[Parent][PImageBridgeParent] Error: RunMessage(msgname=PImageBridge::Msg_WillClose) Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost

Question

I have a simple java project using Slenium and JBehave for automation testing. My simple "open a page" code still worked last week but today the code run fine but the end of the execution I get this error message: [Parent][PImageBridgeParent] Error: RunMessage(msgname=PImageBridge::Msg_WillClose) Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost I don't find anything on web, I have no idea what to do to get green execution.

Full log:

org.jbehave.core.embedder.Embedder$RunningStoriesFailed: Failures in running stories: ReportsCount[scenarios=8,scenariosFailed=3,scenariosNotAllowed=0,scenariosPending=0,stepsFailed=3,stories=9,storiesNotAllowed=0,storiesPending=0]
at org.jbehave.core.embedder.Embedder$ThrowingRunningStoriesFailed.handleFailures(Embedder.java:557)
at org.jbehave.core.embedder.Embedder.handleFailures(Embedder.java:279)
at org.jbehave.core.embedder.Embedder.generateReportsView(Embedder.java:266)
at org.jbehave.core.embedder.Embedder.generateReportsView(Embedder.java:247)
at org.jbehave.core.embedder.Embedder.runStoriesAsPaths(Embedder.java:223)
at org.jbehave.core.junit.JUnitStories.run(JUnitStories.java:20)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:59)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:56)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner$1.evaluate(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:100)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:366)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:103)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:63)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$4.run(ParentRunner.java:331)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:79)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:329)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$100(ParentRunner.java:66)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:293)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:413)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:69)
at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater$1.execute(IdeaTestRunner.java:38)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.TestsRepeater.repeat(TestsRepeater.java:11)
at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:35)
at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:235)
at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:54) 
Process finished with exit code 255`

I use geckodriver-v0.30.0-macos,Firefox version: 99.0 which is up-to-date

Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

This error message...

Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost

...implies that most likely there was a crash of Firefox and it can be due to various reasons. In majority of the cases version mismatch between Selenium, GeckoDriver and firefox

However, as you are seeing this error at the end of the execution you don't have to worry about unless it is causing your test to fail.

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References

You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:

• Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost
• [Child][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost

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tl; dr

Intermittent TEST-UNEXPECTED-TIMEOUT | /html/semantics/embedded-content/the-img-element/image-loading-lazy-below-viewport-dynamic.html | TestRunner hit external timeout (this may indicate a hang)