firefox23 fails with 'waiting for evaluate.js load failed'

[lukeis]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 6051

After upgrading to firefox23, we are seeing 'waiting for evaluate.js load failed'. 
This appear to happen after 15 seconds.  Problem did not exist with Firefox 22.

    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:125)
    ... 38 more
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler$UnknownServerException: waiting
for evaluate.js load failed
Build info: version: '2.33.0', revision: '4e90c97', time: '2013-05-22 15:32:38'
System info: os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64',
java.version: '1.7.0_03'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '3.2.0-29-generic', java.version:
'1.7.0_03'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
    at <anonymous class>.r(file:///tmp/anonymous1640132366789154333webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/driver_component.js:8360)
    at <anonymous class>.fxdriver.Timer.prototype.runWhenTrue/g(file:///tmp/anonymous1640132366789154333webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/driver_component.js:392)
    at <anonymous class>.fxdriver.Timer.prototype.setTimeout/<.notify(file:///tmp/anonymous1640132366789154333webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/driver_component.js:386)

Reported by lishikawa on 2013-08-06 18:16:05

[lukeis]

OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Selenium server versions:  2.32, 2.33, 2.34

We are having this problem also since Firefox automatically updated to version 23 today.
We have confirmed that the developers that didn't update firefox can run selenium fine.

For some reason reverting to previous firefox does not work any more (maybe some library
that got updated in the process?)

Reported by diego.sainz@sperantus.com on 2013-08-08 00:33:12

[lukeis]

Correction: reverting to previous available firefox version in ubuntu makes selenium
work again.

To revert firefox version in Ubuntu 12.04:

1)Create file /etc/apt/preferences.d/firefox:

Package: firefox
Pin: version 11.0+build1-0ubuntu4
Pin-Priority: 9000

2) Update APT

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

3) Remove new firefox (23):
sudo apt-get remove firefox

4) Install old firefox:
sudo apt-get install firefox

Reported by diego.sainz@sperantus.com on 2013-08-08 02:15:09

[lukeis]

Reported by barancev on 2013-08-08 07:10:22

• Labels added: Browser-Firefox

[lukeis]

Reported by barancev on 2013-08-08 07:31:28

[lukeis]

The downgrade instructions in #3 didn't work for me (I'm on Ubuntu 13.04); I needed
to remove firefox, and then use synaptic to force install an older version (couldn't
figure out how to do it via the cli):

$ sudo apt-get remove firefox
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
$ sudo apt-get install synaptic

Then use synaptic to force install the older version of Firefox; see <http://www.howtogeek.com/117929/how-to-downgrade-packages-on-ubuntu/>

Reported by mstillwell@inviqa.com on 2013-08-08 09:53:54

[lukeis]

Can you please retry with a version of selenium built after 8ea08fc7daa7?

Reported by simon.m.stewart on 2013-08-08 16:45:53

[lukeis]

This was happening to me when i installed firefox 23. I was using selenium with rspec/capybara
in a rails test. i updated to the latest selenium rubygem, 2.34.0, and this fixed my
problem. 

Reported by zyrenthelichlord on 2013-08-08 22:06:07

[lukeis]

Should be fixed in 2.35

Reported by barancev on 2013-08-08 22:11:30

[lukeis]

I am facing the same problem after updating Firefox on Windows. I am using watir.
I am using latest gem version 2.0.6. 
Could anyone please help me out. 
how to solve it.

Error Message:
[remote server] file:///C:/Users/user1/AppData/Local/Temp/webdriver-profile201
30812-1372-3qdcy7/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/driver_component
.js:8360:in `r': waiting for evaluate.js load failed (Selenium::WebDriver::Error
::JavascriptError)
        from [remote server] file:///C:/Users/user1/AppData/Local/Temp/webdriv
er-profile20130812-1372-3qdcy7/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/dri
ver_component.js:392:in `fxdriver.Timer.prototype.runWhenTrue/g'
        from [remote server] file:///C:/Users/user1/AppData/Local/Temp/webdriv
er-profile20130812-1372-3qdcy7/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/dri
ver_component.js:386:in `fxdriver.Timer.prototype.setTimeout/<.notify'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:51:in `assert_ok'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:15:in `initialize'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:59:in `new'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:59:in `create_response'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:66:in `request'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:40:in `call'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:629:in `raw_execute'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:607:in `execute'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:328:in `executeScript'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.33.0/lib/s
elenium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:213:in `execute_script'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/watir-webdriver-0.6.4/lib/watir
-webdriver/elements/element.rb:233:in `flash'
        from All_menu.rb:24:in `<main>'

Reported by sureshbtvr on 2013-08-12 09:13:04