Why Selenium Python script freeze on EC2

Question

I'm trying to run a script, but when I ran the process freeze. Here is the code

```
def get_source_content(url):
    """..."""

driver_path = f"{settings.BASE_DIR}/geckodriver"

options = FirefoxOptions()
    options.add_argument("--headless")
    options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
    options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    options.add_argument("--single-process")
    options.add_argument("--ignore-certificate-errors")

driver = webdriver.Firefox(
        service=FirefoxService(executable_path=driver_path), options=options
    )

try:
        driver.get(url)
        WebDriverWait(driver, 3)
        element = driver.find_element(
            "xpath", "//button[@class='sc-beySPh gNAvzR mde-consent-accept-btn']"
        )
        element.click()
        WebDriverWait(driver, 3)
        source = driver.page_source

except Exception as ex:
        raise ex

driver.quit()

return source
```

Accepted Answer

The problem was related to the display, so adding this extra options arguments:

```
options.add_argument("--window-size=800,600")
options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
options.add_argument("--enable-automation")
```

and use a third party library to simulate fake display the problem was fixed

```
from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
display = Display(visible=0, size=(800, 600))
display.start()
...
display.stop()
```

Answer

Hello.

Is it possible that there is a problem with the specs of the EC2 that is running the code?  
It may depend on the size of the website you are scraping, but I think it may stop working if the EC2 specs are low.  
Have you confirmed that this code completes the process normally?  
For example, does the process complete normally when run on a local PC?

Looking at the documentation, I think the usage of wait is as follows.  
There may be a problem with the waiting time around here, so please check it.  
https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/waits/  
```
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 3)
element = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[@class='sc-beySPh gNAvzR mde-consent-accept-btn']")))
element.click()
```

Why Selenium Python script freeze on EC2

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