Chromedriver 76 breaks my test suite “javascript error: circular reference”

Question

I now get \"javascript error: circular reference(Session info: chrome=76.0.3809.100)\" whenever I try and click on any element on my company\'s webapp.

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Answer 1

As mentioned by others there is a issue with 'webdriver-manager' its not downloading the latest build of v76.0.0 . even-though you specify the exact version by giving webdriver-manager update --versions.chrome 76.0.3809.68 it always points to the chrome 76.0.3809.12. only name is changed but the file has chrome 76.0.3809.12 version only i think

and as mentioned by Rahul L

quick fix : install chromedriver through npm - v76.0.1

https://www.npmjs.com/package/chromedriver

but one catch here is protractor always points to the default chromedriver that comes along with the webdriver-manager update ,hence just adding the package alone is not enough ,we have to add some values in the config file to over come this senario , we have to overwrite the chromedriver reference path through the config file with these values

export.Config = {
      DirectConnet:true,
      chromeDriver: process.cwd()+'/node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver/chromedriver.exe',