options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
options.add_argument('--single-process')
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
does NOT help.
How can we reproduce the issue?
from selenium import webdriver
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
driver.get('https://example.com')
print(driver.title)
driver.close()
Relevant log output
F:\sync\code\python\_gists>_test5.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "F:\sync\code\python\_gists\_test5.py", line 14, in <module>
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 70, in __init__
    super(WebDriver, self).__init__(DesiredCapabilities.CHROME['browserName'], "goog",
  File "C:\Program Files\Python3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chromium\webdriver.py", line 92, in __init__
    RemoteWebDriver.__init__(
  File "C:\Program Files\Python3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 275, in __init__
    self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 365, in start_session
    response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 430, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python3\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 247, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed.
  (unknown error: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
  (The process started from chrome location C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
Stacktrace:
Backtrace:
        Ordinal0 [0x0126B8F3+2406643]
        Ordinal0 [0x011FAF31+1945393]
        Ordinal0 [0x010EC748+837448]
        Ordinal0 [0x01109994+956820]
        Ordinal0 [0x01105D71+941425]
        Ordinal0 [0x01138EE0+1150688]
        Ordinal0 [0x01138B3A+1149754]
        Ordinal0 [0x01134096+1130646]
        Ordinal0 [0x0110E636+976438]
        Ordinal0 [0x0110F546+980294]
        GetHandleVerifier [0x014D9612+2498066]
        GetHandleVerifier [0x014CC920+2445600]
        GetHandleVerifier [0x01304F2A+579370]
        GetHandleVerifier [0x01303D36+574774]
        Ordinal0 [0x01201C0B+1973259]
        Ordinal0 [0x01206688+1992328]
        Ordinal0 [0x01206775+1992565]
        Ordinal0 [0x0120F8D1+2029777]
        BaseThreadInitThunk [0x752D343D+18]
        RtlInitializeExceptionChain [0x772A9812+99]
        RtlInitializeExceptionChain [0x772A97E5+54]
Operating System
Windows 7
Selenium version
Python 3.8.7 + selenium 4.1.5
What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?
Chrome 101.0.4951.67
What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?
ChromeDriver 101.0.4951.41 (93c720db8323b3ec10d056025ab95c23a31997c9-refs/branch-heads/4951@{#904})
Are you using Selenium Grid?
          
@fireattack, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.
  
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There are several potential reasons for getting this error, please investigate these sources to determine which applies to your issue:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50642308/webdriverexception-unknown-error-devtoolsactiveport-file-doesnt-exist-while-t
https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues?q=is%3Aissue+DevToolsActivePort+
          
Yeah, I've read all of them; and as mentioned above, --headless can make it work as a workaround.
The issue is I didn't need to do so just two Chrome versions ago with no significant system change.
          
Problem solved after I manually assigned options.binary_location. This seems like a proper solution than just work-around.
Thanks for your reply.