CypressError: Timed out retrying: cy.click() failed because this element is detached from the DOM

Question

The dropdown basically takes long to get load itself once the back end response is received. If I put a wait of around 8 seconds, then it works. But, don't want to hard code the wait here. Any idea as what might be going wrong? I couldn't identify the css as well.

cy.get('input').last().type(`{selectall}${value}`);
        cy.get('mat-option > span').then(option => {
            if (option.get(0).textContent === 'Loading...') {
                cy.wait(5000);
            }
        });   

cy.containsCaseInsensitive(value, 'mat-option').first().scrollIntoView().debug().click();

The error log -

CypressError: Timed out retrying: cy.click() failed because this element is detached from the DOM.

<mat-option _ngcontent-gcj-c21="" class="mat-option ng-star-inserted" role="option" ng-reflect-value="[object Object]" tabindex="0" id="mat-option-104" aria-disabled="false" style="">...</mat-option>

Cypress requires elements be attached in the DOM to interact with them.

The previous command that ran was:

  > cy.debug()

This DOM element likely became detached somewhere between the previous and current command.

Common situations why this happens:
  - Your JS framework re-rendered asynchronously
  - Your app code reacted to an event firing and removed the element

You typically need to re-query for the element or add 'guards' which delay Cypress from running new commands.

https://on.cypress.io/element-has-detached-from-dom

Answer 1

I did face same issue keeping cypress to wait for some time till page is loaded solved the issue of detached element

example

cy.wait(3000)
cy.get(growth.tpsl_input_sessionName).clear().type(sessionName);

Answer 2

Maybe a late answer but can be useful for others with the same issue,sometimes using the Cypress jQuery wrapper can be a good idea.

Cypress.$('.mySelector').trigger('click');