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WebdriverIO Version

latest

Node.js Version

16

Mode

Standalone Mode

Which capabilities are you using?

{
        browserName: 'chrome',
}

What happened?

tests are not run, an error is displayed: Couldn’t find a matching Chrome browser for tag “116.0.5845.96” on platform “mac_arm”

This error is showing on my machine (and other members of my team on linux/intel mac/Mac M1) for a project that was generated according to: https://webdriver.io/docs/gettingstarted

npm init wdio .

package.json: package.txt

wdio.conf.js: wdio_conf.txt

What is your expected behavior?

The chromedriver is downloaded and the browser is launched

How to reproduce the bug.

create a new project:

npm init wdio .

Installing @wdio/cli to initialize project… ✔ Success!

=============================== 🤖 WDIO Configuration Wizard 🧙

? What type of testing would you like to do? E2E Testing - of Web or Mobile Applications ? Where is your automation backend located? On my local machine ? Which environment you would like to automate? Web - web applications in the browser ? With which browser should we start? Chrome ? Which framework do you want to use? Mocha (https://mochajs.org/) ? Do you want to use a compiler? Babel (https://babeljs.io/) ? Do you want WebdriverIO to autogenerate some test files? Yes ? Where should these files be located? /Users/user/workspace/tmp/wdio-tmp–v8/test/specs//*.js ? Do you want to use page objects (https://martinfowler.com/bliki/PageObject.html)? Yes ? Where are your page objects located? /Users/user/workspace/tmp/wdio-tmp–v8/test/pageobjects//*.js ? Which reporter do you want to use? spec ? Do you want to add a plugin to your test setup? wait-for ? Do you want to add a service to your test setup? ? What is the base url? http://localhost ? Do you want me to run npm install Yes

Setting up Babel project… ✔ Success!

Installing wdio packages:

• @wdio/local-runner@latest
• @wdio/mocha-framework@latest
• @wdio/spec-reporter@latest
• wdio-wait-for
• @babel/register
• @babel/core
• @babel/preset-env

added 226 packages, and audited 754 packages in 11s

103 packages are looking for funding run npm fund for details

found 0 vulnerabilities ✔ Success!

Creating a WebdriverIO config file… ✔ Success!

Autogenerating test files… ✔ Success!

Adding “wdio” script to package.json. ✔ Success!

🤖 Successfully setup project at /Users/user/workspace/tmp/wdio-tmp–v8 🎉

Relevant log output

npm run wdio

Execution of 1 workers started at 2023-08-18T11:07:57.632Z

2023-08-18T11:07:57.643Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onPrepare hook
2023-08-18T11:07:57.643Z INFO @wdio/utils: Setting up browser driver for: chrome@stable
2023-08-18T11:07:57.675Z INFO @wdio/utils: Setting up browser binaries for: chrome@stable
2023-08-18T11:07:57.862Z INFO webdriver: Downloading Chromedriver v116.0.5845.96
2023-08-18T11:07:58.124Z WARN webdriver: Couldn't download Chromedriver v116.0.5845.96: unable to get local issuer certificate, trying to find known good version...
2023-08-18T11:07:58.133Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Shutting down spawned worker
2023-08-18T11:07:58.386Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Waiting for 0 to shut down gracefully
2023-08-18T11:07:58.387Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: shutting down
Error: Error: Couldn't find a matching Chrome browser for tag "116.0.5845.96" on platform "mac_arm"
    at setupChrome (file:///Users/user/workspace/tmp/wdio-tmp--v8/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/driver/utils.js:102:15)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async Promise.all (index 1)
    at async Launcher.run (file:///Users/user/workspace/tmp/wdio-tmp--v8/node_modules/@wdio/cli/build/launcher.js:98:13)
Error: Couldn't find a matching Chrome browser for tag "116.0.5845.96" on platform "mac_arm"
    at setupChrome (file:///Users/user/workspace/tmp/wdio-tmp--v8/node_modules/@wdio/utils/build/driver/utils.js:102:15)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async Promise.all (index 1)
    at async Launcher.run (file:///Users/user/workspace/tmp/wdio-tmp--v8/node_modules/@wdio/cli/build/launcher.js:98:13)

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