I can't get Xpath to work in Appium 2 with LambdaTest

Issues/Bugs
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lambda-logs-appium-APPTESnXX8R9lutqIDa80L (1).txt (135.4 KB)
Hi, I’m trying to find an element using xpath getting an error:

"2024-05-31 09:55:28:694 [HTTP] {\"using\":\"xpath\",\"value\":\"//XCUIElementTypeTextField[@value=\\\"User Id\\\"]\"}",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:695 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Calling AppiumDriver.findElements() with args: [\"xpath\",\"//XCUIElementTypeTextField[@value=\\\"User Id\\\"]\",\"202d3bac-b548-4fbb-9055-ef7ac0ce4919\"]",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:695 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Executing command 'findElements'",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:695 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Valid locator strategies for this request: xpath, id, name, class name, -ios predicate string, -ios class chain, accessibility id, css selector",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:695 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Waiting up to 0 ms for condition",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:696 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Matched '/elements' to command name 'findElements'",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:696 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Proxying [POST /elements] to [POST http://127.0.0.1:11268/session/72BB338E-E768-4C9B-AD9C-BD0FE286A8C5/elements] with body: {\"using\":\"xpath\",\"value\":\"//XCUIElementTypeTextField[@value=\\\"User Id\\\"]\"}",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:906 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Got response with status 500: {\"value\":{\"error\":\"unknown error\",\"message\":\"Invalid key path fb_uid specified in predicate format string\",\"traceback\":\"(\\n\\t0   CoreFoundation                      0x000000018bb8a254 46D12E27-013C-3163-AAE8-FCD375FD9054 + 41556\\n\\t1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x0000000184fbba68 objc_exception_throw + 60\\n\\t2   XCTAutomationSupport                0x0000000103030588 +[XCTElementQueryTransformerPredicateValidator validatePredicate:withBlocksAllowed:] + 412\\n\\t3   XCTAutomationSupport                0x000000010303bdc4 -[XCTElementFilteringTransformer initWithScope:predicate:] + 140\\n\\t4   XCUIAutomation                      0x0000000102d3dbf0 -[XCUIElementQuery _queryWithPredicate:description:] + 80\\n\\t5   XCUIAutomation                      0x0000000102d3dcb0 -[XCUIElementQuery _queryWithPredicate:] + 96\\n\\t6   WebDriverAgentLib                   0x00000001065fb9e0 -[XCUIElement(FBUtilities) fb_filterDescendantsWithSnapshots:selfUID:onlyChildren:] + 1996\\n\\t7   WebDriverAgentLib                   ...",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:906 [W3C] Matched W3C error code 'unknown error' to UnknownError",
    "2024-05-31 09:55:28:906 [XCUITestDriver@7306 (202d3bac)] Responding to client with driver.findElements() result: []",
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I assume it’s an issue with the cloud provider

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Something more specific so I can ask the team to look at?

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Have you tried reporting it to the customer support?

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Yes, they raised their hands.

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That’s unfortunate. Are you able to reproduce the issue locally with the latest driver version?

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We don’t own access to this app. That’s the reason we had a cloud provider in first place.

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Hi @Vivek_Burman
Let me try and get to the bottom of this. It could be related to less wait time added before the xpath used.

@mykola-mokhnach - I can see that Appium 2.2.1 was used in this session with driver [email protected] on an iOS 16 device. Do you have any suggestions on where to look further?