microsoft/playwright · error · Error

Frame for this navigation request is not available, because

Error message

Frame for this navigation request is not available, because the request
was issued before the frame is created. You can check whether the request
is a navigation request by calling isNavigationRequest() method.

What it means

Error "Frame for this navigation request is not available, because the request was issued before the frame is created. You can check whether the request is a navigation request by calling isNavigationRequest() method." thrown in microsoft/playwright.

Source

Thrown at packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts:220

    return Response.fromNullable((await this._channel.response({}, kNoTimeout)).response);
  }

  async _internalResponse(): Promise<Response | null> {
    return Response.fromNullable((await this._channel.response({}, kNoTimeout)).response);
  }

  existingResponse(): Response | null {
    return this._response;
  }

  frame(): Frame {
    if (!this._initializer.frame) {
      assert(this.serviceWorker());
      throw new Error('Service Worker requests do not have an associated frame.');
    }
    const frame = Frame.from(this._initializer.frame);
    if (!frame._page) {
      throw new Error([
        'Frame for this navigation request is not available, because the request',
        'was issued before the frame is created. You can check whether the request',
        'is a navigation request by calling isNavigationRequest() method.',
      ].join('\n'));
    }
    return frame;
  }

  _safePage(): Page | null {
    return Frame.fromNullable(this._initializer.frame)?._page || null;
  }

  serviceWorker(): Worker | null {
    return this._initializer.serviceWorker ? Worker.from(this._initializer.serviceWorker) : null;
  }

  isNavigationRequest(): boolean {
    return this._initializer.isNavigationRequest;

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts:220 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of microsoft/playwright@c8fc3bf8d3 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3a906ab360209d81. Report an issue: GitHub.