It appears as though we can no longer send JavaScript console commands while remote debugging a web app in Web App Tester. We were initially concerned it was our app, but we were also unable to send JavaScript console commands when pointing the tester at other websites (google, for example).
I did a little digging, and it looks like in the remote debugger, [ip_address:9222]/devtools/console_module.js, the check for the enter key is defined as
function isEnterKey(event) { return event.keyCode !== 229 && event.keyIdentifier === "Enter"; }
Chrome removed the keyIdentifier property as of Chrome v54: KeyboardEvent.keyIdentifier
When I redefined the function to check event.key instead, it started working, sending console commands. e.g. -
isEnterKey = function(event) { return event.keyCode !== 229 && event.key === "Enter"; }