Protractor: NodeJS 8: _debugger module not found during pause

[Mamoru1234]

Bug report

• Node Version: 8.1.4
• Protractor Version: 5.1.2
• Angular Version: NO
• Browser(s): Chrome 59.0.3071.115 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Operating System and Version Ubuntu 17.04
• Repo with STR
  https://github.com/Mamoru1234/protractor-bug (Sorry for naming)

• Output from running the test:
  Error: Cannot find module '_debugger'
  at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:485:15)
  at Function.Module._load (module.js:437:25)
  at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
  at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
  at Object. (/home/alexei/temp/protractor-bug/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/debuggerCommons.js:1:82)
  at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
  at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
  at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
  at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
  at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)

• Steps to reproduce the bug

npm i 
npm run selenium-setup
npm run protractor

[Mamoru1234]

Actually, I spend some time reviewing my node_module(s) and can't find _debigger module anywhere.
As well as some require enhancement, it looks like native require is passed to debugger sandbox.

[wswebcreation]

Hi @Mamoru1234

Tnx for the issue and for the repo.
This issue has to do with NodeJS 8. Protractor isn't officially supporting it currently. If you (downgrade to 6.9.x, I use NVM to easily switch) you will see it is working again.

This needs to be something for a future release in which Protractor will support NodeJS 8

[Mamoru1234]

@wswebcreation What is the steps to get Node v8 official supported?

[wswebcreation]

Hi @Mamoru1234

I've asked it to the core team. Will post it here if I hear something.

[marandageist]

Dupe of https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/4307

[NickTomlin]

I'm going to go ahead and collapse this to consolidate and track in #4307 @wswebcreation feel free to re-open if you'd like to keep things split out.

[anarang]

I am facing the same issue and unable to use elementExplorer with protractor.

Node version: v8.9.1
Protractor version: Version 5.1.1

$ protractor --elementExplorer
(node:20299) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
[20:11:30] I/local - Starting selenium standalone server...
[20:11:33] I/local - Selenium standalone server started at http://192.168.1.41:51378/wd/hub
[20:11:37] I/protractor -
[20:11:37] I/protractor - ------- Element Explorer -------
[20:11:37] I/protractor - Starting WebDriver debugger in a child process. Element Explorer is still beta, please report issues at github.com/angular/protractor
[20:11:37] I/protractor -
[20:11:37] I/protractor - Type to see a list of locator strategies.
[20:11:37] I/protractor - Use the list helper function to find elements by strategy:
[20:11:37] I/protractor - e.g., list(by.binding('')) gets all bindings.
[20:11:37] I/protractor -
module.js:538
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module '_debugger'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:536:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:466:25)
at Module.require (module.js:579:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (/Users/anisha/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/debuggerCommons.js:1:82)
at Module._compile (module.js:635:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:646:10)
at Module.load (module.js:554:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:497:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:489:3)
[20:11:38] I/local - Shutting down selenium standalone server.'

Any solution to this yet? I see a couple of other issues but do not see any official solution yet. Any help is appreciated.

[kshrestha99]

This issue is still happeneing...any one know why it is not resolved yet?