Relative path not working in Serenity.conf file for Chrome preferences default download Directory

[BindyaS]

What happened?

I need to customize the location where a file is downloaded, and hence used the following solution in Serenity.conf file
"goog:chromeOptions" {
args = ["remote-allow-origins=*"]
prefs {
download.default_directory = "..//custom_downloads"
}
}
This is not working as expected. if i use the absolute path it is working fine.

I also tried using environment variable in the file,
webdriver {
capabilities {
...
"goog:chromeOptions" {
prefs {
download.default_directory = ${HOME}/some/download/dir
download.prompt_for_download = true
}
}
}
but this errors out saying Could not resolve substitution to a value: ${HOME}, even though the value for HOME is already set.

What did you expect to happen?

expect the download.default_directory = "..//custom_downloads" to work even for relative path and not just absolute path

Serenity BDD version

4.1.15

JDK version

11

Execution environment

Windows OS, Chrome browser

How to reproduce the bug.

Serenity.conf with the follwing settings, and download location set to relative path within the project folder
webdriver {
driver = chrome
capabilities {
browserName = "chrome"
acceptInsecureCerts = true
"goog:chromeOptions" {
args = ["remote-allow-origins=*"]
prefs {
download.default_directory = "..//custom_downloads"
}
}
}
loggingPrefs {
browser = "ALL"
driver = "ALL"
}
}

How can we make it happen?

Add it to the Serenity BDD backlog and wait for a volunteer to pick it up

[iamshiva003]

Hi I am facing the same issue did you get the solution for this