Rerouting with target="_parent" causes "Whoops, there is no test to run" #3121

jadiaz · 2019-01-11T05:36:13Z

Current behavior:

test runner returns Whoops, there is no test to run. when clicking a link with selector:
'#sub-menu > ul > :nth-child(5) > a'

Desired behavior:

test passes after link is clicked.

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

app code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>

<body>
    <nav class="navbar navbar-default" id="navTopBar" role="navigation">
        <div></div>
    </nav>
    <footer class="footer">
        <div class="container-fluid">
            <div class="row">
                <div class="privacy-seal"></div>
                <nav id="sub-menu">
                    <ul>
                        <li><a href="AboutUs.htm" target="_parent">About Us</a></li>|
                        <li><a href="faq.html" target="_parent">FAQ</a></li>|
                        <li><a href="ContactUs.htm" target="_parent">Contact Us</a></li>|
                        <li><a href="TermsConditions.htm" target="_parent">Terms and Conditions</a></li>|
                        <li><a href="PrivacyPolicy.htm" target="_parent">Privacy Policy</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </nav>
            </div>
            <div class="row copyright">
                <span class="h6-xs">Copyright 2018.</span>
            </div>
            <div class="social">
                <ul class="social-links">
                    <li class="facebook"><a href="https://www.facebook.com" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li>
                    <li class="instagram"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li>
                    <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </footer>
</body>

</html>

test code

        it('causes cypress to stop running tests', () => {
            cy.visit('nav-test.html')
            cy.title().should('eq', 'Document')
            cy.get('#sub-menu > ul > :nth-child(5) > a').should('contain', 'Privacy Policy')
            cy.get('#sub-menu > ul > :nth-child(5) > a').click()
            cy.url().should('include', 'PrivacyPolicy')
        })

Versions

Mac OS - Mojave
Cypress v.3.1.4
Google Chrome Version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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kuceb · 2019-01-11T19:43:20Z

@jadiaz, this is because you have target="_parent" in your <a> tag, which tells the parent frame of the window to navigate, not the current frame.

We should probably rewrite target="_parent" to target="_self" in the proxy layer in order to behave the same way as non-iframed app would

In the meantime, you should change your code to use target="_self" (this will not affect your site's behavior in any way), and is also the default target of an <a> tag. see the target section here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a

jadiaz · 2019-01-12T22:53:39Z

Confirmed. Setting to target="_self" does fix the issue.

goofiw · 2019-02-07T01:56:35Z

This happens when target is set to "_top" as well.

Theres a solution in #1364

#1364

Is there any way to see better error handling rather than having the ui explode or the cli just hang?

jennifer-shehane · 2019-02-07T18:58:44Z

@bkucera Brian mentioned that you are working on related work to this and this could be added to 3.1.6.

andreirogobete · 2019-04-23T13:19:44Z

I looked at the "anchor target Property" documentation (https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_anchor_target.asp)

It seems like there is a possible "framename" value that you can assign to the "target" property of anchors.

Example: Some Link URL

Looking at this, would it be possible to set the name of the iframe which Cypress injects to run tests to something like "cypress-runner-iframe". This way, you may update your anchor "target" attribute to point to that during your test runs.

Maybe this is not ideal, but it would probably a way better solution to set the "target" to "_parent" since you may have multiple iframe layers in your application.

jennifer-shehane · 2019-12-13T11:28:49Z

Another clear reproducible example from #5938:

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" target="_parent">
  <input id="text_value" />
  <button type="submit" id="submit_form">Save</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>

spec.js

it('test', () => {
  cy.visit('index.html')
  cy.get('#text_value')
    .type('My Text')
  cy.get('#submit_form')
    .click()
})

Santosh-src · 2019-12-16T19:35:16Z

#5964 This issue resolved for me after modifying Configuration to "modifyObstructiveCode: true" from initial "modifyObstructiveCode: false". in Cypress.json

testn · 2020-04-20T14:16:32Z

so how do we want to fix this? modifyObstructiveCode does not seem to work for me.

rodybothebynder · 2020-05-07T13:07:30Z

For me changing the attribute in the DOM worked:

cy.get('.approved-content .no-auto-submit').invoke('attr', 'target', '_self');

BiswajitNanda · 2020-12-04T15:54:35Z

@bkucera @jennifer-shehane In my application, the user accepts terms and conditions( a typical terms and conditions document where the the user scrolls down to the bottom and it asks the user to accept) and when the user clicks on the submit button, it throws "whoops no test found".

There are no iframes, the submit section is as follows.

< form method="post" action id="terms-form" >
< input type="submit" data-href="terms" name="accept" value="I accept" class="connect" > ==$0
< /form >

Any idea what is the cause of this error and how to address this.

cypress-app-bot · 2023-05-18T20:14:10Z

This issue has not had any activity in 180 days. Cypress evolves quickly and the reported behavior should be tested on the latest version of Cypress to verify the behavior is still occurring. It will be closed in 14 days if no updates are provided.

cypress-app-bot · 2023-06-02T02:16:23Z

This issue has been closed due to inactivity.

kuceb closed this as completed Jan 11, 2019

kuceb reopened this Jan 11, 2019

kuceb added pkg/https-proxy This is due to an issue in the packages/https-proxy directory priority: minor 🎗 topic: framebusting and removed priority: minor 🎗 labels Jan 11, 2019

jennifer-shehane added difficulty: 2️⃣ type: bug stage: ready for work The issue is reproducible and in scope labels Jan 14, 2019

jennifer-shehane changed the title ~~clicking on element causes tests to stop running~~ clicking on element with target="_parent" causes tests to stop running Feb 5, 2019

This was referenced Feb 5, 2019

Clicking URL's with target=_parent makes Cypress break out of its environment #3282

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html base target _top lets cypress loose control #1364

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jennifer-shehane added difficulty: 1️⃣ and removed difficulty: 2️⃣ labels Feb 5, 2019

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cypress-bot bot added stage: backlog and removed stage: ready for work The issue is reproducible and in scope labels Feb 7, 2019

andreirogobete mentioned this issue May 5, 2019

[#Issue 3121 - partial fix] Add a "name" property on the test runner iframe #4128

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jennifer-shehane changed the title ~~clicking on element with target="_parent" causes tests to stop running~~ Rerouting with target="_parent" causes "Whoops, there is no test to run" Dec 13, 2019

jennifer-shehane mentioned this issue Dec 13, 2019

Whoops, there is no test to run. #5938

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Whoops, there is no test #5050

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jennifer-shehane added the topic: 😳 whoops there is no test to run Error msg: "Whoops there is no test to run" label Dec 16, 2019

jennifer-shehane mentioned this issue Dec 16, 2019

UnExpected error, Some recourses are not getting loaded. As per log GET /__/img/no-spec-instructions.png returns 404 #5964

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Cypress return 'Whoops, there is no test to run' after submiting an iframe #3051

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Cypress crashes with whoops error #7298

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cy.visit() on SPA redirected #3697

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Rerouting with target="_parent" causes "Whoops, there is no test to run" #3121

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