Best Practices for Using Wait in WebDriver – What Works for You? or How Do You Handle Wait in WebDriv

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Explicit waits all the way! Implicit waits feel like playing roulette—sometimes they work, sometimes they blow up your tests.

I’ve had *so many* flaky moments with wait in webdriver, especially with dynamic content. My fix? Combining explicit waits with custom conditions. Like, if an element’s *there* but not *clickable*, WebDriverWait + ExpectedConditions saves my bacon.

Also, check out Awaitility if you’re dealing with async-heavy apps. It’s a game-changer for those "is it loaded yet?!" moments.

Random timeouts? Ugh. I just crank up the timeout (within reason) and add retries. Not elegant, but neither is my coffee maker.

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