Chrome/firefox/safari- browser does not auto-start on macOS unless Selenium Standalone is manually launched

[autotest-web]

Please share the macOS-supported codecept.conf.js file. With the current configuration below, the local automation does not automatically start ChromeDriver on macOS Error | Error: Can't connect to WebDriver We need to explicitly start standalone Selenium to launch the browser

node version-v14.15.5 npm version-6.14.5

exports.config = { tests: "./*_test.js", output: "./output", /** -----------------------------

• :rocket: HELPERS
• ----------------------------- / helpers: { WebDriver: { url: prop.url, browser: browser, restart: false, smartWait: 10000, waitForTimeout: 50000, windowSize: windowSize, /* Auto-start ChromeDriver on Mac / services: ["chromedriver"], capabilities: { acceptInsecureCerts: true, 'goog:chromeOptions': { excludeSwitches: ['enable-automation'], prefs: { download: { default_directory: prop.downloadDir, prompt_for_download: false } } } } }, /* Custom Helpers / ChaiWrapper: { require: "codeceptjs-chai", }, MyHelper: { require: "./myHelper.js", }, }, /* -----------------------------
• BOOTSTRAP + TEARDOWN
• ----------------------------- / bootstrap: require("./dist/Bootstrap/bootstrap.js").bootstrap, teardown: require("./dist/Bootstrap/bootstrap.js").teardown, teardownAll: require("./src/get_all_reports.js"), include: { I: prop.stepFilePath, }, /* -----------------------------
• PARALLEL EXECUTION
• ----------------------------- / multiple: { parallel: { chunks: 1 }, sanityCases: { chunks: 2 } }, /* -----------------------------
• BDD (Gherkin)
• ----------------------------- / gherkin: { features: [ './src//features//.feature', "./src//src///.feature" ], steps: "./dist//implementation///*.js" }, name: prop.projectName, / -----------------------------
• PLUGINS
• ----------------------------- / plugins: { xpathValidate: { require: "./src/xpathValidation.js", enabled: true }, retryFailedStep: { enabled: true }, tryTo: { enabled: true }, screenshotOnFail: { enabled: true, uniqueScreenshotNames: true }, /* :x: WDIO plugin is removed – not needed */ // wdio: { ... } → deleted autoDelay: { enabled: true, delayBefore: 1000, delayAfter: 500, methods: ['click', 'fillField', 'checkOption'] }, allure: { enabled: true, require: '@codeceptjs/allure-legacy' }, selenoidOptions: { sessionTimeout: "300s", enableVNC: false, enableVideo: false }, require: ["ts-node/register"] } };

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