[🐛 Bug]: session not created: probably user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument, or don't use --user-data-dir

[ssada1975]

What happened?

after upgrading chromedriver from 131 to 132/133 on linux debian the following error appears: "session not created: probably user data directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for --user-data-dir argument, or don't use --user-data-dir"
Here below the options for phpwebdriver (php 8.3)

I tried '--headless=old', '--headless=new', or '--headless' => none working
I tried with or w/o "--user-data-dir=$usr_dir" => none working

How can we reproduce the issue?

$options = array(
        '--no-sandbox',
        '--headless=new', 
        '--window-size=1920,1080',
        '--start-maximized',
        '--profile-directory=Default',
        //"--user-data-dir=$usr_dir",
        '--disable-dev-shm-usage',
        '--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled',
        '--disable-infobars',
        '--disable-search-engine-choice-screen', //changed with 129, with 127 works without
    );
$chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
    $chromeOptions->addArguments($options);
$capabilities = DesiredCapabilities::chrome();
    $capabilities->setCapability(ChromeOptions::CAPABILITY, $chromeOptions);
$driver =  ChromeDriver::start($capabilities);

Relevant log output

looking at stacktrace 

["stacktrace"]=>
--
  | string(512) "#0 0x5833d42dabea <unknown>
  | #1 0x5833d3d787d0 <unknown>
  | #2 0x5833d3db1c05 <unknown>
  | #3 0x5833d3dad96f <unknown>
  | #4 0x5833d3dfe3a9 <unknown>
  | #5 0x5833d3dfd8d6 <unknown>
  | #6 0x5833d3def863 <unknown>
  | #7 0x5833d3dbbac8 <unknown>
  | #8 0x5833d3dbcc31 <unknown>
  | #9 0x5833d42a418b <unknown>
  | #10 0x5833d42a8112 <unknown>
  | #11 0x5833d429104c <unknown>
  | #12 0x5833d42a8d04 <unknown>
  | #13 0x5833d42754bf <unknown>
  | #14 0x5833d42c9528 <unknown>
  | #15 0x5833d42c96f9 <unknown>
  | #16 0x5833d42d9a66 <unknown>
  | #17 0x7306f4823134 <unknown>
  | "

Operating System

debian linux

Selenium version

phpwebdriver

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

googe-chrome 133

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

chromedriver 133

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No response

[github-actions]

@ssada1975, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

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[seanmamasde]

I have this same issue on windows 11 as well. chromedriver version 133.0.6943.126 (cffa127ce7b6be72885391527c15b452056a2e81-refs/branch-heads/6943@{#1570})

[cgoldberg]

@seanmamasde

The link you provided points to a closed issue that seems completely unrelated.

[cgoldberg]

@ssada1975

It's not clear if the issue is with your local configuration (re-using an active profile), an issue with chromedriver, or an issue with the language bindings you are using.

However, the selenium project does not support the php bindings (it's also unclear which ones you are using). You should contact the maintainers of those bindings to report this... or possibly the chromedriver maintainers.

I am closing this, since there doesn't seem to be anything actionable from the selenium project.

[github-actions]

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