stalenessOf with browser.wait throws StaleElementReferenceError

[kacpe-r]

Hi there. I've just discovered an unexpected behaviour.
Here you've sample of my code:

var elementToFind = this.pages.assignments.getAssignmentRowByAssignee(assignedTo);
browser.wait(protractor.ExpectedConditions.stalenessOf(elementToFind), 5000);
return this.expect(elementToFind.isPresent()).to.eventually.equal(false);

I'm recieving such output:

   Message:
     StaleElementReferenceError: stale element reference: element is not attached to the page document
       (Session info: chrome=53.0.2785.143)
       (Driver info: chromedriver=2.21.371461 (633e689b520b25f3e264a2ede6b74ccc23cb636a),platform=Linux 4.7.3-100.fc23.x86_64 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
     Command duration or timeout: 38 milliseconds
     For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/stale_element_reference.html
     Build info: version: '2.52.0', revision: '4c2593c', time: '2016-02-11 19:06:42'
     System info: host: 'localhost.localdomain', ip: '127.0.0.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.7.3-100.fc23.x86_64', java.version: '1.8.0_102'
     Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
     Capabilities [{applicationCacheEnabled=false, rotatable=false, mobileEmulationEnabled=false, chrome={chromedriverVersion=2.21.371461 (633e689b520b25f3e264a2ede6b74ccc23cb636a), userDataDir=/tmp/.com.google.Chrome.fZQcQD}, takesHeapSnapshot=true, databaseEnabled=false, handlesAlerts=true, hasTouchScreen=false, version=53.0.2785.143, platform=LINUX, browserConnectionEnabled=false, nativeEvents=true, acceptSslCerts=true, locationContextEnabled=true, webStorageEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true}]
     Session ID: 91f2c138da9b27c58f2264a5f39b12f7
         at WebDriverError (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/error.js:26:26)
         at StaleElementReferenceError (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/error.js:313:26)
         at Object.checkLegacyResponse (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/error.js:580:13)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:360:15
         at Promise.invokeCallback_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1329:14)
         at TaskQueue.execute_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2790:14)
         at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2773:21)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2652:27
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7
         at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)
     From: Task: WebDriver.call(function)
         at WebDriver.call (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:610:17)
         at WebDriver.findElementsInternal_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:915:17)
         at WebDriver.findElements (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:892:19)
         at Object.findElementsOverride (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/locators.js:121:31)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:152:37
         at Array.map (native)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:150:65
         at Promise.invokeCallback_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1329:14)
         at TaskQueue.execute_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2790:14)
         at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2773:21)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2652:27
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7
         at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)
     Error
         at ElementArrayFinder.applyAction_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:371:27)
         at ElementArrayFinder._this.(anonymous function) [as getText] (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:83:30)
         at ElementFinder._this.(anonymous function) [as getText] (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:685:22)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/pages/assignments.js:41:69
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:204:28
         at Array.map (native)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/element.js:202:46
         at Promise.invokeCallback_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1329:14)
         at TaskQueue.execute_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2790:14)
         at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2773:21)
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2652:27
         at /var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7
         at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)
     From: Task: <anonymous>
         at Timeout.pollCondition [as _onTimeout] (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2236:16)
         at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:224:11)
         at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:198:5)
     From: Task: <anonymous wait>
         at ControlFlow.wait (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2229:17)
         at WebDriver.wait (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:688:29)
         at Protractor.to.(anonymous function) [as wait] (/var/www/protractor-poc/node_modules/protractor/built/protractor.js:55:29)
         at [object Object].<anonymous> (/var/www/protractor-poc/e2e/steps/assignmentsSteps.js:33:21)
         at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
         at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)

Right now I'm using a dirty workaround (browser.sleep(3500); instead of browser.wait(...);), but it's definitely not what I am looking for.
Currently I'm using node 5.10.1 and Protractor 3.3.0 (update to 4.x.x is blocked by #3608), so I was not able to verify is it working with Protractor 4.x.x.

[NickTomlin]

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