title: Protractor 5.4.2 and Webdriver 12.1.6 along with the chromedrivers do not support chrome 76
body: <p>Protractor 5.4.2 and latest Webdriver manager with Chromdriver versions donot work with new Chrome versions like 76.0.3809.100 </p>
  
  <p>I tried all of the suggestions Google and Protractor forums with no luck yet. I have tried the below -</p>
  
  <p><strong>1. directConnect: true</strong></p>
  
  <p>And then in my package.json added</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"postinstall": "cd ./node_modules/gulp-protractor &amp;&amp; npm i
    webdriver-manager@12.1.6 &amp;&amp; cd ../../ &amp;&amp;
    ./node_modules/.bin/webdriver-manager update --gecko=false"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I have tried this with and without adding explicit dependency</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"webdriver-manager": "12.1.6"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The below is the error message I see -</p>
  
  <pre><code>E/direct - Error code: 135
  [12:06:06] E/direct - Error message: Could not find update-config.json. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
  [12:06:06] E/direct - Error: Could not find update-config.json. Run 'webdriver-manager update' to download binaries.
  </code></pre>
  
  <ol start="2">
  <li><p><strong>directConnect: false</strong> and same dependencies and postInstall script as above. I am able to see the browser launch. But it does not interact with the browser.</p>
  
  <p>Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53' System info: host: 'MC02S8298G8WM', ip: '192.168.130.131', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.13.6', java.version: '1.8.0_181' Driver info: driver.version: unknown UnsupportedOperationError: touchSingleTap Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53' System info: host: 'MC02S8298G8WM', ip: '192.168.130.131', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.13.6', java.version: '1.8.0_181'
  <strong>Driver info: driver.version: unknown</strong></p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>My Chrome is currently on version 76.0.3809.100 and the latest chromedriver downloaded seems to be chromedriver_76.0.3809.12 for webdriver@12.1.6. I specifically tried mentioning a different higher version as well in webdriver update - 76.0.3809.68. The below was the error -</p>
  
  <pre><code>[12:24:58] E/launcher - Unable to create new service: ChromeDriverService
  Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53'
  System info: host: 'MC02S8298G8WM', ip: '192.168.130.131', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.13.6', java.version: '1.8.0_181'
  Driver info: driver.version: unknown
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am pretty much flabbergasted and out of options. Is there anything else we could try?</p>
  
  <p>P.S : Protractor upgrade is not feasible since we can't upgrade our node version.</p>