'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'is_connected' error for successful test

[merrillh]

I recently updated chromededriver to 136 and package requirements (selenium==4.32.0, seleniumbase==4.38.2). I'm using a BaseTestCase to handle setUp and tearDown for multiple tests but I get an error for a test that should pass. The chromedriver opens an instance of Chrome locally and runs through everything correctly. Printing out webdriver.Chrome(options=options) shows that the driver is being created. However, I get AttributeError: 'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'is_connected'
I'm not using CDP Mode and I'm wondering if I have something misconfigured.

venv_selenium/lib/python3.13/site-packages/seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py:10038: in assert_text
    elif not self.is_connected():
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self = <test_profile_create_and_delete.Profile testMethod=test_prevent_profile_with_duplicate_link>

    def is_connected(self):
        """
        Return True if WebDriver is connected to the browser.
        Note that the stealthy CDP-Driver isn't a WebDriver.
        In CDP Mode, the CDP-Driver controls the web browser.
        The CDP-Driver can be connected while WebDriver isn't.
        """
>       return self.driver.is_connected()
E       AttributeError: 'WebDriver' object has no attribute 'is_connected'

from selenium import webdriver
from app.config.app import app_config

class BaseTestCase(BaseCase):
    
    def get_new_driver(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """ This method overrides get_new_driver() from BaseCase. """
        options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()

        if self.headless:
            options.add_argument("--headless")
        user_dir_chrome_data = app_config.dir_chrome_data
        user_dir_profile = app_config.dir_chrome_profile
        if user_dir_chrome_data in kwargs:
            user_dir_chrome_data = kwargs[user_dir_chrome_data]
        if user_dir_profile in kwargs:
            user_dir_profile = kwargs[user_dir_profile]
        options.add_argument(f"user-data-dir={user_dir_chrome_data}")
        options.add_argument(f"profile-directory={user_dir_profile}")
        driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

        return driver

[mdmintz]

Good catch. For now, override the is_connected() method as a workaround:

def is_connected(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return True

Full example:

from selenium import webdriver
from seleniumbase import BaseCase
BaseCase.main(__name__, __file__)

class BaseTestCase(BaseCase):
    def get_new_driver(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """This method overrides get_new_driver() from BaseCase."""
        options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
        options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
        if self.headless:
            options.add_argument("--headless=new")
            options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
        options.add_experimental_option(
            "excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation", "enable-logging"],
        )
        prefs = {
            "credentials_enable_service": False,
            "profile.password_manager_enabled": False,
        }
        options.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)
        return webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

    def is_connected(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return True

    def test_driver_override(self):
        self.open("https://seleniumbase.io/demo_page")
        self.type("#myTextInput", "This is Automated")
        self.set_value("input#mySlider", "100")
        self.select_option_by_text("#mySelect", "Set to 100%")
        self.click("#checkBox1")
        self.drag_and_drop("img#logo", "div#drop2")
        self.click('button:contains("Click Me")')
        self.assert_text("SeleniumBase")

I'll have a real fix in the next release, which may be delayed slightly because I'm at PyCon this week:
https://us.pycon.org/2025/

But the workaround should be fine until then if you're overriding get_new_driver().