click on element is not performed due to "javascript error: circular reference" with chromedriver 76

Serhii Sinina

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Jul 2, 2019, 7:06:33 AM7/2/19

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Hi all. I am using

Chromedriver 76.0.3809.25

Chrome 76.0.3809.46

and my click on element fails with the error:

Request: POST /wd/hub/session/fc0f5d9a85671b180c21dfc3a1717b36/element 
 - data:  {"using":"css selector","value":"#mmenu-1 [data-menu-name=\"settings\"]"} 
 - headers:  {"Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Content-Length":73}
INFO Response 200 POST /wd/hub/session/fc0f5d9a85671b180c21dfc3a1717b36/element (17ms) {
  sessionId: 'fc0f5d9a85671b180c21dfc3a1717b36',
  status: 0,
  value: { ELEMENT: '0.5967692591666944-4' }
}
INFO Request: POST /wd/hub/session/fc0f5d9a85671b180c21dfc3a1717b36/element/0.5967692591666944-4/click 
 - data:   
 - headers:  {"Content-Length":0}
INFO Response 200 POST /wd/hub/session/fc0f5d9a85671b180c21dfc3a1717b36/element/0.5967692591666944-4/click (32ms) {
  sessionId: 'fc0f5d9a85671b180c21dfc3a1717b36',
  status: 17,
  value: {
    message: 'javascript error: circular reference\n  (Session info: ' +
      'chrome=76.0.3809.46)\n  (Driver info: ' +
      'chromedriver=76.0.3809.25 ' +
      '(a0c95f440512e06df1c9c206f2d79cc20be18bb1-refs/branch-heads/3809@{#271}),platform=Mac ' +
      'OS X 10.14.4 x86_64)'
  }
}
LOG     → Completed command click (53 ms)

In chromedriver logs you can see the response "value": "circular reference"

and then error ClickElement ERROR javascript error: circular reference

Part of chromedriver logs:

[1562063191.494][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=143) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562063191.496][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=143) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": "li"
      }
   }
}
[1562063191.496][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=144) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562063191.497][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=144) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": "li"
      }
   }
}
[1562063191.498][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=145) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562063191.505][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=145) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": true
      }
   }
}
[1562063191.505][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=146) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562063191.508][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=146) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": {
            "height": 18,
            "left": 0,
            "top": 0,
            "width": 32.578125
         }
      }
   }
}
[1562063191.509][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=147) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562063191.515][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=147) F5E5BDD5CE06E7E327633E853F1D0462 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 17,
         "value": "circular reference"
      }
   }
}
[1562064916.299][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=148) BA52F5014857243330CDE4CDFF1D46DA {
   "expression": "1"
}
[1562064916.300][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=148) BA52F5014857243330CDE4CDFF1D46DA {
   "result": {
      "description": "1",
      "type": "number",
      "value": 1
   }
}
[1562064916.300][INFO]: Waiting for pending navigations...
[1562064916.300][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=149) BA52F5014857243330CDE4CDFF1D46DA {
   "expression": "1"
}
[1562064916.301][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=149) BA52F5014857243330CDE4CDFF1D46DA {
   "result": {
      "description": "1",
      "type": "number",
      "value": 1
   }
}
[1562064916.301][INFO]: Done waiting for pending navigations. Status: ok
[1562064916.301][INFO]: [75113b660ea79e0747e021b0491701e8] RESPONSE ClickElement ERROR javascript error: circular reference
  (Session info: chrome=76.0.3809.46)

At the same time Chrome 76.0.3809.46 with chromedriver 75.0.3770.90 works well.

Part of chromedriver logs:

[1562064661.432][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=144) D42A5B9CD8FA0B04682584A6DC8D15E9 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": "li"
      }
   }
}
[1562064661.433][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=145) D42A5B9CD8FA0B04682584A6DC8D15E9 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562064661.442][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=145) D42A5B9CD8FA0B04682584A6DC8D15E9 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": true
      }
   }
}
[1562064661.442][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=146) D42A5B9CD8FA0B04682584A6DC8D15E9 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562064661.445][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=146) D42A5B9CD8FA0B04682584A6DC8D15E9 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": {
            "height": 18,
            "left": 0,
            "top": 0,
            "width": 32.578125
         }
      }
   }
}
[1562064661.446][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Command: Runtime.evaluate (id=147) D42A5B9CD8FA0B04682584A6DC8D15E9 {
   "expression": "(function() { // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.\n// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be\n// found in the LICENSE file.\n\n/**\n * Enum f...",
   "returnByValue": true
}
[1562064661.454][DEBUG]: DevTools WebSocket Response: Runtime.evaluate (id=147) D42A5B9CD8FA0B04682584A6DC8D15E9 {
   "result": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": {
         "status": 0,
         "value": {
            "ceil": {

            },
            "clone": {

            },
            "floor": {

            },
            "round": {

            },
            "scale": {

            },
            "toString": {

            },
            "translate": {

            },
            "x": 231.078125,
            "y": 13
         }
      }
   }
}

Did somebody face this issue? Please help.

d...@dan-gee.co.uk

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Jul 2, 2019, 8:07:14 AM7/2/19

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Hi,

I'm seeing the same.
ChromeDriver 76.0.3809.25
Chrome 76.0.3809.46

I've created a minimal repro and in my case isolated it to our usage of MicrosoftAjax.js (from within WebForms):
https://gist.github.com/dgee2/a92947dacd1b9da567d8d452da705ccf

I am receiving similar logs as Serhii.

I assume this is likely to be related to issue 2745.

Thanks in advance,
Daniel

d...@dan-gee.co.uk

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Jul 3, 2019, 5:01:14 AM7/3/19

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I have raised an issue with attached C# repro program, minimal html and log file: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=2995

alexander...@gmail.com

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Jul 22, 2019, 2:09:40 AM7/22/19

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Having similar issue here too.

John Chen

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Jul 23, 2019, 4:43:20 PM7/23/19

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The issue has been fixed in ChromeDriver 76.0.3809.68. Please download it and give it a try. Sorry about the inconvenience.

Thanks,

John

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