Webdriver FluentWait not ignoring exceptions

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I have automated some user flows which go via this page http://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/search. When I narrow a search using the left hand-side refine rail, an overlay appears where a user has to wait until the search results are returned. The method waits for the overlay to appear and then waits for it to disappear. ``` public void waitForSRPOverlayToComplete() { Wait wait = new FluentWait(getDriver()) .withTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) .pollingEvery(1, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS) .ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class) .ignoring(TimeoutException.class); **// Error occurs here** WebElement blockedOverlay = wait.until(new Function() { public WebElement apply(WebDriver driver) { return driver.findElement(By.className("blockOverlay")); } }); Wait wait2 = new FluentWait(getDriver()) .withTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS) .pollingEvery(1, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS) .ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class) .ignoring(TimeoutException.class…

Accepted Answer

You can't suppress `TimeoutException` when the `FluentWait` actually times out. That's simply the nature of the API. If this is an exception you truly want to ignore, you need to catch the `TimeoutException`.

Also, as a side note, attempting to poll for the condition every nanosecond is likely counterproductive. You should probably extend your polling interval to something like every 200 or 250 milliseconds.

Webdriver FluentWait not ignoring exceptions

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