When I create a new chrome driver in Selenium while Google Chrome is already running AND I am referencing the users settings/data (via user-data-dir). A new Chrome window will open, but my application will hang. The ChromeDriver console will display the following error each second:

DevTools Request: 127.0.0.1:12585/json/version. DevTools request failed

This will work perfectly fine in every time if I do not try and load user settings/data. If I am trying to load user setting/data it will only work if there is no instance of Chrome running on the device already.

I am not sure if this is a bug, or my own ignorance. Hopefully the later.

Versions:

• Selenium v 2.47.0
• ChromeDriver v 2.16.333243
• Chrome v44.0.2403

Possibly related to: angular/protractor#1636 ?

Edit: code snippet for reference:

    ChromeDriverService driverService = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
    //driverService.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;
    driverService.EnableVerboseLogging = true;

    string path = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%LOCALAPPDATA%\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data");

    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.AddArguments("user-data-dir=" + path);
    options.AddArguments("--start-maximized");
    options.AddArguments("--disable-extensions");

    IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(driverService, options);