Click on a Link - Opens New Tab - Switch to New Window is not working in IE, but working in Chrome

[newton143]

Meta -

OS: Windows 7
Selenium Version: 3.4
Browser: Internet Explorer
Browser Version: IE11

Expected Behavior -

Able to switch to new tab in IE

Actual Behavior -

Unable to switch to new tab in IE

Steps to reproduce -

After clicking on below link, opens new tab, unable to switch to new tab in IE Browser.
Imports and Feeds

I tried similar link in same page which opens another new tab in IE, its working fine
API Explorer

I tried the above same links in Chrome Browser, both are working fine
API Explorer

        <a ct="Hyperlink" id="_ct0ai0ee" class="cso-hyper-link clsHyperlink cso-text-large cso-text-bold  cso-wrap-text " style="" href="/JWTOutboundSSO.aspx?area=import&amp;newtab=true" target="_blank" title="Imports and Feeds" aria-label="Imports and Feeds">Imports and Feeds</a>

[barancev]

For issues please provide a concise reproducible test case and describe what results you are seeing and what results you expect.

See CONTRIBUTING.md

[newton143]

Click on a link, opens a new window, Unable to switch to new window. - webdriver timeout exception

var options = new InternetExplorerOptions();
options.BrowserAttachTimeout = new TimeSpan(00, 00, 120);
options.IntroduceInstabilityByIgnoringProtectedModeSettings = true;
options.EnsureCleanSession = true;
options.RequireWindowFocus = true;
IWebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(options);
driver.Manage().Timeouts().PageLoad = new TimeSpan(00, 00, 60);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://qa01.csod.com");
string window1 = driver.CurrentWindowHandle;
//Click on WebElement
var webelement = driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//a[@title='Imports and Feeds']"));
driver.ExecuteJavaScript("arguments[0].click();", webelement);
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60));
wait.Until(wnd => wnd.WindowHandles.Count == (previousWinCount + 1));
string window2 = "";
var windowHandles = driver.WindowHandles;
foreach (string handle in windowHandles)
{
if (handle != window1)
{
window2 = handle;
break;
}
}
driver.SwitchTo().Window(window2); //This line throws timeout exception

##Exception Details
{"The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://localhost:45255/session/b5fc19b8-510c-4b9d-bbc7-7d97c3624c60/window timed out after 60 seconds."}

##StackTrace:
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.HttpCommandExecutor.CreateResponse(WebRequest request)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.HttpCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.DriverServiceCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteWebDriver.Execute(String driverCommandToExecute, Dictionary`2 parameters)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteTargetLocator.Window(String windowHandleOrName)
at FireFoxDriver.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Temp\FireFoxDriver\FireFoxDriver\Program.cs:line 69
at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

##InnerException:
{"The operation has timed out"}

[dmahmudiev]

I'm seeing a similar issue on Firefox 55.0.3 (on a Mac) with Selenium 3 when closing a modal. After closing the modal I get a failure at: @driver.switch_to.window(...) when the web driver tries to go back to the original window.
When I revert to Selenium 2 it works without any issues.

[barancev]

@dmahmudiev Please raise a new issue and provide a reproduction scenario.

[barancev]

http://qa01.csod.com is not externally available. Please provide a sample page to reproduce the issue on.

[barancev]

Closing the issue, there is no reproduction scenario provided.

[sowmyasreeni]

Hi,

If anyone has solved the click() issue please help me as am stuck with this issue for firefox.

Scenario:

1. Click() element
   2.) New windows opens

issue:
new window opens. but timeout in click() itself.