Protractor: this.runnable error when trying to use afterEach

Created on 12 Jun 2017 · 2Comments · Source: angular/protractor

Bug report

Node Version: v6.9.2
Protractor Version: Version 5.1.2
Angular Version: 4.1.3
Browser(s): Chrome
Operating System and Version MacOS Sierra 10.12.5
Your protractor configuration file
test-afterEach.conf.ts

import { Config } from "protractor";

export let config: Config = {
    framework: 'jasmine',
    specs: [ 'test-afterEach.spec.js' ],
    useAllAngular2AppRoots: true,
    capabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome'
    },
    jasmineNodeOpts: {
        showColors: true
    }
};

A relevant example test

import { afterEach } from "selenium-webdriver/testing";
describe('Testing afterEach', () => {
    beforeAll(() => {
        console.log("Before All");
    });
    beforeEach(() => {
        console.log("Before Each");
    });
    afterEach(() => {
        console.log("After Each");
    });
    afterAll(() => {
        console.log("After All");
    });

    it('simplet test', () => {
        expect(true).toBeTruthy();
    })
});

Output from running the test

Started
Before All
Before Each
FAfter All

Failures:
1) Testing afterEach simplet test
Message:
Failed: this.runnable is not a function
Stack:
TypeError: this.runnable is not a function

Source