No error while running selenium-server locally without installing Java first.

Describe the bug

Nightwatch does not throw any error while running selenium-server locally if Java is not installed on the system.

Sample test

// Any test would do

Run with command

$ npx nightwatch --env selenium_server

Verbose output

<!-- Include the verbose output, if possible (run nightwatch with `--verbose` argument) -->

Configuration

module.exports = {
  // An array of folders (excluding subfolders) where your tests are located;
  // if this is not specified, the test source must be passed as the second argument to the test runner.
  src_folders: ["tests"],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/working-with-page-objects/
  page_objects_path: '',

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/#writing-custom-commands
  custom_commands_path: '',

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/#writing-custom-assertions
  custom_assertions_path: '',
  
  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/#external-globals
  globals_path: '',

  webdriver: {},

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      disable_error_log: false,
      launch_url: 'http://localhost',

      screenshots: {
        enabled: false,
        path: 'screens',
        on_failure: true
      },

      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox'
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: ''
      },
      
    },
    
    firefox: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox',
        alwaysMatch: {
          acceptInsecureCerts: true,
          'moz:firefoxOptions': {
            args: [
              // '-headless',
              // '-verbose'
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
        cli_args: [
          // very verbose geckodriver logs
          // '-vv'
        ]
      }
    },
    
    chrome: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        'goog:chromeOptions': {
          // More info on Chromedriver: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/
          //
          // w3c:false tells Chromedriver to run using the legacy JSONWire protocol (not required in Chrome 78)
          w3c: true,
          args: [
            //'--no-sandbox',
            //'--ignore-certificate-errors',
            //'--allow-insecure-localhost',
            //'--headless'
          ]
        }
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
        cli_args: [
          // --verbose
        ]
      }
    },
    
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Configuration for using the browserstack.com cloud service                    |
    //                                                                               |
    // Please set the username and access key by setting the environment variables:  |
    // - BROWSERSTACK_USER                                                           |
    // - BROWSERSTACK_KEY                                                            |
    // .env files are supported                                                      |
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    browserstack: {
      selenium: {
        host: 'hub.browserstack.com',
        port: 4444
      },
      // More info on configuring capabilities can be found on:
      // https://www.browserstack.com/automate/capabilities?tag=selenium-4
      desiredCapabilities: {
        'bstack:options': {
          userName: '${BROWSERSTACK_USER}',
          accessKey: '${BROWSERSTACK_KEY}',
        }
      },

      disable_error_log: true,
      webdriver: {
        timeout_options: {
          timeout: 15000,
          retry_attempts: 3
        },
        keep_alive: true,
        start_process: false
      }
    },

    'browserstack.local': {
      extends: 'browserstack',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        'browserstack.local': true
      }
    },
    
    'browserstack.chrome': {
      extends: 'browserstack',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        chromeOptions: {
          w3c: true
        }
      }
    },
    
    'browserstack.firefox': {
      extends: 'browserstack',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox'
      }
    },
    
    'browserstack.local_chrome': {
      extends: 'browserstack.local',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome'
      }
    },
    
    'browserstack.local_firefox': {
      extends: 'browserstack.local',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox'
      }
    },
    
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Configuration for when using the Selenium service, either locally or remote,  |
    //  like Selenium Grid                                                           |
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    selenium_server: {
      // Selenium Server is running locally and is managed by Nightwatch
      // More info on setting up Selenium Server locally:
      // https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/getting-started/installation.html#install-selenium-server
      selenium: {
        start_process: true,
        port: 4444,
        server_path: (Services.seleniumServer ? Services.seleniumServer.path : ''),
        cli_args: {
          'webdriver.gecko.driver': (Services.geckodriver ? Services.geckodriver.path : ''),
          'webdriver.chrome.driver': (Services.chromedriver ? Services.chromedriver.path : '')
        }
      }
    },

    'selenium.chrome': {
      extends: 'selenium_server',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        chromeOptions: {
          w3c: true
        }
      }
    },

    'selenium.firefox': {
      extends: 'selenium_server',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox',
        'moz:firefoxOptions': {
          args: [
            // '-headless',
            // '-verbose'
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
};

Your Environment

Executable	Version
nightwatch --version	2.0.10
npm --version	8.3.0
yarn --version	VERSION
node --version	17.3.1

Browser driver	Version
geckodriver	3.0.1

OS	Version
macOS Monterey	12.1