# The Reporting plugin encountered issues launching Chromium in a self-test. You may have trouble generating reports

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-reporting-plugin-encountered-issues-launching-chromium-in-a-self-test-you-may-have-trouble-generating-reports/344105>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-reporting\
**Created:** [September 29, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-reporting-plugin-encountered-issues-launching-chromium-in-a-self-test-you-may-have-trouble-generating-reports/344105 "2023-09-29T06:42:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nghia\_D\_ng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nghia_d_ng/32/123483_2.png) [@Nghia\_D\_ng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nghia_D_ng)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-reporting-plugin-encountered-issues-launching-chromium-in-a-self-test-you-may-have-trouble-generating-reports/344105/1 "2023-09-29T06:42:11Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/a/2a373cc8357dd68c8ce54447e5e2b131d9a3d423.jpeg)

Please help me!

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-reporting-plugin-encountered-issues-launching-chromium-in-a-self-test-you-may-have-trouble-generating-reports/344105/2 "2023-10-01T17:30:32Z")

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> **[Reporting troubleshooting | Kibana Guide \[8.10\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-troubleshooting.html#reporting-diagnostics)**

And of image instead of text, we can not even read the entire error messages.

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**Author:** ![Nghia\_D\_ng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nghia_d_ng/32/123483_2.png) [@Nghia\_D\_ng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nghia_D_ng)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-reporting-plugin-encountered-issues-launching-chromium-in-a-self-test-you-may-have-trouble-generating-reports/344105/3 "2023-10-02T00:57:40Z")

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\<Sep 27 17:14:31 Kibana kibana[1251275]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2023-09-27T10:14:31Z","tags"🙁"error","plugins","reporting","validations"],"pid":1251275,"message":"The Reporting plugin encountered issues launching Chromium in a self-test. You may have trouble generating reports."}\>

\<Sep 27 17:14:31 Kibana kibana[1251275]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2023-09-27T10:14:31Z","tags"🙁"error","plugins","reporting","validations"],"pid":1251275,"message":"ErrorEvent {\n target:\n WebSocket {\n \_events:\n [Object: null prototype] { open: [Function], error: [Function] },\n \_eventsCount: 2,\n \_maxListeners: undefined,\n readyState: 3,\n protocol: '',\n \_binaryType: 'nodebuffer',\n \_closeFrameReceived: false,\n \_closeFrameSent: false,\n \_closeMessage: '',\n \_closeTimer: null,\n \_closeCode: 1006,\n \_extensions: {},\n \_receiver: null,\n \_sender: null,\n \_socket: null,\n \_isServer: false,\n \_redirects: 0,\n url:\n 'ws://127.0.0.1:45265/devtools/browser/3f83980b-db25-4b6b-a162-1aacefb57be4',\n \_req: null },\n type: 'error',\n message :'socket hang up',\n error:\n { Error: socket hang up\n at createHangUpError (\_http\_client.js:332:15)\n at Socket.socketOnEnd (\_http\_client.js:435:23)\n at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)\n at endReadableNT (\_stream\_readable.js:1145:12)\n at process.\_tickCallback (internal/process/next\_tick.js:63:19) at endReadableNT (\_stream\_readable.js:1145:12)\n at process.\_tickCallback (internal/process/next\_tick.js:63:19) code: 'ECONNRESET' } }"}\>

\<Sep 27 17:14:31 Kibana kibana[1251275]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2023-09-27T10:14:31Z","tags"🙁"error","plugins","reporting","validations"],"pid":1251275,"message":"Error: Could not close browser client handle!\n at browserFactory.test.then.browser (/u01/kibana-7.9.0-linux-x86\_64/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate\_browser.js:26:15)\n at process.\_tickCallback (internal\>\>

\<Sep 27 17:14:31 Kibana kibana[1251275]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2023-09-27T10:14:31Z","tags"🙁"warning","plugins","reporting","validations"],"pid":1251275,"message":"Reporting plugin self-check generated a warning: Error: Could not close browser client handle!"}\>

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-reporting-plugin-encountered-issues-launching-chromium-in-a-self-test-you-may-have-trouble-generating-reports/344105/4 "2023-10-30T00:58:18Z")

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