error when python open chromedriver

[Lancelot65]

Hey everyone,
I'm having an issue with undetected_chromedriver when running a script through crontab. In the logs, I get:

INFO:undetected_chromedriver.patcher:patching driver executable /home/melocal/share/chromedriver_copy
and after
Service /home/me/.local/share/chromedriver_copy unexpectedly exited. Status code was: 1

The problem is:

If I run the script manually via SSH, it works perfectly, no errors.
But when the script runs automatically via crontab, it breaks or doesn't work properly.

Anyone faced this? Maybe it's related to environment variables or the way undetected_chromedriver patches the driver when used from crontab?

Thanks in advance for your help! 🙏

[nathanfallet]

The problem might be related the sessions. Crontab runs in a minimal environment, which is very different from an ssh session.

I would try making a script that I launch in a screen (with screen -S) and then I detach it with Ctrl+A D so it runs from a normal session but keeps running when you disconnect from ssh:

while true; do
    echo "[$(date)] Running script..."
    python ... # run your python here the same you would call from the cron
    sleep 300 # for example wait 5 minutes
done