• When you use the Chrome 57 to login to the Web Interface of the ESXi hosts, the embedded host client reports the error stack similar to:

Cause: Error: [$rootScope:inprog] http://errors.angularjs.org/1.3.2/$rootScope/inprog?p0=%24digest
Version: 1.8.0
Build: 4516221

• ESXi: 6.5.0

• Host client throws Unhandled exception:

Error: [$rootScope:inprog] http://errors.angularjs.org/1.3.2/$rootScope/inprog?p0=%24digest
at https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:263:20611
at l (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:265:12567)
at k.$apply (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:265:16690)
at HTMLInputElement.<anonymous> (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:267:828)
at HTMLInputElement.dispatch (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:262:14464)
at HTMLInputElement.r.handle (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:262:11251)
at prop (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:263:3018)
at n.access (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:262:6702)
at n.fn.init.prop (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:263:2642)
at V.$set (https://esx-01.example.com/ui/scripts/main.js:264:21408)

This is a known issue affecting ESXi 5.5 and 6.x.

This issue is resolved in VMware ESXi 6.0 Patch Release 5, available at VMware Patch Downloads. For more information on downloading patch, see How to download patches in Customer Connect (1021623).

The issue is resolved in Host Client 1.19.0 and later.

To workaround this issue, press the [ESC] Key which will clear the error.

Alternatively, you can also work around this issue by using a different web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox.