Connection reset by peer when doing getText() on ElementArrayFinder when SELENIUM_PROMISE_MANAGER is false

Test execution interrupts on attempt to run .getText() on ElementArrayFinder Following error is displayed on attempt to run test with selenium server option:

✖ Given I execute socketException test # src/asyncAwaitProtractor.js:182 WebDriverError: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer (connect failed)

And this, in case of direct connection:

✖ Given I execute socketException test # src/asyncAwaitProtractor.js:182 Error: EPIPE write EPIPE

The issue is not reproducing on Firefox.

• Node Version: 8.9.4
• Protractor Version: 5.3.0
• Angular Version: 1.5.7
• Browser(s): chrome
• Operating System and Version Mac OSX

config file

const config = {
    SELENIUM_PROMISE_MANAGER: false,
    baseUrl: "http://www.protractortest.org/#/",
    seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
    capabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        shardTestFiles: false,
        maxInstances: 1
    },
    specs: [
        './features/*.feature'
    ],
    ignoreUncaughtExceptions: true,
    disableChecks: true,
    framework: 'custom',
    frameworkPath: './node_modules/protractor-cucumber-framework',
    restartBrowserBetweenTests: true,
    cucumberOpts: {
        require: './src/*.js',
        strict: true,
        format: 'json:results.json',
        defaultTimeoutInterval: 160000,
        tags: "@socketException"
    },
    onPrepare: onPrepare,
    onComplete: onComplete
};

async function onPrepare() {
    const {Given, Then, When} = require('cucumber');
    global.Given = Given;
    global.When = When;
    global.Then = Then;
}

async function onComplete() {
    console.log("suite tests complete --> ");
}
exports.config = Object.assign({}, config);

package.json

{
  "name": "socketException",
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "protractor": "5.3.0",
    "protractor-cucumber-framework": "4.2.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "cucumber": "4.0.0"
  }
}

test example

Given("I execute socketException test", async function () {
    let btnsList = () => {return $$("h2")};
    await browser.get(browser.baseUrl);
    console.log(await btnsList().getText());
    console.log(await btnsList().getText());
    console.log(await btnsList().getText());
    console.log(await btnsList().getText());
    console.log(await btnsList().getText());
});

[kovalchukt]

any intention for this to be fixed soon, guys? seems this error occurs even when more than one element found by $, and first one is used by default. In case like this it’s really hard to tell where the error is, which makes migration to async/await more than painful.

[pumbox]

@CrispusDH The documentation states that:

You can treat an ElementArrayFinder as an array of WebElements for most purposes, in particular, you may perform actions (i.e. click, getText) on them as you would an array of WebElements. The action will apply to every element identified by the ElementArrayFinder.

And, by the way, your solution also throws the same error.