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Chrome Extension "appendChild" console errors appear on certain pages

See original GitHub issue

On certain pages I’ve noticed that several JavaScript console errors appear:

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Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'appendChild' of undefined

I don’t know if this helps, but here is the line from vendor.bundle.js:

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It has happened on several pages, but this is the latest one I’ve seen it occur on:

I’ll update this issue with additional pages if that helps.

Expectation: No errors should appear in the console Actual: Several errors appear in the console Motivation: Uncluttering the console

axe-core version: 4.1.2 axe-webdriver, extension or other integration version: 4.7.2

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Browser and Assistive Technology versions Chrome Version 88.0.4324.150 (Official Build) (x86_64)

For Tooling issues:

  • Node version: n/a
  • Platform: Mac OS 11.2.1

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions:1
  • Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

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1reaction
erik-dequecommented, Mar 4, 2021

We’re working on cleaning this up, should have a new release out soon with a fix.

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dylanbcommented, Mar 26, 2021

fixed

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