Protractor incorrectly assumes I have both capabilities & multi-capabilities

[benjaminapetersen]

My protractor.config.js file is quite minimal:

'use strict';

exports.config = {
  suites: {
    //'create-project': 'integration/features/user_creates_project.spec.js', // This suite of tests should only require a running master api, it should not require a node
    'add-template-to-project': 'integration/features/user_adds_template_to_project.spec.js',
    'add-imagestream-to-project': 'integration/features/user_adds_imagestream_to_project.spec.js',
    // TODO: 'create-from-url': 'integration/features/user_creates_from_url.spec.js',
    // simple test to ensure we can get past OAuth (non-angular, sometimes flakes)
    'login': 'integration/features/user_logs_in.spec.js',
    // e2e: 'integration/e2e.js' 
  },
  framework: 'jasmine',
  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    showColors: true
  },
  multiCapabilities: [
    // {'browserName': 'firefox'},
    {'browserName': 'chrome'}
    //{'browserName': 'phantomjs'}
  ]
};

Output:

Running "protractor:default" (protractor) task
[14:48:41] W/launcher - You have specified both capabilities and multiCapabilities. This will result in capabilities being ignored
[14:48:41] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[14:48:41] I/local - Starting selenium standalone server...

I don't have capabilities in my file nor are they defined in my Gruntfile.

Bug report

• Node Version: v6.10.2
• Protractor Version: 5.1.1
• Angular Version: 1.5.11
• Browser(s): Chrome
• Operating System and Version OSX El Capitan v10.11.6
• Your protractor configuration file (see above)
• A relevant example test

Thanks!

[benjaminapetersen]

Fwiw, in my case capabilities is what is being set in my Gruntfile when I pass args:

// protractor task
default: {
  options: {
    configFile: "test/protractor.conf.js",
    args: {
      baseUrl: grunt.option('baseUrl') || ("https://localhost:9000/" + contextRoot + "/"),
      browser: grunt.option('browser') ?
                grunt.option('browser') :
                isMac ?
                  'chrome' :
                  'firefox'
    }
  }
},

It is not clear that args maps to capabilities.

[wswebcreation]

Hi @benjaminapetersen

When I look at your example test and also the version of Protractor in that project I see version 1.7.0. That's different from what you mention.

When I run the example And I use OR 'capabilities' OR multiCapabilities I get this output

npm run test.example   

> protractor@5.1.2 test.example /Users/wswebcreation/contributions/protractor
> node ./bin/protractor example/conf.js

[06:15:55] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[06:15:55] I/hosted - Using the selenium server at http://localhost:4444/wd/hub
Started
...


3 specs, 0 failures
Finished in 8.641 seconds

[06:16:05] I/launcher - 0 instance(s) of WebDriver still running
[06:16:05] I/launcher - chrome #01 passed

I think your issue has to do with the way you have set up the project with Grunt and you should look into that. Can you verify this also with the example project and if it works it's most likely an issue in the grunt-protractor-runner and you should check the plugin there / file an issue there. When you verified it works in the example setup we can close this issue.

[benjaminapetersen]

Yup! I'm working on a branch to bring the dependencies up to date. Our current 1.7 is way out of date (my branch). Trying to get us up to 5, but jumping this many major versions has been a bit of a hassle.

[wswebcreation]

Hi @benjaminapetersen

Can you please verify the below

I think your issue has to do with the way you have set up the project with Grunt and you should look into that. Can you verify this also with the example project and if it works it's most likely an issue in the grunt-protractor-runner and you should check the plugin there / file an issue there. When you verified it works in the example setup we can close this issue.

[benjaminapetersen]

Agree with your assessment! opened issue with grunt-protractor-runner as this isn't a problem with protractor.

Thanks!

[wswebcreation]

tnx