cypress: 3.5.0 - CypressError: Timed out retrying: Cannot read property 'defaultView' of null

When I attempt to use a .select() on a <select> object, I am getting the posted error.

This is only the case when attempting to select something from the dropdown that DOES exist on the list. If I attempt to select a value that doesn’t exist, I get the standard

Cypress error "CypressError: Timed out retrying: cy.select() failed because it could not find a single <option> with value or text matching...".

I have previously been using this exact test successfully, and something must have changed causing it to error out. I find that even if I comment out this portion, similar errors follow with other commands later in the test.

This is the stack trace for the error.

CypressError: Timed out retrying: Cannot read property 'defaultView' of null
    at Object.cypressErr (http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:104836:11)
    at Object.throwErr (http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:104791:18)
    at Object.throwErrByPath (http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:104823:17)
    at Object.retry (http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:96197:16)
    at retryActionability (http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:84998:19)
From previous event:
    at tryFn (http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:96655:21)
    at whenStable (http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:96690:12)
    at http://app.locals/__cypress/runner/cypress_runner.js:96240:16

I cannot seem to find anything called defaultView except within jQuery itself. I have tried searching this space for an answer, but cannot seem to figure out what the deal is.

The code that causes this error is:

cy.get('#inputDoctors').select(physicianName);

The get is successful, and I can confirm that element exists and the value is a valid option.

Steps to reproduce:

I believe that this error is somehow project internal, which for many reasons cannot be completely shared. However, I will create a very simple idea of what is going on:

<select id="inputDoctors>
  <option value="Doctor1">apples</option>
  <option value="Doctor2">oranges</option>
  <option value="Doctor3">bananas</option>
</select>

cy.get('#inputDoctors').select('Doctor1'); --> Fails with defaultView Error
cy.get('#inputDoctors').select('Doctor15'); --> Fails with cannot find value error

I understand it may be hard to help debug, but really anywhere you can point us to to start debugging this error is greatly appreciated.

Versions

Cypress: 3.5.0

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Created 5 years ago
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Comments: 27 (7 by maintainers)

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Most upvoted comments

I am also seeing CypressError: Timed out retrying: Cannot read property 'defaultView' of null in Cypress 3.5.0 when interacting with an iframe input. The same code does not generate an error in Cypress 3.4.1. I know iframes aren’t natively supported right now but any tips would be helpful.

Custom command to interact with iframe elements (this still successfully selects buttons in the iframe):

Cypress.Commands.add('iframeElement', (selector) => {
  cy.log(selector)
    .get(`body > iframe`, { log: false })
    .should(iframe => expect(iframe.contents().find(selector)).to.exist)
    .then(iframe => cy.wrap(iframe.contents().find(selector), { log: false }))
})

Code to enter username in the username in the iframe input field :

cy.iframeElement('#username')
    .type('user_good')

+10

ashley-maiden on Oct 29, 2019

Adding to this thread, I also just upgraded to 3.5 and can no longer complete Stripe payment iFrames.

cy.get('iframe[name^="__privateStripeFrame"]').then($iframe => {
    const $body = $iframe.contents().find('body')
    cy.wrap($body)
        .find('input[name="cardnumber"]', { timeout: 10000 })
        .type('4242')
        .type('4242')
        .type('4242')
        .type('4242')
})

Returns the same error:

CypressError: Timed out retrying: Cannot read property 'defaultView' of null

pocketcolin on Oct 25, 2019

@ashley-maiden I am also having the same error when accessing an iFrame on 3.5.0 worked fine on 3.4.1 I’m not sure if the issue is the Electron bump or jQuery upgrade

daniel-ogunnaike on Oct 25, 2019

I was able to reproduce and am working on a fix

kuceb on Oct 29, 2019

Hi, got same error with stripe form during payment. Cypress can fill 2 fields of 3 and throw this error

jorisre on Oct 25, 2019

Released in 3.6.0.

cypress-bot[bot] on Nov 5, 2019

Same issue here. This test fails on 3.5.0 with the above error. I rolled back to 3.4.1 and it passes:

describe("Storybook", () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    cy.visit("http://airbnb.io/react-dates/");
  });
  context("DateRangePicker", () => {
    it("should visit the default story in this collection", () => {
      cy.get('a[title="default"]').click()
      cy.get("#storybook-preview-iframe").then($iframe => {
        const doc = $iframe.contents();
        iget(doc, "#startDate").click();
        iget(doc, "#root > div > div:nth-child(2) > div > button").should(
          "have.text",
          "Show Info"
        );
      });
    });
  });
});

function iget(doc, selector) {
  return cy.wrap(doc.find(selector));
}

kmckee on Oct 25, 2019

I’m not sure if the issue is the Electron bump or jQuery upgrade

Probably not Electron, the same failure happens in Chrome.

zbynek on Oct 25, 2019

yeah I’ve been getting the same issue too in my Stripe payment iFrames, the tests were fine and after the upgrade to 3.5.0 they just stopped working, rolled back to 3.4.1 and they work perfectly again, might be right with the JQuery upgrade @daniel-ogunnaike

zitegeist on Oct 25, 2019