Protractor: Error while waiting for Protractor to sync with the page: "both angularJS testability and angular testability are undefined

Question

I am trying to write some end to end tests and waned to use async and await.

configuration file

exports.config = {
    framework: \'jasmine\',
             


        

Answer 1

You got this error because Protractor by default wait angular page is loaded. If you work with non angular you should add await browser.waitForAngularEnabled(false); to onPrepare block:

 onPrepare: async () => {
 ...
 await browser.waitForAngularEnabled(false);
 ...  

How does this "waiting" mechanism works? I will copy description from code:

     * If set to false, Protractor will not wait for Angular $http and $timeout
     * tasks to complete before interacting with the browser. This can cause
     * flaky tests, but should be used if, for instance, your app continuously
     * polls an API with $timeout.

So, as you can see it is all about $http and $timeout tasks. A bit often developers use it in a not proper way.

In conclusion, if you see such error:

both angularJS testability and angular testability are undefined

you have to add await browser.waitForAngularEnabled(false);.