How to avoid a chrome caching search results by css selectors?

Question

Steps which cause the problem:

1. Search for some element in the page via Chrome Dev Tools using css selector — it has results.
2. Remove this element (in any way) (NOT CLOSING search by css selector panel). search again using the same selector — it has no results
3. Restore this element (in any way, e.g. ctrl+Z) (NOT CLOSING search by css selector panel again).
4. Search again using the same selector - it has NO results, that's is issue.
5. Reopen panel or adding/removing space to the selector or any other manipulation — it has results again.

The same behaviour observed in chromedriver. That's because test fails.

The question: How can I achive the correct search by css selectors using chromedriver?

Answer 1

You can't avoid it. But you can file a bug report so the team can triage the problem and resolve it.