Protractor won't run chrome - google-chrome

Question

Protractor was running fine but suddenley won't run chrome anymore. This is mye current configuration:
exports.config = {
baseUrl: 'http://localhost:1384/#/',
framework: 'jasmine',
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
specs: ['./tests/e2e/*.js'],
multiCapabilities: [{
//'browserName': 'firefox',
'browserName': 'chrome',
},
],
jasmineNodeOpts: {
showColors: true
}
}
I am running latest of all the related dependencies:
protractor : "protractor": "^5.2.0",
chromedriver: 2.33.506092
webdriver: selenium standalone version available: 3.7.1 [last]
when I run webdriver-manager start eveything runs fine, and then running protractor conf.js gives the following output in the window running the selenium server:
Starting ChromeDriver 2.33.506092 Only local connections are allowed.
The terminal windows running the protractor config, gives the following errros:
E/launcher - WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
I have already tried reinstalling protractor and updating the chromedriver. Running the tests work fine in firefox with the exact same configurations.
I am also running tests with karma, and karma runs fine in a chrome browser window.

Answer 1

Add directConnect: true to your config file. It might help you.

Answer 2

this would be your conf file
exports.config = {
directConnect: true,
// Capabilities to be passed to the webdriver instance.
capabilities: {
'browserName': 'chrome',
},
// Framework to use. Jasmine is recommended.
framework: 'jasmine',
baseUrl: "YOUR URL",
// Spec patterns are relative to the current working directory when
// protractor is called.
specs: ['../Tests/test.js'],
// Options to be passed to Jasmine.
jasmineNodeOpts: {
defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000
},
};
you don't need to give below dependencies because chrome get launched from conf file only
chromedriver: 2.33.506092
webdriver: selenium standalone version available: 3.7.1 [last]

Answer 3

Ran into similar issue. Try updating chrome which should fetch the new compatible chrome driver.