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I have Selenium Server running on a remote server, and on the same server I have a public-facing site configured in IIS that implements the RemoteWebDriver to run automated tests.

I am accessing the site from my local machine, and it's generally working fine.

One of the tests I have in place involves going to google.com and entering a search term. The problem I have is that each time I run the test, Google shows the 'Unusual traffic from your computer network' Captcha page.

Can anyone recommend a way around this issue?

Thanks in advance.

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Have to tried clearing cookies before each test? –  HemChe Apr 9 '13 at 10:52
yeah tried that, no luck! –  user806982 Apr 9 '13 at 13:40
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I was able to resolve this by adding the following parameter when launching the selenium server jar:


It appears that, by default, the Firefox remote WebDriver uses a new clean, anonymous profile. Google didn't like this. So the above forces it to use the existing 'default' firefox profile. At least that's my understanding anyway!

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