setTimeout

Overview

Use the setTimeout command to set timeouts for element searches on the page, document load waits, and script executions through the execute or executeAsync commands.

Usage

await browser.setTimeout({ implicit, pageLoad, script });

Command Parameters

Name	Type	Description
implicit	Number	Time in milliseconds for retrying element location when searching for an element.
pageLoad	Number	Time to wait for the document to load, in milliseconds.
script	Number	Timeout for scripts run using execute or executeAsync, in milliseconds.

Usage Examples

it("should change timeout duration for session with long code duration", async ({ browser }) => {
    await browser.setTimeout({
        pageLoad: 10000,
        script: 60000,
    });

    // execute code that takes a long time
    await browser.executeAsync(done => {
        console.log("Wake me up before you go!");
        setTimeout(done, 59000);
    });
});

References

We'd like to give credit to the original WebdriverIO docs article, from which we drew some information while writing our version.