ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590) Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read

[MikeMcC399]

Current behavior

When Cypress is run in a CI environment where there is no physical GPU available, an error message similar to the following is output:

[266:1014/183729.600834:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read: object_path= /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop: unknown error type:

This is new in Cypress 13.3.1 and is a regression from Cypress 13.3.0.

It affects for instance:

• GitHub Actions with Ubuntu 22.04 / Node.js 20.8.0
• CircleCI Ubuntu 22.04 in Docker / Node.js 20.6.1

The error message occurs in CI where it uses Xvfb (X virtual framebuffer) when there is no other X11 server available due to missing hardware graphic.

Desired behavior

The only message output when starting Cypress in CI should be similar to the following:

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:35223/devtools/browser/18023e84-028d-4b1e-a9d3-afb174f8232f

• see also Message "DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1" #26753

There should be no message with the following text output:

ERROR:object_proxy.cc

Test code to reproduce

Workflows from Cypress repos show the issue since the update to Cypress 13.3.1:

1. https://github.com/cypress-io/github-action/actions/workflows/example-cron.yml
2. https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-example-kitchensink/blob/master/.github/workflows/single.yml
3. https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-docker-images/blob/master/circle.yml for example "test-image-medium-factory-test-factory-cypress-included-electron" on https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/cypress-io/cypress-docker-images

Cypress Version

First reported on version: 13.3.1
Reproducible also on version: 13.6.4

Node version

20.8.0 / 20.6.1

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04

Debug Logs

Workflow	Cypress 13.3.0	Cypress 13.3.1
GitHub Actions	Job 17616845243	Job 17685117337
CircleCI	Job 48307	Job 48982

Other

Error history

• Cypress 13.0.0 / 13.1.0 showed (see also ERROR:gpu_memory_buffer_support_x11 on GitHub Ubuntu #25357):

[443:1014/182211.580014:ERROR:gpu_memory_buffer_support_x11.cc(44)] dri3 extension not supported.

• Cypress 13.2.0 and 13.3.0 were free from ERROR codes on starting

• Cypress 13.3.1 -> 13.6.0 show:

[266:1014/183729.600834:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read: object_path= /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop: unknown error type:

[csvan]

Confirming this on Cypress 13.4.0 running in CI mode on an Amazon Linux 2023 Docker image (Nodejs 18). Same code works fine on OSX (M1 Pro).

[DmytroKhomychPrintify]

Having same for Cypress 13.3.1 in CI, but no errors on OSX

[MikeMcC399]

@csvan / @DmytroKhomychPrintify

I only see this error message in CI and this is where Cypress uses Xvfb (X virtual framebuffer) in place of a physical graphic hardware adapter.

[MikeMcC399]

If it can be determined that the error message in this issue is harmless:

[266:1014/183729.600834:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read: object_path= /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop: unknown error type:

perhaps it could be added to the list of "garbage warnings" in

https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/blob/develop/cli/lib/exec/spawn.js

and which are filtered out by that module?

[pythonquick]

Seeing the same error when running Cypress 13.4.0 in CI

[jerrychong25]

Having same error when running Cypress 12.17.4 in Jenkins:

Opening Cypress...
[493:1115/040124.736155:ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(273)] Failed to adjust OOM score of renderer with pid 646: Permission denied (13)
[493:1115/040124.746972:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read: object_path= /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop: unknown error type:

[AlexanderTunick]

Confirming the same error after upgrading to Cypress v13.5.1.
Docker in Jenkins CI on Ubuntu 16.04

ci
NODE_PATH=./cypress cypress run --env cfg=dev --record --group Adm --browser chrome --spec cypress/e2e/adm/**

[1356:1120/040141.013878:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read: object_path= /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop: unknown error type: 

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:43273/devtools/browser/5d984b5a-2049-4d52-93b4-95d4dc152e26

[jerrychong25]

Anyone found the solution?

[Priyanka21manohar]

Anyone found the solution?

Try running the build with ubuntu-latest
name: Cypress Regression
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

[GarethCake]

Anyone found the solution?

Try running the build with ubuntu-latest name: Cypress Regression runs-on: ubuntu-latest

Am currently running on ubuntu-latest and still having this problem :(

[akshaygupta5233]

Kindly get this issue fixed. I am so badly stuck

[csvan]

Can people with this issue confirm it actually BREAKS something? I am getting it but the tests are still passing as usual.

[Priyanka21manohar]

Anyone found the solution?

Try running the build with ubuntu-latest name: Cypress Regression runs-on: ubuntu-latest

Am currently running on ubuntu-latest and still having this problem :(

Are you stuck with that error or it proceed with the Cypress test along with this error?
I didn't face the issue after updating all the runs-on: ubuntu-latest in the YAML file.