V2.1.7 - Any failure while running tests on parallel throw an error `TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'indexOf')` and don't continue to global hooks

[mostmentor]

Describe the bug

This error is thrown whenever a failure occurs while running tests in parallel. This occurred only after we update to latest version 2.1.7 I was using 2.0.6 and everything was fine

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'indexOf') 
       at Array.reduce (<anonymous>) 
       at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)
       at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)

The tests are not continuing to afterEach() hooks in the global file. This is a major issue as we are not able to get actual results from regressions we run using nightwatch. Also the error is not descriptive enough and not showing where exactly we should look at. We are using src_folder to pass all paths to tests

Sample test

sampleTest1.js

// Please add the sample test here

it("sample step", function(browser) {
  browser.assert.equal(true, false);
})

sampleTest2.js

// Please add the sample test here

it("parallel step", function(browser) {
  browser.assert.equal(true, false);
})

Run with command

$ nightwatch

Verbose output

debug.log

 ℹ Connected to ChromeDriver on port 9515 (1642ms).
 Using: chrome (101.0.4951.67) on WINDOWS.

  Received session with ID: 65308eccfee7f57a4b896bd84512029c 
  
  → Running [before]:
  → Completed [before].



   Running sample step:
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  → Running [beforeEach]:
 → Completed [beforeEach].
  
  → Running command: assert.equal () 
 × Failed [equal]: (true == false) - expected "false" but got: "true" (10ms)
     at C:\Users\memam\Documents\hierarchy-manager-browserstack\t1.js:8:18
  → Completed command: assert.equal () (1ms)
 → Running [afterEach]:
  → Completed [afterEach].
 × t1.js\t1.js [Hierarchy Manager Browserstack\t1] sample step
    Failed [equal]: (true == false) - expected "false" but got: "true" (10ms)
        at C:\Users\memam\Documents\hierarchy-manager-browserstack\t1.js:8:18
 → Running [after]:
  → Completed [after].
 Attempting to close session 65308eccfee7f57a4b896bd84512029c...
  
  → Running command: end () 
  
  → Running command: session ('delete', [Function]) 
   Request DELETE /session/65308eccfee7f57a4b896bd84512029c  
   Response 200 DELETE /session/65308eccfee7f57a4b896bd84512029c (24ms) 
 { value: null }
  → Completed command: end () (38ms)
  → Completed command: session ('delete', [Function]) (28ms)
  TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'indexOf')
        at Array.reduce (<anonymous>) 
        at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)
        at Array.reduce (<anonymous>) 
 
TEST FAILURE (2.619s):
   - 1 error during execution;

Configuration

nightwatch.json

const settings = {
     "src_folders": [
          "./sampleTest2.js",
          "./sampleTest1.js"
     ],
     "page_objects_path": [
          "./page_object"
     ],
     "globals_path": "globals.js",
     "webdriver": {
          "keep_alive": true
     },
     "custom_commands_path": [
          "./lib/custom_commands",
          "./node_modules/nightwatch-xhr/es5/commands"
     ],
     "custom_assertions_path": [
          "./node_modules/nightwatch-xhr/es5/assertions"
     ],
     "test_workers": {
          "enabled": true,
          "workers": 8
     },
     "test_settings": {
          "default": {
               "localOption": true,
               "videoRecorder": false,
               "skip_testcases_on_fail": false,
               "end_session_on_fail": false,
               "disable_error_log": false,
               "launch_url": "https://nightwatchjs.org",
               "screenshots": {
                    "enabled": false,
                    "path": "screens",
                    "on_failure": true
               },
               "desiredCapabilities": {
                    "browserName": "chrome"
               },
               "webdriver": {
                    "port": 9515,
                    "start_process": true,
                    "server_path": "node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver/chromedriver.exe"
               }
          }
     },
     "live_output": true,
     "detailed_output": true,
     "test_runner": {
          "type": "default",
          "options": {
               "bail": false,
               "retries": 0
          }
     }
}
    module.exports = new Promise(resolve => {
      resolve(settings);
    });
                  

Your Environment

Executable	Version
nightwatch --version	2.1.7
npm --version	8.5.0
yarn --version	1.22.17
node --version	16.14.2

Browser driver	Version
NAME	VERSION

OS	Version
NAME	VERSION

[beatfactor]

Thanks for your report, we'll look into it.

[gravityvi]

This issue is similar to #3163. I will have a look

[mostmentor]

Any progress here ? I'm blocked from using new versions of nightwatch

[AutomatedTester]

@gravityvi can you test, I think this is fixed.

[gravityvi]

This has been fixed in #3213