[BUG] page.wait_for_load_state() not working after click()

[h-e-l-o]

System info

• Playwright Version: [v1.35.0]
• Operating System: [Debian Bookworm]
• Browser: [Chromium]
• Other info: Python 3.11

Source code

• I provided exact source code that allows reproducing the issue locally.

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

import time
import sys

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=False)
    page = browser.new_page()
    page.goto("https://paste.ononoki.org/")

    page.locator('xpath=//textarea[@id="message"]').type("HELLO WORLD")
    page.get_by_role("button", name="send").click()
    page.wait_for_load_state()
    print(page.url)

    time.sleep(10)
    browser.close()
sys.exit()

Steps

• [Run the test]

Expected

The actual target URL (ie. where the button takes you) should be printed.

Actual

The code prints https://paste.ononoki.org/ rather than the target url (eg something like https://paste.ononoki.org/?18f7b2d1ee31024c#BMXkAs1MzWBm5Jot4Yc3XPGFH9sTDXFeFBsBneusvAaZ).

page.wait_for_load_state("domcontentloaded") has no effect either.

[mxschmitt]

instead of waiting for a load state, you want this instead:

    with page.expect_navigation():
        page.get_by_role("button", name="send").click()

When using that it works for me.

[h-e-l-o]

Ok this looks like a good workaround, however is the original method supposed to be working or not?

[mxschmitt]

It returns immediately because there is load event already fired on the page before the actual navigation has happened. So this works as intended but I agree that it might be confusing. Wait for navigation is what you want here.

[h-e-l-o]

Thanks!