Implicit wait in Selenium Java - Test Execution Trace

Test Overview

This test opens a web page, sets an implicit wait, tries to find a button by its ID, clicks it, and verifies the page title changes as expected.

Test Code - JUnit with Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Java

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class ImplicitWaitTest {
    private WebDriver driver;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
    }

    @Test
    public void testButtonClickChangesTitle() {
        driver.get("https://example.com/testpage");
        WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.id("delayedButton"));
        button.click();
        String expectedTitle = "Button Clicked";
        assertEquals(expectedTitle, driver.getTitle());
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Execution Trace - 7 Steps

Step	Action	System State	Assertion	Result
1	Test starts and Chrome browser opens	Chrome browser window is open and ready	-	PASS
2	Set implicit wait timeout to 10 seconds	Driver configured to wait up to 10 seconds when locating elements	-	PASS
3	Navigate to https://example.com/testpage	Page loads with a button having id 'delayedButton' that appears after a short delay	-	PASS
4	Find element by id 'delayedButton' using implicit wait	Driver waits up to 10 seconds until the button is present in DOM	Element with id 'delayedButton' is found	PASS
5	Click the found button	Button is clicked, triggering page title change	-	PASS
6	Verify page title is 'Button Clicked'	Page title updated after button click	Assert that driver.getTitle() equals 'Button Clicked'	PASS
7	Close browser and end test	Browser closed, resources released	-	PASS

Failure Scenario

Failing Condition: The button with id 'delayedButton' does not appear within 10 seconds

Execution Trace Quiz - 3 Questions

What does the implicit wait do in this test?

A It waits for the page to load completely before any action

B It pauses the test for exactly 10 seconds before clicking

C It makes the driver wait up to 10 seconds when trying to find elements

D It retries clicking the button multiple times

Key Result

Setting implicit wait before locating elements helps handle elements that appear after some delay, making tests more stable without explicit waits.