[🐛 Bug]: No proper error message misleading the user to analyze

[GaneshGunaki]

Description

Error : Session is not created : Possible cause invalid address of the remote server or browser start up failed
Please refer the appium java client issue and inturn it uses selenium client
https://github.com/appium/java-client/issues/2349

[ The problem is here.
when we are using Desired capabilities as option on Appium 3.0 server, it throws generic error session not created
as we know - Desired capabilities option is depreacted on 3.0
Expected : Its should throw Deprecated or unsupported desired capabilities or compile time error ]

JAVA Version - 11/17/23

Appium server - 3.0.2
Appium client - 10.0.0
Selenium-java - 4.35.0
IOS - XCUI test driver - 10.1.2
Testng- 7.5.1
Server URL : http://127.0.0.1:4723/
Even cross check with compatible matrix appium client & Selenium , Didnt helped me

Reproducible Code

// This sample code supports Appium Java client >=9
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.ios.options.XCUITestOptions;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
public class NewTest2 {

	IOSDriver driver; 

	@BeforeClass
	public void setUp() {
		DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
		capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");
		capabilities.setCapability("acceptAlerts", true);
		capabilities.setCapability("trust", true);
		capabilities.setCapability("launchTimeout", 600000);
		capabilities.setCapability("newCommandTimeout", 600);
		capabilities.setCapability("automationName", "XCUITest");
	    capabilities.setCapability("app", "/Users/ga20055252/Downloads/uat-Runner.app");
		capabilities.setCapability("udid", "CB53FD24-EE7B-4EA8-BE4A-C3D88FA1AC1A");
		capabilities.setCapability("noReset", true);
		capabilities.setCapability("bundleId", "com.mgmresorts.enterprise.uat");
		capabilities.setCapability("wdaLaunchTimeout", 60000);
		capabilities.setCapability("autoDismissAlerts", true);
		capabilities.setCapability("fullReset", false);

		try {
			URL appiumServerUrl = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub");
			driver = new IOSDriver(appiumServerUrl, capabilities);
		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {	e.printStackTrace();}}

	@Test
	public void sampleTest() {
		try {Thread.sleep(3000);} catch (InterruptedException e) {e.printStackTrace();}
	}

	@AfterClass
	public void tearDown() {
		driver.quit();
	}
}

Debugging Logs

Session is not created | No logs at all

[selenium-ci]

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

Selenium Triage Team: remember to follow the Triage Guide

[github-actions]

⚠️ You reported using Selenium version 4.35.0, but the latest release is 4.36.

Please verify that this issue still occurs with the latest version. If it no longer applies, you can close this issue or update your comment.

This issue will be marked "awaiting answer" and may be closed automatically if no response is received.

[diemol]

What is needed from Selenium? I read the Appium issue and it is not clear.