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SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 87 using ChromeDriver and Chrome

I am trying to get selenium to open a site and I don't really have any errors in my PyCharm editor but when I run my code I am getting a lot of errors I do not really understand it would be nice to get some help
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r"C:\chromedriver\chromedriver.exe")
driver.get("https://www.singaporetech.edu.sg/") # get gets url
print(driver.title) # title of the page
driver.close()
This is the error I get:
C:\Users\kaush\PycharmProjects\seleniumTest1\venv\Scripts\python.exe C:/Users/kaush/PycharmProjects/seleniumTest1/main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\kaush\PycharmProjects\seleniumTest1\main.py", line 4, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r"C:\chromedriver\chromedriver.exe")
File "C:\Users\kaush\PycharmProjects\seleniumTest1\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 76, in __init__
RemoteWebDriver.__init__(
File "C:\Users\kaush\PycharmProjects\seleniumTest1\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__
self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
File "C:\Users\kaush\PycharmProjects\seleniumTest1\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "C:\Users\kaush\PycharmProjects\seleniumTest1\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\kaush\PycharmProjects\seleniumTest1\venv\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 87
Current browser version is 86.0.4240.198 with binary path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

This error message...
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 87
Current browser version is 86.0.4240.198 with binary path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
...implies that the ChromeDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new Browsing Context i.e. Chrome Browser session.
Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:
You are using chromedriver=87.0
Release Notes of chromedriver=87.0 clearly mentions the following :
Supports Chrome version 87
You are using Chrome v86.0.4240.198
So there is a clear mismatch between ChromeDriver v2.40 and the Chrome Browser v85.0
Solution
Ensure that:
ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v87.0 level.
Chrome is updated to current Chrome Version 87.0 level. (as per ChromeDriver v87.0 release notes).
If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.
Take a System Reboot.
Execute your #Test as non-root user.
Always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.

Problems with chromedriver on Selenium with python: page never loads

I originally wanted to get a headless browser running to dynamically parse a web page. I've been having a series of problems with this, even after adding in waits to allow website to load. After commenting out the headless option, I used an xming server as a display for the web page to see what it actually looks like after the browser is created.
Here's a screenshot of what I see:
a new tab in chrome, and the browser seems to never get to the .get().
I also get a popup saying "Chrome Automation Extension has crashed..."
I've been searching a lot, some suggest not running as admin/root, so I didn't use sudo before running it. That didn't change message.
Below is my code and the terminal output:
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
# options.add_argument('--headless')
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
options.add_argument('--ignore-certificate-errors')
options.add_argument('--lang=en_US')
options.add_argument('--user-data-dir')
options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
# options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/usr/bin/chromedriver', options=options)
browser.get("http://www.google.com")
Ubuntu terminal:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "practice3.py", line 40, in
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='/usr/bin/chromedriver', options=options)
File "etc/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 76, in init
RemoteWebDriver.init(
File "etc/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 157, in init
self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
File "etc/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "etc/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "etc/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.41.578700 (2f1ed5f9343c13f73144538f15c00b370eda6706),platform=Linux 4.4.0-18362-Microsoft x86_64)
Also:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Selenium version 3.141.0
Chrome version 84.0.4147.105
~$ /usr/bin/chromedriver
Starting ChromeDriver 2.41.578700 (2f1ed5f9343c13f73144538f15c00b370eda6706) on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.

I've seen lots of chrome crashes when there was version mismatch between chromedriver and chrome. Since you're using Chrome version 84.0.4147.105, you should be using nothing but ChromeDriver 84.0.4147.30
Second thing, are you launching the script from an IDE ? if positive that is also another common root cause. Finally I'd stop using XMimg since it adds another variable to the equation. Instead, troubleshoot taking screenshots directly from selenium code regardless you are headless or not.

selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 83

So this is my first time working with selenium, and I get the chromedriver browser to open fo a quarter of a second and then it closes, even it I give it a webpage to load or I tell it to sleep. It also gives me a SessionNotCreatedException.
Code:
from selenium import webdriver
import time
class TestBot():
def __init__(self):
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
self.driver.get('http://www.google.com/')
time.sleep(5)
Error:
>>> bot = TestBot()
DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:55101/devtools/browser/7029bc33-860f-42b8-8fb5-751cf27f82bc
[16708:17644:0524/045808.952:ERROR:browser_switcher_service.cc(238)] XXX Init()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "test_bot.py", line 6, in __init__
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
File "C:\Users\Caleb\test_bot\test_bot\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 81, in __init__
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "C:\Users\Caleb\test_bot\test_bot\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__
self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
File "C:\Users\Caleb\test_bot\test_bot\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "C:\Users\Caleb\test_bot\test_bot\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\Users\Caleb\test_bot\test_bot\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 83
I've tried adding Chromedriver as a path variable and that didn't work. I can start a chromedriver session just fine in cmd.

I think you should try running Selenium with MozillaFirefox,you also will need to install Geckodriver, which is a software that acts as a bridge between Firefox and selenium.

I was looking at the wrong version of chrome, turns out I have version 81, so I installed webdriver-manager and that works

as we see in the last line:
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 83
try to:
update Chrome to last version so selenium too
use geckodriver.exe for chrome , and put inside a folder then try:
self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(r"c:\your\geckodriver\path\withput\")

This error message...
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 83
...implies that the ChromeDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new Browsing Context i.e. Chrome Browser session.
Analysis
Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:
You are using ChromeDriver 83.0
Release Notes of ChromeDriver 83.0 clearly mentions the following :
Supports Chrome version 83
Most possibly the Chrome Browser haven't been updated to Chrome v83.0 yet as a part of the recent push and still is Chrome v81.0
Your Selenium Client version is unknown to us.
So there is a clear mismatch between ChromeDriver v83.0 and the Chrome Browser v81.0
Solution
Ensure that:
Selenium is upgraded to current levels Version 3.141.59.
ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v83.0 level.
Chrome is updated to current Chrome Version 83.0 level. (as per ChromeDriver v83.0 release notes)
If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.

WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally with ChromeDriver Chrome and Selenium on debian server

i try to run the selenium webdriver on a debian server 8.11 and get an error.
Java: java version "1.7.0_221", OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.6.18)
Webdriver: ChromeDriver (v2.9.248304)
Sourcecode:
from selenium import webdriver
from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
display = Display(visible=0, size=(800, 800))
display.start()
co = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
co.add_argument("--user-data-dir=profile")
browser = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/local/bin/chromedriver', options=co)
browser.get('example.com')
browser.quit()
display.close()
I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/bin/selenium", line 11, in <module>
browser = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/local/bin/chromedriver', options=co)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 81, in __init__
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__
self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.9.248304,platform=Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.9-amd64 x86_64)
I try several solutions but nothing works...

This error message...
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.9.248304,platform=Linux 4.9.0-0.bpo.9-amd64 x86_64)
...implies that the ChromeDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new WebBrowser i.e. Chrome Browser session.
Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:
You are using chromedriver=2.9
Release Notes of chromedriver=2.9 clearly mentions the following :
Supports Chrome v31-34
Presumably you are using chrome= 76.0
Release Notes of ChromeDriver v76.0 clearly mentions the following :
Supports Chrome version 76
Your Selenium Client version is unknown to us.
You mentioned about JDK version is 1.7.0_221 which is pretty ancient.
So there is a clear mismatch between the ChromeDriver v2.9 and the Chrome Browser v76.0
Solution
Ensure that:
Selenium is upgraded to current levels Version 3.141.59.
ChromeDriver is updated to current ChromeDriver v76.0 level.
Chrome is updated to current Chrome Version 76.0 level. (as per ChromeDriver v76.0 release notes)
Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
If your base Web Client version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client.
Take a System Reboot.
Execute your #Test as non-root user.
Always invoke driver.quit() within tearDown(){} method to close & destroy the WebDriver and Web Client instances gracefully.
References
You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:
Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally on AWS Cloud9 with Linux 4.9.85-38.58.amzn1.x86_64 x86_64
WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally with ChromeDriver Chrome and Selenium through Python on VPS
WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally with ChromeDriver Chrome and Selenium through Python on VPS

How to launch Chrome in Selenium correctly

I can not launch Chrome in Selenium.
driver=webdriver.Chrome()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 67, in __init__
desired_capabilities=desired_capabilities)
File "/usr/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 87, in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/usr/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 141, in start_session
'desiredCapabilities': desired_capabilities,
File "/usr/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 201, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/usr/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 181, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.33.506092 (733a02544d189eeb751fe0d7ddca79a0ee28cce4),platform=Linux 3.19.8-100.fc20.x86_64 x86_64)
I use "chromedriver_linux64.zip 2017-10-03 21:09:52 3.90MB" from
url.

You are using the current latest chromedriver 2.33 with Google Chrome 38.0.2125.104.
From the release notes, the support for this version is:
----------ChromeDriver v2.33 (2017-10-03)----------
Supports Chrome v60-62
Make sure also that you are using the latest stable version of selenium.
Furthermore, from Help WebDriver find the downloaded ChromeDriver executable, you should do one of these
include the ChromeDriver location in your PATH environment variable
(Python only) include the path to ChromeDriver when instantiating webdriver.Chrome (see sample below)

If you're going to use an old version of Chrome - you will need to match the version of chromedriver to it. In your case you are using Chrome 38, which was last officially supported by ChromeDriver 2.13, which you can find here
If your users are using newer versions of Chrome, I would recommend updating your distro and installed chrome to match them.

The error says it all :
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
Seems the error occurs on the very first line which is as :
driver=webdriver.Chrome()
This is because here in this code block unless you import webdriver, the driver object is unable to properly initiate/handle the instance of WebBrowser i.e. Chrome Browser.
Solution :
While working with Selenium 3.x, ChromeDriver 2.33.x you need Chrome Browser v60-62 with Python 3.x bindings, and you have to do the following:
Download the chromedriver binary from this link.
Import the necessary modules
Provide the absolute path of the chromedriver binary in your system.
Below is the minimal code :
//The Linux Example
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'/usr/bin/chromedriver')
driver.get('https://www.google.co.in')
print("Page Title is : %s" %driver.title)
driver.quit()
//The Windows Example
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('https://www.google.co.in')
print("Page Title is : %s" %driver.title)
driver.quit()
Update :
On a separate note as you are seeing WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed perform the following additional steps :
Uninstall Google Chrome from your system through Revo Uninstaller.
Run CCleaner to wipe out all the unwanted OS chores.
Take a system Reboot
Install latest official build of Google Chrome
Execute your Test.

import the selenium and chrome.option to let chrom run in headlessmode
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
if you use chrome or chromiun as root user on linux you should add "--no-sandbox" option and set windows size to avoid some item no show because the window size is too small
chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument("--headless") # headless mode
chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox") # run as root user should add --no-sandbox option
chrome_options.add_argument("--window-size=1920x1080")
you can download the chrome driver from http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com the last version is 2.38
chrome_driver = "path to chromedriver"
# start the driver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chrome_options, executable_path=chrome_driver)
driver.get("https://www.google.com")