[🐛 Bug]: Could not start a new session. Response code 500. Message: Process unexpectedly closed with status 127

[BabyBabylonchez]

What happened?

Test doesn't run when using firefoxdriver, however when using chromedriver everything is OK.

How can we reproduce the issue?

//pom.xml//

<dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>4.25.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.13.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
            <version>5.8.0</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

//Java - setting up the driver with @Before annotation//

@Before
    public void startUp() {
        //WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
        WebDriverManager.firefoxdriver().setup();
        //this.webDriver = new ChromeDriver();
        this.webDriver = new FirefoxDriver();
        this.webDriver.get(this.mainPageUrl);
    }

Relevant log output

OrderPageTests.orderWithHeaderButtonWhenSuccess[0] -- Time elapsed: 0.425 s <<< ERROR!
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: 
Could not start a new session. Response code 500. Message: Process unexpectedly closed with status 127 
Host info: host: 'kirill-ubuntu', ip: ''
Build info: version: '4.25.0', revision: '8a8aea2337'
System info: os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.8.0-47-generic', java.version: '11.0.25'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver
Command: [null, newSession {capabilities=[Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: true, browserName: firefox, moz:debuggerAddress: true, moz:firefoxOptions: {prefs: {remote.active-protocols: 3}}}]}]
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:114)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:75)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:61)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:162)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.invokeExecute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:216)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:174)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:545)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:245)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:174)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:155)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:150)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:132)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:127)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:112)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:102)
	at OrderPageTests.startUp(OrderPageTests.java:62)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:59)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:56)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.invokeMethod(RunBefores.java:33)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:24)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner$1.evaluate(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:100)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:366)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:103)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:63)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$4.run(ParentRunner.java:331)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:79)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:329)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$100(ParentRunner.java:66)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:293)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:413)
	at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:128)
	at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:27)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$4.run(ParentRunner.java:331)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:79)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:329)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$100(ParentRunner.java:66)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:293)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:413)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:316)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeWithRerun(JUnit4Provider.java:240)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:214)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:155)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:385)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.execute(ForkedBooter.java:162)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.run(ForkedBooter.java:507)
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:495)

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04.5

Selenium version

Java 4.25.0

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Firefox 131.0.3 ; Chrome 130.0.6723.69

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

WebDriverManager 5.8.0 for both

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No response

[github-actions]

@BabyBabylonchez, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

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[diemol]

WebDriverManager is not a Selenium project, you can remove it and let https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/selenium_manager/ handle it.

If the error persists, post it on the Firefox - GeckoDriver issue tracker.

[github-actions]

Hi, @BabyBabylonchez.
This issue has been determined to require fixes in GeckoDriver.

You can see if the feature is passing in the Web Platform Tests.

If it is something new, please create an Issue with the GeckoDriver team.

Feel free to comment the issues that you raise back in this issue. Thank you.

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