findByText(...).click() may throw Request path contains unescaped characters unhandled exception

[reallymello]

Description of the bug/issue

When I use findByText to locate an element and chain .click() I expect the element to be clicked, but on some runs Nightwatch throws the error
Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/element/[object Object]/click": Request path contains unescaped characters

for the same locator in the same spot in the test. The text locator itself is just the text ' OK ' because the button itself has no id or unique classes.

When this occurs the Nightwatch process exits early, does not run teardown, and does not close the session or browser--resulting in timeout errors in BrowserStack

Steps to reproduce

Run a test similar to

myPageObject.element.findByText(' OK ').click();

This usually works, but occasionally it throws the above mentioned error. By the look of the error mesage maybe it is not resolved/located before click is issued? Since it shows [object Object] in the request--unless that is just a console output quirk?

Sample test

myPageObject
      .element('@addClaimsResultsGrid')
      .findByText(firstClaimName)
      .assert.present();
    myPageObject
      .element('@addClaimsResultsGrid')
      .findByText(secondClaimName)
      .assert.present();

// Issue occurs here
    myPageObject.element.findByText(' OK ').click();

Command to run

npx nightwatch sampleTest.ts

Verbose Output

→ Running command: element.find ()
   Request POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/elements  
   {
     using: 'css selector',
     value: '[data-testid="add-claims-grid"] [role="grid"]'
  }
   Response 200 POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/elements (11ms)
   {
     value: [
       {
         'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.1559'
       }
     ]
  }
 → Completed command: element.find () (12ms)

 → Running command: element.find ({ By(xpath, .//*[text()="Claim_1_37387942619"]) })
   Request POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/element/f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.1559/elements  
   { using: 'xpath', value: './/*[text()="Claim_1_37387942619"]' }
   Response 200 POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/element/f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.1559/elements (9ms)
   {
     value: [
       {
         'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.2543'
       },
       {
         'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.2544'
       }
     ]
  }
 → Completed command: element.find ({ By(xpath, .//*[text()="Claim_1_37387942619"]) }) (10ms)

 → Running command: element.find ()
   Request POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/elements  
   {
     using: 'css selector',
     value: '[data-testid="add-claims-grid"] [role="grid"]'
  }

 → Running command: assert.ok ()
  √ Passed [ok]: Testing if the element <WebElement: f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.2543> is present.
 → Completed command: assert.ok () (0ms)
   Response 200 POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/elements (9ms)
   {
     value: [
       {
         'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.1559'
       }
     ]
  }
 → Completed command: element.find () (10ms)

 → Running command: element.find ({ By(xpath, .//*[text()="Claim_2_37387942619"]) })
   Request POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/element/f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.1559/elements  
   { using: 'xpath', value: './/*[text()="Claim_2_37387942619"]' }
   Response 200 POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/element/f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.1559/elements (8ms)
   {
     value: [
       {
         'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.2545'
       },
       {
         'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.2546'
       }
     ]
  }
 → Completed command: element.find ({ By(xpath, .//*[text()="Claim_2_37387942619"]) }) (9ms)

 → Running command: element.find ({ By(xpath, .//*[text()=" OK "]) })
   Request POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/elements  
   { using: 'xpath', value: './/*[text()=" OK "]' }

 → Running command: assert.ok ()
  √ Passed [ok]: Testing if the element <WebElement: f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.2545> is present.
 → Completed command: assert.ok () (0ms)
   Response 200 POST /session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/elements (49ms)
   {
     value: [
       {
         'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'f.919F2D1CC641E26C9AFA34BB7F0329F0.d.F9F1C3D4102E77470CB89BD4E1FC0360.e.1527'
       }
     ]
  }
 → Completed command: element.find ({ By(xpath, .//*[text()=" OK "]) }) (51ms)

 → Running command: element().clickElement ()
    Error   Error while running .clickElement() protocol action: Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/element/[object Object]/click": Request path contains unescaped characters

  ✖ TypeError
   Error while trying to create HTTP request for "/session/7c32b94cdb6a038e3cb3537f8e900549/element/[object Object]/click": Request path contains unescaped characters
    Stack Trace :
    at new ClientRequest (node:_http_client:185:13)
    at Object.request (node:http:102:10)
    at HttpRequest.createHttpRequest (C:\Users\reallyMello\projects\my-nightwatch-rm\node_modules\nightwatch\lib\http\request.js:233:49)
    at HttpRequest.send (C:\Users\reallyMello\projects\my-nightwatch-rm\node_modules\nightwatch\lib\http\request.js:413:29)
    at C:\Users\reallyMello\projects\my-nightwatch-rm\node_modules\nightwatch\lib\transport\selenium-webdriver\httpclient.js:99:17
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at HttpClient.send (C:\Users\reallyMello\projects\my-nightwatch-rm\node_modules\nightwatch\lib\transport\selenium-webdriver\httpclient.js:58:14)
    at Executor.execute (C:\Users\reallyMello\projects\my-nightwatch-rm\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:441:33)
    at Driver.execute (C:\Users\reallyMello\projects\my-nightwatch-rm\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver.js:744:38)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)

Nightwatch Configuration

Nightwatch.js Version

3.11.1

Node Version

22.13.0

Browser

Chrome 135

Operating System

Windows 11

Additional Information

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