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MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected #3877

@StephenABoyd

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@StephenABoyd

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Environment (please complete the following information):

  • WebdriverIO version: 5.7.14
  • Mode: WDIO Testrunner
  • If WDIO Testrunner, running sync/async: sync
  • Node.js version: 10.9.0
  • NPM version: 6.2.0
  • Browser name and version: Chrome 74
  • Platform name and version: Windows NT 10
  • Additional wdio packages used (if applicable):
    @wdio/junit-reporter,
    @wdio/cli,
    @wdio/mocha-framework,
    @wdio/local-runner,
    @wdio/spec-reporter,
    @wdio/sync

Describe the bug
During my CI build I'm seeing this happen. The build continues as normal after this

(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 end listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 unpipe listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 error listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 close listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 finish listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 unpipe listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 error listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 close listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:4488) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 finish listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit

To Reproduce
Not really sure, I'm only seeing it in my CI pipeline.

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