browser.switchTo().alert() not working in protractor.

sample code:

browser.get('');
browser.switchTo().alert().accept();

Message:

UnexpectedAlertOpenError: unexpected alert open
(Session info: chrome=39.0.2171.95)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.12.301325 (962dea43ddd90e7e4224a03fa3c36a421281abb7),platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64)
 Stacktrace:
   UnexpectedAlertOpenError: unexpected alert open


C:\Users\Vikas.Gahlaut\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\atoms\error.js:113
  var template = new Error(this.message);
                 ^
UnexpectedAlertOpenError: unexpected alert open

Tried everything and it is not related to chrome driver issue as same is working fine with webdriver-java native APIs.

browser.switchTo().alert() not working in protractor.

sample code:

browser.get('http://google.');
browser.switchTo().alert().accept();

Message:

UnexpectedAlertOpenError: unexpected alert open
(Session info: chrome=39.0.2171.95)
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.12.301325 (962dea43ddd90e7e4224a03fa3c36a421281abb7),platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64)
 Stacktrace:
   UnexpectedAlertOpenError: unexpected alert open


C:\Users\Vikas.Gahlaut\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\atoms\error.js:113
  var template = new Error(this.message);
                 ^
UnexpectedAlertOpenError: unexpected alert open

Tried everything and it is not related to chrome driver issue as same is working fine with webdriver-java native APIs.

• javascript
• angularjs
• selenium
• webdriver
• protractor

• Are you sure there is an alert opened? – alecxe Commented Jan 14, 2015 at 12:34
• Yes alecxe,It's an alert as I am able to handle it using webdriver's API, driver.switchTo().alert().accept() but not with protractor and the error also says unexpected alert open – Vikas Gahlaut Commented Jan 14, 2015 at 18:27

4 Answers 4

Unless you've set ignoreSynchronization, the fact that you're navigating to a non angular app (google.) is messing it up.

Try

browser.driver.get('http://google.');
browser.switchTo().alert().accept();

or

browser.ignoreSynchronization = true
browser.get('http://google.');
browser.switchTo().alert().accept();

Sometimes the alert takes a time until it appears, you can try adding a wait before you make an accept:

browser.ignoreSynchronization = true
browser.get('http://google.');
browser.wait(protractor.ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent(), 10000);
browser.switchTo().alert().accept();

This is what I did, so that it does not fail if no alert is open:

browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
browser.get('http://google.');
browser.switchTo().alert().then(function() {
    browser.switchTo().alert().accept();
}, function(){});
browser.ignoreSynchronization = false;

    browser.get("your.address.");

    browser.switchTo().alert().then(function(alert) {
        alert.accept();
    }).catch(function(error) {

    });