$http doesn't immediately increment $brower's outstandingRequestCount. Protractor issues result.

[wbyoko]

http://jsfiddle.net/awtwff3x/ (using Angular 1.4.8)

The issue is that using $http doesn't seem to register with $browser.defer synchronously so that $browser.notifyWhenNoOutstandingRequests waits accordingly.

This has created an issue where protractor tests are flaky because they aren't waiting for resources to load.

Also seems with $timeout registering synchronously using a $timeout anywhere in a controller will allow for the $http request to register and have the protractor test wait correctly.

You can uncomment line 22 to see that requests queue after $timeout is used, otherwise notifyWhenNoOutstandingRequests returns synchronously.

Thanks.

[petebacondarwin]

I think this might be since we put the request through a $q promise that needs to be resolved async before the $httpBackend is triggered, right?

[wbyoko]

I have made pull requests for the 1.4 and master branches which fix this issue.

The $q promise needing to be resolved async is the issue and $browser.$$incOutstandingRequestCount() needed to be called synchronously. Configuring this and $browser.$$completeOutstandingRequest(noop) to respectively be before and at the end of the promise chain yields the correct result.

Tests to confirm this interaction were added and when implemented locally protractor waited accordingly.