[🐛 Bug]: wdio-vscode-service stopped working on Mac M1

[bmingles]

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OS

M1 Mac
MacOS Sequoia 15.3

WebdriverIO Version

9.7.2

Node.js Version

20.13.1

Mode

WDIO Testrunner

Which capabilities are you using?

{
  browserName: "vscode",
  browserVersion: "stable",
  "wdio:vscodeOptions": {
    // points to directory where extension package.json is located
    extensionPath: __dirname,
    // optional VS Code settings
    workspacePath: path.join(__dirname, "test-ws"),
    userSettings: {
      "editor.fontSize": 14,
    },
  },
},

What happened?

I have been running tests for a vscode extension via wdio v8 for a while on my Mac M1. This week the runner started hanging, and the test instance of VS Code never opens. Output looks like:

[0-0] 2025-02-05T18:11:49.616Z INFO chromedriver: [FAKE VSCode Binary] STDERR:
[0-0] 2025-02-05T18:11:49.616Z INFO chromedriver: DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:50841/devtools/browser/1a6092b0-546a-4e16-a2f1-68bb5cc99baa
[0-0] 2025-02-05T18:11:49.616Z INFO chromedriver:

I upgraded wdio to 9.7.2 to see if it fixed the issue. It now fails with errors:

INFO chromedriver: [FAKE VSCode Binary] STDERR: [main 2025-02-05T18:13:38.912Z] Blocked vscode-file request vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/myuser/my-code/.wdio-vscode-service/vscode-darwin-arm64-1.96.4/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js
[0-1] 2025-02-05T18:13:38.912Z INFO chromedriver:
[0-1] 2025-02-05T18:13:40.525Z ERROR webdriver: WebDriverError: no such window

What is your expected behavior?

Running tests should open an instance of VS Code and run tests from specs.

How to reproduce the bug.

On a Mac M1 running Mac OS Sequoia 15.3

• Clone this repo https://github.com/bmingles/vscode-wdio-error
• npm install
• npm test

Relevant log output

INFO chromedriver: [FAKE VSCode Binary] STDERR: [main 2025-02-05T18:13:38.912Z] Blocked vscode-file request vscode-file://vscode-app/Users/myuser/my-code/.wdio-vscode-service/vscode-darwin-arm64-1.96.4/Visual%20Studio%20Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js
[0-1] 2025-02-05T18:13:38.912Z INFO chromedriver:
[0-1] 2025-02-05T18:13:40.525Z ERROR webdriver: WebDriverError: no such window

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Is there an existing issue for this?

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[christian-bromann]

@bmingles can we raise this issue in the vscode service repo? Thank you!

[bmingles]

@christian-bromann would that be this one https://github.com/webdriverio-community/wdio-vscode-service/issues ?

[bmingles]

Ok, I've created webdriverio-community/wdio-vscode-service#141