Selenium-standalone

before(async function() { // Ensure drivers are installed (safe to call every time) await install(); // Start the server server = await start(); console.log('Selenium ready'); });

// setup.js const { start, install } = require('selenium-standalone'); let server; selenium-standalone

Here is a setup.js file that starts the server before your tests run and kills it after: before(async function() { // Ensure drivers are installed

await browser.url('https://example.com'); const title = await browser.getTitle(); console.log( Page title is: ${title} ); await browser.deleteSession(); })(); // setup.js const { start

No more "forgetting to start the Selenium server" errors on Monday morning. This is where selenium-standalone shines. Your pipeline becomes deterministic.

after(async function() { await server.kill(); // Clean shutdown });