I have been struggling with these lines of Protractor code today:

element(by.linkText(People)).click();

browser.waitForAngular();        

var url = browser.getCurrentUrl();

...

It appears that getCurrentUrl always fails when placed after a waitForAngular() statement.

The error output is too vague:

UnknownError: javascript error: document unloaded while waiting for result

So, what is the correct way to click on a hyperlink and check the new url?

Here are my tests:

If I getCurrentUrl() before the link is clicked,

it('can visit people page', function () {

    var url = browser.getCurrentUrl();

    element(by.linkText(People)).click();

    expect(true).toBe(true);

});

The test will pass.

If I getCurrentUrl() after the link is clicked,

it('can visit people page', function () {

    var url = browser.getCurrentUrl();

    element(by.linkText(People)).click();

    expect(true).toBe(true);

    url = browser.getCurrentUrl();

});

An error is thrown in Protractor with the UnknownError output above. What went wrong?