ConnectionAbortedError: [WinError 10053] An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine

Question

For some reason I get the following error only when I open up a nested webdriver instance. No idea what is happening here.

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Answer 1

This problem happened to me and as the error was intermittent, I initially believed that it was some firewall or antivirus problem, but it was much simpler.

I had a form that was being submitted twice when the SEND button was clicked. The button was set to type="submit" and a javascript code submitted this form when this button was clicked. I changed the button to type="button" and the problem was solved.