[BUG] Navigation failed because page crashed! (Javascript tests)

Context:

• Playwright Version: playwright@1.6.2
• Operating System: Mac
• Node.js version: v12.19.0
• Browser: Chromium

Describe the bug

Error 1

The Page Crash after Navigation. There are many API calls happens to load the heavy page. I use waitForNavigation=domcontentloaded and tried others too but it does not load the page. It needs some time to wait rather than crashing.

Steps that our test flows go thru,

• Login

• (lot of navigation happens in the background before page loads)

• Click the link – ERROR (random, 8 out of 10 times)

• next steps that also fails (always) when switching to another TAB with same error

     page.reload: Navigation failed because page crashed!
=========================== logs ===========================
waiting for navigation until "domcontentloaded"
============================================================
Note: use DEBUG=pw:api environment variable and rerun to capture Playwright logs.

      at Connection.sendMessageToServer (node_modules/playwright/lib/client/connection.js:69:15)
      at Proxy.<anonymous> (node_modules/playwright/lib/client/channelOwner.js:54:53)

  pw:api => page.reload started +1s
  pw:api waiting for navigation until "domcontentloaded" +1ms
  pw:api <= page.reload failed +0ms
  pw:api   "domcontentloaded" event fired +8ms
  pw:api   "load" event fired +0ms

Error 2

If I navigate to another URL in the same tab, I get this error

    [1] <teardown> Error | Error: frame.$: Execution context …
Error: frame.$: Execution context was destroyed, most likely because of a navigation.

[rinogo]

@aslushnikov - I just found this Issue via a Google search - I’m not sure if it helps with reproducing/fixing a bug (or if it should be a different Issue altogether), but I get the aforementioned error message when I simply try to load https://www.californiaorganics.com/. Actually, it looks like it crashes “randomly” at different times - sometimes while loading, other times once loading is complete and my script’s actions are underway.

I’m on 1.8.0-next (3eef2548e4d55db5970a81582bc0276d814c42da), macOS 10.15.7, and Node v14.15.1.

page.goto: Navigation failed because page crashed!
=========================== logs ===========================
navigating to \"https://www.californiaorganics.com/\", waiting until \"load\"
============================================================
Note: use DEBUG=pw:api environment variable and rerun to capture Playwright logs.

[rinogo]

@aslushnikov Done! https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/5687