Angular could not be found on the page

[spengilley]

Bug report

Running the most basic of protractor tests and getting;

Angular could not be found on the page http://localhost:63342/protractor_basic/index.html : angular never provided resumeBootstrap

• Node Version: 5.1.0
• Angularjs Version: '1.2.29'
• Protractor Version: 3.2.2
• Browser(s): Chrome 49.0.2623.110
• Operating System and Version OSX El Capitan

protractor conf.js
exports.config = { framework: 'jasmine', seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub', specs: ['*spec.js'] }

spec.js
`describe('foo page', function() {

it('Should find foo on page', function() {

    browser.get('http://localhost:63342/protractor_basic/index.html');
    expect(element(by.id('foo')).getText())
        .toContain('foo');

});

});
`
Output from running the test
Using the selenium server at http://localhost:4444/wd/hub
[launcher] Running 1 instances of WebDriver
Started
F

Failures:

1. foo page Should find foo on page
   Message:
   Failed: Angular could not be found on the page http://localhost:63342/protractor_basic/index.html : angular never provided resumeBootstrap
   Stack:
   Error: Angular could not be found on the page http://localhost:63342/protractor_basic/index.html : angular never provided resumeBootstrap
   at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/protractor.js:680:17
   at Promise.invokeCallback_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1329:14)
   at TaskQueue.execute_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2790:14)
   at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2773:21)
   at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2652:27
   at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7
   at process._tickCallback (node.js:379:9)
   From: Task: Run it("Should find foo on page") in control flow
   at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/jasminewd2/index.js:81:14)
   From asynchronous test:
   Error
   at Suite. (/Users/stephen/Development/playtime/protractor_basic/spec.js:3:5)
   at Object. (/Users/stephen/Development/playtime/protractor_basic/spec.js:1:1)
   at Module._compile (module.js:425:26)
   at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10)
   at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
   at Function.Module._load (module.js:313:12)

1 spec, 1 failure
Finished in 10.368 seconds
[launcher] 0 instance(s) of WebDriver still running
[launcher] chrome #1 failed 1 test(s)
[launcher] overall: 1 failed spec(s)
[launcher] Process exited with error code 1

[EDIT]
If I upgrade angularjs to 1.3.x it works fine. Do I then need to downgrade something else to get this to work?

[spengilley]

I fixed this by downgrading protractor to version 2

[santosh0503]

Hi I am facing same issues.
14:41:19 �[31mF�[0m[09:11:19] E/protractor - Could not find Angular on page http://localhost:3000/index.html : retries looking for angular exceeded
14:41:30 �[31mF�[0m[09:11:30] E/protractor - Could not find Angular on page http://localhost:3000/index.html : retries looking for angular exceeded
14:41:40 �[31mF�[0m[09:11:40] E/protractor - Could not find Angular on page http://localhost:3000/index.html : retries looking for angular exceeded
14:41:50 �[31mF�[0m[09:11:50] E/protractor - Could not find Angular on page http://localhost:3000/index.html : retries looking for angular exceeded

[Nesreenmoh]

Have you found a solution for this problem? I am facing the same thing?