To run browser tests in Safari, the Apple-provided safaridriver needs to be enabled before interaction with Safari can take place. Without enabling this, you may run into the following type of errors:
SessionNotCreatedError: Could not create a session: You must enable the 'Allow Remote Automation' option in Safari's Develop menu to control Safari via WebDriver.
at Object.throwDecodedError (node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/error.js:517:15)
at parseHttpResponse (node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:655:13)
at Executor.execute (node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/http.js:581:28)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:94:5)
To resolve this, simply run the following near the start of your job:
- run: defaults write com.apple.Safari AllowRemoteAutomation 1
If this alone does not resolve the issue, try adding the following additional command directly afterwards:
- run: sudo safaridriver --enable