Calling element.sendKeys() seems to not send all the keys

I am doing the following two tests:

   it("Should be able to populate the firstname field", function () {

        expect(capturePageModel.findFirstNameFieldValue()).toEqual("");
        capturePageModel.setFirstNameFieldValue("Adam");
        expect(capturePageModel.findFirstNameFieldValue()).toEqual("Adam");

    });

    it("Should be able to populate the lastname field", function () {
        expect(capturePageModel.findLastNameField()).toEqual("");
        capturePageModel.setLastNameFieldValue("Parrish");
        expect(capturePageModel.findLastNameField()).toEqual("Parrish")
    });

When I execute both tests in the same describe block I definitely am seeing the second test only send the “sh” value of the “Parrish” value I am passing in. Thus the test fails.

However each test runs fine by itself. I am attempting to use PageObjects to write a few documents on how this could work but curious if you have seen anything like this happen.

Simple example of my setter and getter functions in my PageObjects

this.setLastNameFieldValue = function( value ) {

    var lastNameElement = element(by.model('presubmitUser.lastName'))
    lastNameElement.sendKeys( value );

}

this.findLastNameField = function() {
    var firstNameElement = element(by.id('lastName'))
    return firstNameElement.getAttribute('value');
}

The first name field is identical to the last name field.

[dodoshanti]

another workaround: pass individual chars to sendKeys: 'blah'.split('').forEach((c) => element.sendKeys(c))

[svetozar02]

We also only have this issue on jenkins and not locally…