'CypressError: Timed out retrying: cy.click() failed because this element is detached from the DOM

The dropdown basically takes long to get load itself once the back end response is received. If I put a wait of around 8 seconds, then it works. But, don't want to hard code the wait here. Any idea as what might be going wrong? I couldn't identify the css as well.

cy.get('input').last().type(`{selectall}${value}`);
        cy.get('mat-option > span').then(option => {
            if (option.get(0).textContent === 'Loading...') {
                cy.wait(5000);
            }
        });   

cy.containsCaseInsensitive(value, 'mat-option').first().scrollIntoView().debug().click();

The error log -

CypressError: Timed out retrying: cy.click() failed because this element is detached from the DOM.

<mat-option _ngcontent-gcj-c21="" class="mat-option ng-star-inserted" role="option" ng-reflect-value="[object Object]" tabindex="0" id="mat-option-104" aria-disabled="false" style="">...</mat-option>

Cypress requires elements be attached in the DOM to interact with them.

The previous command that ran was:

  > cy.debug()

This DOM element likely became detached somewhere between the previous and current command.

Common situations why this happens:
  - Your JS framework re-rendered asynchronously
  - Your app code reacted to an event firing and removed the element

You typically need to re-query for the element or add 'guards' which delay Cypress from running new commands.

https://on.cypress.io/element-has-detached-from-dom

angular cypress

Solution 1:^[1]

I did face same issue keeping cypress to wait for some time till page is loaded solved the issue of detached element

example

cy.wait(3000)
cy.get(growth.tpsl_input_sessionName).clear().type(sessionName);

Solution 2:^[2]

In order to wait for a network response, you can alias network requests and wait on them.

Check out the documentation for Cypress here: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/network-requests.html#Flake

cy.route('/search*', [{ item: 'Book 1' }, { item: 'Book 2' }]).as('getSearch')

// our autocomplete field is throttled
// meaning it only makes a request after
// 500ms from the last keyPress
cy.get('#autocomplete').type('Book')

// wait for the request + response
// thus insulating us from the
// throttled request
cy.wait('@getSearch')

More examples are available in the documentation by following the link above.

Solution 3:^[3]

Maybe a late answer but can be useful for others with the same issue,sometimes using the Cypress jQuery wrapper can be a good idea.

Cypress.$('.mySelector').trigger('click');

Solution 4:^[4]

I faced same problem but you can solve it by

cy.get('.mySelector').should('be.visible').click({force:true});

Solution 5:^[5]

You may try in this way

cy.get('input').last().type(`{selectall}${value}`);
        cy.get('mat-option > span').then(option => {
            //if (option.get(0).textContent === 'Loading...') {
                //cy.wait(5000);
            //}

            cy.containsCaseInsensitive(value, 'mat-option').first().scrollIntoView().debug().click();
        });

Solution 6:^[6]

I see some answers using the wait property.

Instead of an answer like this:

cy.wait(3000)
cy.get(growth.tpsl_input_sessionName).clear().type(sessionName);

I would use the timeout as so

cy.get(growth.tpsl_input_sessionName,{ timeout: 10000 }).clear().type(sessionName);

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Solution 1
Solution 2	mpavel
Solution 3	Moise Scalzo
Solution 4	ARMUGHAN ALI
Solution 5	Santosh Anand
Solution 6	elad silver

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