Exception name Description

This type of Selenium exception occurs when an existing element in

ElementNotVisibleException
DOM has a feature set as hidden.
This Selenium exception occurs when an element is presented in
ElementNotSelectableException the DOM, but you can be able to select. Therefore, it is not possible to
interact.
NoSuchElementException This Exception occurs if an element could not be found.
This Exception occurs if the frame target to be switched to does not
NoSuchFrameException
exist.
NoAlertPresentException This Exception occurs when you switch to no presented alert.
NoSuchWindowException This Exception occurs if the window target to be switch does not exist.
This Selenium exception occurs happens when the web element is
StaleElementReferenceException
detached from the current DOM.
SessionNotFoundException The WebDriver is acting after you quit the browser.
Thrown when there is not enough time for a command to be
TimeoutException completed. For Example, the element searched wasn’t found in the
specified time.
This Exception takes place when the WebDriver is acting right after you
WebDriverException
close the browser.
This type of Exception takes place when there is a disconnection in the
ConnectionClosedException
driver.
The command may not be completed as the element receiving the
ElementClickInterceptedException
events is concealing the element which was requested clicked.
ElementNotInteractableException This Selenium exception is thrown when any element is presented in
 the DOM. However, it is impossible to interact with such an element.
This happens while interacting with the Firefox extension or the remote
ErrorInResponseException
driver server.
ErrorHandler.UnknownServerExceptio Exception is used as a placeholder in case if the server returns an error
n without a stack trace.
ImeActivationFailedException This expectation will occur when IME engine activation has failed.
ImeNotAvailableException It takes place when IME support is unavailable.
Navigation made the user agent to hit a certificate warning. This can
InsecureCertificateException
cause by an invalid or expired TLS certificate.
InvalidArgumentException It occurs when an argument does not belong to the expected type.
This happens when you try to add a cookie under a different domain
InvalidCookieDomainException
instead of current URL.
This type of Exception matches an interacting operation that is not
InvalidCoordinatesException
valid.
InvalidElementStateExceptio It occurs when command can’t be finished when the element is invalid.
This Exception took place when the given session ID is not included in
InvalidSessionIdException the list of active sessions. It means the session does not exist or is
inactive either.
This occurs when the frame or window target to be switched does not
InvalidSwitchToTargetException
exist.
JavascriptException This issue occurs while executing JavaScript given by the user.
It occurs when you afford to get the session when the session is not
JsonException
created.
NoSuchAttributeException This kind of Exception occurs when the attribute of an element could
 not be found.
It takes place if the target provided to the ActionChains move()
MoveTargetOutOfBoundsException
methodology is not valid. For Example, out of the document.
NoSuchContextException ContextAware does mobile device testing.
This Exception occurs when no cookie matching with the given
NoSuchCookieException pathname found for all the associated cookies of the currently browsing
document.
This Exception is a subclass of WebDriverException. This will occur
NotFoundException
when an element on the DOM does not exist.
This Selenium exception is thrown when the server is not responding
RemoteDriverServerException
because of the problem that the capabilities described are not proper.
ScreenshotException It is not possible to capture a screen.
SessionNotCreatedException It happens when a new session could not be successfully created.
UnableToSetCookieException This occurs if a driver is unable to set a cookie.
UnexpectedTagNameException Happens if a support class did not get a web element as expected.
This expectation occurs when there is an alert, but WebDriver is not
UnhandledAlertException
able to perform Alert operation.
UnexpectedAlertPresentException It occurs when there is the appearance of an unexpected alert.
This Exception happens when the requested command matches with a
UnknownMethodException known URL but and not matching with a methodology for a specific
URL.
This Exception occurs only when the browser is not able to be opened
UnreachableBrowserException
or crashed because of some reason.
UnsupportedCommandException This occurs when remote WebDriver does n’t send valid commands as
expected.