[🐛 Bug]: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: Receiver class org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService$Builder does not define or inherit an implementation of the resolved method

[akhilreso]

What happened?

java.lang.AbstractMethodError: Receiver class org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService$Builder does not define or inherit an implementation of the resolved method 'abstract void loadSystemProperties()' of abstract class org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:523)
at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService.createDefaultService(GeckoDriverService.java:94)
at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:99)
at com.argenx.WebAutomation.base.BrowserFactory.configFirefoxDriverLocal(BrowserFactory.java:385)
at com.argenx.WebAutomation.base.BrowserFactory.getBrowser(BrowserFactory.java:149)
at com.argenx.WebAutomation.base.BaseLib.preReportSetUp(BaseLib.java:351)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:141)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodConsideringTimeout(MethodInvocationHelper.java:71)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(ConfigInvoker.java:400)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurations(ConfigInvoker.java:333)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.runConfigMethods(TestInvoker.java:833)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeMethod(TestInvoker.java:600)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethod(TestInvoker.java:230)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodRunner.runInSequence(MethodRunner.java:63)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker$MethodInvocationAgent.invoke(TestInvoker.java:992)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethods(TestInvoker.java:203)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:154)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:134)
at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1596)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:739)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:614)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:421)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner$SuiteWorker.run(SuiteRunner.java:463)
at org.testng.internal.thread.ThreadUtil.lambda$execute$0(ThreadUtil.java:64)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)

How can we reproduce the issue?

Just try to initialize Firefox browser  by FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();

Relevant log output

java.lang.AbstractMethodError: Receiver class org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService$Builder does not define or inherit an implementation of the resolved method 'abstract void loadSystemProperties()' of abstract class org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:523)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService.createDefaultService(GeckoDriverService.java:94)
	at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:99)
	at com.argenx.WebAutomation.base.BrowserFactory.configFirefoxDriverLocal(BrowserFactory.java:385)
	at com.argenx.WebAutomation.base.BrowserFactory.getBrowser(BrowserFactory.java:149)
	at com.argenx.WebAutomation.base.BaseLib.preReportSetUp(BaseLib.java:351)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:141)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodConsideringTimeout(MethodInvocationHelper.java:71)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(ConfigInvoker.java:400)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurations(ConfigInvoker.java:333)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.runConfigMethods(TestInvoker.java:833)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeMethod(TestInvoker.java:600)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethod(TestInvoker.java:230)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodRunner.runInSequence(MethodRunner.java:63)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker$MethodInvocationAgent.invoke(TestInvoker.java:992)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethods(TestInvoker.java:203)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:154)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:134)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1596)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:739)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:614)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:421)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner$SuiteWorker.run(SuiteRunner.java:463)
	at org.testng.internal.thread.ThreadUtil.lambda$execute$0(ThreadUtil.java:64)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)

Operating System

Windows 10

Selenium version

4.28.0

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Firefox

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

GekoDriver

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No response

[github-actions]

@akhilreso, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

---

Info for maintainers

Triage this issue by using labels.

If information is missing, add a helpful comment and then I-issue-template label.

If the issue is a question, add the I-question label.

If the issue is valid but there is no time to troubleshoot it, consider adding the help wanted label.

If the issue requires changes or fixes from an external project (e.g., ChromeDriver, GeckoDriver, MSEdgeDriver, W3C), add the applicable G-* label, and it will provide the correct link and auto-close the issue.

After troubleshooting the issue, please add the R-awaiting answer label.

Thank you!

[github-actions]

Hi, @akhilreso.
Please follow the issue template, we need more information to reproduce the issue.

Either a complete code snippet and URL/HTML (if more than one file is needed, provide a GitHub repo and instructions to run the code), the specific versions used, or a more detailed description to help us understand the issue.

Note: If you cannot share your code and URL/HTML, any complete code snippet and URL/HTML that reproduces the issue is good enough.

Reply to this issue when all information is provided, thank you.