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browser.execute doesn't refetch element

See original GitHub issue

Environment (please complete the following information):

WebdriverIO version: 5.16.5

Describe the bug A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce

browser.url("http://guinea-pig.webdriver.io")
const el = $('.box')
browser.refresh()
browser.execute(el => el, el)

Expected behavior browser.execute should refetch element

Log stale element reference: element is not attached to the page document (Session info: headless chrome=78.0.3904.108)

Additional context Using el.isExisting() doesn’t help neither because it’s not updating element id to the new one (and I’m not sure if t actually should)

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State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:5 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

vgrigorukcommented, Nov 24, 2020

Also reproducible for staleElement.scrollIntoView(), as it uses browser.execute under the hood 😦

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mgrybykcommented, Nov 26, 2019

I mean that currently the command is failing because element is stale. This is a way to understand that element has changed. If we fix the issue by adding middleware that would silently refetch the element how can I identify if element has changed or not?

Forget it, it should be possible by comparing element id

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