Unable to start WAD during use

[Jermin2020]

2023-09-13 16:39:15:194 - [Appium] Welcome to Appium v2.0.1
2023-09-13 16:39:15:197 - [Appium] Non-default server args:
2023-09-13 16:39:15:198 - [Appium] {
2023-09-13 16:39:15:198 - [Appium] localTimezone: true,
2023-09-13 16:39:15:198 - [Appium] logTimestamp: true
2023-09-13 16:39:15:199 - [Appium] }
2023-09-13 16:39:15:199 - [Appium] Attempting to load driver uiautomator2...
2023-09-13 16:39:15:200 - [debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at C:\Users\zm-ye\node_modules\appium-uiautomator2-driver
2023-09-13 16:39:15:851 - [Appium] Attempting to load driver chromium...
2023-09-13 16:39:15:852 - [debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at C:\Users\zm-ye\node_modules\appium-chromium-driver
2023-09-13 16:39:15:892 - [Appium] Attempting to load driver windows...
2023-09-13 16:39:15:893 - [debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at C:\Users\zm-ye\node_modules\appium-windows-driver
2023-09-13 16:39:15:952 - [Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on http://0.0.0.0:4723
2023-09-13 16:39:15:955 - [Appium] You can provide the following URLS in your client code to connect to this server:
2023-09-13 16:39:15:956 - [Appium] http://192.168.82.157:4723/
2023-09-13 16:39:15:956 - [Appium] http://127.0.0.1:4723/ (only accessible from the same host)
2023-09-13 16:39:15:956 - [Appium] Available drivers:
2023-09-13 16:39:15:957 - [Appium] - [email protected] (automationName 'UiAutomator2')
2023-09-13 16:39:15:957 - [Appium] - [email protected] (automationName 'Chromium')
2023-09-13 16:39:15:957 - [Appium] - [email protected] (automationName 'Windows')
2023-09-13 16:39:15:958 - [Appium] No plugins have been installed. Use the "appium plugin" command to install the one(s) you want to use.
2023-09-13 16:39:28:478 - [HTTP] --> POST /session
2023-09-13 16:39:28:479 - [HTTP] {"capabilities":{"alwaysMatch":{"platformName":"Windows","appium:automationName":"Windows","appium:app":"C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe","appium:newCommandTimeout":3600,"appium:connectHardwareKeyboard":true},"firstMatch":[{}]},"desiredCapabilities":{"platformName":"Windows","appium:automationName":"Windows","appium:app":"C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe","appium:newCommandTimeout":3600,"appium:connectHardwareKeyboard":true}}
2023-09-13 16:39:28:483 - [debug] [AppiumDriver@5eba] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{"platformName":"Windows","appium:automationName":"Windows","appium:app":"C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe","appium:newCommandTimeout":3600,"appium:connectHardwareKeyboard":true},null,{"alwaysMatch":{"platformName":"Windows","appium:automationName":"Windows","appium:app":"C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe","appium:newCommandTimeout":3600,"appium:connectHardwareKeyboard":true},"firstMatch":[{}]}]
2023-09-13 16:39:28:485 - [debug] [AppiumDriver@5eba] Event 'newSessionRequested' logged at 1694594368485 (16:39:28 GMT+0800 (中国标准时间))
2023-09-13 16:39:28:490 - [Appium] Attempting to find matching driver for automationName 'Windows' and platformName 'Windows'
2023-09-13 16:39:28:491 - [Appium] The 'windows' driver was installed and matched caps.
2023-09-13 16:39:28:492 - [Appium] Will require it at C:\Users\zm-ye\node_modules\appium-windows-driver
2023-09-13 16:39:28:492 - [debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at C:\Users\zm-ye\node_modules\appium-windows-driver
2023-09-13 16:39:28:493 - [AppiumDriver@5eba] Appium v2.0.1 creating new WindowsDriver (v2.12.2) session
2023-09-13 16:39:28:494 - [AppiumDriver@5eba] Checking BaseDriver versions for Appium and WindowsDriver
2023-09-13 16:39:28:494 - [AppiumDriver@5eba] Appium's BaseDriver version is 9.3.16
2023-09-13 16:39:28:494 - [AppiumDriver@5eba] WindowsDriver's BaseDriver version is 9.3.16
2023-09-13 16:39:28:496 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] Creating session with W3C capabilities: {
2023-09-13 16:39:28:496 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] "alwaysMatch": {
2023-09-13 16:39:28:497 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] "platformName": "Windows",
2023-09-13 16:39:28:497 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] "appium:automationName": "Windows",
2023-09-13 16:39:28:497 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] "appium:app": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe",
2023-09-13 16:39:28:497 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] "appium:newCommandTimeout": 3600,
2023-09-13 16:39:28:497 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] "appium:connectHardwareKeyboard": true
2023-09-13 16:39:28:498 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] },
2023-09-13 16:39:28:498 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] "firstMatch": [
2023-09-13 16:39:28:498 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] {}
2023-09-13 16:39:28:498 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] ]
2023-09-13 16:39:28:498 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034] }
2023-09-13 16:39:28:502 - [WindowsDriver@f034] The following capabilities were provided, but are not recognized by Appium:
2023-09-13 16:39:28:505 - [WindowsDriver@f034] connectHardwareKeyboard
2023-09-13 16:39:28:506 - [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Session created with session id: 14a0cb95-428b-482f-b094-bb2f540be911
2023-09-13 16:39:28:513 - [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Spawning 'C:\Program Files\Windows Application Driver\WinAppDriver.exe' with args: ["4724/wd/hub"]
2023-09-13 16:39:28:523 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Matched '/status' to command name 'getStatus'
2023-09-13 16:39:28:525 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Proxying [GET /status] to [GET http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub/status] with no body
2023-09-13 16:39:28:537 - [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:4724
2023-09-13 16:39:28:629 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Windows Application Driver listening for requests at: http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub
2023-09-13 16:39:28:630 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Press ENTER to exit.
2023-09-13 16:39:29:542 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Matched '/status' to command name 'getStatus'
2023-09-13 16:39:29:542 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Proxying [GET /status] to [GET http://127.0.0.1:4724/wd/hub/status] with no body
2023-09-13 16:39:29:546 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] ==========================================
2023-09-13 16:39:29:546 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] GET /wd/hub/status HTTP/1.1
2023-09-13 16:39:29:547 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Accept: application/json, /
2023-09-13 16:39:29:547 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Accept-Encoding: gzip, compress, deflate, br
2023-09-13 16:39:29:547 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Connection: keep-alive
2023-09-13 16:39:29:547 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
2023-09-13 16:39:29:547 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Host: 127.0.0.1:4724
2023-09-13 16:39:29:548 - [debug] [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] User-Agent: appium
2023-09-13 16:39:29:550 - [WindowsDriver@f034 (14a0cb95)] Got response with status 500: {"status":13,"value":{"error":"unknown error","message":"An unknown error occurred in the remote end while processing the command."}}

[mykola-mokhnach]

https://github.com/appium/appium-windows-driver#troubleshooting

[mike-optifino]

@Jermin2020 Hi! I faced the same problem when trying to run appium server as windows service (used nssm). Could you find the root cause and how to fix it? Thanks in advance