Appium XPath infinite escaping

[bootstraponline]

Using XPath with implicit wait set causes Appium to crash.

> $driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 30
> secure 'Password'
post
session/4f908934-a2e7-4551-b2ee-0e83faf73b75/element
{"using":"xpath","value":"secure[@value='Password']"}
EOFError: end of file reached
from /lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:141:in 'read_nonblock'

info: [INSTSERVER] Instruments exited with code 0
error: uncaughtException

stack=[TypeError: Cannot read property 'status' of null, at IOS.findUIElementOrElements.doFind as cbForCurrentCmd, at IOS.start.onExit as exitHandler, at ChildProcess.Instruments.launch (/Users/appium/Desktop/appium/appium/instruments/instruments.js:146:14), at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:99:17), at Process._handle.onexit (child_process.js:678:10)]

[bootstraponline]

Wow.

info: Pushed command to appium work queue: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Password\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Completely closed
info: [INST] 2013-02-27 17:16:50 +0000 Default: Error talking with instruments client, here's stderr:
info: [INST] 2013-02-27 17:16:50 +0000 None: Script threw an uncaught JavaScript error: Error getting next command, shutting down :-( on line 45 of bootstrap.js
2013-02-27 17:16:50 +0000 Default:
undefined:1
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input
at Object.parse (native)
at Socket.connect (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instruments/client.js:16:17)
at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:96:17)
at Pipe.onread (net.js:397:14)

[bootstraponline]

Appium keeps adding slashes in a loop until it crashes.

debug: Appium request received with params: {"using":"xpath","value":"secure[@value='Password']"}
info: [INSTSERVER] Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\'Password\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Closing our half of the connection
info: Pushed command to appium work queue: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\'Password\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Completely closed
info: [INST] 2013-02-27 17:26:35 +0000 Default: Got new command from instruments: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\'Password\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Connected
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data received (50 bytes)
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket closed by other side
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data being routed for 'cmd' event
info: [INSTSERVER] Got result from instruments: {"status":7,"value":null}
info: [INSTSERVER] Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\'Password\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Closing our half of the connection
info: Pushed command to appium work queue: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\'Password\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Completely closed
info: [INST] 2013-02-27 17:26:36 +0000 Default: Got new command from instruments: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\'Password\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Connected
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data received (50 bytes)
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket closed by other side
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data being routed for 'cmd' event
info: [INSTSERVER] Got result from instruments: {"status":7,"value":null}
info: [INSTSERVER] Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\\\\\'Password\\\\\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Closing our half of the connection
info: Pushed command to appium work queue: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\\\\\'Password\\\\\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Completely closed
info: [INST] 2013-02-27 17:26:37 +0000 Default: Got new command from instruments: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\\\\\'Password\\\\\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Connected
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data received (50 bytes)
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket closed by other side
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data being routed for 'cmd' event
info: [INSTSERVER] Got result from instruments: {"status":7,"value":null}
info: [INSTSERVER] Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Password\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Closing our half of the connection
info: Pushed command to appium work queue: au.getElementByXpath('secure[@value=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Password\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\']')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket Completely closed

[bootstraponline]

The problem is in ios.js. It'll keep escaping characters when using implicit wait even though they've already been escaped.

[lock]

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