=============== ROOT CAUSE ===================== I am getting error when launching tests on Edge Chromium Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: probably user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument, or d…

I found a workaround on EdgeDriver Github - this appears to be a webdriver issue: probably user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument, or don't use --user-data-dir (SessionNotCreated) o…

[image] reinis.laganovskis: probably user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument, or don’t use --user-data-dir have tried tried running without --user-data-dir argument

Hi @reinis.laganovskis , Sorry for my late response. I would like to suggest some of the following workaround: Kill Existing Edge Processes Close all Edge browser windows. Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc). Find and end any msedge.exe processes. Use a Unique User Data Directory Modify yo…

Hi @reinis.laganovskis , Can you please take a look and try my suggestions? Let us know if you have solved it or not. If yes, feel free to provide the workaround so that others can refer to. Thank you

I am having the same problem with chrom Unable to open browser with url: ‘’ (Root cause: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: Unable to open browser with url: ‘’ at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.stepFailed(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:117) at com.kms.katalo…

[image] erick021294: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 114 The above message indicates you have to update your Chrome web driver. You can try to update it using KS’s menu item ‘Tools > Update Web driver’ and then pick your choice. If that fails, then search online fo…

[image] erick021294: Response code 500. Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 114 Current browser version is 132.0.6834.197 with binary path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe These messages indicates that you are using an …

Hi @ellI tried both provided solutions and none of them seemed to work - haven’t found a workaround yet.

Are you trying to replace your Chrome web driver or your Edge web driver? [image]

which katalon version are you using? did you update the path properly?

Once our Edge version upgraded to 133.0.3065.59, web driver we upgraded it too. We meet the error “SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: probably user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument, or don’t use --user-data-dir”. Try setup bro…

Unable to launch tests on Edge Chromium

Web Testing

kazurayam February 17, 2025, 9:42pm 7

These messages indicates that you are using an old version of Katalon Studio, older than v.8.6.5. See the history. You should upgrade your Katalon Studio. The latest is v10.1.0.

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Unable to launch tests on Edge Chromium

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