'org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.createArgs()Lcom/google/common/collect/ImmutableList; with Selenium 3.5.3 Chrome 76

I'm writing Selenium Junit tests with IntelliJ. The tests run ok if I trigger from test directly. However, if I trigger tests from TestRunnerSuite with JunitCore, I encountered following weird error that I did not find a solution after researching on google. Similar questions on DriverService$builder, but not my error type.

[main] ERROR sire.responseOrg.TestIncidents - java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.createArgs()Lcom/google/common/collect/ImmutableList;
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:332)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService(ChromeDriverService.java:88)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:123)
    at sire.responseOrg.WebDrivers.getInstance(WebDrivers.java:15)
    at sire.responseOrg.util.util1.setupChromeDriver(util1.java:51)
    at sire.responseOrg.Test1.setUp(Test1.java:28)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at ......Omitted
    at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:127)
    at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.runClasses(JUnitCore.java:76)
    at sire.responseOrg.TestSuiteRunner.main(TestSuiteRunner.java:24)

I'm using Selenium 3.5.3 and chrome 76.---> Updated to Selenium 3.141.59,and with main scope.
Now getting error

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/http/auth/Credentials
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.getDefaultClientFactory(HttpCommandExecutor.java:93)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.<init>(HttpCommandExecutor.java:72)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.<init>(DriverCommandExecutor.java:63)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverCommandExecutor.<init>(ChromeDriverCommandExecutor.java:36)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:181)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:168)
    at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:123)
    at sire.responseOrg.WebDrivers.getInstance(WebDrivers.java:15)
    at sire.responseOrg.util.SeleniumUtil.setupChromeDriver(SeleniumUtil.java:62)
    at sire.responseOrg.TestIncidents.setUp(TestIncidents.java:29)
    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:44)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
    at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:41)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:27)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:31)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:292)
    at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:128)
    at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:24)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:231)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:60)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:229)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:50)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:222)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:292)
    at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:157)
    at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:136)
    at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:127)
    at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.runClasses(JUnitCore.java:76)
    at sire.responseOrg.TestSuiteRunner.main(TestSuiteRunner.java:24)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.http.auth.Credentials
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
    ... 33 more

Full pom.xml dependencies

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>myGroupId</groupId>
    <artifactId>myArtifactId</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <description>My description</description>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.9</version>
            <scope>main</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.141.59</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>3.141.59</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-chrome-driver</artifactId>
            <version>3.141.59</version>
            <scope>main</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.6</version>
            <scope>main</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-simple -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.6</version>
            <scope>main</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.salesforce.seti</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-dependencies</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.3</version>
        </dependency>


    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.5.1</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <source>1.8</source>
                        <target>1.8</target>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.1.2</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>test-jar</goal>
                            </goals>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
    </build>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

</project>

My project folder structure is

.src
...main
.....java
.......projectname
.........constantsFolder
.........utilFolder
...........util1.java
...........util2.java
.........Test1.java
.........TestRunnerSuite.java
.........WebDrivers.java

If I start test from Test1.java, the test runs regularly though with warnings

[main] INFO projectname.util.util1 - Set up chrome driver.
Starting ChromeDriver 75.0.3770.90 (a6dcaf7e3ec6f70a194cc25e8149475c6590e025-refs/branch-heads/3770@{#1003}) on port 28755
Only local connections are allowed.
Please protect ports used by ChromeDriver and related test frameworks to prevent access by malicious code.
[1566609934.853][WARNING]: This version of ChromeDriver has not been tested with Chrome version 76.
Aug 23, 2019 6:25:34 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: W3C
[main] INFO projectname.util.util1 - Navigating to https://mytest.com/

However, after adding a testSuiteRunner as below.

@RunWith(Suite.class)
@Suite.SuiteClasses({ Test1.class })
public class TestSuiteRunner {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Result result = JUnitCore.runClasses(Test1.class);
        // print erros, exit etc omitted
    }
}

Now I get the weird error and cannot fire the chromedriver. The webdriver I have is singleton

public class WebDrivers {
    private static WebDriver driver = null;

    public static WebDriver getInstance(){
        if (driver == null) {
            driver = new ChromeDriver();
        }
        return driver;
    }
}

It's my first time to work on setting everything up from grounds. I'm not sure if it's pom dependency issue, singleton webdriver issue, or something else. Could anyone share an eyesight on this and give some clues? Much appreciated.



Solution 1:[1]

Remove scope from your POM. test or main Isn't needed for your tests to run

Solution 2:[2]

used this gauva jar with latest testng 7.3. Resolved this error also dont configure any testNG seperately. Please remove configuration if we add it in pom.xml

Solution 3:[3]

I was facing the same issue. The following steps helped resolve it:

Go to your POM file and comment out/ remove the following dependency:

--> org.seleniumhq.selenium
--> selenium-java
--> 2.48.2

Check what version you have.
  1. Then copy the latest mvn dependency which is 4.1.1 as of now
  2. Perform mvn clean install (till this point it will be sufficient)
  3. Perform reload all maven projects
  4. Perform download sources
  5. Build your project again
  6. Play/ perform mvn clean install again

FYI: as per my knowledge, this issue occurs at compile time when you execute the code. Or the time when you execute a code in a new project which was compiled with different dependencies and versions earlier.

Sources

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Solution Source
Solution 1 kempster86
Solution 2 Etienne Kaiser
Solution 3 Amad Bin Mumtaz