Invalid element state error and delay solution

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Hi everyone,

Has anyone found an optimal solution for this invalid(stale) element exception? This happens primarily in javascript forms with many pages that reuses the same web elements.

Root cause: org.openqa.selenium.InvalidElementStateException: invalid element state: Element is not currently interact-able and may not be manipulated

I am currently working around this problem by adding a delay between each keyword that reuses an element and henceforth causing the stale element exception. Although this works, I do not believe it to be the most optimal/desired solution as relying on hard delays might introduce too many variables such as when a website doesn’t load as fast as usual.

Other solutions I have tried include using the wait until the element is clickable keyword. Unfortunately this fails immediately as Katalon is unable to find the element in the first place if a stale element exception occurs. I also tried using the Javascript click, but that yields the same result as the waitElement attempt.

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Hi Jack

Your issue can be solved, but I’ll need to understand better how your pages are constructed.

What technology is used to submit forms to the server? (Hint: technically, there is no such thing as a “JavaScript form”.)

I also tried using the Javascript click, but that yields the same result as the waitElement attempt.

I’m a little surprised that didn’t help but maybe I’d understand better if you explained what you mean by “same result” – a JS click should never result in a stale element error.

Post some of your HTML, your test code and errors and anything else you think relevant.