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I was seeing an issue at def start(self, **kwargs: Any) -> sp.Popen: function with error, "Appium has failed to start on {host}:{port} within {timeout_ms}ms timeout"

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start in def start(self, **kwargs: Any) -> sp.Popen and inspect the condition involving self.is_running, poll_url(host, port, status_url_path, timeout_ms), and timeout_ms. Reproduce the Appium startup failure on macOS with Python 3.7, then verify that the corrected condition allows startup within the configured timeout.

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Description

Appium was not starting on Mac with python3.7 via code

Solution:
Made a change at
if not(self.is_running or (timeout_ms > 0 and not poll_url(host, port, status_url_path, timeout_ms))):
//added brackets after not

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