unable to run e2e tests with an empty project

[ismcagdas]

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Versions

node: 11.3.0
npm: 6.4.1
angular-cli: 7.1.0
windows: 10

Repro steps

Create a new project with ng new project-name and then run ng e2e

The log given by the failure

PS C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest> ng e2e
** Angular Live Development Server is listening on localhost:4200, open your browser on http://localhost:4200/ **

Date: 2018-12-02T08:04:37.191Z
Hash: 5adaf35be360cda93f06
Time: 10268ms
chunk {main} main.js, main.js.map (main) 11.5 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {polyfills} polyfills.js, polyfills.js.map (polyfills) 223 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {runtime} runtime.js, runtime.js.map (runtime) 6.08 kB [entry] [rendered]
chunk {styles} styles.js, styles.js.map (styles) 16.4 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {vendor} vendor.js, vendor.js.map (vendor) 3.67 MB [initial] [rendered]
i ｢wdm｣: Compiled successfully.
[11:04:38] I/update - chromedriver: file exists C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\selenium\chromedriver_2.44.zip
[11:04:38] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.44.zip
[11:04:38] I/update - chromedriver: chromedriver_2.44.exe up to date
events.js:167
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: write EPIPE
    at ChildProcess.target._send (internal/child_process.js:758:20)
    at ChildProcess.target.send (internal/child_process.js:642:19)
    at Observable.rxjs_1.Observable.obs [as _subscribe] (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\@angular-devkit\build-angular\src\utils\run-module-as-observable-fork.js:57:23)
    at Observable._trySubscribe (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\Observable.js:44:25)
    at Observable.subscribe (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\Observable.js:30:22)
    at C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\util\subscribeTo.js:22:31
    at Object.subscribeToResult (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\util\subscribeToResult.js:10:45)
    at MergeMapSubscriber._innerSub (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\operators\mergeMap.js:82:29)
    at MergeMapSubscriber._tryNext (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\operators\mergeMap.js:76:14)
    at MergeMapSubscriber._next (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\operators\mergeMap.js:59:18)
    at MergeMapSubscriber.Subscriber.next (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\Subscriber.js:67:18)
    at MergeMapSubscriber.notifyNext (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\operators\mergeMap.js:92:26)
    at InnerSubscriber._next (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\InnerSubscriber.js:28:21)
    at InnerSubscriber.Subscriber.next (C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\Subscriber.js:67:18)
    at C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest\node_modules\rxjs\internal\util\subscribeToPromise.js:7:24
    at process.internalTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:77:7)
Emitted 'error' event at:
    at process.nextTick (internal/child_process.js:762:39)
    at process.internalTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:70:11)
PS C:\Temp\myuitest\myiutest>

Mention any other details that might be useful

I have tried running ng e2e --webdriver-update=false but got the same error.

Thanks,

[itsUndefined]

Downgrading nodeJS version to LTS fixes the issue. You could try that for now.

[ismcagdas]

Thanks a lot @itsUndefined 😄 it worked for me.

[vitaly-t]

Downgrading from the latest Node.js v11.x to the latest v10.x worked for me.

[dmacfarlane]

I got the same error on Node.js 10.14.2, downgrading to 10.14.1 worked for me.

[HamedFathi]

I got the same error too. 👎

[Pluckerpluck]

Same issue. 11.x and 10.14.2 do not work for me. 10.14.1 works fine.

Not the best start to trying out Angular for the first time...

[Local9]

Same issue, took ages to find out what it was. Can confirm the issue showed with node 10.14.2.

[filipesilva]

Heya all, we have a fix incoming in #13272.

[bcaure]

For Angular 6 users, upgrading Node to latest LTS (10.15.0) is working

[amchess]

For Angular 6 users, upgrading Node to latest LTS (10.15.0) is working

Angular CLI 6.2.8 (latest 6)
Node 10.15.0

ng e2e yet not working (Error: write EPIPE)