Using protractor with directconnect=true - how to fix - This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version - protractor

Question

package.json
{
"name": "test1",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "npm run webdriver-update && npm run test-protractor",
"test-protractor": "protractor protractor.conf.js",
"webdriver-update": "webdriver-manager update"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"devDependencies": {
"chai": "^4.2.0",
"chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
"cucumber": "^6.0.5",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "^4.2.1",
"protractor": "^5.4.2",
"protractor-cucumber-framework": "^6.2.0",
"rimraf": "^3.0.1"
}
}
protractor.conf.js
const protractor = require('protractor');
// console.log('browser = ', browser);
exports.config = {
framework: 'custom',
frameworkPath: require.resolve('protractor-cucumber-framework'),
getPageTimeout: 60000,
allScriptsTimeout: 500000,
specs: ['features/*.feature'],
baseURL: 'http://www.google.com/',
cucumberOpts: {
require: [
'./features/step_definitions/stepDefinitions.js'
],
tags: false,
profile: false,
'no-source': true
},
onPrepare: function() {
// browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
// browser.manage().window().maximize();
// browser.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5000);
},
capabilities: {
browserName: "chrome",
chromeOptions: {
args: [
'--headless',
'--disaple-gpu',
'--window-size=1920,1080',
'--no-sandbox',
'--disable-dev-shm-usage'
],
prefs: {
download: {
prompt_for_download: false,
extensions_to_open: ''
},
profile: {
default_content_settings: {
popups: 0
}
},
directory_upgrade: true
},
useAutomationExtension: false
}
},
// connec direct to webdriver, instead of local selenium server!
directConnect: true,
ignoreUncaughtException: true,
onComplete: () => {
// Reporter.createHtmlReport();
}
}
Error
Session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 80
I can manually set update-config.json andhave downloaded many different chromedriver versions, but I still get the same error.
Example:
update-config.json
{"standalone":{"last":"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar","all":["node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar"]},"gecko":{"last":"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.26.0.exe","all":["node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.26.0.exe"]},"chrome":{"last":"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_75.0.3770.8.exe","all":["node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_75.0.3770.8.exe","node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_75.0.3770.8.exe"]}}
Error
E/launcher - session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 75
This is version 75, so what is happening exactly?
I am not using angular. I am using directconnect=true, and set everything to be headless. I did have it working at one point but lost the code and stuck in this loop.

Answer 1

ok, so I have followed the advice from this thread:
- protractor 2.5.4 E/launcher - session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 79
I am now using chromedriver version: 78.0.3904.105.
node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager clean
node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update
node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager --versions.chrome=78.0.3904.105
Ensure this version - chromedriver_78.0.3904.105 - is updated in all references in update-config.json file.
update-config.json
{
"standalone":{
"last":"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar",
"all":[
"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar"
]
},
"gecko":{
"last":"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.26.0.exe",
"all":[
"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.26.0.exe"
]
},
"chrome":{
"last":"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_78.0.3904.105.exe",
"all":[
"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_78.0.3904.105.exe",
"node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_78.0.3904.105.exe"
]
}
}
run protractor with option: --no-webdriver-update
"scripts": {
"test": "npm run test-protractor --no-webdriver-update"
},
Now it works!