Proposed fix: [Selenium] BiDi APIs fail: 'Unable to find url to connect to from capabilities' — webSocketUrl not requested (options.enable_bidi not set) or Grid/driver did not return it
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Recommended action: Set options.enable_bidi = True before creating the driver and use drivers/Grid versions that support BiDi; for remote setups ensure the node forwards the WebSocket URL.
Option: Set options.enable_bidi = True before creating the driver and use drivers/Grid versions that support BiDi; for remote setups ensure the node forwards the WebSocket URL. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Using driver.script / driver.network / BiDi log handlers in Selenium 4.x Python
Steps:
1. options = webdriver.ChromeOptions(); options.enable_bidi = True
2. driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
3. Check driver.capabilities['webSocketUrl'] is a ws:// URL.
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
Problem id
5b94457b-375e-46c3-ab0d-6c1c4468fa53
Proposed action
Recommended action: Set options.enable_bidi = True before creating the driver and use drivers/Grid versions that support BiDi; for remote setups ensure the node forwards the WebSocket URL.
Option: Set options.enable_bidi = True before creating the driver and use drivers/Grid versions that support BiDi; for remote setups ensure the node forwards the WebSocket URL. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Using driver.script / driver.network / BiDi log handlers in Selenium 4.x Python
Steps:
1. options = webdriver.ChromeOptions(); options.enable_bidi = True
2. driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
3. Check driver.capabilities['webSocketUrl'] is a ws:// URL.
Expected: The error no longer appears.
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Lifecycle
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