grafana/k6 · error

navigating frame to %q: %w

Error message

navigating frame to %q: %w

What it means

Error "navigating frame to %q: %w" thrown in grafana/k6.

Source

Thrown at internal/js/modules/k6/browser/common/frame.go:1247

// Referrer returns the referrer of the frame from the network manager
// of the frame's session.
// It's an internal method not to be exposed as a JS API.
func (f *Frame) Referrer() string {
	nm := f.manager.page.mainFrameSession.getNetworkManager()
	return nm.extraHTTPHeaders["referer"]
}

// NavigationTimeout returns the navigation timeout of the frame.
// It's an internal method not to be exposed as a JS API.
func (f *Frame) NavigationTimeout() time.Duration {
	return f.manager.timeoutSettings.navigationTimeout()
}

// Goto will navigate the frame to the specified URL and return a HTTP response object.
func (f *Frame) Goto(url string, opts *FrameGotoOptions) (*Response, error) {
	resp, err := f.manager.NavigateFrame(f, url, opts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("navigating frame to %q: %w", url, err)
	}
	applySlowMo(f.ctx)

	// Since the response will be in an interface, it will never be nil,
	// so we need to return nil explicitly.
	if resp == nil {
		return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
	}

	return resp, nil
}

// Hover moves the pointer over the first element that matches the selector.
func (f *Frame) Hover(selector string, popts *FrameHoverOptions) error {
	f.log.Debugf("Frame:Hover", "fid:%s furl:%q sel:%q", f.ID(), f.URL(), selector)

	if err := f.hover(selector, popts); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("hovering %q: %w", selector, err)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/js/modules/k6/browser/common/frame.go:1247 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of grafana/k6@93accf6570 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/bbbde5abd27b2c5f. Report an issue: GitHub.