Edge driver download fails due to outdated CDN (msedgedriver.azureedge.net)

[Valeriamejia1]

Summary

The current implementation of webdriver-manager fails to download the Edge driver because it still tries to access the outdated CDN:

https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/

This domain is no longer available. Microsoft has officially migrated to:

https://msedgedriver.microsoft.com/

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use EdgeChromiumDriverManager().install() in any script.
2. Run the script.
3. The request to azureedge.net fails with a ConnectionError.

Environment

• OS: Windows 10 / 11
• webdriver-manager version: 4.0.2
• Edge version: 138.0.x.x
• Python version: 3.x

Expected Behavior

The manager should automatically use the new Microsoft CDN:
https://msedgedriver.microsoft.com/

Suggested Fix

Update the internal references to point to the new domain, as recommended by Microsoft:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webdriver-chromium/#download-and-install

Additional Notes

Microsoft support has confirmed this is expected behavior due to the CDN migration. Please update the download logic to reflect this change.

Thanks!

[pan000987]

Same issue. Please update ASAP as this library has been used in serveral projects. Thank you and thank you again.

[Masterxilo]

Same issue here.

Related links:

• [🐛 Bug]: msedgedriver storage moved from msedgedriver.azureedge.net to msedgedriver.microsoft.com SeleniumHQ/selenium#16063
• Error in “getDownloadStream”. Could not download https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/117.0.2045.55/edgedriver_mac64.zip webdriverio/selenium-standalone#945
• fix: replace azureedge.net with microsoft.com webdriverio/selenium-standalone#946

Stacktrace:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\driver_finder.py", line 38, in get_path
    path = SeleniumManager().driver_location(options) if path is None else path
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py", line 94, in driver_location
    output = self.run(args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py", line 140, in run
    raise WebDriverException(f"Unsuccessful command executed: {command}.\n{result}{stderr}")
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Unsuccessful command executed: C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe --browser MicrosoftEdge --output json.
{'code': 65, 'message': 'error sending request for url (https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/LATEST_RELEASE_138_WINDOWS): error trying to connect: dns error: No such host is known. (os error 11001)', 'driver_path': '', 'browser_path': ''}


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\driver_finder.py", line 38, in get_path
    path = SeleniumManager().driver_location(options) if path is None else path
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py", line 94, in driver_location
    output = self.run(args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py", line 140, in run
    raise WebDriverException(f"Unsuccessful command executed: {command}.\n{result}{stderr}")
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Unsuccessful command executed: C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe --browser MicrosoftEdge --output json.
{'code': 65, 'message': 'error sending request for url (https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/LATEST_RELEASE_138_WINDOWS): error trying to connect: dns error: No such host is known. (os error 11001)', 'driver_path': '', 'browser_path': ''}


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py", line 94, in driver_location
    output = self.run(args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\selenium_manager.py", line 140, in run
    raise WebDriverException(f"Unsuccessful command executed: {command}.\n{result}{stderr}")
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Unsuccessful command executed: C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe --browser MicrosoftEdge --output json.
{'code': 65, 'message': 'error sending request for url (https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/LATEST_RELEASE_138_WINDOWS): error trying to connect: dns error: No such host is known. (os error 11001)', 'driver_path': '', 'browser_path': ''}


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Unsuccessful command executed: C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\windows\selenium-manager.exe --browser MicrosoftEdge --output json.
{'code': 65, 'message': 'error sending request for url (https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/LATEST_RELEASE_138_WINDOWS): error trying to connect: dns error: No such host is known. (os error 11001)', 'driver_path': '', 'browser_path': ''}


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>
  File "test.py", line 69, in <module>
    driver = my_webdriver.create_webdriver(download_directory)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "my_webdriver.py", line 26, in create_webdriver
    driver = webdriver.Edge(options = options)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\edge\webdriver.py", line 45, in __init__
    super().__init__(
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chromium\webdriver.py", line 51, in __init__
    self.service.path = DriverFinder.get_path(self.service, options)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\driver_finder.py", line 41, in get_path
    raise NoSuchDriverException(msg) from err
selenium.common.exceptions.NoSuchDriverException: Message: Unable to obtain driver for MicrosoftEdge using Selenium Manager.; For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/troubleshooting/errors/driver_location

Please fix asap.

[Masterxilo]

Workaround:

        # WORKAROUND
        class CustomHttpClient(HttpClient):
            def get(self, url, params=None, **kwargs) -> Response:
                """
                Add you own logic here like session or proxy etc.
                """
                # WORKAROUND: https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/LATEST_RELEASE_138_WINDOWS is now at https://msedgedriver.microsoft.com/LATEST_RELEASE_138_WINDOWS ; so replace azureedge.net with microsoft.com
                original_url = url
                url = original_url.replace("azureedge.net", "microsoft.com")
                log(f"my_webdriver CustomHttpClient: GET request to {url} (original: {original_url}) with params {params}")
                return requests.get(url, params, **kwargs)

        driver = webdriver.Edge(
            # service=EdgeService(EdgeChromiumDriverManager().install()), options = options # without WORKAROUND
            service=EdgeService(EdgeChromiumDriverManager(download_manager=WDMDownloadManager(CustomHttpClient())).install()), options = options
        )

[pan000987]

A temporarily way to solve it in Python is as below:

driverPath = EdgeChromiumDriverManager( url="https://msedgedriver.microsoft.com/", latest_release_url="https://msedgedriver.microsoft.com/LATEST_RELEASE" ).install()

[Dylan96]

Why has it not been fixed yet?

[ganeshprabu1997]

When can we expect this issue to be fixed?

[ganeshprabu1997]

When can we expect this issue to be fixed?

Updating selenium server jar to 4.35 fixed my issue .Thanks