Unknown `context` endpoint when running with WebdriverIO

[r-byondlabs]

Hi, I'm testing with WebdriverIO JS with the following capabilites (as mentioned in the example)

    capabilities: [{
        platformName: 'windows',
        'appium:automationName': 'FlaUI',
        'appium:app': 'myapp.exe',
    }],

The webdriverio uses getContext() to hit http://localhost:4723/session/xxxx/context which isn't implemented. I understand this is needed for webview within native context (https://appium.io/docs/en/2.0/guides/context) and isn't applicable here, but how do I indicate that to webdriverio?

[aristotelos]

Do you get an error from WebDriverIO because that endpoint is not supported? If so, could you share the error details?

[r-byondlabs]

Started FlaUI as .\FlaUI.WebDriver.exe --urls=http://localhost:4723/. The wdio.conf.js driver config is the same as I mentioned above.

Output from wdio run wdio.conf.js

[...]
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.204Z INFO webdriver: Initiate new session using the WebDriver protocol
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.205Z INFO @wdio/utils: Connecting to existing driver at http://localhost:4723/
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.212Z INFO webdriver: [POST] http://localhost:4723/session
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.212Z INFO webdriver: DATA {
[0-0]   capabilities: {
[0-0]     alwaysMatch: {
[0-0]       platformName: 'Windows',
[0-0]       'appium:automationName': 'FlaUI',
[0-0]       'appium:app': 'myapp.exe'
[0-0]     },
[0-0]     firstMatch: [ {} ]
[0-0]   }
[0-0] }
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.316Z INFO webdriver: COMMAND getContext()
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.317Z INFO webdriver: [GET] http://localhost:4723/session/bd7d0d21-f815-40fa-8bc1-e51295efe0e6/context
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.322Z WARN webdriver: WebDriverError: Unknown command when running "context" with method "GET"
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.322Z INFO webdriver: Retrying 1/3
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.322Z INFO webdriver: [GET] http://localhost:4723/session/bd7d0d21-f815-40fa-8bc1-e51295efe0e6/context
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:53.829Z WARN webdriver: WebDriverError: Unknown command when running "context" with method "GET"
[...]
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:54.844Z ERROR webdriver: WebDriverError: Unknown command when running "context" with method "GET"
[0-0] 2024-12-13T17:34:54.844Z ERROR @wdio/runner: unknown command: WebDriverError: Unknown command when running "context" with method "GET"

The wdio command fails after that.

This is the output from FlaUIWebDriver:

info: FlaUI.WebDriver.Controllers.SessionController[0]
      Created session with ID 387aa35f-be69-4292-80b6-396fd3cce7df and capabilities FlaUI.WebDriver.MergedCapabilities
fail: FlaUI.WebDriver.NotFoundMiddleware[0]
      Unknown endpoint /session/387aa35f-be69-4292-80b6-396fd3cce7df/context