protractor: Bug: DevToolsActivePort File doesn't exist

Bug report

Not able to run chrome directconnect. WebDriverError: unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn’t exist. About the same issue as the log here https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/5964

• Node Version: 6
• Protractor Version: 5.3.1
• Angular Version: N/A
• Browser(s): chrome
• Operating System and Version windows 10
• Your protractor configuration file

let config = {
    allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
    specs: [
        './specs/**.spec.ts'
    ],
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'useAutomationExtension': false,
        'args': ['--disable-gpu','-disable-dev-shm-usage','--no-sandbox','-disable-popup-blocking','--start-maximized','--disable-web-security','--allow-running-insecure-content','--disable-infobars']
    },
    params: {
        basePath
    },
    directConnect: true,
    baseUrl:  basePath,
    framework: 'jasmine',
    jasmineNodeOpts: {
        showColors: true,
        defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
        print: function () { }
    },
    useAllAngular2AppRoots: true,
    beforeLaunch: function () {
        require('ts-node').register({
            lazy: true
        });
    }
};