[🐛 Bug]: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: io/netty/util/Timer

[zeus200003]

What happened?

After adding all the files needed and changing the working env. to JRE 22 , new problem occurred which preventing selenium from starting

How can we reproduce the issue?

package samplePackage;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;

public class WebDriverDemo {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\peter\\OneDrive\\Desktop\\Selenium Jars & Drivers\\Drivers\\chromedriver.exe");
		WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver() ;
		driver.navigate().to("www.google.com");

	}

}

Relevant log output

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: io/netty/util/Timer
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.netty.NettyClient$Factory.createClient(NettyClient.java:135)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.<init>(HttpCommandExecutor.java:116)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.<init>(HttpCommandExecutor.java:94)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.<init>(DriverCommandExecutor.java:88)
	at org.openqa.selenium.chromium.ChromiumDriverCommandExecutor.<init>(ChromiumDriverCommandExecutor.java:40)
	at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver$ChromeDriverCommandExecutor.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:111)
	at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.generateExecutor(ChromeDriver.java:101)
	at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:88)
	at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:84)
	at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:52)
	at samplePackage.WebDriverDemo.main(WebDriverDemo.java:11)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: io.netty.util.Timer
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:525)
	... 11 more

Operating System

Windows 11

Selenium version

selenium-java-4.22.0

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Chrome

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Chrome Driver latest stable version available

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No response

[github-actions]

@zeus200003, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

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[MHabiib]

hi @zeus200003
Make sure your pom.xml file specifies <java.version>22</java.version> to ensure compatibility with Java 22. Also, correct the usage of driver.get() in your Selenium script by including the full URL with the protocol e.g., driver.get("http://www.google.com");.
These steps should resolve the issues you're encountering with Selenium not starting and ensure proper navigation in your WebDriver script.