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🔗 Related Issues
This is a fix for #15634 (for Python only)
💥 What does this PR do?
When a driver fails to start the browser,
SessionNotCreatedExceptionis raised. This PR fixes it so the underlying driver service is explicitly stopped when any exception occurs.I added tests for this for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
🔄 Types of changes
PR Type
Bug fix
Description
Ensures
service.stop()is called when session creation fails.Adds exception handling for
Exceptioninstart_session.Adds tests for this
Changes walkthrough 📝
webdriver.py
Add exception handling for session creation failurepy/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py
SessionNotCreatedExceptioninstart_session.service.stop()is called when session creation fails.