Getting a 'BrowserAuthError: crypto_nonexistent: The crypto object or function is not available' error when using testcafe with firefox

[Christopher-C-Robinson]

What is your Scenario?

When navigating to https://formspro.omnibyte.com/automation/nightly with firefox through testcafe I’m getting the error:

I know this says going to localhost:4200 but I get the same error when navigating to the site mentioned. Works in Edge and Chrome fine.

What is the Current behavior?

BrowserAuthError: crypto_nonexistent: Thy crypto object or function is not available

What is the Expected behavior?

Should be able to get to the site just like the other browsers can.

What is the public URL of the test page? (attach your complete example)

https://formspro.omnibyte.com/automation/nightly

What is your TestCafe test code?

test('Test Case: ##### - NEW', async t => {
await t.useRole(TestCafe);
});

// the role just goes to https://formspro.omnibyte.com/automation/nightly and tries to login. so just need to nav to.

Your complete configuration file

{
"browsers": ["chrome:headless:emulation:width=1920;height=1080 --start-fullscreen;"],
"reporter": [
{
"name": "spec"
},
{
"name": "nunit3",
"output": "results/reports/report.xml"
}
],
"screenshots": {
"takeOnFails": true,
"path": "results/",
"pathPattern": "${TIME}/${TEST_INDEX}/${FILE_INDEX}.png"
},
"disablePageCaching": true,
"stopOnFirstFail": false,
"skipJsErrors": true,
"skipUncaughtErrors": true,
"selectorTimeout": 5000,
"assertionTimeout": 5000,
"pageLoadTimeout": 120000,
"speed": 1,
"cache": false
}

Your complete test report

1887 | throw new Error('Login process timed out'); ⠀ 1888 | } ⠀ 1889 | ⠀ 1890 | /** ⠀ 1891 | * Scans the form and performs validation checks. ⠀ 1892 | */ ⠀ at Admin. (C:\Code\FP\Test-Automation\FormsPro\admin-variables.ts:1887:15) at fulfilled (C:\Code\FP\Test-Automation\FormsPro\admin-variables.ts:5:58)]]> C:\Code\FP\Test-Automation\results\11-42-38\1\errors\1.png

Screenshots

Steps to Reproduce

1. use firefox to go to the site listed.

TestCafe version

3.7.2

Node.js version

v20.18.2

Command-line arguments

-L

Browser name(s) and version(s)

Firefox 135.0

Platform(s) and version(s)

Windows 11

Other

No response

[Christopher-C-Robinson]

Not sure if related to #8368 or not. That was also a Firefox only issue that was recently fixed.

[Christopher-C-Robinson]

When navigating to the URL in a regular Firefox browser without testcafe, there are no issues.

[Christopher-C-Robinson]

Updated Context:

This issue started occurring after a recent security update was merged that introduced MFA enforcement, password expiration handling, and Microsoft account login integration to the site with the provided URL.

Since the error (crypto_nonexistent: The crypto object or function is not available) only occurs in Firefox when running through TestCafe, but not when navigating manually, it suggests a compatibility issue between TestCafe and Firefox’s handling of authentication-related security functions.

This has been tested on TestCafe 3.7.2 with Firefox 135.0 on Windows 11. Other browsers (Chrome, Edge) are unaffected.

Would appreciate insights on whether TestCafe's Firefox runner might be missing necessary Web Crypto API support or if there are known issues with recent Firefox updates affecting automated test execution.

Let me know if any additional logs or debugging details would help.

[Bayheck]

Hello, I navigated to your page with Firefox and did not manage to reproduce the issue.

Please create a reproducible minimal example so that our team can help you investigate this issue.

[Christopher-C-Robinson]

Okay! I'll try to creat that next week!

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[Christopher-C-Robinson]

Here is a reproducible minimal example. I have a file with a fixture, a test of just navigating to a couple sites and making sure an element is there. This seems to not be just a firefox issue as I've recently tried in edge as well. Works as soon as I take off --disable-native-automation flag:

DevExpresstestcafe-issue-8391.zip

In there has the exact command in the text file, the file with the test, and the testcafe.rc file in the project. Let me know if there is anything else you need @Bayheck

[Bayheck]

Hello, thank you for providing the example.

I tried running the code using the command you suggested, but I encountered the following error:

Could you please provide a simplified version of the test file which is as short as possible, without any unnecessary code?

[Christopher-C-Robinson]

Sorry about that. I think this is better!

DevExpresstestcafe-issue-8391 (2).zip

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We appreciate you taking the time to share information about this issue. We reproduced the bug and added this ticket to our internal task queue. We'll update this thread once we have news.