Forked driver instance ignores waitForAngularEnabled

Bug report

• Node Version: 6.10.0
• Protractor Version: 5.11
• Angular Version: n/a
• Browser(s): Chrome
• Operating System and Version OS X 10.11.6
• Test framework: mocha

After upgrading from v4.0.14 to v5.1.1 all tests using browser.forkNewDriverInstance() started to fail. I tried using waitForAngularEnabled instead of ignoreSynchronization but got the same result.

Example test:

it('', () => {
    const otherBrowser = browser.forkNewDriverInstance();
    otherBrowser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
    return otherBrowser.get('https://google.com')
      .then(() => otherBrowser.$('body').isDisplayed())
      .then(isDisplayed => expect(isDisplayed).to.be.true);
  });

Error:

Error while waiting for Protractor to sync with the page: "window.angular is undefined.  This could be either because this is a non-angular page or because your test involves client-side navigation, which can interfere with Protractor's bootstrapping.  See http://git.io/v4gXM for details"

Edit It only happens when using mocha

[annu13aquar]

I am facing the exact issue with Node, Protractor and Chrome driver upgrades to the above mentioned versions. I am using Jasmine framework. Copying the parent browser properties to the new browser instances doesn’t fix the issue. Are there any more updates on the issue ?

[mtheoryx]

I’ve noticed this happening with jasmine as well, FWIW