ci: resolve chromedrivers not running in Ubuntu runners >=24.04 (#1150)

This patch adds `--no-sandbox` chrome flag allowing CI to pass in
runners using >= Ubuntu 24.04

Resolves this
[error](https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-npm/actions/runs/12889457050/job/36296592750#step:6:403):

> SessionNotCreatedError: session not created: probably user data
directory is already in use, please specify a unique value for
--user-data-dir argument, or don't use --user-data-dir

Related issues: SeleniumHQ/selenium#14609

No QA required

Author: Zidious

packages/cli/src/lib/webdriver.test.ts

@@ -90,30 +90,17 @@ describe('startDriver', () => {
     assert.equal(chromedriverPath, config.chromedriverPath);
   });
 
-  it('passes the --no-sandbox argument to chromeOptions', async () => {
-    browser = 'chrome-headless';
-    config.chromeOptions = ['--no-sandbox'];
-    driver = await startDriver(config);
-
-    const options = config?.builder?.getChromeOptions();
-    assert.isArray(options?.get('goog:chromeOptions').args);
-    assert.deepEqual(options?.get('goog:chromeOptions').args, [
-      'headless',
-      '--no-sandbox'
-    ]);
-  });
-
   it('passes multiple arguments argument to chromeOptions', async () => {
     browser = 'chrome-headless';
-    config.chromeOptions = ['no-sandbox', 'disable-dev-shm-usage'];
+    config.chromeOptions = ['disable-dev-shm-usage'];
     driver = await startDriver(config);
 
     const options = config?.builder?.getChromeOptions();
     assert.isArray(options?.get('goog:chromeOptions').args);
     assert.deepEqual(options?.get('goog:chromeOptions').args, [
       'headless',
-      'no-sandbox',
-      'disable-dev-shm-usage'
+      'disable-dev-shm-usage',
+      'no-sandbox'
     ]);
   });
 

packages/cli/src/lib/webdriver.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ const startDriver = async (
 
     if (CHROME_TEST_PATH) {
       options.setChromeBinaryPath(path.resolve(CHROME_TEST_PATH));
+      // Required for CI runners using >=Ubuntu 24.04
+      // @see https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/14609
+      options.addArguments('no-sandbox');
     }
 
     if (config.chromePath) {

packages/webdriverio/test/axe-webdriverio.spec.ts

@@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ describe('@axe-core/webdriverio', () => {
           capabilities: {
             browserName: 'chrome',
             'goog:chromeOptions': {
-              args: ['--headless'],
+              args: [
+                '--headless',
+                // Required for CI runners using >=Ubuntu 24.04
+                // @see https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/14609
+                '--no-sandbox'
+              ],
               binary: process.env.CHROME_TEST_PATH as string
             }
           },

packages/webdriverjs/test/test-utils.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ export const Webdriver = (): WebDriver => {
   // Weird type change since 4.23.1 release
   // @see https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/discussions/69724
   const options = new chrome.Options();
-  options.addArguments('headless');
+  options
+    .addArguments('headless')
+    // Required for CI runners using >=Ubuntu 24.04
+    // @see https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/14609
+    .addArguments('no-sandbox');
+
   options.setBinaryPath(process.env.CHROME_TEST_PATH as string);
 
   const builder = new Builder()