No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. connect(2) for "127.0.0.1" port 9515 (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)

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While running my simple selenium automation script on chrome broswer, i am getting below mentioned error. The script runs fine on firefox browser. Mine is HTTPS website. No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. - connect(2) for "127.0.0.1" port 9515 (Errno::ECONNREFUSED) IDE: Ruby Mine 7.1.4 Chrome Browser: 54.0.2840.71 m (64-bit) Script: ``` require "selenium/webdriver" driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome driver.get('http://google.com') ```

Accepted Answer

I had same problem as yours after Windows Update last time. I updated chromedriver.exe from v2.9 to v2.24 and put it on bin directory where ruby installed, then it's fixed.

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. connect(2) for "127.0.0.1" port 9515 (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)

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