title: StaleElementReferenceException in Selenium WebDriver java test
body: <pre>org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException: Element not found in the cache - perhaps the page has changed since it was looked up
  Command duration or timeout: 30.02 seconds
  For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/stale_element_reference.html
  Build info: version: '2.18.0', revision: '15704', time: '2012-01-27 17:37:17'
  System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.6.0_17'
  Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
      at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:147)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:113)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:439)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:231)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.click(RemoteWebElement.java:72)
      at com.harleydavidson.modelyear.selenium2.testcase.ImageTest.checkColor(ImageTest.java:79)
      at com.harleydavidson.modelyear.selenium2.testcase.ImageTest.chooseModel(ImageTest.java:62)
      at com.harleydavidson.modelyear.selenium2.testcase.ImageTest.testImage(ImageTest.java:28)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
      at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:45)
      at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
      at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:42)
      at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:20)
      at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:28)
      at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:30)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:263)
      at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:68)
      at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:47)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:231)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:60)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:229)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:50)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:222)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:300)
      at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:49)
      at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
      at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
      at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
      at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
      at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
  Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler$UnknownServerException: Element not found in the cache - perhaps the page has changed since it was looked up
  Build info: version: '2.18.0', revision: '15704', time: '2012-01-27 17:37:17'
  System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version: '1.6.0_17'
  Driver info: driver.version: unknown
      at .(resource://fxdriver/modules/atoms.js:9557)
      at .(resource://fxdriver/modules/atoms.js:10153)
      at .(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/npolic/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous3371533678733192941webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:10200)
      at .(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/npolic/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous3371533678733192941webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:10219)
      at .(file:///C:/DOCUME~1/npolic/LOCALS~1/Temp/anonymous3371533678733192941webdriver-profile/extensions/fxdriver@googlecode.com/components/command_processor.js:10026)
  </pre>
  
  <p>Mycode has been written like this. It is for consecutive actions. First action is working fine inside loop for first time. when second loop started, it is throwing StaleElementReferenceException . So please help me , how to perform multiple actions one by one..</p>
  
  <pre><code>List&lt;WebElement&gt; colorButtons = driver.findElements(By.xpath("/html/body/div[4]/div[2]/div/div[4]/div[2]/div/img"));
  
  for(WebElement colorButton : colorButtons)
  {
      colorButton.click();
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Regards
  Narsi</p>