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Asked: 2026-05-11T19:41:59+00:00

My selenium tests like to fails randomly. As an example I have this scenario

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My selenium tests like to fails randomly. As an example I have this scenario

Scenario: I should be able to edit a user
  Given I created a user with the login "test@example.com"
  And I am viewing the user with login "test@example.com"
  Then I should see "Edit this user"
  When I click "Edit this user"
  Then I should be editing the user with login "test@example.com"
  When I press "Update"
  Then I should be viewing the user with login "test@example.com"
  And I should see "User was successfully updated."

This, along with the others, work fine using the basic webrat :rails mode. In selenium, the line

Then I should be editing the user with login "test@example.com"

and

Then I should be viewing the user with login "test@example.com"

fail randomly, in that sometimes the first fails, other times the seconds fails. Using the website by hand results in the correct operation, and like I said, the webrat/rails mode works fine.

Rails 2.2.2
Cucumber 0.3.7
selenium 1.1.14 (fixed to work with FF3)

Some extra info:

Scenario: I should be able to edit a user                         # features/admin_priviledges.feature:26
  Given I created a user with the login "test@example.com"        # features/step_definitions/global_steps.rb:18
  And I am viewing the user with login "test@example.com"         # features/step_definitions/global_steps.rb:60
  Then I should see "Edit this user"                              # features/step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:93
  When I click "Edit this user"                                   # features/step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:18
  Then I should be editing the user with login "test@example.com" # features/step_definitions/global_steps.rb:66
    expected: "/users/8/edit",
         got: "/users/8" (using ==)
    Diff:
    @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
    -/users/8/edit
    +/users/8
     (Spec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError)
    features/admin_priviledges.feature:31:in `Then I should be editing the user with login "test@example.com"'
  When I press "Update"                                           # features/step_definitions/webrat_steps.rb:14
  Then I should be viewing the user with login "test@example.com" # features/step_definitions/global_steps.rb:66
  And I should see "User was successfully updated." 

Then /^I should be (editing|viewing) the (\w+) with (\w+) "([^\"]*)"$/ do |action,model,field,value|
  func = make_func(action,model)
  m = find_model_by_field_and_value(model,field,value)
  URI.parse(current_url).path.should == eval("#{func}(m)")
end

Those are the relevant steps. The press “Update” one is a standard webrat step (click_button)

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  1. Editorial Team

    Changing a webrat step from 

    When /^I press "([^\"]*)"$/ do |button|
  click_button(button)
end

    to

    When /^I press "([^\"]*)"$/ do |button|
  click_button(button)
  selenium.wait_for_page_to_load
end

    it works. Telling selenium to wait fixes!

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