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{} not available for download

Error message

{} not available for download

What it means

Returned by SafariManager::get_driver_url(). safaridriver ships with macOS and is never downloaded, so the method is a hard error by design. The placeholder is the driver name (safaridriver).

Source

Thrown at rust/src/safari.rs:106

    fn discover_browser_version(&mut self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
        self.discover_safari_version(SAFARI_FULL_PATH.to_string())
    }

    fn get_driver_name(&self) -> &str {
        self.driver_name
    }

    fn request_driver_version(&mut self) -> Result<String, Error> {
        Ok("(local)".to_string())
    }

    fn request_browser_version(&mut self) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
        Ok(None)
    }

    fn get_driver_url(&mut self) -> Result<String, Error> {
        Err(anyhow!(format!(
            "{} not available for download",
            self.get_driver_name()
        )))
    }

    fn get_driver_path_in_cache(&self) -> Result<PathBuf, Error> {
        Ok(PathBuf::from("/usr/bin/safaridriver"))
    }

    fn get_config(&self) -> &ManagerConfig {
        &self.config
    }

    fn get_config_mut(&mut self) -> &mut ManagerConfig {
        &mut self.config
    }

    fn set_config(&mut self, config: ManagerConfig) {

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Solutions

1. Use the local safaridriver at /usr/bin/safaridriver (enable it via sudo safaridriver --enable on newer macOS).
2. Do not request a download for Safari; rely on the OS-bundled driver.
3. If this surfaces through a binding, report it as Selenium Manager routing the Safari manager into the download step incorrectly.

When it happens

Trigger: Any code path that calls get_driver_url() on the SafariManager (safari.rs:105-110), which should normally be skipped because get_driver_path_in_cache() points at /usr/bin/safaridriver.

Common situations: A Selenium Manager flow erroneously tried to download safaridriver; a custom integration called get_driver_url directly on the Safari manager.

Related errors

• {} not available for download
• Unsuccessful response ({}) for URL {}
• Error parsing JSON from URL {} {}
• Format for file {} cannot be inferred
• Wrong browser/driver version

AI-assisted analysis of SeleniumHQ/selenium@aa36b38e69 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/387c48de6012d129. Report an issue: GitHub.