Nightwatch: Upgrading from 0.9.x to 1.0.8 throws an error on waitForElementVisible

Created on 7 Aug 2018  ·  34Comments  ·  Source: nightwatchjs/nightwatch

My current scenario is that I am in the process of upgrading our test repository from 0.9 -> 1.0 however after following the wiki and getting the tests to start, some basic actions are performed correctly, such as navigating to the right page and providing feedback on that. However when the tests hit a waitForElementVisible the console reports the error Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined.

The test steps are as follows:

var page = browser.page.testPage();

page.navigate();

page.waitForElementVisible('@testPanel');

Running the command with --verbose reports:

Running command: waitForElementVisible
   Request POST  /session/0d03be1f5a8319f7565664c337a0c881/elements
   { using: 'css selector', value: '#test-panel' }
   Response 200 POST /session/0d03be1f5a8319f7565664c337a0c881/elements (18ms)
   { sessionId: '0d03be1f5a8319f7565664c337a0c881',
     status: 0,
     value: [ { ELEMENT: '0.03954989682254517-1' } ] }
 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined
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@beatfactor

Getting the same error through BrowserStack only.

Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

Here's my config for Browserstack:

const selenium = {
  host: process.env.SELENIUM_HOST,
  port: process.env.SELENIUM_PORT
}

const nightwatchConfig = {
  src_folders: ['./test/e2e/tests'],
  output_folder: ['./test/e2e/reports'],
  selenium: {
    start_process: false,
    host: selenium.host,
    port: selenium.port
  },
  test_settings: {
    default: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        'browserstack.user': process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME,
        'browserstack.key': process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY,
        'browserstack.local': true,
        'resolution': '1440x900',
        'os': 'Windows',
        'os_version': '10',
        'browserName': 'Chrome',
        'browser_version': '62.0',
        'browserstack.selenium_version': '3.11.0',
        'build': `${process.env.BROWSERSTACK_BUILD_NAME}`
      },
      skip_testcases_on_fail: false,
      screenshots: {
        enabled: true,
        path: './test/e2e/screenshots'
      }
    }
  }
}

// Code to copy seleniumhost/port into test settings
for (var i in nightwatchConfig.test_settings) {
  var config = nightwatchConfig.test_settings[i]
  config.webdriver = {
    webdriver_host: selenium.host,
    webdriver_port: selenium.port
  }
}

module.exports = nightwatchConfig

Browserstack settings:

browserName Chrome
acceptSslCerts true
resolution 1440x900
os Windows
os_version 10
browser_version 62.0
build 66108
name Global/Navbar
acceptSslCert true
browserstack.console errors
browserstack.appiumLogs false
browserstack.local true
browserstack.selenium_version 3.11.0

And this is my local config that I use before pushing. And in my local config, it works as expected.

nightwatch_config = {
  src_folders : ['./test/e2e/tests'],
  output_folder : ['./test/e2e/reports'],
  custom_commands_path : '',
  custom_assertions_path : '',
  page_objects_path : '',
  globals_path : '',

  selenium: {
    start_process : true,
    server_path : './test/e2e/bin/selenium-server-standalone-3.12.0.jar',
    log_path : '',
    port : 4444,
    cli_args : {
      'webdriver.chrome.driver': './test/e2e/bin/chromedriver',
      'webdriver.gecko.driver': './test/e2e/bin/geckodriver'
    }
  },
  test_settings : {
    default : {
      launch_url : 'http://.../offers',
      webdriver: {
        webdriver_host: 'localhost',
        webdriver_port: 4444
      },
      silent: true,
      screenshots : {
        enabled : true,
        path : './test/e2e/screenshots'
      },
      globals: {
        devServerURL: 'http://.../offers'
      },
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        elementScrollBehavior: 1
      }
    },

    chrome : {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        elementScrollBehavior: 1
      }
    },
    firefox: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        marionnette: true,
        elementScrollBehavior: 1
      }
    }
  }
};

module.exports = nightwatch_config
picture WilliamDASILVA on 24 Aug 2018
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Your config and platform details?

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 10 Aug 2018

Platform is:

MAC OSX Sierra
node v8.11.3
npm v6.3.0
nightwatchjs v0.9.21

Config is:

var nightwatch_config = {
  src_folders:['tests'],
  page_objects_path:['pages'],
  globals_path:'global.js',
  custom_commands_path:[
    'commands',
  ],
  custom_assertions_path:[
    'assertions',
  ],

  selenium: {
    start_process : true,
    server_path : selenium.path,
    host: '127.0.0.1',
    port : 9515,
    cli_args: {
      'webdriver.chrome.driver': chromedriver.path,
    },
  },

  common_capabilities: {
    build: 'nightwatchjs',
    project: 'CD-Nightwatch',
  },

  test_workers: false,

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      default_path_prefix: '',
      screenshots: {
        enabled: true,
        on_failure: true,
        on_error: true,
        path: 'screenshots/local/failures',
      },
      skip_testcases_on_fail: false,
      browserName: 'chrome',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        chromeOptions: {
          args: [
            'incognito',
            'window-size=1366,768',
          ],
        },
      },
    },
  },
};
gregoryduckworth picture gregoryduckworth on 13 Aug 2018

And have you tried using chromedriver directly, without selenium? It's also strange that you have to set default_path_prefix: '', with selenium it's usually "/wd/hub". Which selenium version are you using?

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 15 Aug 2018

Updated my config to (below) and still have the same issues

  • Removed the default_path_prefix: ''
var selenium = require('selenium-server-standalone-jar');
const chromedriver = require('chromedriver');

var nightwatch_config = {
  src_folders: ['tests'],
  page_objects_path: ['pages'],
  globals_path: 'global.js',
  custom_commands_path: [
    'commands',
    'node_modules/nightwatch-vrt/commands',
  ],
  custom_assertions_path:[
    'assertions',
    'node_modules/nightwatch-vrt/assertions',
  ],

  common_capabilities: {
    build: 'orbit-nightwatchjs',
    project: 'CD-Orbit-Nightwatch',
  },

  test_workers: false,

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      selenium: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path : selenium.path,
        cli_args: {
          'webdriver.chrome.driver': chromedriver.path,
        },
      },
      screenshots: {
        enabled: true,
        on_failure: true,
        on_error: true,
        path: 'screenshots/local/failures',
      },
      skip_testcases_on_fail: false,
      browserName: 'chrome',
      desiredCapabilities: {
        chromeOptions: {
          args: [
            'incognito',
            'window-size=1366,768',
          ],
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

// Code to support common capabilites
for (var i in nightwatch_config.test_settings) {
  var config = nightwatch_config.test_settings[i];
  config.desiredCapabilities = config.desiredCapabilities || {};
  for (var j in nightwatch_config.common_capabilities) {
    config.desiredCapabilities[j] = config.desiredCapabilities[j] || nightwatch_config.common_capabilities[j];
  }
}

module.exports = nightwatch_config;
gregoryduckworth picture gregoryduckworth on 22 Aug 2018

@beatfactor

Getting the same error through BrowserStack only.

Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

Here's my config for Browserstack:

const selenium = {
  host: process.env.SELENIUM_HOST,
  port: process.env.SELENIUM_PORT
}

const nightwatchConfig = {
  src_folders: ['./test/e2e/tests'],
  output_folder: ['./test/e2e/reports'],
  selenium: {
    start_process: false,
    host: selenium.host,
    port: selenium.port
  },
  test_settings: {
    default: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        'browserstack.user': process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME,
        'browserstack.key': process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY,
        'browserstack.local': true,
        'resolution': '1440x900',
        'os': 'Windows',
        'os_version': '10',
        'browserName': 'Chrome',
        'browser_version': '62.0',
        'browserstack.selenium_version': '3.11.0',
        'build': `${process.env.BROWSERSTACK_BUILD_NAME}`
      },
      skip_testcases_on_fail: false,
      screenshots: {
        enabled: true,
        path: './test/e2e/screenshots'
      }
    }
  }
}

// Code to copy seleniumhost/port into test settings
for (var i in nightwatchConfig.test_settings) {
  var config = nightwatchConfig.test_settings[i]
  config.webdriver = {
    webdriver_host: selenium.host,
    webdriver_port: selenium.port
  }
}

module.exports = nightwatchConfig

Browserstack settings:

browserName Chrome
acceptSslCerts true
resolution 1440x900
os Windows
os_version 10
browser_version 62.0
build 66108
name Global/Navbar
acceptSslCert true
browserstack.console errors
browserstack.appiumLogs false
browserstack.local true
browserstack.selenium_version 3.11.0

And this is my local config that I use before pushing. And in my local config, it works as expected.

nightwatch_config = {
  src_folders : ['./test/e2e/tests'],
  output_folder : ['./test/e2e/reports'],
  custom_commands_path : '',
  custom_assertions_path : '',
  page_objects_path : '',
  globals_path : '',

  selenium: {
    start_process : true,
    server_path : './test/e2e/bin/selenium-server-standalone-3.12.0.jar',
    log_path : '',
    port : 4444,
    cli_args : {
      'webdriver.chrome.driver': './test/e2e/bin/chromedriver',
      'webdriver.gecko.driver': './test/e2e/bin/geckodriver'
    }
  },
  test_settings : {
    default : {
      launch_url : 'http://.../offers',
      webdriver: {
        webdriver_host: 'localhost',
        webdriver_port: 4444
      },
      silent: true,
      screenshots : {
        enabled : true,
        path : './test/e2e/screenshots'
      },
      globals: {
        devServerURL: 'http://.../offers'
      },
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        elementScrollBehavior: 1
      }
    },

    chrome : {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        elementScrollBehavior: 1
      }
    },
    firefox: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        marionnette: true,
        elementScrollBehavior: 1
      }
    }
  }
};

module.exports = nightwatch_config
WilliamDASILVA picture WilliamDASILVA on 24 Aug 2018
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@WilliamDASILVA do you have a verbose log output as well?

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 24 Aug 2018

@beatfactor

I do but it does not provide extra informations about the issue.

BrowserStack: Connecting local
BrowserStack: Connected. Now testing...

[Global/Navbar] Test Suite
==========================
   Request POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444 /wd/hub/session  
   { desiredCapabilities: 
      { browserName: 'Chrome',
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        platform: 'ANY',
        'browserstack.user': 'USERNAME=',
        'browserstack.key': 'KEY=',
        'browserstack.local': true,
        resolution: '1440x900',
        os: 'Windows',
        os_version: '10',
        browser_version: '62.0',
        'browserstack.selenium_version': '3.11.0',
        build: 'undefined',
        name: 'Global/Navbar' } }
   Response 200 POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444/wd/hub/session (6306ms)
   { status: 0,
     sessionId: 'SESSIONID=',
     value: 
      { applicationCacheEnabled: false,
        rotatable: false,
        mobileEmulationEnabled: false,
        networkConnectionEnabled: false,
        chrome: 
         { chromedriverVersion: '2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f)',
           userDataDir: 'C:\\Windows\\proxy\\scoped_dir8760_2579' },
        takesHeapSnapshot: true,
        pageLoadStrategy: 'normal',
        databaseEnabled: false,
        handlesAlerts: true,
        hasTouchScreen: false,
        version: '62.0.3202.62',
        platform: 'Windows NT',
        browserConnectionEnabled: false,
        nativeEvents: true,
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        locationContextEnabled: true,
        webStorageEnabled: true,
        browserName: 'chrome',
        takesScreenshot: true,
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        cssSelectorsEnabled: true,
        setWindowRect: true,
        unexpectedAlertBehaviour: '',
        'webdriver.remote.sessionid': 'SESSIONID=' } }
 Received session with ID: SESSIONID=

Running:  launch


 → Running command: resizeWindow

 → Running command: windowSize
   Request POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444 /wd/hub/session/SESSIONID=/window/current/size  
   { width: 1024, height: 900 }
   Response 200 POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444/wd/hub/session/SESSIONID=/window/current/size (1171ms)
   { sessionId: 'SESSIONID=',
     status: 0,
     value: null }
 → Completed command windowSize (1173ms)

 → Running command: url
   Request POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444 /wd/hub/session/SESSIONID=/url  
   { url: 'http://0.0.0.0:8080/?token=goodDispatcherToken' }
   Response 200 POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444/wd/hub/session/SESSIONID=/url (8974ms)
   { sessionId: 'SESSIONID=',
     status: 0,
     value: null }
 → Completed command url (8975ms)

 → Running command: waitForElementVisible
   Request POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444 /wd/hub/session/SESSIONID=/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'body' }
   Response 200 POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444/wd/hub/session/SESSIONID=/elements (129ms)
   { sessionId: 'SESSIONID=',
     status: 0,
     value: [ { ELEMENT: '0.5922374834070097-1' } ] }
 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 → Completed command waitForElementVisible (3156ms)

 → Running command: waitForElementPresent
   Request POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com:4444 /wd/hub/session/SESSIONID=/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'div#app' }
✖ Timed out while waiting for element <body> to be visible for 3000 milliseconds. - expected "visible" but got: "not visible"
WilliamDASILVA picture WilliamDASILVA on 27 Aug 2018

We are coming across similar problems with waitForElementVisible() in Chrome environments. Everything was working fine until earlier this week.

We have scaled back to the sample Browserstack test, here: https://www.browserstack.com/automate/nightwatch#sample-test

Same problem in Chrome v60-69 (letting Browserstack pick Chromedriver).

_Works fine in Firefox on Browserstack._

Works _intermittently_ when running Selenium/Chromedriver/Chrome.app installed locally on OSX.

{  
   "selenium":{  
      "start_process":false,
      "host":"hub-cloud.browserstack.com",
      "port":80
   },
   "test_settings":{  
      "default":{  
         "selenium_host":"hub-cloud.browserstack.com",
         "selenium_port":80,
         "desiredCapabilities":{  
            "screenshots":{  
               "enabled":true,
               "on_failure":true,
               "on_error":true,
               "path":"./reports/screenshots"
            },
            "resolution":"1280x1024",
            "browserstack.user":"XXXX",
            "browserstack.key":"XXXX",
            "browserstack.local":true
         }
      },
      "osx_hs_chrome":{  
         "desiredCapabilities":{  
            "os":"OS X",
            "os_version":"High Sierra",
            "browser":"Chrome",
            "browser_version":"68.0",
            "chromeOptions":{  
               "args":[  
                  "auto-open-devtools-for-tabs"
               ]
            }
         }
      },
      "osx_hs_firefox":{  
         "desiredCapabilities":{  
            "os":"OS X",
            "os_version":"High Sierra",
            "browser":"Firefox",
            "browser_version":"61.0"
         }
      }
   }
}

And the result:

[Main Test] Test Suite
======================
Running:  Google's Search Functionality

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: undefined

✖ Timed out while waiting for element <body> to be visible for 1000 milliseconds. - expected "visible" but got: "not visible"
    at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:5:8)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)

   An error occurred while running .setValue() command on <input[type=text]>: Error: First argument passed to .elementIdValue() should be a web element ID string. Received object.
      at Function.validateElementId (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:36:19)
      at ProtocolActions.elementIdValue (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:945:25)
      at transport.locateElement.then.result (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api-loader/element-command.js:106:54)
      at <anonymous>
      at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
✖ Testing if the page title equals "BrowserStack - Google Search". - expected "BrowserStack - Google Search" but got: "Google"
    at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:8:15)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)


FAILED: 2 assertions failed and  1 errors (3.253s)
   Testing if the page title equals "BrowserStack - Google Search". - expected "BrowserStack - Google Search" but got: "Google"
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
_________________________________________________

TEST FAILURE: 1 error during execution 2 assertions failed, 0 passed. 24.233s

 ✖ main.test
 – Google's Search Functionality (3.253s)
   Timed out while waiting for element <body> to be visible for 1000 milliseconds. - expected "visible" but got: "not visible"
       at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:5:8)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
   Testing if the page title equals "BrowserStack - Google Search". - expected "BrowserStack - Google Search" but got: "Google"
       at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:8:15)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)

  An error occurred while running .setValue() command on <input[type=text]>: Error: First argument passed to .elementIdValue() should be a web element ID string. Received object.
      at Function.validateElementId (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:36:19)
      at ProtocolActions.elementIdValue (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:945:25)
      at transport.locateElement.then.result (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api-loader/element-command.js:106:54)
      at <anonymous>
      at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)

I'm not convinced this is a Nightwatch issue, so apologies for posting here, if it's not. We'll keep digging tomorrow.

gmcdev picture gmcdev on 30 Aug 2018
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@gmcdev which nightwatch version are you using?

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 30 Aug 2018

@beatfactor, We were on 1.0.6 - upped to 1.0.10 while investigating.

gmcdev picture gmcdev on 30 Aug 2018

We're also running into this on Saucelabs. Chrome is fine while firefox, ie, and safari all fail with this error.

1.0.6 and 1.0.10 both demonstrate this issue.This is a new adoption of nightwatch so we don't have a previous good version.

const seleniumServer = require("selenium-server");
const chromedriver = require("chromedriver");
const geckodriver = require("geckodriver");

module.exports = {
  src_folders: ['tests/'],
  "selenium": {
    "start_process": true,
    "server_path": seleniumServer.path,
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 4444,
    "cli_args": {
      "webdriver.chrome.driver": chromedriver.path,
      "webdriver.gecko.driver": geckodriver.path,
    }
  },
  test_settings: {
    "default": {
      "selenium_port": 80,
      "selenium_host": "ondemand.saucelabs.com",
      "silent": true,
      "screenshots": {
        "enabled": false,
      },
      "username": "${SAUCE_USERNAME}",
      "access_key": "${SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY}",
    },
    // Local chrome(chromedriver)
    "chrome": {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "chrome",
      },
      "chromeOptions": {
        "args" : ["--no-sandbox"]
      }
    },
    // Local firefox(geckodriver)
    "firefox": {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "firefox",
      }
    },
    "internet_explorer_11": {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "platform": "Windows 10",
        "browserName": "internet explorer",
        "version": "11"
      }
    },
    "safari_11": {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "platform": "macOS 10.12",
        "browserName": "safari",
        "version": "11.0"
      }
    }
  }
}
Everlag picture Everlag on 7 Sep 2018

@Everlag Ok, could you also post a verbose log output with a failed test? Thanks.

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 7 Sep 2018

Please try with v1.0.11.

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 7 Sep 2018

Tried with v1.0.11, same issue.

Chrome tests still works fine.

Relevant snippet from code

      .url(documentPath())
      .waitForElementVisible('body')

Verbose(some redacted with ...; nothing that should impact the correctness)

 Starting Selenium Server on port 80...
 Selenium Server process closed.
 Selenium Server up and running on port 80 with pid: 10036 (978ms).

[Smoke] Test Suite
==================
   Request POST http://ondemand.saucelabs.com:80 /wd/hub/session  
   { desiredCapabilities: 
      { browserName: 'firefox',
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        platform: 'ANY',
        name: 'Smoke' } }
   Response 200 POST http://ondemand.saucelabs.com:80/wd/hub/session (11885ms)
   { status: 0,
     state: null,
     value: 
      { rotatable: false,
        browserVersion: '62.0',
        takesScreenshot: true,
        cssSelectorsEnabled: true,
        timeouts: { pageLoad: 300000, implicit: 0, script: 30000 },
        'moz:headless': false,
        'moz:useNonSpecCompliantPointerOrigin': false,
        'moz:webdriverClick': true,
        'moz:profile': 'C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\rust_mozprofile.T1quY5CIrYCT',
        acceptInsecureCerts: false,
        browserName: 'firefox',
        'webdriver.remote.sessionid': '3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67',
        hasMetadata: true,
        platform: 'ANY',
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        platformVersion: '6.1',
        'moz:processID': 1712,
        pageLoadStrategy: 'normal',
        platformName: 'windows_nt',
        'moz:accessibilityChecks': false },
     sessionId: '3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67' }
 Received session with ID: 3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67

Running:  vanilla


 → Running command: url
   Request POST http://ondemand.saucelabs.com:80 /wd/hub/session/3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67/url  
   { ... }
   Response 200 POST http://ondemand.saucelabs.com:80/wd/hub/session/3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67/url (3090ms)
   { status: 0,
     sessionId: '3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67',
     value: null,
     state: 'success' }
 → Completed command url (3092ms)

 → Running command: waitForElementVisible
   Request POST http://ondemand.saucelabs.com:80 /wd/hub/session/3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67/elements  
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'body' }
   Response 200 POST http://ondemand.saucelabs.com:80/wd/hub/session/3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67/elements (552ms)
   { status: 0,
     sessionId: '3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67',
     value: [ { ELEMENT: '0' } ],
     state: 'success' }
 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters
    at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:127:13)
    at Object.request (http.js:38:10)
    at HttpRequest.createHttpRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:112:55)
    at HttpRequest.send (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:191:29)
    at Promise (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:193:15)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at SeleniumProtocol.sendProtocolAction (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:191:12)
    at SeleniumProtocol.runProtocolAction (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/jsonwire.js:51:17)
    at Object.target.(anonymous function).definition [as isElementDisplayed] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/actions.js:46:33)
    at SeleniumProtocol.executeProtocolAction (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:436:48)

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/3e746f1af36341fea58e83a5ac182a67/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters
    at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:127:13)
    at Object.request (http.js:38:10)
    at HttpRequest.createHttpRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:112:55)
    at HttpRequest.send (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:191:29)
    at Promise (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:193:15)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at SeleniumProtocol.sendProtocolAction (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:191:12)
    at SeleniumProtocol.runProtocolAction (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/jsonwire.js:51:17)
    at Object.target.(anonymous function).definition [as isElementDisplayed] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/actions.js:46:33)
    at SeleniumProtocol.executeProtocolAction (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:436:48)
Everlag picture Everlag on 7 Sep 2018

NW 1.0.11, Chrome on BrowserStack, running the sample BrowserStack test:

module.exports = {
  'Google\'s Search Functionality' : function (browser) {
    browser
      .url('https://www.google.com/ncr')
      .waitForElementVisible('body', 1000)
      .setValue('input[type=text]', 'BrowserStack\n')
      .pause(1000)
      .assert.title('BrowserStack - Google Search')
      .end();
  }
};

Result:

[Main Test] Test Suite
======================
Running:  Google's Search Functionality

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError [ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS]: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/25cc17064a0ecfc30887bf3cc6565cc7253020f3/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters
    at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:127:13)
    at Object.request (http.js:38:10)
    at HttpRequest.createHttpRequest (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:112:55)
    at HttpRequest.send (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:191:29)
    at Promise (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:193:15)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at SeleniumProtocol.sendProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:191:12)
    at SeleniumProtocol.runProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/jsonwire.js:51:17)
    at Object.target.(anonymous function).definition [as isElementDisplayed] (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/actions.js:46:33)
    at SeleniumProtocol.executeProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:436:48)

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError [ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS]: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/25cc17064a0ecfc30887bf3cc6565cc7253020f3/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters
    at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:127:13)
    at Object.request (http.js:38:10)
    at HttpRequest.createHttpRequest (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:112:55)
    at HttpRequest.send (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:191:29)
    at Promise (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:193:15)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at SeleniumProtocol.sendProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:191:12)
    at SeleniumProtocol.runProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/jsonwire.js:51:17)
    at Object.target.(anonymous function).definition [as isElementDisplayed] (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/actions.js:46:33)
    at SeleniumProtocol.executeProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:436:48)

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError [ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS]: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/25cc17064a0ecfc30887bf3cc6565cc7253020f3/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters
    at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:127:13)
    at Object.request (http.js:38:10)
    at HttpRequest.createHttpRequest (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:112:55)
    at HttpRequest.send (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:191:29)
    at Promise (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:193:15)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at SeleniumProtocol.sendProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:191:12)
    at SeleniumProtocol.runProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/jsonwire.js:51:17)
    at Object.target.(anonymous function).definition [as isElementDisplayed] (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/actions.js:46:33)
    at SeleniumProtocol.executeProtocolAction (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:436:48)

✖ Timed out while waiting for element <body> to be visible for 1000 milliseconds. - expected "visible" but got: "not visible"
    at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:5:8)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)

   An error occurred while running .setValue() command on <input[type=text]>: Error: First argument passed to .elementIdValue() should be a web element ID string. Received object.
      at Function.validateElementId (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:36:19)
      at ProtocolActions.elementIdValue (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:951:25)
      at transport.locateElement.then.result (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api-loader/element-command.js:106:54)
      at <anonymous>
      at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
✖ Testing if the page title equals "BrowserStack - Google Search" in 1000 ms. - expected "BrowserStack - Google Search" but got: "Google"
    at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:8:15)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)


FAILED: 2 assertions failed and  1 errors (4.677s)
   Testing if the page title equals "BrowserStack - Google Search" in 1000 ms. - expected "BrowserStack - Google Search" but got: "Google"
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
_________________________________________________

TEST FAILURE: 1 error during execution 2 assertions failed, 0 passed. 21.689s

 ✖ main.test
 – Google's Search Functionality (4.677s)
   Timed out while waiting for element <body> to be visible for 1000 milliseconds. - expected "visible" but got: "not visible"
       at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:5:8)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
   Testing if the page title equals "BrowserStack - Google Search" in 1000 ms. - expected "BrowserStack - Google Search" but got: "Google"
       at Object.Google's Search Functionality (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/tests/active/containers/raw-source/wc-netflix-text/main.test.js:8:15)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)

  An error occurred while running .setValue() command on <input[type=text]>: Error: First argument passed to .elementIdValue() should be a web element ID string. Received object.
      at Function.validateElementId (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:36:19)
      at ProtocolActions.elementIdValue (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/protocol.js:951:25)
      at transport.locateElement.then.result (/Users/greg.connell/Documents/_NETFLIX/da-testing-framework/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api-loader/element-command.js:106:54)
      at <anonymous>
      at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)
       at <anonymous>
       at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:118:7)

In Firefox 61, the waitForElementVisible part works...but the setValue newline trick doesn't submit the form, so the test fails.

gmcdev picture gmcdev on 8 Sep 2018

@gmcdev what is your browserstack config?

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 10 Sep 2018

Upgraded to 1.0.11 and get the same error as @gmcdev

Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/5ab16569d0bc7027d6748c9b90d2c82f/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters

gregoryduckworth picture gregoryduckworth on 10 Sep 2018

@beatfactor same config as my previous post -- thanks for looking into it!

gmcdev picture gmcdev on 10 Sep 2018
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@gmcdev the issue is that you're setting browser as the capabilities name, it should be browserName.

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 10 Sep 2018

@beatfactor - ouch, that is embarrassing, thanks for the catch. Changing it to browserName solves the waitForElementVisible problem that we're having.

It appears BrowserStack needs to update their docs: https://www.browserstack.com/automate/nightwatch

We will follow-up there. Thanks again~

gmcdev picture gmcdev on 11 Sep 2018

@gmcdev no problem. I should add browser as an alias as well, or at least show an error message.

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 11 Sep 2018
👍1

I'm closing this, if anyone still experiences this issue, please re-open.

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 11 Sep 2018

Thanks @beatfactor, I had to move browserName to inside the desiredCapabilties section rather than at the same level.

gregoryduckworth picture gregoryduckworth on 11 Sep 2018

@beatfactor The problem still exists on 1.0.11while using the Edge browser (using BrowserStack) BTW, Chrome and Firefox work fine on latest. Also, if revert to 0.9.x everything works including Edge

Connecting local
Connected. Now testing...

[Signon Owner Test] Test Suite
==============================
   Request POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com /wd/hub/session
   { desiredCapabilities:
      { browserName: 'Edge',
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        platform: 'ANY',
        'browserstack.user': 'khoyzvbigetkfxr1',
        'browserstack.key': 'unHo2zCaNHPVEXVyHUCx',
        'browserstack.local': true,
        'browserstack.debug': true,
        build: '1.1',
        name: 'Signon Owner Test' } }
   Response 200 POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub/session (4980ms)
   { state: null,
     sessionId: 'a495917005efc0660569a11a1d2f713969d426db',
     value:
      { applicationCacheEnabled: true,
        InPrivate: false,
        pageLoadStrategy: 'normal',
        platform: 'ANY',
        acceptSslCerts: true,
        'webdriver.remote.sessionid': 'a495917005efc0660569a11a1d2f713969d426db',
        browserVersion: '41.16299.15.0',
        platformVersion: '10',
        locationContextEnabled: true,
        webStorageEnabled: true,
        browserName: 'MicrosoftEdge',
        takesScreenshot: true,
        takesElementScreenshot: true,
        javascriptEnabled: true,
        platformName: 'windows',
        cssSelectorsEnabled: true },
     status: 0 }
 Received session with ID: a495917005efc0660569a11a1d2f713969d426db
...

 → Running command: waitForElementVisible
   Request POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com /wd/hub/session/c96c91ccacb1532041fbf7834703fb5a45d38d36/elements
   { using: 'css selector', value: 'body' }
   Response 200 POST http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub/session/c96c91ccacb1532041fbf7834703fb5a45d38d36/elements (431ms)
   { state: 'success',
     sessionId: 'c96c91ccacb1532041fbf7834703fb5a45d38d36',
     value: [ { ELEMENT: '0' } ],
     status: 0 }
 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/c96c91ccacb1532041fbf7834703fb5a45d38d36/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters
    at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:127:13)
    at Object.request (http.js:38:10)

The probem seems to be on the URL, see the [object object]

/wd/hub/session/a495917005efc0660569a11a1d2f713969d426db/element/[object Object]/displayed

irobayna picture irobayna on 11 Sep 2018
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Still running into this issue, I've had browserName in desiredCapabilities since the start.

Everlag picture Everlag on 11 Sep 2018

@irobayna thanks, I'll look into it.

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 12 Sep 2018

Switched from saucelabs to browserstack for unrelated reasons, continuing to experience this issue. However, we're now seeing firefox successfully complete and edge fail; firefox, previously, did not work with saucelabs. The URL problem is the same as @irobayna.

Everlag picture Everlag on 13 Sep 2018

For the record, my specific issue was resolved in the v1.0.11.

WilliamDASILVA picture WilliamDASILVA on 13 Sep 2018

Any update on this? We're blocked on bringing our integration tests to CI.

Everlag picture Everlag on 19 Sep 2018

@Everlag There will be a fix for edge posted this week.

beatfactor picture beatfactor on 20 Sep 2018
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Similar problem in v1.0.11 when testing on a mobile device on BrowserStack:

 Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError [ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS]: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/485a2f033ac0fb51682c24a76e16aecb025bd995/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters
    at new ClientRequest (_http_client.js:114:13)
    at Object.request (http.js:41:10)
    at HttpRequest.createHttpRequest (/home/travis/build/InveniaAS/ensafer-client-integration-test/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:112:55)
    at HttpRequest.send (/home/travis/build/InveniaAS/ensafer-client-integration-test/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:191:29)
    at Promise (/home/travis/build/InveniaAS/ensafer-client-integration-test/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:193:15)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at SeleniumProtocol.sendProtocolAction (/home/travis/build/InveniaAS/ensafer-client-integration-test/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:191:12)
    at SeleniumProtocol.runProtocolAction (/home/travis/build/InveniaAS/ensafer-client-integration-test/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/jsonwire.js:51:17)
    at Object.target.(anonymous function).definition [as isElementDisplayed] (/home/travis/build/InveniaAS/ensafer-client-integration-test/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/actions.js:46:33)
    at SeleniumProtocol.executeProtocolAction (/home/travis/build/InveniaAS/ensafer-client-integration-test/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/transport/transport.js:436:48)

    desiredCapabilities: {
        os_version: "4.4",
        device: "Samsung Galaxy Tab 4",
        real_mobile: true
    }
SteffenL picture SteffenL on 27 Sep 2018

@beatfactor What's the status on that fix and is it expected to potentially address other issues?

Everlag picture Everlag on 4 Oct 2018

All our tests in browserstack that dosn't use chrome or firefox as the browser now fails in the same way as described above. ETA on the fix you are working on would be greatly appreciated @beatfactor 😄

alexander-svendsen picture alexander-svendsen on 9 Oct 2018

@beatfactor I'm experiencing this same issue.

Using BrowserStack, tests work fine in Firefox and (sometimes) Chrome, but IE, Edge, Safari and mobile testing break when trying to perform any selection. This is the error messages I get:

Error while running .isElementDisplayed() protocol action: TypeError [ERR_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS]: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/wd/hub/session/2fdb031029d1bc253c7fe09cd0497b0b68b22b95/element/[object Object]/displayed": Request path contains unescaped characters

Error while running .locateSingleElement() protocol action: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"input[type=text]"}

I changed browser to browserName as detailed above, but same result.

Let me know if there's any other information I can provide you.

Cheers!

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