Firefox 59 - Failed: TypeError: cyclic object value

Bug report

• Protractor Version: 5.3.1
• Angular Version: 1.6.10
• Browser(s): Firefox 59
• Selenium: 3.11.0

When performing functions on a protractor element object I get the following error.

Failed: TypeError: cyclic object value
Build info: version: '3.11.0', revision: 'e59cfb3', time: '2018-03-11T20:33:15.31Z'
System info: host: '3930699ecd58', ip: '172.17.0.9', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.9.87-linuxkit-aufs', java.version: '1.8.0_162'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown

So for example if I get an element objet with the following code and perform a click() it throws the error

it('cyclic object value example', function() {
    var obj = element(by.cssContainingText('.some-class button', 'Click me'));
    obj.click();
});

Have been researching on the internet and it seems to be an issue is when JSON.stringify is executed on object with a circular reference. It has been introduced since Firefox 59.

[hico-bst]

It has been fixed in FF 62

[jerrythimothyj]

Hi, I am facing the same issue:

element(By.$(selector)) is throwing me Failed: TypeError: cyclic object value .

Any updates on this issue?