Unable to switch between different browser instances for second time

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I need to create a test case that includes two different browser instances and I have created 2 different browser instances.
I have opened the first browser instance and done some log in into the website and I have done similar steps in the other browser instance and now I need to switch to first browser instance and need to perform some actions and I was using this command

DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver1)

But it was throwing this error

Test Cases/2 browsers FAILED.
Reason:
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchSessionException: Session ID is null. Using WebDriver after calling quit()?
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53'
Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:125)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:83)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver$RemoteWebDriverOptions$RemoteTimeouts.implicitlyWait(RemoteWebDriver.java:780)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory.setTimeout(DriverFactory.java:821)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory.changeWebDriverWithoutLog(DriverFactory.java:267)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(DriverFactory.java:259)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory$changeWebDriver$0.call(Unknown Source)
	at 2 browsers.run(2 browsers:134)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.run(ScriptEngine.java:194)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptAsRawText(ScriptEngine.java:119)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.runScript(TestCaseExecutor.java:337)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:328)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:307)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:299)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:233)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:114)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:105)
	at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source)
	at TempTestCase1588052554411.run(TempTestCase1588052554411.groovy:25)

Can anyone help me how to overcome this issue and how to switch between differnt browser instances in the test case.
Thanks.

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hi,
is this something what you are looking for

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.driver.DriverFactory


//Use Katalon chromedriver
WebUI.openBrowser('')
WebUI.navigateToUrl('http://www.google.com')
WebUI.closeBrowser()

//use external chromedriver
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:/Users/xxxx/bin/chromedriver.exe");
ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver)

//use Katalon chromedriver
WebUI.openBrowser('')
WebUI.navigateToUrl('http://www.google.com')

WebUI.closeBrowser()
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Thanks, @Timo_Kuisma1 for your help but that is not my exact need.
I had a test case in which i have created 2 different browser instances using these commands and I have done some steps in those 2 browsers.
Now I need to go to the first browser again and I was using this command DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver1) , But I was getting error and I was unable to switch from the second browser instance to the first. I need to switch between browser instances to complete my test case.

WebDriver driver1 = new ChromeDriver()

DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver1)

WebDriver driver2 = new ChromeDriver()

DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver2)

Can anyone help me overcome this issue.
Thanks.

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hi,

no issues when used like this way
System.setProperty(“webdriver.chrome.driver”, DriverFactory.getChromeDriverPath())
WebDriver driver1 = new ChromeDriver()
WebDriver driver2 = new ChromeDriver()

DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver1)
// first part of test

DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver2)
// second part of test

//back to first part of test
DriverFactory.changeWebDriver(driver1)

driver1.close()
driver2.close()