nightwatch: Doesn't work with selenium v3.5.0 (but works with v.3.4.0)

Thanks for awesome library!

We recently tried to use nighwatch with remote selenium(runs on modern.ie Windows env) When we tried to use nightwatch with selenium v3.5.0, nightwatch not works correctly. response looks like below.

[Sample Test] Test Suite
==========================

Running:  some tests
INFO Request: POST http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session 
 - data:  {"desiredCapabilities":{"browserName":"internet explorer","javascriptEnabled":true,"acceptSslCerts":true,"platform":"ANY","allowBlockedContent":true,"ignoreProtectedModeSettings":true,"name":"test"}} 
 - headers:  {"Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Content-Length":204}
INFO Response 200 POST http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session (2223ms) { status: 0,
  sessionId: '8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233',
  value: 
   { acceptInsecureCerts: false,
     browserName: 'internet explorer',
     browserVersion: '11',
     pageLoadStrategy: 'normal',
     platformName: 'windows',
     'se:ieOptions': 
      { browserAttachTimeout: 0,
        elementScrollBehavior: 0,
        enablePersistentHover: true,
        'ie.browserCommandLineSwitches': '',
        'ie.ensureCleanSession': false,
        'ie.fileUploadDialogTimeout': 3000,
        'ie.forceCreateProcessApi': false,
        ignoreProtectedModeSettings: true,
        ignoreZoomSetting: false,
        initialBrowserUrl: 'http://localhost:39519/',
        nativeEvents: true,
        requireWindowFocus: false },
     setWindowRect: true,
     unhandledPromptBehavior: 'dismiss' } }
INFO Got sessionId from selenium 8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233
INFO Request: POST http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session/8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233/url 
 - data:  {"url":"http://10.0.2.2/"} 
 - headers:  {"Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Content-Length":30}
INFO Response 200 POST http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session/8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233/url (1556ms) { state: 'success',
  sessionId: null,
  hCode: 24164963,
  value: null,
  class: 'org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response',
  status: 0 }
LOG     → Completed command url (1558 ms)
INFO Request: POST http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session/8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233/elements 
 - data:  {"using":"css selector","value":"body"} 
 - headers:  {"Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Content-Length":39}
INFO Response 200 POST http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session/8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233/elements (264ms) { state: 'success',
  sessionId: null,
  hCode: 14282023,
  value: [ { 'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': '20953718-0db8-4133-86d1-7245e5ba3ef4' } ],
  class: 'org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response',
  status: 0 }
INFO Request: GET http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session/8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233/element/undefined/displayed 
 - data:   
 - headers:  {"Accept":"application/json"}
ERROR Response 500 GET http://192.168.99.100:4444/wd/hub/session/8bc6d284-222b-487b-9bfb-13e1b1039233/element/undefined/displayed (76ms) { state: 'stale element reference',
  sessionId: null,
  hCode: 14596883,
  value: 
   { additionalInformation: '\nDriver info: driver.version: unknown',
     localizedMessage: 'Error setting arguments for script\nFor documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/stale_element_reference.html\nBuild info: version: \'3.5.0\', revision: \'8def36e068\', time: \'2017-08-10T23:00:22.093Z\'\nSystem info: host: \'IE11WIN7\', ip: \'192.168.99.100\', os.name: \'Windows 7\', os.arch: \'x86\', os.version: \'6.1\', java.version: \'1.8.0_144\'\nDriver info: driver.version: unknown',
     supportUrl: 'http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/stale_element_reference.html',
     systemInformation: 'System info: host: \'IE11WIN7\', ip: \'192.168.99.100\', os.name: \'Windows 7\', os.arch: \'x86\', os.version: \'6.1\', java.version: \'1.8.0_144\'',
     cause: null,
     suppressed: [],
     message: 'Error setting arguments for script\nFor documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/stale_element_reference.html\nBuild info: version: \'3.5.0\', revision: \'8def36e068\', time: \'2017-08-10T23:00:22.093Z\'\nSystem info: host: \'IE11WIN7\', ip: \'192.168.99.100\', os.name: \'Windows 7\', os.arch: \'x86\', os.version: \'6.1\', java.version: \'1.8.0_144\'\nDriver info: driver.version: unknown',
     hCode: 32286113,
     class: 'org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException',
     buildInformation: null },
  class: 'org.openqa.selenium.remote.Response',
  status: 10 }

But when we try same test case with Selenium 3.4.0, it works as expected.

Is nightwatch compatible with selenium v3.5.0 or not?

[IEDriverServer changelog] https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/master/cpp/iedriverserver/CHANGELOG

this line looks like suspicious for me …

To successfully use this version of the IE driver, you should be using
   version 3.5 or above of the language bindings. Those are the only versions
   of language bindings that will understand the payload required to be sent
   during the creation of a new session. Earlier versions of the language
   bindings are not guaranteed to be fully compatible with this release of
   the IE driver.

nightwatch.json(only relevant section)

{
  "src_folders" : ["__tests__/nightwatch/test"],
  "output_folder" : "reports",
  "custom_commands_path" : "",
  "custom_assertions_path" : "",
  "page_objects_path" : "",
  "globals_path" : "",

  "selenium" : {
    "start_process" : false
  },

  "test_settings" : {
    "default" : {
      "launch_url" : "http://10.0.2.2",
      "selenium_port"  : 4444,
      "selenium_host"  : "192.168.99.100",
      "silent": true,
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "internet explorer",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "allowBlockedContent": true,
        "ignoreProtectedModeSettings": true
      }
    },

    "ie" : {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "internet explorer",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "allowBlockedContent": true,
        "ignoreProtectedModeSettings": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Sample tests

module.exports = {
  'should close modal when click close button': (browser) => {
    browser
        .url('http://10.0.2.2/xxx')
        .waitForElementVisible('body', 1000)
        .end()
  }
}

Versions

Nightwatch version: 0.9.16 Node.js version: v7.10.0 OS version: Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 (modern.ie / Virtualbox) Browser version: Internet Explorer 11 (v11.0.9600.17420) selenium-server-standalone version: v3.5.0 IEDriverServer version: v3.5.0(Win32)

Env

192.168.99.100:4444 -> selenium-standalone-server 10.0.2.2:80 -> Web server (at Virtualbox host)