[🐛 Bug]: DevTools Javascript Pin Does not work on new Tab or Window in same browser session.

[Shivshive]

What happened?

I pined a sample javascript to a browser session on win1 as -> devTools.getDomains().javascript().pin("alert_script", alertScript);

where as the alert_script is =>
String alertScript = """

			function showAlert(msg){
				alert(msg);
			}
			
			function showLog(msg){
				console.log(msg);
			}
			
			""";

When I am calling this showAlert function using Javascript executor as given below it works fine on 1st tab, but when trying to use the same function on the next tab as given in the script below it show showAlert function does not present.

I tried creating the devTools session again using devTools.createSession(driver.getWindowHandle()); but still it does not work.

Sample Code >>

@Test(enabled = true)
public void amazonTestWithHightlight() throws InterruptedException {
	
	final String URL = "https://www.amazon.in";
	
	WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
	
	DevTools devTools = ((ChromeDriver)driver).getDevTools();
	devTools.createSession();

	this.pinJavaScriptToDevTool(devTools);
	
	driver.navigate().to(URL);
	
	enterText(driver, By.cssSelector("[id=\"twotabsearchtextbox\"]"), "macbook");
	click(driver, By.cssSelector("[id=\"nav-search-submit-button\"]"));
	click(driver, By.xpath("(//span[contains(text(),'2020 Apple MacBook Air Laptop: Apple M1 chip, 13.3-inch/33.74 cm Retina Display, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage, Backlit Keyboard, FaceTime HD Camera, Touch ID. ')])[1]"));
	
	Thread.sleep(1000);
	String current = driver.getWindowHandle();
	String newwin = driver.getWindowHandles().stream().filter(h -> !(h.equalsIgnoreCase(current))).collect(Collectors.joining());
	
	driver.switchTo().window(newwin);
	Thread.sleep(3000);
	
	devTools.createSession(driver.getWindowHandle());
	this.pinJavaScriptToDevTool(devTools);
	
	Thread.sleep(3000);
	click(driver, By.cssSelector("div#imgTagWrapperId"));
	Thread.sleep(5000);
	driver.quit();
}

public void pinJavaScriptToDevTool(DevTools devTools) {
		
	String alertScript = """
			
			function showAlert(msg){
				alert(msg);
			}
			
			function showLog(msg){
				console.log(msg);
			}
			
			""";
	devTools.getDomains().javascript().pin("alert_script", alertScript);
}

	public void click(WebDriver driver, By locator) throws InterruptedException {
	WebElement ele = this.waitForElement(driver, locator);
	Thread.sleep(2000);
	showAlert("Clicking button", driver);
	driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
	ele.click();
	
}

public void enterText(WebDriver driver, By locator, String text) throws InterruptedException {
	WebElement ele = this.waitForElement(driver, locator);
	Thread.sleep(2000);
	showAlert("entering text"+text, driver);
	driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
	ele.sendKeys(text);
}

public void showAlert(String msg, WebDriver driver) {
	((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("showAlert(arguments[0])", msg);
}

How can we reproduce the issue?

Run the Code given above in description. Would be able to reproduce it.

Relevant log output

Log Output
FAILED: amazonTestWithHightlight
org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptException: javascript error: showAlert is not defined
  (Session info: chrome=109.0.5414.75)
Build info: version: '4.7.0', revision: '0a5b49d16f'
System info: os.name: 'Windows 11', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '17.0.4.1'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Command: [a2f606ad7ca6579f8ca94069d1a13ec0, executeScript {script=showAlert(arguments[0]), args=[Clicking button]}]
Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: false, browserName: chrome, browserVersion: 109.0.5414.75, chrome: {chromedriverVersion: 109.0.5414.74 (e7c5703604da..., userDataDir: C:\Users\CHANDR~1\AppData\L...}, goog:chromeOptions: {debuggerAddress: localhost:13935}, networkConnectionEnabled: false, pageLoadStrategy: normal, platformName: WINDOWS, proxy: Proxy(), se:cdp: ws://localhost:13935/devtoo..., se:cdpVersion: 109.0.5414.75, setWindowRect: true, strictFileInteractability: false, timeouts: {implicit: 0, pageLoad: 300000, script: 30000}, unhandledPromptBehavior: dismiss and notify, webauthn:extension:credBlob: true, webauthn:extension:largeBlob: true, webauthn:virtualAuthenticators: true}
Session ID: a2f606ad7ca6579f8ca94069d1a13ec0

Operating System

Window 11

Selenium version

4.7.0

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

109

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

ChromeDriver 109

Are you using Selenium Grid?

No

[github-actions]

@Shivshive, thank you for creating this issue. We will troubleshoot it as soon as we can.

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Thank you!

[pujagani]

The DevTools session is created by default for a 'page' target. So all the commands issued, including the ones related to script pinning will only work for that particular tab. To create a DevTools session for a particular window handle (tab or window), please use the overloaded method

selenium/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/devtools/DevTools.java

Line 120 in 634d19a

public void createSession(String windowHandle) {

and use script pinning methods. Thank you!

[Shivshive]

That is what the issue is that selenium/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/devtools/DevTools.java method does not work. Even after creating a session with it and pining the javascript again, the pinned javascript doesnot work in new tab or window. As you can see from the code given in the description for same.

[pujagani]

Apologies. I will reopen the issue. Though the code example shared in the description is not complete, I was able to use a simpler example and recreate the issue. Thank you for bringing this to notice! I will triage it further now.

[pujagani]

This happens because we keep a track of pinned script per DevTools instance. So when we pin the same script again, it does not execute the commands to pin it, it returns the already pinned script's id. I think this needs to be extended to handle multiple CDP sessions within the same DevTools instance. I will try to fix this.