Bump version 3.4.2 (#1590)

Co-authored-by: ilike2burnthing <59480337+ilike2burnthing@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/autotag.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: autotag
+name: Autotag
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ jobs:
   tag-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      -
+      - name: Checkout repository
-        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
-      -
+      - name: Auto Tag
-        name: Auto Tag
         uses: Klemensas/action-autotag@stable
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}"

.github/workflows/release-docker.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-name: release-docker
+name: Docker release
 
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'
+      - "v*.*.*"
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   build-docker-images:
     if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Downcase repo
         run: echo REPOSITORY=$(echo ${{ github.repository }} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-name: release
+name: Release
 
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'
+      - "v*.*.*"
 
 jobs:
   create-release:
     name: Create release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
+      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # get all commits, branches and tags (required for the changelog)
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Build changelog
         id: github_changelog
@@ -22,74 +22,45 @@ jobs:
           changelog="${changelog//'%'/'%25'}"
           changelog="${changelog//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
           changelog="${changelog//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
-          echo "##[set-output name=changelog;]${changelog}"
+          echo "changelog=${changelog}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Create release
-        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          body: ${{ steps.github_changelog.outputs.changelog }}
+          body: ${{ env.changelog }}
-          draft: false
+        env:
-          prerelease: false
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
 
-  build-linux-package:
+  build-package:
-    name: Build Linux binary
+    name: Build binaries
     needs: create-release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
+      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # get all commits, branches and tags (required for the changelog)
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: "3.13"
 
       - name: Build artifacts
         run: |
           python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-          python -m pip install pyinstaller==5.13.0
+          python -m pip install pyinstaller==6.16.0
           cd src
           python build_package.py
 
       - name: Upload release artifacts
-        uses: alexellis/upload-assets@0.4.0
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: ./dist/flaresolverr_*
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
-        with:
-          asset_paths: '["./dist/flaresolverr_*"]'
-
-  build-windows-package:
-    name: Build Windows binary
-    needs: create-release
-    runs-on: windows-2022
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # get all commits, branches and tags (required for the changelog)
-
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
-
-      - name: Build artifacts
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-          python -m pip install pyinstaller==5.13.0
-          cd src
-          python build_package.py
-
-      - name: Upload release artifacts
-        uses: alexellis/upload-assets@0.4.0
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
-        with:
-          asset_paths: '["./dist/flaresolverr_*"]'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v3.4.2 (2025/10/09)
+* Bump dependencies & CI actions. Thanks @flowerey
+* Add optional wait time after resolving the challenge before returning. Thanks @kennedyoliveira
+* Add proxy ENVs. Thanks @Robokishan
+* Handle empty string and keys without value in postData. Thanks @eZ4RK0
+* Add quote protection for password containing it. Thanks @warrenberberd
+* Add returnScreenshot parameter to screenshot the final web page. Thanks @estebanthi
+* Add log file support. Thanks @acg5159
+
+## v3.4.1 (2025/09/15)
+* Fix regex pattern syntax in utils.py
+* Change access denied title check to use startswith
+
+## v3.4.0 (2025/08/25)
+* Modernize and upgrade application. Thanks @TheCrazyLex
+* Remove disable software rasterizer option for ARM builds. Thanks @smrodman83
+
+## v3.3.25 (2025/06/14)
+* Remove `use-gl` argument. Thanks @qwerty12
+* u_c: remove apparent c&p typo. Thanks @ok3721
+* Bump requirements
+
 ## v3.3.24 (2025/06/04)
 * Remove hidden character
 

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm as builder
+FROM python:3.13-slim-bookworm as builder
 
 # Build dummy packages to skip installing them and their dependencies
 RUN apt-get update \
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && equivs-build adwaita-icon-theme \
     && mv adwaita-icon-theme_*.deb /adwaita-icon-theme.deb
 
-FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
+FROM python:3.13-slim-bookworm
 
 # Copy dummy packages
 COPY --from=builder /*.deb /
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ RUN dpkg -i /libgl1-mesa-dri.deb \
     # Create flaresolverr user
     && useradd --home-dir /app --shell /bin/sh flaresolverr \
     && mv /usr/bin/chromedriver chromedriver \
-    && chown -R flaresolverr:flaresolverr .
+    && chown -R flaresolverr:flaresolverr . \
+    # Create config dir
+    && mkdir /config \
+    && chown flaresolverr:flaresolverr /config
+
+VOLUME /config
 
 # Install Python dependencies
 COPY requirements.txt .
@@ -62,17 +67,17 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--"]
 CMD ["/usr/local/bin/python", "-u", "/app/flaresolverr.py"]
 
 # Local build
-# docker build -t ngosang/flaresolverr:3.3.24 .
+# docker build -t ngosang/flaresolverr:3.4.2 .
-# docker run -p 8191:8191 ngosang/flaresolverr:3.3.24
+# docker run -p 8191:8191 ngosang/flaresolverr:3.4.2
 
 # Multi-arch build
 # docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes
 # docker buildx create --use
-# docker buildx build -t ngosang/flaresolverr:3.3.24 --platform linux/386,linux/amd64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64/v8 .
+# docker buildx build -t ngosang/flaresolverr:3.4.2 --platform linux/386,linux/amd64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64/v8 .
 #   add --push to publish in DockerHub
 
 # Test multi-arch build
 # docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes
 # docker buildx create --use
-# docker buildx build -t ngosang/flaresolverr:3.3.24 --platform linux/arm/v7 --load .
+# docker buildx build -t ngosang/flaresolverr:3.4.2 --platform linux/arm/v7 --load .
-# docker run -p 8191:8191 --platform linux/arm/v7 ngosang/flaresolverr:3.3.24
+# docker run -p 8191:8191 --platform linux/arm/v7 ngosang/flaresolverr:3.4.2

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2023 Diego Heras (ngosang / ngosang@hotmail.es)
+Copyright (c) 2025 Diego Heras (ngosang / ngosang@hotmail.es)
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.md

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ docker run -d \
   ghcr.io/flaresolverr/flaresolverr:latest
 ```
 
-If your host OS is Debian, make sure `libseccomp2` version is 2.5.x. You can check the version with `sudo apt-cache policy libseccomp2` 
+If your host OS is Debian, make sure `libseccomp2` version is 2.5.x. You can check the version with `sudo apt-cache policy libseccomp2`
 and update the package with `sudo apt install libseccomp2=2.5.1-1~bpo10+1` or `sudo apt install libseccomp2=2.5.1-1+deb11u1`.
 Remember to restart the Docker daemon and the container after the update.
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ This is the recommended way for Windows users.
 > **Warning**
 > Installing from source code only works for x64 architecture. For other architectures see Docker images.
 
-* Install [Python 3.11](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
+* Install [Python 3.13](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
 * Install [Chrome](https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/chrome/) (all OS) or [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/) (just Linux, it doesn't work in Windows) web browser.
 * (Only in Linux) Install [Xvfb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvfb) package.
 * (Only in macOS) Install [XQuartz](https://www.xquartz.org/) package.
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ This is the recommended way for Windows users.
 
 ### From source code (FreeBSD/TrueNAS CORE)
 
-* Run `pkg install chromium python311 py311-pip xorg-vfbserver` command to install the required dependencies.
+* Run `pkg install chromium python313 py313-pip xorg-vfbserver` command to install the required dependencies.
 * Clone this repository and open a shell in that path.
-* Run `python3.11 -m pip install -r requirements.txt` command to install FlareSolverr dependencies.
+* Run `python3.13 -m pip install -r requirements.txt` command to install FlareSolverr dependencies.
-* Run `python3.11 src/flaresolverr.py` command to start FlareSolverr.
+* Run `python3.13 src/flaresolverr.py` command to start FlareSolverr.
 
 ### Systemd service
 
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ session. When you no longer need to use a session you should make sure to close
 | maxTimeout          | Optional, default value 60000. Max timeout to solve the challenge in milliseconds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | cookies             | Optional. Will be used by the headless browser. Eg: `"cookies": [{"name": "cookie1", "value": "value1"}, {"name": "cookie2", "value": "value2"}]`.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | returnOnlyCookies   | Optional, default false. Only returns the cookies. Response data, headers and other parts of the response are removed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| returnScreenshot    | Optional, default false. Captures a screenshot of the final rendered page after all challenges and waits are completed. The screenshot is returned as a Base64-encoded PNG string in the `screenshot` field of the response.                                                                                                                 |
 | proxy               | Optional, default disabled. Eg: `"proxy": {"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8888"}`. You must include the proxy schema in the URL: `http://`, `socks4://` or `socks5://`. Authorization (username/password) is not supported. (When the `session` parameter is set, the proxy is ignored; a session specific proxy can be set in `sessions.create`.) |
+| waitInSeconds       | Optional, default none. Length to wait in seconds after solving the challenge, and before returning the results. Useful to allow it to load dynamic content.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 
 > **Warning**
 > If you want to use Cloudflare clearance cookie in your scripts, make sure you use the FlareSolverr User-Agent too. If they don't match you will see the challenge.
@@ -264,12 +266,15 @@ This is the same as `request.get` but it takes one more param:
 | Name               | Default                | Notes                                                                                                                                                         |
 |--------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | LOG_LEVEL          | info                   | Verbosity of the logging. Use `LOG_LEVEL=debug` for more information.                                                                                         |
+| LOG_FILE           | none                   | Path to capture log to file. Example: `/config/flaresolver.log`.                                                                                              |
 | LOG_HTML           | false                  | Only for debugging. If `true` all HTML that passes through the proxy will be logged to the console in `debug` level.                                          |
+| PROXY_URL               | none                   | URL for proxy. Will be overwritten by `request` or `sessions` proxy, if used. Example: `http://127.0.0.1:8080`.                                                                                   |
+| PROXY_USERNAME               | none                   | Username for proxy. Will be overwritten by `request` or `sessions` proxy, if used. Example: `testuser`.                                                                                   |
+| PROXY_PASSWORD               | none                   | Password for proxy. Will be overwritten by `request` or `sessions` proxy, if used. Example: `testpass`.                                                                                   |
 | CAPTCHA_SOLVER     | none                   | Captcha solving method. It is used when a captcha is encountered. See the Captcha Solvers section.                                                            |
 | TZ                 | UTC                    | Timezone used in the logs and the web browser. Example: `TZ=Europe/London`.                                                                                   |
-| LANG               | none                   | Language used in the web browser. Example: `LANG=en_GB`.                                                                                   |
+| LANG               | none                   | Language used in the web browser. Example: `LANG=en_GB`.                                                                                                      |
 | HEADLESS           | true                   | Only for debugging. To run the web browser in headless mode or visible.                                                                                       |
-| BROWSER_TIMEOUT    | 40000                  | If you are experiencing errors/timeouts because your system is slow, you can try to increase this value. Remember to increase the `maxTimeout` parameter too. |
 | TEST_URL           | https://www.google.com | FlareSolverr makes a request on start to make sure the web browser is working. You can change that URL if it is blocked in your country.                      |
 | PORT               | 8191                   | Listening port. You don't need to change this if you are running on Docker.                                                                                   |
 | HOST               | 0.0.0.0                | Listening interface. You don't need to change this if you are running on Docker.                                                                              |
@@ -322,3 +327,4 @@ to the file name of one of the adapters inside the `/captcha` directory.
 ## Related projects
 
 * C# implementation => https://github.com/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverrSharp
+

docker-compose.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ services:
     container_name: flaresolverr
     environment:
       - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
+      - LOG_FILE=${LOG_FILE:-none}
       - LOG_HTML=${LOG_HTML:-false}
       - CAPTCHA_SOLVER=${CAPTCHA_SOLVER:-none}
       - TZ=Europe/London
     ports:
       - "${PORT:-8191}:8191"
+    volumes:
+      - /var/lib/flaresolver:/config
     restart: unless-stopped

flaresolverr.service

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=FlareSolverr
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+SyslogIdentifier=flaresolverr
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+Type=simple
+User=flaresolverr
+Group=flaresolverr
+Environment="LOG_LEVEL=info"
+Environment="CAPTCHA_SOLVER=none"
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/flaresolverr
+ExecStart=/opt/flaresolverr/flaresolverr
+TimeoutStopSec=30
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "flaresolverr",
-  "version": "3.3.24",
+  "version": "3.4.2",
   "description": "Proxy server to bypass Cloudflare protection",
   "author": "Diego Heras (ngosang / ngosang@hotmail.es)",
   "license": "MIT"

requirements.txt

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-bottle==0.12.25
+bottle==0.13.4
-waitress==3.0.1
+waitress==3.0.2
-selenium==4.15.2
+selenium==4.36.0
 func-timeout==4.3.5
-prometheus-client==0.17.1
+prometheus-client==0.23.1
-# required by undetected_chromedriver
+# Required by undetected_chromedriver
-requests==2.32.3
+requests==2.32.5
-certifi==2024.07.04
+certifi==2025.10.5
-websockets==11.0.3
+websockets==15.0.1
-# only required for linux and macos
+packaging==25.0
-xvfbwrapper==0.2.9; platform_system != "Windows"
+# Only required for Linux and macOS
-# only required for windows
+xvfbwrapper==0.2.14; platform_system != "Windows"
-pefile==2023.2.7; platform_system == "Windows"
+# Only required for Windows
+pefile==2024.8.26; platform_system == "Windows"

src/build_package.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def clean_files():
 
 def download_chromium():
     # https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-snapshots/index.html?prefix=Linux_x64/
-    revision = "1453032" if os.name == 'nt' else '1453031'
+    revision = "1465706" if os.name == 'nt' else '1465706'
     arch = 'Win_x64' if os.name == 'nt' else 'Linux_x64'
     dl_file = 'chrome-win' if os.name == 'nt' else 'chrome-linux'
     dl_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), os.pardir, 'dist_chrome')

src/dtos.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class ChallengeResolutionResultT:
     response: str = None
     cookies: list = None
     userAgent: str = None
+    screenshot: str | None = None
 
     def __init__(self, _dict):
         self.__dict__.update(_dict)
@@ -41,8 +42,10 @@ class V1RequestBase(object):
     url: str = None
     postData: str = None
     returnOnlyCookies: bool = None
+    returnScreenshot: bool = None
     download: bool = None   # deprecated v2.0.0, not used
     returnRawHtml: bool = None  # deprecated v2.0.0, not used
+    waitInSeconds: int = None
 
     def __init__(self, _dict):
         self.__dict__.update(_dict)

src/flaresolverr.py

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ from dtos import V1RequestBase
 import flaresolverr_service
 import utils
 
+env_proxy_url = os.environ.get('PROXY_URL', None)
+env_proxy_username = os.environ.get('PROXY_USERNAME', None)
+env_proxy_password = os.environ.get('PROXY_PASSWORD', None)
+
 
 class JSONErrorBottle(Bottle):
     """
@@ -50,7 +54,14 @@ def controller_v1():
     """
     Controller v1
     """
-    req = V1RequestBase(request.json)
+    data = request.json or {}
+    if (('proxy' not in data or not data.get('proxy')) and env_proxy_url is not None and (env_proxy_username is None and env_proxy_password is None)):
+        logging.info('Using proxy URL ENV')
+        data['proxy'] = {"url": env_proxy_url}
+    if (('proxy' not in data or not data.get('proxy')) and env_proxy_url is not None and (env_proxy_username is not None or env_proxy_password is not None)):
+        logging.info('Using proxy URL, username & password ENVs')
+        data['proxy'] = {"url": env_proxy_url, "username": env_proxy_username, "password": env_proxy_password}
+    req = V1RequestBase(data)
     res = flaresolverr_service.controller_v1_endpoint(req)
     if res.__error_500__:
         response.status = 500
@@ -76,6 +87,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # validate configuration
     log_level = os.environ.get('LOG_LEVEL', 'info').upper()
+    log_file = os.environ.get('LOG_FILE', None)
     log_html = utils.get_config_log_html()
     headless = utils.get_config_headless()
     server_host = os.environ.get('HOST', '0.0.0.0')
@@ -93,6 +105,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
         ]
     )
+    if log_file:
+        log_file = os.path.realpath(log_file)
+        log_path = os.path.dirname(log_file)
+        os.makedirs(log_path, exist_ok=True)
+
+        logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.FileHandler(log_file))
+
     # disable warning traces from urllib3
     logging.getLogger('urllib3').setLevel(logging.ERROR)
     logging.getLogger('selenium.webdriver.remote.remote_connection').setLevel(logging.WARNING)

src/flaresolverr_service.py

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def _evil_logic(req: V1RequestBase, driver: WebDriver, method: str) -> Challenge
 
     # find access denied titles
     for title in ACCESS_DENIED_TITLES:
-        if title == page_title:
+        if page_title.startswith(title):
             raise Exception('Cloudflare has blocked this request. '
                             'Probably your IP is banned for this site, check in your web browser.')
     # find access denied selectors
@@ -390,18 +390,26 @@ def _evil_logic(req: V1RequestBase, driver: WebDriver, method: str) -> Challenge
 
     if not req.returnOnlyCookies:
         challenge_res.headers = {}  # todo: fix, selenium not provides this info
+
+        if req.waitInSeconds and req.waitInSeconds > 0:
+            logging.info("Waiting " + str(req.waitInSeconds) + " seconds before returning the response...")
+            time.sleep(req.waitInSeconds)
+
         challenge_res.response = driver.page_source
 
+    if req.returnScreenshot:
+        challenge_res.screenshot = driver.get_screenshot_as_base64()
+
     res.result = challenge_res
     return res
 
 
 def _post_request(req: V1RequestBase, driver: WebDriver):
     post_form = f'<form id="hackForm" action="{req.url}" method="POST">'
-    query_string = req.postData if req.postData[0] != '?' else req.postData[1:]
+    query_string = req.postData if req.postData and req.postData[0] != '?' else req.postData[1:] if req.postData else ''
     pairs = query_string.split('&')
     for pair in pairs:
-        parts = pair.split('=')
+        parts = pair.split('=', 1)
         # noinspection PyBroadException
         try:
             name = unquote(parts[0])
@@ -411,9 +419,11 @@ def _post_request(req: V1RequestBase, driver: WebDriver):
             continue
         # noinspection PyBroadException
         try:
-            value = unquote(parts[1])
+            value = unquote(parts[1]) if len(parts) > 1 else ''
         except Exception:
-            value = parts[1]
+            value = parts[1] if len(parts) > 1 else ''
+        # Protection of " character, for syntax
+        value=value.replace('"','&quot;')
         post_form += f'<input type="text" name="{escape(quote(name))}" value="{escape(quote(value))}"><br>'
     post_form += '</form>'
     html_content = f"""

src/undetected_chromedriver/__init__.py

@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
             self.patcher.executable_path
         )
 
-        super(Chrome, self).__init__(
+        super().__init__(
             service=service,
             options=options,
             keep_alive=keep_alive,
@@ -507,8 +507,6 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
                     "Page.addScriptToEvaluateOnNewDocument",
                     {
                         "source": """
-
-                           Object.defineProperty(window, "navigator", {
                                 Object.defineProperty(window, "navigator", {
                                   value: new Proxy(navigator, {
                                     has: (target, key) => (key === "webdriver" ? false : key in target),
@@ -729,10 +727,8 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
     def start_session(self, capabilities=None, browser_profile=None):
         if not capabilities:
             capabilities = self.options.to_capabilities()
-        super(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver, self).start_session(
+        super().start_session(capabilities)
-            capabilities
+        # super(Chrome, self).start_session(capabilities, browser_profile) # Original explicit call commented out
-        )
-        # super(Chrome, self).start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
 
     def find_elements_recursive(self, by, value):
         """

src/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # this module is part of undetected_chromedriver
 
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from packaging.version import Version as LooseVersion
 import io
 import json
 import logging
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import random
 import re
 import shutil
 import string
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 from urllib.request import urlopen
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ class Patcher(object):
                 pass
 
             release = self.fetch_release_number()
-            self.version_main = release.version[0]
+            self.version_main = release.major
             self.version_full = release
             self.unzip_package(self.fetch_package())
 
@@ -327,11 +328,11 @@ class Patcher(object):
         """
         zip_name = f"chromedriver_{self.platform_name}.zip"
         if self.is_old_chromedriver:
-            download_url = "%s/%s/%s" % (self.url_repo, self.version_full.vstring, zip_name)
+            download_url = "%s/%s/%s" % (self.url_repo, str(self.version_full), zip_name)
         else:
             zip_name = zip_name.replace("_", "-", 1)
             download_url = "https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/%s/%s/%s"
-            download_url %= (self.version_full.vstring, self.platform_name, zip_name)
+            download_url %= (str(self.version_full), self.platform_name, zip_name)
 
         logger.debug("downloading from %s" % download_url)
         return urlretrieve(download_url)[0]
@@ -373,10 +374,31 @@ class Patcher(object):
         """
         exe_name = os.path.basename(exe_name)
         if IS_POSIX:
-            r = os.system("kill -f -9 $(pidof %s)" % exe_name)
+            # Using shell=True for pidof, consider a more robust pid finding method if issues arise.
+            # pgrep can be an alternative: ["pgrep", "-f", exe_name]
+            # Or psutil if adding a dependency is acceptable.
+            command = f"pidof {exe_name}"
+            try:
+                result = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+                pids = result.stdout.strip().split()
+                if pids:
+                    subprocess.run(["kill", "-9"] + pids, check=False) # Changed from -f -9 to -9 as -f is not standard for kill
+                    return True
+                return False # No PIDs found
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError: # pidof returns 1 if no process found
+                return False # No process found
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(f"Error killing process on POSIX: {e}")
+                return False
         else:
-            r = os.system("taskkill /f /im %s" % exe_name)
+            try:
-        return not r
+                # TASKKILL /F /IM chromedriver.exe
+                result = subprocess.run(["taskkill", "/f", "/im", exe_name], check=False, capture_output=True)
+                # taskkill returns 0 if process was killed, 128 if not found.
+                return result.returncode == 0
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(f"Error killing process on Windows: {e}")
+                return False
 
     @staticmethod
     def gen_random_cdc():

src/utils.py

@@ -140,14 +140,8 @@ def get_webdriver(proxy: dict = None) -> WebDriver:
     IS_ARMARCH = platform.machine().startswith(('arm', 'aarch'))
     if IS_ARMARCH:
         options.add_argument('--disable-gpu-sandbox')
-        options.add_argument('--disable-software-rasterizer')
     options.add_argument('--ignore-certificate-errors')
     options.add_argument('--ignore-ssl-errors')
-    # fix GL errors in ASUSTOR NAS
-    # https://github.com/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr/issues/782
-    # https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/127800#issuecomment-873342069
-    # https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#use-gl
-    options.add_argument('--use-gl=swiftshader')
 
     language = os.environ.get('LANG', None)
     if language is not None:
@@ -199,6 +193,8 @@ def get_webdriver(proxy: dict = None) -> WebDriver:
                            windows_headless=windows_headless, headless=get_config_headless())
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error("Error starting Chrome: %s" % e)
+        # No point in continuing if we cannot retrieve the driver
+        raise e
 
     # save the patched driver to avoid re-downloads
     if driver_exe_path is None:
@@ -300,7 +296,7 @@ def extract_version_nt_folder() -> str:
             paths = [f.path for f in os.scandir(path) if f.is_dir()]
             for path in paths:
                 filename = os.path.basename(path)
-                pattern = '\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+'
+                pattern = r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+'
                 match = re.search(pattern, filename)
                 if match and match.group():
                     # Found a Chrome version.

test-requirements.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-WebTest==3.0.0
+WebTest==3.0.6