Different kind of Exceptions occuring In Selenium WebDriver.

While automation it's quite common that we all come across different kind of Exceptions occurring In Selenium WebDriver.

 Lets see few Exceptions and what’s the reason for those !!!!  I hope this post will help you in memorizing such exceptions which you have been facing.

NoSuchElement : An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters.


NoSuchFrame : A request to switch to a frame could not be satisfied because the frame could not be found.

StaleElementReference : An element command failed because the referenced element is no longer attached to the DOM.

Firefox Not Connected : Firefox browser upgraded toop new version.

ElementIsNotSelectable : An attempt was made to select an element that cannot be selected.

UnknownCommand : The requested resource could not be found, or a request was received using an HTTP method that is not supported by the mapped resource.

ElementNotVisible : An element command could not be completed because the element is not visible on the page.

InvalidElementState : An element command could not be completed because the element is in an invalid state (e.g. attempting to click a disabled element).

UnknownError : An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command.

JavaScriptError : An error occurred while executing JavaScript code.

XPathLookupError : An error occurred while searching for an element by XPath.

Timeout : An operation did not complete before its timeout expired.

NoSuchWindow : A request to switch to a different window could not be satisfied because the window could not be found.

InvalidCookieDomain : An illegal attempt was made to set a cookie under a different domain than the current page.

UnableToSetCookie : A request to set a cookie’s value could not be satisfied.

UnexpectedAlertOpen : A modal dialog was open, blocking this operation

NoAlertOpenError : An attempt was made to operate on a modal dialog when one was not open.

ScriptTimeout : A script did not complete before its timeout expired.

InvalidElementCoordinates : The coordinates provided to an interactions operation are invalid.

IMENotAvailable : IME was not available.

IMEEngineActivationFailed : An IME engine could not be started.

InvalidSelector : Argument was an invalid selector (e.g. XPath/CSS).

Hope this post helps you guys…! And Please Correct me if there is something to be added…! ;)