[🐛 Bug]: IWebElement.Displayed throws 'HTMLFormElement' is undefined error in Selenium 4.25

[mannaci]

What happened?

After upgrading from Selenium 4.23 to 4.25, the IWebElement.Displayed property is throwing a JavaScriptException with the message "'HTMLFormElement' is undefined" when used on certain elements. This behavior was not observed in the previous version. The element in question is not located within a

tag.

How can we reproduce the issue?

using OpenQA.Selenium;

string driverPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("RPA_DRIVER", EnvironmentVariableTarget.User);

var ieOptions = new InternetExplorerOptions()
{
    EdgeExecutablePath = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe",
    AttachToEdgeChrome = true,
    IntroduceInstabilityByIgnoringProtectedModeSettings = true,
    IgnoreZoomLevel = true,
};

InternetExplorerDriverService ieDriver = InternetExplorerDriverService.CreateDefaultService(driverPath);


ieDriver.LogFile = Path.Combine(@"C:\log\", "logs", "driver.log");

ieDriver.LoggingLevel = InternetExplorerDriverLogLevel.Trace;

ieDriver.SuppressInitialDiagnosticInformation = true;

var driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(ieDriver, ieOptions);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("xxxxxxx");
IWebElement d = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("/html/body/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div/div[4]/div/div/div[2]/div/div/div/div/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/span[4]/div/span[2]"));
Console.WriteLine(d.Displayed);

Relevant log output

KO
D 2024-09-26 14:15:53:972 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\Script.cpp(285) 067C559C
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:977 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(734) Entering IECommandExecutor::OnScriptWait
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:977 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1315) Entering IECommandExecutor::GetCurrentBrowser
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:977 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1321) Entering IECommandExecutor::GetManagedBrowser
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:978 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1210) Entering IECommandExecutor::IsAlertActive
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:978 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\Browser.cpp(868) Entering Browser::GetActiveDialogWindowHandle
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:978 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\Browser.cpp(315) Entering Browser::GetContentWindowHandle
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:978 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\Script.cpp(132) Entering Script::ResultIsString
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:978 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\Script.cpp(582) Entering Script::ConvertResultToJsonValue
D 2024-09-26 14:15:53:978 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1227) No alert handle is found
T 2024-09-26 14:15:53:978 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(901) Entering IECommandExecutor::ScriptWaitThreadProc
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:004 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(734) Entering IECommandExecutor::OnScriptWait
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:004 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1315) Entering IECommandExecutor::GetCurrentBrowser
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:004 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1321) Entering IECommandExecutor::GetManagedBrowser
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:004 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1210) Entering IECommandExecutor::IsAlertActive
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:004 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\Browser.cpp(868) Entering Browser::GetActiveDialogWindowHandle
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:004 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\Browser.cpp(315) Entering Browser::GetContentWindowHandle
D 2024-09-26 14:15:54:004 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(1227) No alert handle is found
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\AsyncScriptExecutor.cpp(230) Entering AsyncScriptExecutor::OnDetachListener
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\AsyncScriptExecutor.cpp(246) Entering AsyncScriptExecutor::OnGetResult
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\webdriver-server\response.cc(100) Entering Response::SetErrorResponse
W 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\webdriver-server\response.cc(101) Error response has status code 17 and message 'Error from JavaScript: 'HTMLFormElement' is undefined' message
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\webdriver-server\response.cc(94) Entering Response::SetErrorResponse
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\webdriver-server\response.cc(87) Entering Response::SetResponse
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\AsyncScriptExecutor.cpp(88) Entering AsyncScriptExecutor::OnClose
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\AsyncScriptExecutor.cpp(97) Entering AsyncAtomExecutor::OnDestroy
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:005 C:\code\selenium\cpp\webdriver-server\response.cc(60) Entering Response::Serialize
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:020 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IESession.cpp(235) Found non-zero response length
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:020 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(201) Entering IECommandExecutor::OnGetResponse
T 2024-09-26 14:15:54:020 C:\code\selenium\cpp\iedriver\IECommandExecutor.cpp(641) Entering IECommandExecutor::OnIsSessionValid
D 2024-09-26 14:15:54:020 C:\code\selenium\cpp\webdriver-server\server.cc(426) Response: {
	"value" : 
	{
		"error" : "javascript error",
		"message" : "Error from JavaScript: 'HTMLFormElement' is undefined",
		"stacktrace" : ""
	}

Operating System

Windows10

Selenium version

4.25 in c# net8.0

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

EDGE in ieMode

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

IEDriverServer.exe 4.14.0.0 (32-bit), Microsoft Edge WebDriver 129.0.2792.52

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No response

[github-actions]

@mannaci, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

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[mannaci]

hi, is there an update?

[shbenzer]

Unfortunately, as of June 2022 Selenium no longer supports Internet Explorer.