Failed to connect to localhost port 3918: Connection refused(R Rselenium) - r

Question

Seeking help on how to resolve the subject line error.
The many previous posts and solutions referenced here have already been reviewed/tried.
In the past this same error has been resolved by updating R, Rstudio.
The code, which has worked for years and as recently as few days ago:
library(chromote) # to get the chrome version
library(netstat) # to dynamically change ports
library(RSelenium) # to run Selenium
b <- ChromoteSession$new()
browser_version <- b$Browser$getVersion()$product
browser_version<-gsub(".*/","",browser_version)
realVersion <- substr(browser_version,1,3)
chromeVersions <- binman::list_versions("chromedriver")
chromeVersions <- chromeVersions$win32
realChromeVer <-chromeVersions[which(substr(chromeVersions,1,3)==realVersion)]
driver <- rsDriver(browser = 'chrome', port = free_port(random = TRUE), chromever = realChromeVer[1], verbose = F)
remdr <- driver[['client']]
remdr$maxWindowSize()
Error message:
Could not open chrome browser.
Client error message:
Undefined error in httr call. httr output: Failed to connect to localhost port 3918: Connection refused
Check server log for further details.
Warning message:
In rsDriver(browser = "chrome", port = free_port(random = TRUE), :
Could not determine server status.
Is there anyway to get this running with rsDriver?
I would be really thankful if someone could help me in this problem.

Answer 1

See the answers here https://stackoverflow.com/a/75176907/15363011 and here https://github.com/ropensci/RSelenium/issues/264
The issue is likely that the newest Chrome versions (109+) are creating a bug that is preventing wdman::selenium() from running. Did you try deleting the license file in the chrome driver paths set by RSDriver (via the wdman package)?