starting version 3.3.4 - getCurrentWindowHandle {} errors for device application

[gsevtlana]

see the difference in screenshot
starting 3.3.4 - getting error on getCurrentWindowHandle, when running test on device application, tests not run - Appium does not support getCurrentWindowHandle.
is there a workaround?

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an unknown error has occurred
Build info: version: '4.4.0', revision: 'e5c75ed026a'
System info: host: '5CG2212G3R', ip: '192.168.0.21', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.8.0_25'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver
Command: [c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c5397be721a3, getCurrentWindowHandle {}]
Capabilities {appium:CFBundleIdentifier: com.ed***.dcx.interna..., appium:accessToken: eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI..., appium:appID: com.ed***.dcx.interna..., appium:assert_javascript_enabled: true, appium:audioStreamInfo: {"audioStreamingServerUrl":..., appium:authenticationTenant: operator, appium:autoLaunch: true, appium:bundleId: com.ed***.dcx.interna..., appium:cloud: ed***.perfectomobile.com, appium:device: iphone, appium:deviceName: 00008110-00140CA61139801E, appium:deviceSessionId: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:engineExternalExecId: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:entityType: appium_driver, appium:executionId: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:executionTenantId: ed***-perfectomobile-com, appium:host: ed***.perfectomobile.com, appium:hub: https://ed***.perfect..., appium:liveStreamEnabled: false, appium:mcmExecutionId: ..., appium:password: , appium:pixelRatio: 3, appium:platformVersion: 16.0, appium:reportPdfUrl: https://ed***.app.per..., appium:scriptName: RemoteWebDriver, appium:sdkVersion: 16.0, appium:securityToken: , appium:serverConnector: , appium:serverHost: 100.86.76.130:11604, appium:simpleIsVisibleCheck: true, appium:statBarHeight: 47, appium:stopUrl: https://ed***.perfect..., appium:streamInfo: {"url":"https://ed/..., appium:testGridReportUrl: https://ed***.app.per..., appium:testRunWithPureAppiumFlow: false, appium:udid: 00008110-00140CA61139801E, appium:user: , appium:viewportRect: {height: 2391, left: 0, top: 141, width: 1170}, appium:webdriver.remote.sessionid: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:xcuitestFindOptimizations: true, platformName: IOS}
Session ID: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c5397be721a3
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown error has occurred
Build info: version: '4.4.0', revision: 'e5c75ed026a'
System info: host: '5CG2212G3R', ip: '192.168.0.21', os.name: 'Windows 8.1', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.3', java.version: '1.8.0_25'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver
Command: [c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c5397be721a3, getCurrentWindowHandle {}]
Capabilities {appium:CFBundleIdentifier: com.ed.dcx.interna..., appium:accessToken: eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI..., appium:appID: com.ed*.dcx.interna..., appium:assert_javascript_enabled: true, appium:audioStreamInfo: {"audioStreamingServerUrl":..., appium:authenticationTenant: operator, appium:autoLaunch: true, appium:bundleId: com.ed***.dcx.interna..., appium:cloud: ed***.perfectomobile.com, appium:device: iphone, appium:deviceName: 00008110-00140CA61139801E, appium:deviceSessionId: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:engineExternalExecId: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:entityType: appium_driver, appium:executionId: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:executionTenantId: ed***-perfectomobile-com, appium:host: ed***.perfectomobile.com, appium:hub: https://ed***.perfect..., appium:liveStreamEnabled: false, appium:mcmExecutionId: ..., appium:password: , appium:pixelRatio: 3, appium:platformVersion: 16.0, appium:reportPdfUrl: https://ed***.app.per..., appium:scriptName: RemoteWebDriver, appium:sdkVersion: 16.0, appium:securityToken: , appium:serverConnector: , appium:serverHost: 100.86.76.130:11604, appium:simpleIsVisibleCheck: true, appium:statBarHeight: 47, appium:stopUrl: https://ed***.perfect..., appium:streamInfo: {"url":"https://ed/..., appium:testGridReportUrl: https://ed***.app.per..., appium:testRunWithPureAppiumFlow: false, appium:udid: 00008110-00140CA61139801E, appium:user: , appium:viewportRect: {height: 2391, left: 0, top: 141, width: 1170}, appium:webdriver.remote.sessionid: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c53..., appium:xcuitestFindOptimizations: true, platformName: IOS}
Session ID: c5fc0d78-7abc-4791-b5ba-c5397be721a3
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:408)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.codec.w3c.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:200)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.codec.w3c.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:133)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.codec.w3c.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:53)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:184)
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:180)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:547)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:602)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:267)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.getWindowHandle(RemoteWebDriver.java:465)
at net.thucydides.core.webdriver.WebDriverFacade.getWindowHandle(WebDriverFacade.java:333)
at net.serenitybdd.core.photography.WebDriverPhotoLens.alertIsDisplayedFor(WebDriverPhotoLens.java:43)
at net.serenitybdd.core.photography.WebDriverPhotoLens.canTakeScreenshot(WebDriverPhotoLens.java:34)
at net.serenitybdd.core.photography.PhotoSession.takeScreenshot(PhotoSession.java:47)
at net.serenitybdd.core.photography.PhotoSessionBooking.takeScreenshot(PhotoSessionBooking.java:36)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener.screenshotFrom(BaseStepListener.java:1104)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener.lambda$grabScreenshots$9(BaseStepListener.java:1094)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener$$Lambda$489/27571193.apply(Unknown Source)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1374)
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:512)
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:502)
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:708)
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:499)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener.grabScreenshots(BaseStepListener.java:1096)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener.take(BaseStepListener.java:991)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener.take(BaseStepListener.java:985)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener.takeInitialScreenshot(BaseStepListener.java:1078)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.BaseStepListener.stepStarted(BaseStepListener.java:704)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.StepEventBus.stepStarted(StepEventBus.java:455)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.StepEventBus.stepStarted(StepEventBus.java:444)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.StepInterceptor.notifyStepStarted(StepInterceptor.java:570)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.StepInterceptor.runOrSkipMethod(StepInterceptor.java:208)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.StepInterceptor.testStepResult(StepInterceptor.java:196)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.StepInterceptor.intercept(StepInterceptor.java:84)
at net.thucydides.core.steps.ProxyConfiguration$InterceptorDispatcher.intercept(ProxyConfiguration.java:51)
at com.ed.test.steps.DirectoryLoginSteps$ByteBuddy$Vzz0Kujt.verifyApplicationIsLaunched(Unknown Source)
at com.ed.test.testcases.MobileTest.configTest(MobileTest.java:25)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:59)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:56)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at net.serenitybdd.junit.runners.SerenityStatement.evaluate(SerenityStatement.java:33)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner$1.evaluate(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:100)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:366)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:103)
at net.serenitybdd.junit.runners.SerenityRunner.performRunChild(SerenityRunner.java:472)
at net.serenitybdd.junit.runners.SerenityRunner.runChild(SerenityRunner.java:446)
at net.serenitybdd.junit.runners.SerenityRunner.runChild(SerenityRunner.java:61)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$4.run(ParentRunner.java:331)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:79)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:329)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$100(ParentRunner.java:66)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:293)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:306)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:413)
at net.serenitybdd.junit.runners.SerenityRunner.run(SerenityRunner.java:255)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.junit.JUnitTestClassExecutor.runTestClass(JUnitTestClassExecutor.java:110)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.junit.JUnitTestClassExecutor.execute(JUnitTestClassExecutor.java:58)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.junit.JUnitTestClassExecutor.execute(JUnitTestClassExecutor.java:38)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.junit.AbstractJUnitTestClassProcessor.processTestClass(AbstractJUnitTestClassProcessor.java:62)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.SuiteTestClassProcessor.processTestClass(SuiteTestClassProcessor.java:51)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:36)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:24)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ContextClassLoaderDispatch.dispatch(ContextClassLoaderDispatch.java:33)
at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ProxyDispatchAdapter$DispatchingInvocationHandler.invoke(ProxyDispatchAdapter.java:94)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy2.processTestClass(Unknown Source)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.worker.TestWorker$2.run(TestWorker.java:176)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.worker.TestWorker.executeAndMaintainThreadName(TestWorker.java:129)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.worker.TestWorker.execute(TestWorker.java:100)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.worker.TestWorker.execute(TestWorker.java:60)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.ActionExecutionWorker.execute(ActionExecutionWorker.java:56)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.call(SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.java:133)
at org.gradle.process.internal.worker.child.SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.call(SystemApplicationClassLoaderWorker.java:71)
at worker.org.gradle.process.internal.worker.GradleWorkerMain.run(GradleWorkerMain.java:69)
at worker.org.gradle.process.internal.worker.GradleWorkerMain.main(GradleWorkerMain.java:74)

[ricardorlg]

use latest version

[gsevtlana]

all versions after 3.3.0 till 3.4.3 (latest on maven central) have same errors

[ricardorlg-yml]

weird I'm using the latest version with Appium, it runs without problem. I get the error messages on Appium server but it doesn't stop the execution.

[gsevtlana]

as a workaround, disabling screenshots helps

[wakaleo]

Possible fix/workaround in 3.5.1

[Ramesh1103]

Hi @ricardorlg-yml ,
may i know how you are passing android properties from serenity.conf with latest serenity version ?
With latest version I am unable to run Appium tests .