[Bug] Suddenly unable to click elements that are considered clickable by WebDriverWait

[jgfmachado]

Description

I'm suddenly facing issues with elements that fail to be clicked, while WebDriverWait considers them to be clickable.

Trying to click those elements with the WebElement .click() method, returns a detail message that reads,

An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: unknown error: Element <div class="c-button__title">...</div> is not clickable at point (566, 483). Other element would receive the click: <div class="c-button--active" style="border-radius: 0.25rem;"></div>
  (Session info: chrome=69.0.3497.100)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.44.609538 (b655c5a60b0b544917107a59d4153d4bf78e1b90),platform=Windows NT 10.0.19045 x86_64)

with a cause that reads

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: unknown error: Element <div class="c-button__title">...</div> is not clickable at point (566, 483). Other element would receive the click: <div class="c-button--active" style="border-radius: 0.25rem;"></div>
  (Session info: chrome=69.0.3497.100)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.44.609538 (b655c5a60b0b544917107a59d4153d4bf78e1b90),platform=Windows NT 10.0.19045 x86_64)
Build info: version: '4.16.1', revision: '9b4c83354e'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.7'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver
Command: [a22d7629-65b6-4c7c-86b6-132436a6c1e9, clickElement {id=0.7700422711264372-27}]
Capabilities {appium:appActivity: <omitted>, appium:appPackage: <omitted>, appium:autoGrantPermissions: true, appium:automationName: UIAutomator2, appium:databaseEnabled: false, appium:desired: {appActivity: <omitted>, appPackage: <omitted>, autoGrantPermissions: true, automationName: UIAutomator2, newCommandTimeout: 3600, platformName: ANDROID, udid: emulator-5554, uiautomator2ServerInstallTimeout: 60000}, appium:deviceApiLevel: 28, appium:deviceManufacturer: Google, appium:deviceModel: AOSP on IA Emulator, appium:deviceName: emulator-5554, appium:deviceScreenDensity: 160, appium:deviceScreenSize: 1280x800, appium:deviceUDID: emulator-5554, appium:javascriptEnabled: true, appium:locationContextEnabled: false, appium:networkConnectionEnabled: true, appium:newCommandTimeout: 3600, appium:pixelRatio: 1, appium:platformVersion: 9, appium:statBarHeight: 24, appium:takesScreenshot: true, appium:udid: emulator-5554, appium:uiautomator2ServerInstallTimeout: 60000, appium:viewportRect: {height: 728, left: 0, top: 24, width: 1280}, appium:warnings: {}, appium:webStorageEnabled: false, platformName: ANDROID}
Element: [[AndroidDriver:  on ANDROID (a22d7629-65b6-4c7c-86b6-132436a6c1e9)] -> xpath: //div[@class='c-button__title' and text()='Apply All']]
Session ID: a22d7629-65b6-4c7c-86b6-132436a6c1e9

Note that it didn't throw the expected ElementNotInteractableException exception.

Trying to instead click them through the Actions .click(WebElement target) method , I get,
Request failed with status code 501
with,

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Request failed with status code 501
Build info: version: '4.16.1', revision: '9b4c83354e'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.7'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver
Command: [a22d7629-65b6-4c7c-86b6-132436a6c1e9, actions {actions=[org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Sequence@870a9f2]}]
Capabilities {appium:appActivity: com.eposnow.till.MainActivity, appium:appPackage: com.eposnow.till, appium:autoGrantPermissions: true, appium:automationName: UIAutomator2, appium:databaseEnabled: false, appium:desired: {appActivity: com.eposnow.till.MainActivity, appPackage: com.eposnow.till, autoGrantPermissions: true, automationName: UIAutomator2, newCommandTimeout: 3600, platformName: ANDROID, udid: emulator-5554, uiautomator2ServerInstallTimeout: 60000}, appium:deviceApiLevel: 28, appium:deviceManufacturer: Google, appium:deviceModel: AOSP on IA Emulator, appium:deviceName: emulator-5554, appium:deviceScreenDensity: 160, appium:deviceScreenSize: 1280x800, appium:deviceUDID: emulator-5554, appium:javascriptEnabled: true, appium:locationContextEnabled: false, appium:networkConnectionEnabled: true, appium:newCommandTimeout: 3600, appium:pixelRatio: 1, appium:platformVersion: 9, appium:statBarHeight: 24, appium:takesScreenshot: true, appium:udid: emulator-5554, appium:uiautomator2ServerInstallTimeout: 60000, appium:viewportRect: {height: 728, left: 0, top: 24, width: 1280}, appium:warnings: {}, appium:webStorageEnabled: false, platformName: ANDROID}
Session ID: a22d7629-65b6-4c7c-86b6-132436a6c1e9

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If the same script is executed through ChromeDriver on Chrome Browser, I get the ElementNotInteractableException exception instead, and I am able to click it through the Actions class. That's why I suspected it was something with Appium.

Environment

• Java 17
• Appium 2.2.3
• Windows 10
• Node.js 18.13.0
• Android 9
• Reproducible on both physical pevice and pmulator