Timeout error in selenium - Timeout Error with Selenium Capybara Cucumber Ruby

Question

When executing the scenarios in cucumber ruby using Capybara I am facing error. After few Scenarios are executed, time out error arises we're not able to proceed to next scenario.

Following error is displayed:

Timeout::Error (Timeout::Error)
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:146:in `rescue in rbuf_fill'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:140:in `rbuf_fill'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:122:in `readuntil'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:132:in `readline'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:2563:in `read_status_line'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:2552:in `read_new'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1320:in `block in transport_request'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1317:in `catch'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1317:in `transport_request'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1294:in `request'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1287:in `block in request'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:746:in `start'
  /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:1285:in `request'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.37.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:83:in `response_for'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.37.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:39:in `request'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.37.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:40:in `call'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.37.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:634:in `raw_execute'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.37.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:612:in `execute'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.37.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:361:in `deleteAllCookies'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.37.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/options.rb:67:in `delete_all_cookies'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara/selenium/driver.rb:84:in `reset!'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara/session.rb:77:in `reset!'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara.rb:245:in `block in reset_sessions!'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara.rb:245:in `each'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara.rb:245:in `reset_sessions!'
  /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/capybara-2.1.0/lib/capybara/cucumber.rb:10:in `After'
We are using Capybara 2.1.0 version and Cucumber 1.3.8.

Any suggestion would be welcome :)

Answer 1

The only reason for a timeout error is if your Chrome WebDriver is outdated. Update that first. Also, Capybara 2.1.0 is very old. Try updating it too. Hopefully it should now work. Hope the answer helps :)