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#14418)
The bug is in waitForExist command. When an element is found, it attempts to "refresh" the element's ID to ensure it is up-to-date. However, it blindly uses $(selector) (which finds the first match), ignoring the index property if the element came from a multi-element query like $$. This causes indexed elements (like the second iframe) to revert to the first element's ID.

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LGTM 👍

@christian-bromann christian-bromann added the PR: Bug Fix 🐛 PRs that contain bug fixes label Jan 3, 2026
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