[QA] Tests timing out when running via Jenkins/SauceLabs

[Željko Filipin]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Jeff Hall <jhall at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> What I'm wondering is whether or not it might be a good idea to use the
> page-object "wait_until" method more widely.  For example, we currently use
> it in aftv5_steps.rb<https://github.com/wikimedia/qa-browsertests/blob/master/features/step_definitions/aftv5_steps.rb>
> .
>
> I realize that adding any type of sleep or wait behavior to a test just
> causes overall test execution time to increase, but I'm thinking it's more
> important to have fewer failing tests overall, so that folks can focus
> their trouble-shooting efforts on test failures that may be a consequence
> of actual bugs (and not just timeouts)
>

I agree with you that making tests robust[1][2] is more important than
making them fast.

Željko
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1: http://watirwebdriver.com/waiting/
2: https://github.com/cheezy/page-object/wiki/Ajax-Calls
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