Appium 1.5 Beta Release

Hey guys, I was trying to play with 1.5.0-beta4 (from npm) for Mobile WebApp testing and I've found that driver can't even open URL:

...
info: [HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/1a7c04e8-a982-44fa-b6a6-fd6ae56c4b7c/url {"url":"https://github.com/appium/appium"}
info: [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.setUrl() with args: ["https://github.com/appium/appium","1a7c04e8-a982-44fa-b6a6-fd6ae56c4b7c"]
info: [HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/1a7c04e8-a982-44fa-b6a6-fd6ae56c4b7c/url 500 2.469 ms - 122

All logs and code example are available here: https://gist.github.com/bayandin/d9542c5212db3046879615

When can we expect fix for this bug: https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/439784. It is tagged to fixed in 1.5. Can we please take this on priority and fix it?

How to install appium 1.5 on windows 8 machine ?

I got an error

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED

when changing from appium 1.4.8 to 1.5 beta? I used session override.
Is that an issue or I need to add some other setting?

Hello!
I too am getting the following error when trying 1.5 via source. I am running appium by typing: node .

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/Andrew/appium/build/lib/main.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:336:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:286:25)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:475:10)
at startup (node.js:118:18)
at node.js:952:3

Hello,
I saw this warning:
package.json appium@1.5.0-beta7 No bin file found at ./build/lib/main.js

So, I changed the package.json file to remove the 'build' directory for:
"main": "./lib/main.js",
"bin": {
"appium": "./lib/main.js",

Not sure if this was the right thing to do. I got past the first error but then have this one:
/Users/Andrew/appium/lib/main.js:4
import { init as logsinkInit } from './logsink';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:414:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:467:10)
at startup (node.js:134:18)
at node.js:961:3

I can't get past this issue that I always fail to install appium-chromedriver:

> appium-chromedriver@2.3.5 install /home/rkrisztian1/tmp/appium-beta/appium-1.5/node_modules/appium-chromedriver
> node install-npm.js


/home/rkrisztian1/tmp/appium-beta/appium-1.5/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promisify.js:268
        throw new TypeError("fn must be a function\u000a\u000a    See http://goo.gl/916lJJ\u000a");
              ^
TypeError: fn must be a function

    See http://goo.gl/916lJJ

    at Function.Promise.promisify (/home/rkrisztian1/tmp/appium-beta/appium-1.5/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promisify.js:268:15)

Doesn't matter if I run it from a checkout with the mentioned npm install appium-chromedriver trick or via npm install appium@beta (without the checkout). It always fails.

Hello @isaac ! Thanks for Shaping up Appium to be more reliable.

The appium@beta install is getting failed with below error related to appium chrome driver. Could you please suggest if something needs to get fixed from my side to get the latest appium 1.5 beta 7 installed ?

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "appium@beta" "--verbose"
npm ERR! node v4.1.0
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.4
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! appium-chromedriver@2.3.8 install: `node install-npm.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the appium-chromedriver@2.3.8 install script 'node install-npm.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the appium-chromedriver package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install-npm.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls appium-chromedriver
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

Hi,

Getting this error when try to run appium.

/usr/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promisify.js:268
throw new TypeError("fn must be a function\u000a\u000a See http://goo.gl/916lJJ\u000a");
^
TypeError: fn must be a function

See http://goo.gl/916lJJ

at Function.Promise.promisify (/usr/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promisify.js:268:15)
at Object.<anonymous> (lib/fs.js:46:13)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-support/build/lib/tempdir.js:12:11)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-support/build/index.js:11:19)

i think you have to update your node version. which one are you using?

My node version is v0.10.25

My npm version is 1.3.10

see the discussion in https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/5814206

Thanks, Problem solved.