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` TypeError: this.resultValue.indexOf is not a function`

See original GitHub issue

I keep getting this error at:

search.waitForElementVisible('@headerTitle', client.globals.waitForTiming);
search.expect.element('@headerTitle').text.to.contain('Miami');

Error:

 TypeError: this.resultValue.indexOf is not a function
    at TextAssertion.<anonymous> (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/expect/_baseAssertion.js:218:48)
    at TextAssertion.BaseAssertion.getResult (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/expect/_baseAssertion.js:182:19)
    at TextAssertion.BaseAssertion.conditionFlag (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/expect/_baseAssertion.js:258:22)
    at TextAssertion.BaseAssertion.@containsFlag (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/expect/_baseAssertion.js:217:8)
    at TextAssertion.<anonymous> (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/expect/_baseAssertion.js:144:33)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at TextAssertion.BaseAssertion.processFlags (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/expect/_baseAssertion.js:140:30)
    at TextAssertion.<anonymous> (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/api/expect/_baseAssertion.js:112:10)
    at HttpRequest.<anonymous> (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/index.js:339:20)
    at emitTwo (events.js:100:13)
    at HttpRequest.emit (events.js:185:7)
    at HttpRequest.<anonymous> (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/index.js:378:15)
    at emitThree (events.js:110:13)
    at HttpRequest.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/travis/build/gadabout/sparrow/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/http/request.js:157:16)
    at emitNone (events.js:85:20)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:179:7)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:906:12)
    at nextTickCallbackWith2Args (node.js:475:9)
    at process._tickDomainCallback (node.js:430:17)

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hon2acommented, Jun 8, 2017

Me too. Never on the local machine, but in exactly the same circumstances when running on a CI server. (The error appears when repeatedly using an element(...).text.to.contain(...) test.)

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stale[bot]commented, Nov 14, 2018

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any recent activity. If possible, please retry using the latest Nightwatch version and update the issue with any relevant details. If no further activity occurs, it will be closed. Thank you for your contributions.