How to stop selenium chrome testrun at current AUT URL, not at URL "data;"?

I disabled driver.quit() in order to see the last URL. I entered a wait after opening the correct AUT URL. Browser navigation backward is disabled.

I do the following in code:

• use selenium webdriver driver manager to fetch matching chromedriver

driver = new ChromeDriver();

• use AUT URL

driver.get(";);  // Replace with the actual homepage URL

• close with driver.quit() resp. comment out in order to see the last browser window

After each test is run the corresponding browser window hangs and the URL "data:," is written

This behaviour started just after adding a second cucumber feature file and corresponding second java class w/ stepdefinitions: I had to implement @Before and @After in both stepdefinition classes in order to launch the chrome browser!

I updated chrome, which is anized by my company: browserVersion: 134.0.6998.36, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 134.0.6998.35

Perhaps it is a bad idea to auto update chrome in the test environment!

Any further ideas?

How to stop selenium chrome testrun at current AUT URL, not at URL "data;"?

I disabled driver.quit() in order to see the last URL. I entered a wait after opening the correct AUT URL. Browser navigation backward is disabled.

I do the following in code:

• use selenium webdriver driver manager to fetch matching chromedriver

driver = new ChromeDriver();

• use AUT URL

driver.get("https://verwaltung.zentralregulierung.modellumgebung.ddg-webservice.de/login");  // Replace with the actual homepage URL

• close with driver.quit() resp. comment out in order to see the last browser window

After each test is run the corresponding browser window hangs and the URL "data:," is written

This behaviour started just after adding a second cucumber feature file and corresponding second java class w/ stepdefinitions: I had to implement @Before and @After in both stepdefinition classes in order to launch the chrome browser!

I updated chrome, which is anized by my company: browserVersion: 134.0.6998.36, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 134.0.6998.35

Perhaps it is a bad idea to auto update chrome in the test environment!

Any further ideas?

• java
• google-chrome
• selenium-webdriver

2 Answers 2

Typically, when the WebDriver is initiated, the browser opens with "data;" in the address bar.

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

After the initialization is complete, navigate to your application URL:

driver.get("YOUR-APPLICATION-URL");

Additionally, ensure that you are using the correct version of the WebDriver, as version mismatches can sometimes cause issues.

I did some chatGPT magic with dependency injection and the AUT URLs are working again:

----------------Schnipp

Cucumber does not allow step definition classes to extend other classes that also contain step definitions or hooks (@Before, @After). To solve this, we need a different approach for sharing the @Before and @After setup without inheritance.

✅ Solution: Use Dependency Injection Instead of Inheritance

Instead of extending BaseTest, you should use composition:

1. Create a separate utility class (without step definitions) that manages WebDriver setup.

2. Use an instance of this class in LoginLogout and Lieferanten.

1. Create WebDriverManager (Utility Class)

This class will manage WebDriver and proxy settings but won't contain step definitions.

package bdd.utils;

import .openqa.selenium.Proxy;
import .openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import .openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class WebDriverManager {
    private WebDriver driver;

    public void setup() {
        System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "100.100.101.58");
        System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "3128");
        System.setProperty("https.proxyHost", "100.100.101.58");
        System.setProperty("https.proxyPort", "3128");

        Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
        proxy.setHttpProxy("100.100.101.58:3128");

        // Initialize the WebDriver
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
    }

    public WebDriver getDriver() {
        return driver;
    }

    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

2. Update LoginLogout Class

Instead of extending a base class, create an instance of WebDriverManager.

package bdd.stepdefinitions;

import bdd.utils.WebDriverManager;
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
import .openqa.selenium.By;
import .openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import .openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import java.util.List;

import static .junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static .junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;

public class LoginLogout {
    private WebDriverManager webDriverManager = new WebDriverManager();
    private WebDriver driver;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        webDriverManager.setup();
        driver = webDriverManager.getDriver();
    }

    @Given("homepageIsOpened")
    public void homepageIsOpened() {
        driver.get("https://verwaltung.zentralregulierung.modellumgebung.ddg-webservice.de/login");
    }

    @When("loginNegative")
    public void loginNegative() {
        WebElement usernameField = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"root\"]/div[3]/div/div/div/form/input[1]"));
        WebElement passwordField = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"root\"]/div[3]/div/div/div/form/input[2]"));
        WebElement loginButton = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"root\"]/div[3]/div/div/div/form/button"));

        usernameField.sendKeys("wrong-username");
        passwordField.sendKeys("wrong-password");
        loginButton.click();

        List<WebElement> errorMessages = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@role='alert' and @class='fade alert alert-danger show']"));
        assertTrue(errorMessages.size() > 0);
        assertEquals("Benutzername oder Passwort ist falsch", errorMessages.get(0).getText());
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() {
        webDriverManager.tearDown();
    }
}

3. Update Lieferanten Class

Same approach: use WebDriverManager without inheritance.

package bdd.stepdefinitions;

import bdd.utils.WebDriverManager;
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
import .openqa.selenium.By;
import .openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import .openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import static .junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;

public class Lieferanten {
    private WebDriverManager webDriverManager = new WebDriverManager();
    private WebDriver driver;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        webDriverManager.setup();
        driver = webDriverManager.getDriver();
    }

    @When("chooseLieferantenFilialenFiliale")
    public void choose_lieferanten_filialen_filiale() {
        WebElement stammdaten = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//*[@id='basic-nav-dropdown'])[1]"));
        stammdaten.click();
    }

    @Then("filialeIsDisplayed")
    public void filiale_is_displayed() {
        WebElement filialePage = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//some_xpath_for_filiale"));
        assertTrue(filialePage.isDisplayed());
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() {
        webDriverManager.tearDown();
    }
}

✅ Why This Works

• No inheritance issues – Cucumber allows composition but not extending step definitions.

• Reusable WebDriver setup – WebDriverManager is shared across multiple classes.

• Clean & maintainable – Easy to update browser settings in one place.

This method ensures that all Cucumber step definitions can use a shared WebDriver instance without breaking Cucumber's rules.

Would you like additional logging or WebDriver wait improvements?