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+layout: post
+title: 'How to fix Selenium Standalone error "getDownloadStream"'
+date: 2025-07-16 18:23:41
+excerpt: 'How to fix Selenium Standalone error "getDownloadStream". Could not download https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/117.0.2045.55/edgedriver_mac64.zip'
+categories: selenium standalone error
+---
+
+This post goes over how to fix [Selenium Standalone](https://github.com/webdriverio/selenium-standalone) error "getDownloadStream". Could not download `https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/117.0.2045.55/edgedriver_mac64.zip`
+
+## Problem
+
+If you're trying to install the Selenium drivers:
+
+```sh
+npx selenium-standalone install
+```
+
+You might get the error:
+
+```
+----------
+selenium-standalone installation starting
+----------
+
+---
+selenium install:
+from: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/download/selenium-4.10.0/selenium-server-4.10.0.jar
+to: node_modules/selenium-standalone/.selenium/selenium-server/4.10.0/selenium-server.jar
+---
+chrome install:
+from: https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/138.0.7204.157/mac-arm64/chromedriver-mac-arm64.zip
+to: node_modules/selenium-standalone/.selenium/chromedriver/latest-mac-arm64/chromedriver
+---
+firefox install:
+from: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.36.0/geckodriver-v0.36.0-macos-aarch64.tar.gz
+to: node_modules/selenium-standalone/.selenium/geckodriver/latest-mac-arm64/geckodriver
+---
+chromiumedge install:
+from: https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/117.0.2045.55/edgedriver_mac64_m1.zip
+to: node_modules/selenium-standalone/.selenium/chromiumedgedriver/latest-mac-arm64/msedgedriver
+
+Error in "getDownloadStream". Could not download https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/117.0.2045.55/edgedriver_mac64_m1.zip
+See more details below:
+getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND msedgedriver.azureedge.net
+node_modules/selenium-standalone/lib/install.js:326
+          throw new Error('Could not download ' + downloadUrl);
+          ^
+
+Error: Could not download https://msedgedriver.azureedge.net/117.0.2045.55/edgedriver_mac64_m1.zip
+    at Request.<anonymous> (node_modules/selenium-standalone/lib/install.js:326:17)
+    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:639:26)
+    at Request.emit (node:events:524:28)
+    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:170:8)
+    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:129:3)
+    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21)
+
+Node.js v22.12.0
+```
+
+## Solution
+
+The issue is that the [`msedgedriver.azureedge.net` has been sunsetted](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/15024) and is replaced with [`msedgedriver.microsoft.com`](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/16063).
+
+Until [selenium-standalone#944](https://github.com/webdriverio/selenium-standalone/pull/944) is merged and released, a workaround is to create a config with the correct URL:
+
+```sh
+touch config.js
+```
+
+```js
+// config.js
+module.exports = {
+  baseURL: 'https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/releases/download',
+  version: process.env.SELENIUM_VERSION || '4.10.0',
+
+  drivers: {
+    chrome: {
+      version: 'latest',
+      channel: 'stable',
+      arch: process.arch,
+      onlyDriverArgs: [],
+      baseURL: 'https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public',
+    },
+    firefox: {
+      version: 'latest',
+      fallbackVersion: '0.30.0',
+      arch: process.arch,
+      onlyDriverArgs: [],
+      baseURL: 'https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download',
+    },
+    chromiumedge: {
+      version: 'latest',
+      fallbackVersion: '117.0.2045.55',
+      arch: process.arch,
+      onlyDriverArgs: [],
+      baseURL: 'https://msedgedriver.microsoft.com',
+    },
+  },
+};
+```
+
+Install Selenium Standalone with the config:
+
+```sh
+npx selenium-standalone install --config=config.js
+```
+
+Then start should work:
+
+```sh
+npx selenium-standalone start
+```
+
+See [selenium-standalone#945](https://github.com/webdriverio/selenium-standalone/issues/945).