How can I troubleshoot and resolve the issue of falling test after updating the selenium WebDriver?

140    Asked by debbieJha in QA Testing , Asked on May 21, 2024

I am a software test automation engineer at a software company. My team is working on a particular project that is related to automating a web-based application by using the Selenium WebDriver. The project uses Maven for dependency management. Recently my team updated the selenium WebDriver however, after updating the selenium dependencies in the “pom.xml” file, some of the tests started falling. How can I troubleshoot and resolve this particular issue? 

Answered by Charles Parr

 In the context of selenium, here are the steps given of how you can troubleshoot and resolve the issue:-

Identification of the exact cause of the test failures

You can start by examining the test execution logs to understand the nature of the failure. You can also run the failing test individually to ensure that issues are not caused by test dependencies or external factors.

Verification of selenium WebDriver version and browser drivers

You should verify whether the new version of selenium that you are using is compatible with the version of browser version or not.

Management of maven dependencies

Try to ensure that all the dependencies are properly managed in your “poml.xml” file.

Using WebDriver management for automatic driver management

Under this you can add the WebDriver manager dependencies and integrate the WebDriver manager in your code.

Testing

Before committing the changes, you are recommended to test the changes locally so that you can ensure that they pass with the new Selenium and web browser driver versions.

Here is the selenium test code given:-

Import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
Import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
Import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
Public class SeleniumTest {
    Public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Setup ChromeDriver using WebDriverManager
        WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
        // Initialize WebDriver
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        Try {
            // Navigate to a website
            Driver.get(http://example.com);
            // Your test code here
            // For example, verify the title of the page
            String pageTitle = driver.getTitle();
            If (“Example Domain”.equals(pageTitle)) {
                System.out.println(“Test Passed!”);
            } else {
                System.out.println(“Test Failed! Expected ‘Example Domain’ but got ‘” + pageTitle + “’”);
            }
        } finally {
            // Quit the driver
            Driver.quit();
        }
    }
}
Here is the selenium test code given in python:-
From selenium import webdriver
From webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
Def run_selenium_test():
    # Setup ChromeDriver using WebDriverManager
    Driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())
    Try:
        # Navigate to a website
        Driver.get(http://example.com)
        # Your test code here
        # For example, verify the title of the page
        Page_title = driver.title
        If page_title == “Example Domain”:
            Print(“Test Passed!”)
        Else:
            Print(f”Test Failed! Expected ‘Example Domain’ but got ‘{page_title}’”)
    Finally:
        # Quit the driver
        Driver.quit()
If __name__ == “__main__”:
    Run_selenium_test()


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