org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 111 error with Selenium - google-chrome

Question

I am sure that my tests are working correctly. When I run the code I got the error in terminal like,
Scenario: User adds new quick work order to employee from website # src/test/java/Features/5NewQuickJobOrder.feature:12
Starting ChromeDriver 111.0.5563.19 (378a38865270d286695aeb86f190564911ef7bc2-refs/branch-heads/5563#{#251}) on port 4290
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/security-considerations for suggestions on keeping ChromeDriver safe.
ChromeDriver was started successfully.
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 111
Current browser version is 110.0.5481.97 with binary path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'DESKTOP-CONJ3EC', ip: '192.168.1.27', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '19.0.2'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
Recently Chrome updates itself and my version is now 110.0.5481.97. But somehow it tries the run the test with version 111 shows below. I have no version in my computer such that starts with 111..
Scenario: User adds new quick work order to employee from website # src/test/java/Features/5NewQuickJobOrder.feature:12
Starting ChromeDriver 111.0.5563.19 (378a38865270d286695aeb86f190564911ef7bc2-refs/branch-heads/5563#{#251}) on port 40758
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/security-considerations for suggestions on keeping ChromeDriver safe.
ChromeDriver was started successfully.
I do not use any chromedriver exe in my project folder, I directly use setup and driver intsance.
public static WebDriver initialize_Driver(String browser) {
properties = ConfigReader.getProperties();
if (browser.equals("Chrome")) {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
}
#Before
public void before() {
String browser = Reporter.getCurrentTestResult().getTestContext().getCurrentXmlTest().getParameter("browser");
properties = ConfigReader.initialize_Properties();
driver = DriverCreater.initialize_Driver(browser);
}
I will be very glad, if you could help me!

Answer 1

First the solution
To instantiate a specific browser version of ChromeDriver you can use:
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().driverVersion("111.0.5563.19").setup();
Details
This error message...
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 111
...implies that SessionNotCreatedException was raised as ChromeDriver was unable to spawn a new Browsing Context i.e. google-chrome session.
Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:
You are using chrome=110.0.5481.97
But you are using chromedriver=111.0.5563.19
Release Notes of chromedriver=111.0 clearly mentions the following :
Supports Chrome version 111
So there is a clear mismatch between chromedriver=111.0 and the chrome=110.0
Solution
Ensure that:
ChromeDriver is downgraded to ChromeDriver v110.0 level.
Chrome Browser is updated to current chrome=110.0 (as per chromedriver=110.0 release notes).
Selenium is upgraded to current released Version 4.8.0.