lighthouse Runtime error encountered: Waiting for DevTools protocol response has exceeded the allotted time. (Method: Page.enable)

FAQ

[X] Yes, my issue is not about variability or throttling.
[X] Yes, my issue is not about a specific accessibility audit (file with axe-core instead).

URL

https://www.google.com/

What happened?

I have installed the latest version of the lighthouse: npm install -g lighthouse Then try to use it: lighthouse https://www.google.com/ Chrome is opening, but the needed page isn't being opened. Finally, everything is crashed and we have an error in the console: Reason: The operation attempted is not supported. +168ms Runtime error encountered: Waiting for DevTools protocol response has exceeded the allotted time. (Method: Page.enable) LHError: PROTOCOL_TIMEOUT

What did you expect?

The web page is opened

What have you tried?

tried to re-install everything from scratch, played with different versions, googling a lot

How were you running Lighthouse?

CLI

Lighthouse Version

9.6.2

Chrome Version

Version 103.0.5060.53 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Node Version

16.15.1

OS

Windows

Relevant log output

C:\WINDOWS\system32>lighthouse https://www.google.com/
  LH:ChromeLauncher Waiting for browser. +0ms
  LH:ChromeLauncher Waiting for browser... +1ms
  LH:ChromeLauncher Waiting for browser..... +507ms
  LH:ChromeLauncher Waiting for browser.....√ +2ms
  LH:config:warn IFrameElements gatherer requested, however no audit requires it. +514ms
  LH:config:warn Inputs gatherer requested, however no audit requires it. +0ms
  LH:status Connecting to browser +86ms
  LH:status Resetting state with about:blank +32ms
  LH:status Navigating to about:blank +1ms
  LH:status Disconnecting from browser... +30s
  LH:status Cleaning origin data +1ms
  LH:ChromeLauncher Killing Chrome instance 10360 +4ms
  LH:ChromeLauncher:error taskkill stderr ERROR: The process with PID 16744 (child process of PID 10360) could not be terminated.
Reason: The operation attempted is not supported.
 +194ms
Runtime error encountered: Waiting for DevTools protocol response has exceeded the allotted time. (Method: Page.enable)
LHError: PROTOCOL_TIMEOUT
    at C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\gather\driver.js:348:50
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Driver.sendCommandToSession (C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\gather\driver.js:346:28)
    at Driver.sendCommand (C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\gather\driver.js:369:17)
    at NetworkMonitor.enable (C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\gather\driver\network-monitor.js:111:25)
    at Object.gotoURL (C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\gather\driver\navigation.js:95:24)
    at Function.loadBlank (C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\gather\gather-runner.js:52:22)
    at Function.run (C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\gather\gather-runner.js:487:26)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async Function._gatherArtifactsFromBrowser (C:\Users\Roman_Voitseshevskyi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\lighthouse\lighthouse-core\runner.js:264:23)