Error for missing update-config.json does not resolve the issue

[benjaminapetersen]

When I receive this error:

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protractor.conf.js
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[14:22:08] E/local - Error code: 135
[14:22:08] E/local - Error message: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
[14:22:08] E/local - Error: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
    at IError (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/exitCodes.js:5:1)
    at ProtractorError (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/exitCodes.js:10:9)
    at BrowserError (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/exitCodes.js:51:9)
    at Local.addDefaultBinaryLocs_ (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/local.js:40:23)
    at Local.setupDriverEnv (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/local.js:82:14)
    at Local.setupEnv (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/driverProvider.js:98:34)
    at Runner.run (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:238:37)
    at TaskRunner.run (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/taskRunner.js:109:27)
    at createNextTaskRunner (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/launcher.js:234:28)
    at helper.runFilenameOrFn_.then.then.then (project-dir/node_modules/protractor/built/launcher.js:259:13)
[14:22:08] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 135

I can run the suggested webdriver-manager update command and get the following:

[14:27:20] I/update - chromedriver: file exists /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.32.zip
[14:27:20] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.32.zip
[14:27:21] I/update - chromedriver: setting permissions to 0755 for /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.32
[14:27:21] I/update - chromedriver: chromedriver_2.32 up to date
[14:27:21] I/update - selenium standalone: file exists /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.5.3.jar
[14:27:21] I/update - selenium standalone: selenium-server-standalone-3.5.3.jar up to date
[14:27:21] I/update - geckodriver: file exists /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.18.0.tar.gz
[14:27:21] I/update - geckodriver: unzipping geckodriver-v0.18.0.tar.gz
[14:27:22] I/update - geckodriver: setting permissions to 0755 for /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.18.0
[14:27:22] I/update - geckodriver: geckodriver-v0.18.0 up to date

and end up just repeating the process.

[cnishina]

This is not an issue with webdriver-manager...it looks like you are confusing the local node modules directory with global. Protractor is looking for the local file update-config.json in the local project node modules directory. The binaries should be installed in:project-dir/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/. I just answered this question on StackOverflow. See:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42426549/protractor-in-sts-ide-could-not-find-update-config-json/42453067#42453067

[benjaminapetersen]

Thanks for the reply! I'm not confusing them (intentionally, at least). It is possible that due to ambiguity things are getting confused. I tried both webdriver-manager update and setting up a scripts block to run npm webdriver-update per your stack overflow suggestion, but it doesn't change the output.

The solution here is unclear, perhaps similar to my other bug #270? I've had some long running issues getting this to play nice & debugging has been fairly difficult with the provided output.

Thanks again

[benjaminapetersen]

Setup travis-ci.org to run my tests, same prob:

[19:31:16] I/testLogger - [chrome #11] PID: 2750
[chrome #11] [19:31:16] E/local - Error code: 135
[chrome #11] [19:31:16] E/local - Error message: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
[chrome #11] [19:31:16] E/local - Error: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.

Can't be local vs global?

[benjaminapetersen]

FWIW this continues to be an enigma. Created a new hello-world angular1.5 app w/grunt/karma/protractor all latest just to kick the tires and see if I could solve the problem I was having in an older repo and ended up getting a lot of the same issues (after it ran perfectly fine for a while).

Output ends up:

[15:43:57] I/testLogger - [firefox #01] PID: 53192
[firefox #01] [15:43:57] E/local - Error code: 135
[firefox #01] [15:43:57] E/local - Error message: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
[firefox #01] [15:43:57] E/local - Error: No update-config.json found. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
[firefox #01]   at IError (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/protractor/built/exitCodes.js:6:1)
[firefox #01]   at ProtractorError (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/protractor/built/exitCodes.js:11:9)
[firefox #01]   at BrowserError (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/protractor/built/exitCodes.js:52:9)
[firefox #01]   at Local.addDefaultBinaryLocs_ (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/local.js:41:23)
[firefox #01]   at Local.setupDriverEnv (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/local.js:82:14)
[firefox #01]   at Local.setupEnv (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/driverProvider.js:111:34)
[firefox #01]   at q.then (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:335:41)
[firefox #01]   at _fulfilled (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54)
[firefox #01]   at self.promiseDispatch.done (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30)
[firefox #01]   at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13)
[firefox #01]   at ~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/q/q.js:857:14
[firefox #01]   at runSingle (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
[firefox #01]   at flush (~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/q/q.js:125:13)
[firefox #01]   at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:73:7)
[firefox #01]   at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)
[firefox #01]

Is a bit bewildering. I have tried:

webdriver-manager update
./node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update
npm run update-webdriver // which just calls the above

I'll get similar things over and over:

> lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular@0.0.1 update-webdriver-local ~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular
> ./node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update

[15:43:47] I/update - chromedriver: file exists ~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.32.zip
[15:43:47] I/update - chromedriver: unzipping chromedriver_2.32.zip
[15:43:48] I/update - chromedriver: setting permissions to 0755 for ~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.32
[15:43:48] I/update - chromedriver: chromedriver_2.32 up to date
(node:53170) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Error: Failed to make Github request, rate limit reached.
[15:43:48] I/update - selenium standalone: file exists ~/github/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.5.3.jar
[15:43:48] I/update - selenium standalone: selenium-server-standalone-3.5.3.jar up to date

[benjaminapetersen]

I'm not yet certain this issue should be closed. Either something is incorrect or at least the UX is unclear & could be improved.

[benjaminapetersen]

For clarity will share my travis-ci link:

https://travis-ci.org/benjaminapetersen/lunch-and-learn-grunt-testing-angular

& completely willing to accept I have consistently done something horribly wrong 😄

[benjaminapetersen]

Another stack overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42911197/webdriver-manager-update-config-json-absolute-paths

Further explanation, though follow-up comments indicate the issue was not resolved.

[Jordan-Nelson]

@benjaminapetersen Where you able to resolve this issue? I am seeing a similar issue when attempting to use a local webdriver-manager. I am seeing Error: No update-config.json, even though I have run an npm script to update the local webdriver-manager (npm script - "webdriver-update": "./node_modules/webdriver-manager/bin/webdriver-manager update"). And I can see that the update-config.json file is indeed in the local file path.

[benjaminapetersen]

Currently working, though I don't remember what I did to resolve. I think its the kind of issue that just needs a little UX love to polish it off.

[macroking]

A couple of weeks back I faced the same issue in MAC. This is what I did, find all chrome|gecko|xyz driver and kill all the process. Uninstall protractor from global and from local workspace.
Do a fresh install of the protractor hopefully, should solve the problem.

[benjaminapetersen]

Rings a bell, I may have done similar.

[stephencawood]

Try adding the seleniumAddress to your Protractor config file:

// baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4000/',
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub/',

With my config, I now start the Selenium server by running: $ webdriver-manager start
And in a different terminal window, start tests with: $ ng e2e