failed because it requires a DOM element, window or document.

[srclay]

I have an after hook that looks like this:-

cy.visit(Cypress.env('portal_url'))
cy.get('div').eq(0).then(($root) => {
if($root.find('[name=email]').length !== 0) {
....

when running a test, the cy.get('div') line fails with "cy.then() failed because it requires a DOM element, window or document." even though there is definitely at least one div element on the page. Originally I tried with

cy.root().then(($root) => {

with the same results and then I tried with

cy.document().then(($root) => {

also with the same results.

It appears as though Cypress thinks there are no elements on my page. Has anyone else ever seen something similar?

The reason for the code is to check whether the user is already logged in (in which case $root.find('[name=email]').length will equal 0. And the reason for this, is that the user is logged in during a before hook and some test environments keep the user logged in (retaining cookies) while other test environments don't.

[srclay]

Found the problem and it's been logged for like 4 years now - #2831