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Posted on by lukap07 16

Hi,

 

What is happening with the Browser Automation? Can any of the staff members provide so information regarding this problem?

The lack of communication regarding such big issue is concerning me and is unacceptable. All of our production flows are currently stopped, because we use Browser Automation and nothing is working for the past week or two.

Will there be any fix or should we start migrating our RPA process to another tool, that is more reliable and offers more user assistance?

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  • Gematria Profile Picture
    Gematria 222 on at

    Whats the issue exactly? I have various flows running Browser automations without any issues.

  • Gematria Profile Picture
    Gematria 222 on at

    Just saw the stickied post about it 😄 Guess I am just lucky to not have had any issues 🤔

  • Srini007 Profile Picture
    Srini007 3,490 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @lukap07 

     

    Have you updated the versions as recommended in below link?

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Desktop/IMPORTANT-Browser-Automation-potential-issue-Upgrade-your-Power/m-p/2164612#M26491

     

    Still facing the issue, It's better if you can share what error you are facing or any screenshot supporting the error will be better to understand the issue

     

    If you find this reply helpful, please consider giving it a LIKE

    If this reply answers your question or solves your issue, please ACCEPT AS SOLUTION

     

    Thanks,

    Srini 

  • lukap07 Profile Picture
    lukap07 16 on at

    I tried all different available versions of the PAD and Extension and nothing helped. I followed the guide you linked step by step, tried reinstalling everything and still no success.

    The problem appeared, when Chrome browser updated to new version (v113). I had PAD 2.26 at that time and before the update, everything was working fine. After Chrome updated, the same flows that worked a few minutes before update, started to fail with error:

    Problem while executing action 'ExtractList'. Failed to extract data (web page error while extracting data).

    Microsoft.PowerPlatform.PowerAutomate.Desktop.Actions.SDK.ActionException: Failed to extract data (web page error while extracting data). ---> System.Exception: Data extraction element not found.
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.UIAutomation.WebAutomation.Core.DataExtraction.LegacyExtractorBase`1.GetExtractionResults(Stopwatch stopwatch, Nullable`1 timeout)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.UIAutomation.WebAutomation.Core.DataExtraction.LegacyExtractorBase`1.InvokeExtraction(Nullable`1 timeout)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.UIAutomation.WebAutomation.Core.DataExtraction.LegacyExtractorBase`1.Extract(Nullable`1 timeout)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Common.DataExtraction.Engine.WebDataExtractionEngine`1.AttemptExtraction(ICollection`1 resultsList, WebActionRetryParameters retryParameters, Int32 attempts, Nullable`1 timeout)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Common.DataExtraction.Engine.WebDataExtractionEngine`1.<>c__DisplayClass4_0.<ExtractElementData>b__1(Int32 attempts)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.UIAutomation.Core.Utilities.Clock.Execute[T](TimeSpan timeout, TimeSpan period, Func`1 action, Func`2 successCondition)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Common.ClockActionPeriodicRunner.Run(Func`2 func, TimeSpan pediod)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Common.WebPager.WebPageEnumerator.ForEachPage(IWebAutomationBrowser browser, WebPagerParameters pagerParameters, WebActionRetryParameters navigationRetryParameters, Action action)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Common.DataExtraction.Engine.WebDataExtractionEngine`1.ExtractElementData(IWebAutomationBrowser browser, WebPagerParameters pagerParameters, WebActionRetryParameters retryParameters, Nullable`1 timeout)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Common.Proxy.LocalWebAutomationRuntime.ExtractListFromWebPage(WebBrowserInfo webBrowserInfo, String baseSelector, WebExtractionSelector branchSelector, WebPagerParameters pagerParameters, WebActionRetryParameters retryParameters, Nullable`1 timeout)
    --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
    at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Common.Proxy.WebAutomationRuntimeRouter.Invoke(MethodInfo targetMethod, Object[] args)
    --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
    at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
    at System.Reflection.DispatchProxyGenerator.Invoke(Object[] args)
    at generatedProxy_3.ExtractListFromWebPage(WebBrowserInfo , String , WebExtractionSelector , WebPagerParameters , WebActionRetryParameters , Nullable`1 )
    --- End of remote exception stack trace ---
    at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.UIAutomation.Shared.Rpc.RpcDispatchProxy`1.GetRemoteResultOrThrow(RemoteMethodCallResponse response, Type expectedResultType)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.UIAutomation.Shared.Rpc.RpcDispatchProxy`1.Invoke(MethodInfo targetMethod, Object[] args)
    --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
    at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
    at System.Reflection.DispatchProxyGenerator.Invoke(Object[] args)
    at generatedProxy_3.ExtractListFromWebPage(WebBrowserInfo , String , WebExtractionSelector , WebPagerParameters , WebActionRetryParameters , Nullable`1 )
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.WebAutomationRuntimeServiceProxy.<>c__DisplayClass13_0.<ExtractListFromWebPage>b__0(IWebAutomationRuntime s)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.WebAutomationRuntimeServiceProxy.ExecuteSafe[T](Func`2 action, TimeSpan timeout)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.WebAutomationRuntimeServiceProxy.ExtractListFromWebPage(WebBrowserInfo webBrowserInfo, String baseSelector, WebExtractionSelector branchSelector, WebPagerParameters pagerParameters, WebActionRetryParameters retryParameters, Nullable`1 timeout)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.ExtractData.<Execute>b__53_2(IWebAutomationRuntime s)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.WebAutomationActionBase.PerformWebAutomationWithLogging[T](Func`2 action, WebAutomationRuntimeLogData requestData, Func`3 resultData)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.ExtractData.Execute(ActionContext context)
    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.ExtractData.Execute(ActionContext context)
    at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Robin.Engine.Execution.ActionRunner.Run(IActionStatement statement, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments)

     

    Same error is thrown on different elements using different actions (Click link on web page, Wait for web page content,...)

    I tried bypassing this by executing JS scripts, but I always get [object Object] as result. I also tried different browsers and nothing helped.

     

  • lukap07 Profile Picture
    lukap07 16 on at

    I also forgot to mention, that when i try to manually test the selectors (with the new function, that is available in newer version of PAD) the element is found without problem and selector test is successful. But when i try with unattended or attended mode, the flow fails.

  • Srini007 Profile Picture
    Srini007 3,490 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @lukap07 

     

    Ok, there might be an issue for the update of v113 from chrome side

    But can you check is the extension is enabled after the update?

     

    If you find this reply helpful, please consider giving it a LIKE

    If this reply answers your question or solves your issue, please ACCEPT AS SOLUTION

     

    Thanks,

    Srini

  • lukap07 Profile Picture
    lukap07 16 on at

    The extension definitely is enabled, because a few steps of Browser automation are executed before this step happens.

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