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selenium webdriver java testing Java

Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy. I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. Quick question that's been bugging me - I'm using Selenium WebDriver with Java to test a web application that has several dynamically loaded elements on the page... I have implemented explicit waits to ensure that elements are present before interacting with them, but I still face unexpected timeout exceptions. Recently, I received a `TimeoutException` after waiting for an element that is supposed to appear after an AJAX call. Here's the code snippet where I'm encountering the issue: ```java WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10)); WebElement dynamicElement = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("dynamicElementId"))); ``` The issue arises when the AJAX call takes longer than anticipated due to varying network conditions, leading to the `TimeoutException`. I've checked the network response times, and they vary significantly. I tried increasing the timeout to 20 seconds, but I still face the issue occasionally. I also experimented with different ExpectedConditions like `presenceOfElementLocated` instead of `visibilityOfElementLocated`, but that didn't resolve the issue either. Additionally, I checked the element's state before interacting with it by using `dynamicElement.isDisplayed()` and it returned true, yet the exception still occurs intermittently. Could there be a more effective way to handle the dynamic loading of elements in this case? Are there best practices for dealing with these kinds of situations in Selenium? I’m using Selenium WebDriver version 4.1.0 and JDK 11.0.12, running tests on ChromeDriver version 95.0.4638.69. My development environment is Windows. Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is my first time working with Java 3.9. I'm developing on Ubuntu 22.04 with Java. Am I missing something obvious?