appium: usePreinstalledWDA=true does not work with iOS 17 (Xcode 15)

Do I have the most recent component updates?

  • I use the most recent available driver/plugin and server versions

Is the component officially supported by the Appium team?

  • I have verified the component repository is present under the Appium organization in GitHub

Is there an existing issue for this?

  • I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

appium inspector Connects to appium incorrectly. The appium inspector cannot be started properly

Expected Behavior

Normal start

Minimal Reproducible Example

{ “platformName”: “iOS”, “appium:platformVersion”: “14.3”, “appium:deviceName”: “iPhone Xr”, “appium:bundleId”: “com.sina.weibo”, “appium:udid”: “00008110-001435E436F2801E”, “appium:xcodeSigningId”: “iPhone Developer”, “appium:automationName”: “XCUITest”, “appium:wdaLocalPort”: “8100”, “appium:noReset”: true, “appium:usePreinstalledWDA”: true, “appium:updatedWDABundleId”: “com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner” }

Environment

  • Operating system:
  • Appium server version (output of appium --version): 2.1.3
  • Appium driver(s) and their version(s): XCUITest 5.4.0
  • Appium plugin(s) and their version(s):
  • Node.js version (output of node --version):
  • npm version (output of npm --version):9.8.1
  • Last component(s) version which did not exhibit the problem:
  • Platform and version under test:
  • Real device or emulator/simulator:

Link to Appium Logs

No response

Further Information

xxx@xxxdeMacBook-Pro ~ % appium
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v2.1.3
[Appium] Attempting to load driver xcuitest…
[debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at /Users/xxx/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on http://0.0.0.0:4723
[Appium] You can provide the following URLs in your client code to connect to this server:
[Appium] http://127.0.0.1:4723/ (only accessible from the same host)
[Appium] http://172.16.7.184:4723/
[Appium] http://169.254.82.58:4723/
[Appium] Available drivers:
[Appium] - xcuitest@5.4.0 (automationName ‘XCUITest’)
[Appium] No plugins have been installed. Use the “appium plugin” command to install the one(s) you want to use.
[HTTP] --> GET /sessions
[HTTP] {}
[debug] [AppiumDriver@5a3b] Calling AppiumDriver.getSessions() with args: []
[debug] [AppiumDriver@5a3b] Responding to client with driver.getSessions() result: []
[HTTP] <-- GET /sessions 304 11 ms - -
[HTTP]
[HTTP] --> POST /session
[HTTP] {“capabilities”:{“alwaysMatch”:{“platformName”:“iOS”,“appium:platformVersion”:“14.3”,“appium:deviceName”:“iPhone Xr”,“appium:bundleId”:“com.sina.weibo”,“appium:udid”:“0 0008110-001435E436F2801E”,“appium:xcodeSigningId”:“iPhone Developer”,“appium:automationName”:“XCUITest”,“appium:wdaLocalPort”:“8100”,“appium:noReset”:true,“appium:usePreinstal ledWDA”:true,“appium:updatedWDABundleId”:“com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner”,“appium:includeSafariInWebviews”:true,“appium:newCommandTimeout”:3600,“appium:connectHardwareKe yboard”:true},“firstMatch”:[{}]},“desiredCapabilities”:{“platformName”:“iOS”,“appium:platformVersion”:“14.3”,“appium:deviceName”:“iPhone Xr”,“appium:bundleId”:“com.sina.weibo” ,“appium:udid”:“00008110-001435E436F2801E”,“appium:xcodeSigningId”:“iPhone Developer”,“appium:automationName”:“XCUITest”,“appium:wdaLocalPort”:“8100”,“appium:noReset”:true,“ap pium:usePreinstalledWDA”:true,“appium:updatedWDABundleId”:“com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner”,“appium:includeSafariInWebviews”:true,"appium:newCommand…
[debug] [AppiumDriver@5a3b] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{“platformName”:“iOS”,“appium:platformVersion”:“14.3”,“appium:deviceName”:“iPhone Xr”,“appium:bund leId”:“com.sina.weibo”,“appium:udid”:“00008110-001435E436F2801E”,“appium:xcodeSigningId”:“iPhone Developer”,“appium:automationName”:“XCUITest”,“appium:wdaLocalPort”:“8100”,“ap pium:noReset”:true,“appium:usePreinstalledWDA”:true,“appium:updatedWDABundleId”:“com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner”,“appium:includeSafariInWebviews”:true,“appium:newCommand Timeout”:3600,“appium:connectHardwareKeyboard”:true},null,{“alwaysMatch”:{“platformName”:“iOS”,“appium:platformVersion”:“14.3”,“appium:deviceName”:“iPhone Xr”,"appium:bundleId ":“com.sina.weibo”,“appium:udid”:“00008110-001435E436F2801E”,“appium:xcodeSigningId”:“iPhone Developer”,“appium:automationName”:“XCUITest”,“appium:wdaLocalPort”:“8100”,“appium :noReset”:true,“appium:usePreinstalledWDA”:true,“appium:updatedWDABundleId”:“com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner”,“appium:includeSafariInWebviews”:true,“appium:newCommandTime out”:3600,“appium:connectHardwareKeyboard”:true…
[debug] [AppiumDriver@5a3b] Event ‘newSessionRequested’ logged at 1695724840129 (18:40:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time))
[Appium] Attempting to find matching driver for automationName ‘XCUITest’ and platformName ‘iOS’
[Appium] The ‘xcuitest’ driver was installed and matched caps.
[Appium] Will require it at /Users/xxx/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver
[debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at /Users/xxx/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver
[AppiumDriver@5a3b] Appium v2.1.3 creating new XCUITestDriver (v5.4.0) session
[AppiumDriver@5a3b] Checking BaseDriver versions for Appium and XCUITestDriver
[AppiumDriver@5a3b] Appium’s BaseDriver version is 9.3.20
[AppiumDriver@5a3b] XCUITestDriver’s BaseDriver version is 9.3.20
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] Creating session with W3C capabilities: {
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “alwaysMatch”: {
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “platformName”: “iOS”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:platformVersion”: “14.3”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:deviceName”: “iPhone Xr”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:bundleId”: “com.sina.weibo”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:udid”: “00008110-001435E436F2801E”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:xcodeSigningId”: “iPhone Developer”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:automationName”: “XCUITest”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:wdaLocalPort”: “8100”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:noReset”: true,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:usePreinstalledWDA”: true,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:updatedWDABundleId”: “com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner”,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:includeSafariInWebviews”: true,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:newCommandTimeout”: 3600,
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “appium:connectHardwareKeyboard”: true
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] },
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] “firstMatch”: [
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] {}
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] ]
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190] }
[BaseDriver] Number capability passed in as string. Functionality may be compromised.
[XCUITestDriver@2190] Capability ‘wdaLocalPort’ changed from string (‘8100’) to integer (8100). This may cause unexpected behavior
[XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Session created with session id: 62b888f1-f7fc-41e1-bc77-f9ab718f1af7
[debug] [XCUITest] Current user: ‘xxx’
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Available devices: 00008110-001435E436F2801E
[debug] [XCUITest] Creating iDevice object with udid ‘00008110-001435E436F2801E’
[XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Determining device to run tests on: udid: ‘00008110-001435E436F2801E’, real device: true
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Event ‘xcodeDetailsRetrieved’ logged at 1695724840254 (18:40:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time))
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Event ‘appConfigured’ logged at 1695724840256 (18:40:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time))
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Event ‘resetStarted’ logged at 1695724840257 (18:40:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time))
[debug] [XCUITest] Reset: fullReset not set. Leaving as is
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Event ‘resetComplete’ logged at 1695724840257 (18:40:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time))
[XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Using WDA path: ‘/Users/xxx/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/appium-webdriveragent’
[XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Using WDA agent: ‘/Users/xxx/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/appium-webdriveragent/WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj’
[debug] [XCUITest] Crash reports root ‘/Users/xxx/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/13mini’ does not exist. Got nothing to gather.
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Event ‘logCaptureStarted’ logged at 1695724840787 (18:40:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time))
[XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Setting up real device
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] No obsolete cached processes from previous WDA sessions listening on port 8100 have been found
[DevCon Factory] Requesting connection for device 00008110-001435E436F2801E on local port 8100, device port 8100
[debug] [DevCon Factory] Cached connections count: 0
[DevCon Factory] Successfully requested the connection for 00008110-001435E436F2801E:8100
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Starting WebDriverAgent initialization with the synchronization key ‘XCUITestDriver’
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Trying to start WebDriverAgent 1 times with 10000ms interval
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] These values can be customized by changing wdaStartupRetries/wdaStartupRetryInterval capabilities
[debug] [XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Event ‘wdaStartAttempted’ logged at 1695724841152 (18:40:41 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time))
[debug] [XCUITest] The executable name for the bundle id ‘com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner.xctrunner’ was ‘WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner’
[XCUITest] The process of the bundle id ‘com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner.xctrunner’ was not running
[XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Launching WebDriverAgent on the device without xcodebuild
[ios-device] SignerIdentifier: Apple Development: xxx@163.com (86YG2ZHKY8)
[debug] [ios-device] removing /tmp/WebDriverAgentRunner-681E624C-FD80-49C6-8CD7-FA7E69B594A3.xctestconfiguration
[ios-device] Test runner ready
[debug] [ios-device] Xctest for com.tewbie.test.WebDriverAgentRunner.xctrunner on device 00008110-001435E436F2801E has stopped!
[XCUITestDriver@2190 (62b888f1)] Launching WebDriverAgent on the device without xcodebuild
uncaughtException: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘_callChannel’)
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘_callChannel’)
at startExecuting (/Users/xxx/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/appium-ios-device/lib/xctest.js:199:39)
at Timeout._onTimeout (/Users/xxx/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/node_modules/appium-ios-device/lib/xctest.js:205:34)
at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:569:17)
at processTimers (node:internal/timers:512:7)
[ios-device] SignerIdentifier: Apple Development: xxx@163.com (86YG2ZHKY8)

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 9 months ago
  • Comments: 30 (15 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Maybe I figured out. Only when the preinstalled app’s Frameworks/XC** files are removed case, so like https://github.com/appium/WebDriverAgent/releases 's available packages with proper sign, the launch method below succeeded in launching the process. It must not be Xcode installed since Xcode build usually includes frameworks as well.

The install method can be via appium-ios-device with sugned .app. So, we may be able to add a new cap or add some kind of combination for https://appium.github.io/appium-xcuitest-driver/latest/guides/run-prebuilt-wda/ . The app is different from vanilla bootstrapPath so we may need to add a new cap? -> appium:prebuiltWDAPath should help.

We have no method to check the preinstalled app does not have the frameworks bundled, so probably we need to add explanation about it, but it can do.

Tried command:

% xcrun devicectl device process launch --device 00008020-000E5CDA0A23002E --activate --environment-variables '{"USE_PORT": "8101"}'  com.kazucocoa.WebDriverAgentRunner.xctrunner
19:01:54  Acquired tunnel connection to device.
19:01:54  Enabling developer disk image services.
19:01:54  Acquired usage assertion.
Launched application with com.kazucocoa.WebDriverAgentRunner.xctrunner bundle identifier.

Let me add this method

+1
KazuCocoa on Mar 22, 2024

Have you checked my previous comment’s command behavior?

+1
KazuCocoa on Oct 7, 2023
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