how to change IE internet security settings using nightwatch.js

Question

I just learned that the reason why my website forces you to re login whenever you navigate the site using a nightwatch test is because of an internet security setting in the saucelabs IE driver. Is there a way to change the IE driver security setting using nightwatch.js configuration/code? I need to set the security setting on the IE driver to medium low.

Answer 1

The short answer is that you can't control this via Nightwatch or via WebDriver (and the workarounds may do more harm than good).

You need to fix it at the Registry-level (e.g. via a script), or manually at the IE-level, e.g: Not able to launch IE browser using Selenium2 (Webdriver) with Java

That's not much help for Sauce Labs. I haven't found documentation on enabling any similar kind of workaround (not too surprisingly).

Perhaps your best bet is to test this locally while the developers work to resolve the underlying problem.