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WebDriver 5: I.seeInField fails in Firefox: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of null #1558

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@mirao

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@mirao

It doesn't fail with WebDriver 4.
If you have WebDriver 5 and:

  • Selenium server <= 3.8.1 started with the option -enablePassThrough false, then test passes.
  • latest Selenium server, then test fails.

So possible workaround for Firefox is downgrade of WebDriver to ver. 4 or downgrade to Selenium server 3.8.1 (the last version which provides -enablePassThrough false).

Chrome isn't affected in any configuration.

What are you trying to achieve?

I.seeInField("#search_input_react", "WebDriver")

What do you get instead?

Provide console output if related. Use --verbose mode for more details.

$ codeceptjs run My_test.js --profile firefox --verbose
2019-03-11T19:15:51.487Z DEBUG @wdio/config: @wdio/sync not found, running tests asynchronous
CodeceptJS v2.0.7
Using test root "/home/mira/workspace/mycodeceptjs/tests/seeinfield"
Helpers: WebDriver
Plugins: screenshotOnFail

My --
    [1] Starting recording promises
    Emitted | suite.before ([object Object])
  One
    Emitted | test.before ([object Object])
    Emitted | test.start ([object Object])
    Emitted | step.before (I am on page "https://codecept.io/quickstart")
    Emitted | step.after (I am on page "https://codecept.io/quickstart")
    Emitted | step.before (I fill field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    Emitted | step.after (I fill field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    Emitted | step.before (I see in field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    Emitted | step.after (I see in field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    Emitted | step.start (I am on page "https://codecept.io/quickstart")
    I am on page "https://codecept.io/quickstart"
    Emitted | step.passed (I am on page "https://codecept.io/quickstart")
    Emitted | step.finish (I am on page "https://codecept.io/quickstart")
    Emitted | step.start (I fill field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    I fill field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver"
    Emitted | step.passed (I fill field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    Emitted | step.finish (I fill field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    Emitted | step.start (I see in field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    I see in field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver"
    [1] Error | TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of null
    Emitted | step.failed (I see in field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    Emitted | step.finish (I see in field "#search_input_react", "WebDriver")
    [1] Error | TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of null
    [1] Starting <teardown> session
    Emitted | test.failed ([object Object])
    Emitted | test.finish ([object Object])
    [1] <teardown> Stopping recording promises
 › <screenshotOnFail> Test failed, saving screenshot
 › Screenshot has been saved to /home/mira/workspace/mycodeceptjs/tests/seeinfield/output/One.failed.png
  ✖ FAILED in 8903ms

    [2] Starting recording promises
    Emitted | test.after ([object Object])
    Emitted | suite.after ([object Object])

-- FAILURES:

  1) My
       One:
     Cannot read property 'indexOf' of null
  
  Scenario Steps:
  
  - I.seeInField("#search_input_react", "WebDriver") at Test.Scenario (My_test.js:6:7)
  - I.fillField("#search_input_react", "WebDriver") at Test.Scenario (My_test.js:5:7)
  - I.amOnPage("https://codecept.io/quickstart") at Test.Scenario (My_test.js:4:7)
  
  TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of null
      at Object.comparator (/home/mira/workspace/mycodeceptjs/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/assert/include.js:16:23)
      at InclusionAssertion.assert (/home/mira/workspace/mycodeceptjs/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/assert.js:36:36)
      at browser.getElementAttribute.then.res (/home/mira/workspace/mycodeceptjs/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/helper/WebDriver.js:2159:151)
      at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)


  FAIL  | 0 passed, 1 failed   // 14s
    Emitted | global.result ([object Object])
    Emitted | global.after ([object Object])

Provide test source code if related

Scenario("One", (I) => {
    I.amOnPage("https://codecept.io/quickstart");
    I.fillField("#search_input_react", "WebDriver");
    I.seeInField("#search_input_react", "WebDriver");
});

Details

  • CodeceptJS version: 2.0.7
  • NodeJS Version: 10.15.1
  • Operating System: Ubuntu 18.10
  • WebDriverIO: 5.7.2
  • Configuration file:
exports.config = {
    tests: "./*_test.js",
    output: "./output",
    helpers: {
        WebDriver: {
            url: "http://localhost",
            "browser": process.profile || "chrome",
        }
    },
    include: {
        I: "./steps_file.js"
    },
    bootstrap: null,
    mocha: {},
    name: "seeinfield"
};

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