Robotic task is not opening browser with the message DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist

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Hi All,

We are trying to build new RPA use case to open browser and download file and bringing back to Appian.

Earlier the robitc task was working fine with below browser and driver versions. 

Browser: Chrome  (121.0.6167.161)

Driver Version: 121.0.6167.85

After the chrome got upgraded the robotic task is not able to launch brower with the below browser & driver version: 

Browser: Chrome  (121.0.6167.185)

Driver Version: 121.0.6167.184

Robotic task is failing with below error:

[INFO] 2024-02-21 05:23:03 03s (0h) - Browser version: 121.0.6167.185, Driver version: 121.0.6167.184
[INFO] 2024-02-21 05:23:03 03s (0h) - WebDriver file is out of date. Attempting to auto resolve it from the console...
[INFO] 2024-02-21 05:23:06 07s (0h) - Successfully auto resolved webDriver from RPA console
[DEBUG] 2024-02-21 05:23:06 07s (0h) - Using default module Chrome options
[WARN] 2024-02-21 05:23:09 10s (0h) - Driver could not be initialized: session not created: Chrome failed to start: exited normally.
(session not created: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
(The process started from chrome location C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)
Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'XXX-XXXX-XXXXX', ip: 'XX.XX.XX.XXX', os.name: 'Windows Server 2019', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '21.0.2'
Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver

Regards,

Udaya Dumpa

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