Fix intermittent Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnknownError - #3008
Merged
Conversation
Add the 'disable-features=DeferRendererTasksAfterInput' flag, which resolves a longstanding issue with Selenium throwing intermittent errors (teamcapybara/capybara#2800)
This patch is no longer needed as the `disable-features=DeferRendererTasksAfterInput` flag resolves the issue this is patching.
DavidBiddle
force-pushed
the
fix-capybara-selenium-intermittent-error
branch
from
August 6, 2026 13:38
2f38b84 to
a6b11e7
Compare
DavidBiddle
marked this pull request as ready for review
August 6, 2026 13:38
|
🎉 A review copy of this PR has been deployed! You can reach it at: https://pr-3008.admin.review.forms.service.gov.uk/ It may take 5 minutes or so for the application to be fully deployed and working. If it still isn't ready For the sign in details and more information, see the review apps wiki page. |
theseanything
approved these changes
Aug 6, 2026
Contributor
Author
|
I've tested this locally by running the content of this feature test 300 times without seeing the error (200 headless, 100 with the GUI) |
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
What problem does this pull request solve?
Trello card:
We've had a longstanding issue with our Capybara tests intermittently failing with message:
when using recent versions of Chrome.
This is an instance of teamcapybara/capybara#2800
Previously we resolved this by pinning our CI to an older version of Chrome, then in some repos including this one we added a patch to retry tests when they hit this error.
Subsequently the root cause was identified on the Capybara issue (I believe thanks to an explanation of the error and a test case from @lfdebrux 🙌 ).
This PR:
Things to consider when reviewing