What is the line which gives exception ??
The reason for this is because the element to which you have referred is removed from the DOM structure
I was facing the same problem while working with IEDriver. The reason was because javascript loaded the element one more time after i have referred so my date reference pointed to a nonexistent object even if it was right there in the UI. I used the following workaround:
try {
WebElement date = driver.findElement(By.linkText(Utility.getSheetData(path, 7, 1, 2)));
date.click();
}
catch(org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException ex)
{
WebElement date = driver.findElement(By.linkText(Utility.getSheetData(path, 7, 1, 2)));
date.click();
}
See if the same can help you !
Whenever you face this issue, just define the web element once again above the line in which you are getting an Error.
Example:
WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.xpath(“xpath”));
button.click();
//here you do something like update or save
//then you try to use the button WebElement again to click
button.click();
Since the DOM has changed e.g. through the update action, you are receiving a StaleElementReference Error.
Solution:
WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.xpath(“xpath”));
button.click();
//here you do something like update or save
//then you define the button element again before you use it
WebElement button1 = driver.findElement(By.xpath(“xpath”));
//that new element will point to the same element in the new DOM
button1.click();