GitHub Actions Failing : Ignore Local Host Error - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am having an odd issue with running specs only on github actions, and it is not respecting the ignore local hosts setting. Is there something we need to add to the config to make our settings work with GitHub Actions?
Error
Run bundle exec rspec --tag type:feature
Run options: include {:type=>"feature"}
Capybara starting Puma...
* Version 4.3.12 , codename: Mysterious Traveller
* Min threads: 0, max threads: 4
* Listening on tcp://127.0.0.1:38[9](https://github.com/TinyMission/ami-experience/actions/runs/3258283316/jobs/5350246640#step:12:9)[9](https://github.com/TinyMission/ami-experience/actions/runs/3258283316/jobs/5350246640#step:12:10)5
......................F
Failures:
1) Log In can log into the application
Got 0 failures and 2 other errors:
1.1) Failure/Error: visit new_user_session_path
VCR::Errors::UnhandledHTTPRequestError:
================================================================================
An HTTP request has been made that VCR does not know how to handle:
GET https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_[10](https://github.com/TinyMission/ami-experience/actions/runs/3258283316/jobs/5350246640#step:12:11)6.0.5249
There is currently no cassette in use. There are a few ways
you can configure VCR to handle this request:
* If you're surprised VCR is raising this error
and want insight about how VCR attempted to handle the request,
you can use the debug_logger configuration option to log more details [1].
* If you want VCR to record this request and play it back during future test
runs, you should wrap your test (or this portion of your test) in a
`VCR.use_cassette` block [2].
* If you only want VCR to handle requests made while a cassette is in use,
configure `allow_http_connections_when_no_cassette = true`. VCR will
ignore this request since it is made when there is no cassette [3].
* If you want VCR to ignore this request (and others like it), you can
set an `ignore_request` callback [4].
[1] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/configuration/debug-logging
[2] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/getting-started
[3] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/configuration/allow-http-connections-when-no-cassette
[4] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/configuration/ignore-request
================================================================================
# ./spec/features/login_spec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
# ./spec/rails_helper.rb:69:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
# ./spec/support/configs/config_vcr.rb:38:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
1.2) Failure/Error: example.run
VCR::Errors::UnhandledHTTPRequestError:
================================================================================
An HTTP request has been made that VCR does not know how to handle:
GET https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_106.0.5249
There is currently no cassette in use. There are a few ways
you can configure VCR to handle this request:
* If you're surprised VCR is raising this error
and want insight about how VCR attempted to handle the request,
you can use the debug_logger configuration option to log more details [1].
* If you want VCR to record this request and play it back during future test
runs, you should wrap your test (or this portion of your test) in a
`VCR.use_cassette` block [2].
* If you only want VCR to handle requests made while a cassette is in use,
configure `allow_http_connections_when_no_cassette = true`. VCR will
ignore this request since it is made when there is no cassette [3].
* If you want VCR to ignore this request (and others like it), you can
set an `ignore_request` callback [4].
[1] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/configuration/debug-logging
[2] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/getting-started
[3] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/configuration/allow-http-connections-when-no-cassette
[4] https://www.relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/6-1-0/docs/configuration/ignore-request
================================================================================
# ./spec/rails_helper.rb:69:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
# ./spec/support/configs/config_vcr.rb:38:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 1.36 seconds (files took 1.62 seconds to load)
23 examples, 1 failure
Failed examples:
rspec ./spec/features/login_spec.rb:17 # Log In can log into the application
Stopped processing SimpleCov as a previous error not related to SimpleCov has been detected
Coverage report generated for RSpec to /home/runner/work/ami-experience/ami-experience/tmp/coverage. 2[13](https://github.com/TinyMission/ami-experience/actions/runs/3258283316/jobs/5350246640#step:12:14) / 327 LOC (65.[14](https://github.com/TinyMission/ami-experience/actions/runs/3258283316/jobs/5350246640#step:12:15)%) covered.
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
Spec...
# frozen_string_literal: true
require('rails_helper')
RSpec.describe 'Log In', type: :feature do
let(:user) { create(:admin_user) }
before do
visit new_user_session_path
expect(page).to have_button('Access')
fill_in 'user_email', with: user.email, wait: 10
fill_in 'user_password', with: user.password, wait: 10
click_button 'Access'
end
context 'can log into the application' do
it { expect(page).to have_content('Success!') }
end
end
VCR Config
# frozen_string_literal: true
VCR.configure do |c|
c.ignore_localhost = true
c.cassette_library_dir = 'spec/fixtures/vcr'
c.hook_into(:webmock)
c.default_cassette_options = { record: :new_episodes }
c.allow_http_connections_when_no_cassette = false
end

Answer 1

I found the issue, I had to ignore google chrome
VCR.configure do |c|
c.configure_rspec_metadata!
c.ignore_localhost = true
c.allow_http_connections_when_no_cassette = false
c.ignore_hosts('127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '0.0.0.0', 'chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com')
c.cassette_library_dir = 'spec/fixtures/vcr'
c.hook_into(:webmock)
record_mode = ENV['VCR'] ? ENV['VCR'].to_sym : :once
c.default_cassette_options = { record: record_mode }
end```

Answer 2

The request isn't being made to localhost, so the ignore_localhost setting is irrelevant. You can see from the error message that the request is to https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/LATEST_RELEASE_[10] which is likely being made by the webdrivers gem to get an updated version of chromedriver. It's related to https://github.com/titusfortner/webdrivers/wiki/Using-with-VCR-or-WebMock and the solution there would be to allow the connections for this in your VCR config
VCR.configure do |c|
...
c.ignore_hosts('chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com') }
...
end