Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement

Error

Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement

What it means

Puppeteer raised this from its element handling code. In practice, it usually means your script reached a browser, page, frame, element, or option state that the API cannot use safely.

How to fix it

• Confirm the selector matches an element in the same frame where you are querying.
• Wait for the element to be attached and visible before acting on it.
• Re-query the element after DOM updates instead of reusing an old ElementHandle.

Minimal guard

try {
  // Run the Puppeteer operation that triggers this error.
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof Error && error.message.includes("Node is either not visible or not an HTM")) {
    // Apply the fix above, then retry or fail with a clearer message.
  }
  throw error;
}