Selenium Server - Google Captcha issue

Question

I have Selenium Server running on a remote server, and on the same server I have a public-facing site configured in IIS that implements the RemoteWebDriver to run automated tests.

I am accessing the site from my local machine, and it's generally working fine.

One of the tests I have in place involves going to google.com and entering a search term. The problem I have is that each time I run the test, Google shows the 'Unusual traffic from your computer network' Captcha page.

Can anyone recommend a way around this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Have to tried clearing cookies before each test? – HemChe Apr 09 '13 at 10:52 — HemChe, Apr 09 '13 at 10:52
yeah tried that, no luck! – user806982 Apr 09 '13 at 13:40 — user806982, Apr 09 '13 at 13:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 07:39

I was able to resolve this by adding the following parameter when launching the selenium server jar:

-Dwebdriver.firefox.profile=default

It appears that, by default, the Firefox remote WebDriver uses a new clean, anonymous profile. Google didn't like this. So the above forces it to use the existing 'default' firefox profile. At least that's my understanding anyway!

Selenium Server - Google Captcha issue

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