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[java] Rescuing the remote cause for session creation errors #16418

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[java] Rescuing the remote cause for session creation errors
diemol Oct 13, 2025
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Code improvement, thanks to @valfirst
diemol Oct 13, 2025
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Merge branch 'trunk' into rescue_remote_cause
diemol Oct 13, 2025
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
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Expand Up @@ -572,10 +572,14 @@ protected Response execute(CommandPayload payload) {
if (e instanceof SessionNotCreatedException) {
toThrow = (WebDriverException) e;
} else {
// When this exception comes from a remote end, the real cause is usually hidden in the
// cause. Let's try to rescue it and display it at the top level.
String cause = e.getCause() != null ? e.getCause().getMessage() : "";
toThrow =
new SessionNotCreatedException(
"Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up"
+ " failure.",
+ " failure. "
+ cause,
e);
}
} else if (e instanceof WebDriverException) {
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