From 13fbd822c910df58b9f8aebd64da44f21a4f8b65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Chaudhary <utkarsh.ch@browserstack.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 10:38:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Removing percy attribute before truncate (#188)

---
 lib/core/utils/dq-element.js | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/utils/dq-element.js b/lib/core/utils/dq-element.js
index 373675e3..74b5965d 100644
--- a/lib/core/utils/dq-element.js
+++ b/lib/core/utils/dq-element.js
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ function getSource(element) {
   if (!source && typeof window.XMLSerializer === 'function') {
     source = new window.XMLSerializer().serializeToString(element);
   }
-  let htmlString = truncate(source || '');
   // Remove unwanted attributes
-  const regex = /\s*data-percy-[^=]+="[^"]*"/g;
-  htmlString = htmlString.replace(regex, '');
+  const regex = /\s*data-percy-[^=]+="[^"]*"/g; // Remove unwanted attributes
+  source = (source || '').replace(regex, '');
+  const htmlString = truncate(source);
   return htmlString;
 }