Element matching xpath "./ancestor::form" not found.

Created on 8 September 2020, almost 5 years ago

Updated 2 April 2025, 5 months ago

API page: https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21tests%21Drupal%21Tests%21UiHelp...

UiHelperTrait.php

There is an issue when creating javascript functional testing, this problem occurs when trying to log in an admin user.

Drupal\Tests\PhpUnit\ExistingSiteJavascript\TestingTest::testPage
Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException: Element matching xpath "./ancestor::form" not found.

/var/www/site/vendor/behat/mink/src/WebAssert.php:418
/var/www/site/docroot/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/UiHelperTrait.php:78
/var/www/site/docroot/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/UiHelperTrait.php:250
/var/www/site/tests/phpunit/src/ExistingSiteJavascript/JavascriptTestBase.php:23

This error happens when there is more than one button called Log in or having the value Login, this logic is looking for the log in form using the button Log in, which it is not accurate if there is another element similar to the Log in on the page.

$this->submitForm([
'name' => $account->getAccountName(),
'pass' => $account->passRaw,
], t('Log in'));

In order to prevent this issue to happen, it is better to use the form id instead of t('Log in').

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Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

phpunit

Created by

🇳🇿New Zealand josegamboasotelo Auckland

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Comment 5 months ago →
🇦🇺Australia mstrelan
Is this still relevant since ✨ Use one-time login link instead of user login form in BrowserTestBase tests Fixed ? In most cases the test no longer requires the login form, unless the $useOneTimeLoginLinks property is false. Furthermore, the report in the issue summary suggests you're using Drupal Test Traits → , so you could always override the drupalLogin method in your own test base class.
Status changed to Closed: outdated about 2 months ago3:03pm 10 July 2025
Comment about 2 months ago →
🇺🇸United States smustgrave
Since there's been no follow up going to close this one out. If still a bug in D11 please re-open

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