[🐛 Bug]: OneTimeSetUp: System.IO.FileLoadException : Could not load file or assembly 'System.Text.Json, Version=8.0.0.0

[Guitrum]

What happened?

Ever since updating Selenium.WebDriver past 4.23.0, running integration tests fails on the OneTimeSetUp. To be clear, I can run my full integration test suite on 4.23.0, but I get the same setup failures on 4.24.0 and 4.25.0. For some reason it seems to still be looking for System.Text.Json, Version=8.0.0.0 even though the dependency requires 8.0.4. I notice that when trying to install 8.0.0 manually, it says there is a high severity vulnerability which is why I assume the update to require 8.0.4 exists.

Something is still stuck trying to download System.Text.Json 8.0.0 even after the update of the webdriver beyond 4.23.0

How can we reproduce the issue?

Install Selenium.WebDriver v4.25.0 and try to run integration test suite.

Relevant log output

Message: 
OneTimeSetUp: System.IO.FileLoadException : Could not load file or assembly 'System.Text.Json, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

  Stack Trace: 
SeleniumManager.BinaryPaths(String arguments)
DriverFinder.BinaryPaths()
DriverFinder.GetDriverPath()
ChromiumDriver.GenerateDriverServiceCommandExecutor(DriverService service, DriverOptions options, TimeSpan commandTimeout)
ChromiumDriver.ctor(ChromiumDriverService service, ChromiumOptions options, TimeSpan commandTimeout)
ChromeDriver.ctor(ChromeOptions options)
Setup.Init() line 42

Operating System

Windows 11

Selenium version

Selenium.WebDriver v4.25.0

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

Chrome

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

Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver v129.0.6668.10000

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No response

[github-actions]

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[shbenzer]

Have you tried updating System.Text.Json to 8.0.4 using your package manager?

[nvborisenko]

@Guitrum we really need simple reproducible project where we can face this issue. Why? It works fine on my environment. The only one difference between 4.23 and 4.24 is that the latest one uses System.Text.Json instead of Newtonsoft.Json package. Theoretically and practically it just works. Your reproducible steps will help us to investigate a root cause of the issue to move furth.

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Hi, @Guitrum.
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[mvaneijken]

Got the same issue when using Selenium in Windows PowerShell 5.1. It gives the following error:
New-Object : Exception calling ".ctor" with "2" argument(s): "The type initializer for 'System.Text.Json ' threw an exception."

Tried versions 8.0.0, 8.0.4 and 8.0.5. Version 8.0.4 gives a slightly different error:

New-Object : Exception calling ".ctor" with "2" argument(s): "The type initializer for 'System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer ' threw an exception."

To invoke the web driver I'm executing the following code:

Add-Type -Path $("System.Text.Json.dll")
Add-Type -Path $("Webdriver.dll")

$EdgeOptions = New-Object  OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeOptions
$EdgeDriverService = [OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeDriverService]::CreateDefaultService("msedgedriver.exe")
$EdgeDriver = New-Object OpenQA.Selenium.Edge.EdgeDriver("msedgedriver.exe"), $EdgeOptions)

Versions used:
Windows 11 23H2 v10.0.22631.4317
Microsoft Edge v130.0.2849.46
PowerShell v5.1.22621.4249
msedgedriver.exe v130.0.2849.46
Webdriver.dll v4.25

[nvborisenko]

@Guitrum @mvaneijken If somebody can rephrase steps to reproduce for me (as for dummy), I appreciate it.