[BUG] page.goto: Navigation failed because page crashed!

[rinogo]

Context:

• Playwright Version: 1.8.0-next (3eef2548e4d55db5970a81582bc0276d814c42da)
• Operating System: macOS 10.15.7
• Node.js version: Node v14.15.1
• Browser: Chromium Version 89.0.4344.0 (Developer Build) (x86_64)

Info from npx:

  System:
    OS: macOS 10.15.7
    Memory: 436.29 MB / 32.00 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.15.1 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.3.2 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.8 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  Languages:
    Bash: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash

Code Snippet

const { chromium } = require("playwright");
 
(async () => {
  const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: false }); //Crashes
  //const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true }); //Doesn't crash
  const context = await browser.newContext();
  const page = await context.newPage();
  await page.goto("https://www.californiaorganics.com/");
  const dimensions = await page.evaluate(() => {
    return {
      width: document.documentElement.clientWidth,
      height: document.documentElement.clientHeight,
      deviceScaleFactor: window.devicePixelRatio
    }
  });
  console.log(dimensions);
 
  await browser.close();
})();

Output upon crashing:

(node:40976) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: page.goto: Navigation failed because page crashed!
=========================== logs ===========================
navigating to "https://www.californiaorganics.com/", waiting until "load"
============================================================
Note: use DEBUG=pw:api environment variable and rerun to capture Playwright logs.

Describe the bug
I get the aforementioned error message (page.goto: Navigation failed because page crashed!) when I simply try to load https://www.californiaorganics.com/. Actually, it looks like it crashes "randomly" at different times - sometimes while loading, other times once loading is complete and my script's actions are underway.

I've written a script (above) that seems to consistently demonstrate the problem. Note that I get different behavior if headless: false is specified. Headless doesn't crash whereas non-headless (headful) does crash.

[pavelfeldman]

It works for me on the same settings. Could you try latest Playwright? That would be 1.9.

[delimmy]

It's crashing for me as well. Same OS version. Node 14.15.4. On playwright 1.9 (latest)

[aslushnikov]

@rinogo @delimmy Usually, pages are crashing when they run out of memory. If you just open the chromium browser regularly and navigate it manually to the webpage - does it crash for you?

[rinogo]

@aslushnikov Nope, it doesn't crash. And I should note that the crashing is inconsistent - it seems that the more that I use Playwright to control Chromium, the more likely it is to crash.

I've created a few videos demonstrating the presence and absence of the issue - what's the best way to privately send them to you?

[aslushnikov]

@rinogo the best way would be to e-mail them to anlushni [at] microsoft [dot] com

[aslushnikov]

@rinogo I received your crash video, but that's not actionable by itself, unfortunately. The only way to act upon this would be to have a good repro that we can reproduce locally - this way we can debug what's going on. Any chance you can give us this?

[rinogo]

@aslushnikov The Code Snippet in this Issue is the best that I can do - it crashes for me. It doesn't crash for you? Maybe it's something specific to this version of OS X.

[pavelfeldman]

@rinogo does not crash for me, could you try Playwright 1.10? It has newer Chromium...

[pavelfeldman]

Please file a new bug and link this one if this still is a case for you! Closing this bug as non-actionable for now.