Jenkins : Selenium GUI tests are not visible on Windows

Question

When I run my selenium test (mvn test) from Jenkins (windows) I see only the console output. I don't see the real browsers getting opened. How can I configure Jenkins so that I can see the browsers running the test?

Answer 1

I had the same problem, I got the solution after many attempts.

If you are using Jenkins as a windows service you need to do the following :

1) In windows, service select the service of Jenkins

2) Open the properties window of the service -> Logon-> enable the checkbox “Allow service to interact with desktop”

After then you should reboot the service Jenkins

This solution works ONLY on windows XP, hope this helps you