START\_MAP but instead have: END.

Hi @Vivek.Malhotra, @jayanthi.gunalan,

Please share us your Appium version, Android device version and Proxy settings.