Cannot Start The Driver Service On Http Localhost Selenium Firefox C -

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Introduction If you are automating Firefox using Selenium WebDriver in C# (or any .NET language), you have likely encountered the dreaded WebDriverException : "Cannot start the driver service on http://localhost..." This error stops your automation dead in its tracks. It means Selenium cannot communicate with the geckodriver (the bridge between your code and Firefox). static void Main() Introduction If you are automating

var service = FirefoxDriverService.CreateDefaultService(@"C:\path\to\geckodriver"); service.Port = 12345; // Use any free port above 1024 var driver = new FirefoxDriver(service); | Firefox Version | GeckoDriver Version | |----------------|---------------------| | 115+ (ESR) | 0.33+ | | 120+ | 0.34+ | | 130+ | 0.35+ | service.Port = 12345