[Python] mouse over and click not working in remote webdriver in docker, but works in local...

this is how I connect to the remote webdriver, which is running in docker using offical image selenium/standalone-chrome:128.0

ops = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
ops.add_argument("download.default_directory={}".format(os.getcwd()))
ops.add_argument("--headless=new")
ops.add_argument('--start-maximized')
browser = webdriver.Remote('http://ip:4444', options=ops)


this is the automation code of hovering over an element:

el = driver.find_element(*location)
actions = ActionChains(driver)
actions.move_to_element(el).perform()


and click on the same element:

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, time_out, poll_frequency)
wait.until(ec.element_to_be_clickable(location), 'time out')
driver.find_element(*location).click()


Both code snips above work normally on my local Chrome with the same options, but not working in remote webdriver.
I also take screen shot to check the effect, I can see the hover and click effect in local env, but not in remote.


After some test, I found out this page is not clickable or responsive to any operation, it seems like the page cannot be loaded completely in remote webdriver. This page is the second window/tab opened in my code, I only have 2 tabs.

Is there some difference between remote webdriver and local browser which would affect the page loading?

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