pause

Pauses execution for a specific amount of time. It is recommended to not use this command to wait for an element to show up. In order to avoid flaky test results it is better to use commands like waitForExist or other waitFor* commands.

Usage

browser.pause(milliseconds)

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
milliseconds	Number	time in ms

Example

Asynchronous Mode

pause.js

it('should pause the execution', async () => {
    const starttime = new Date().getTime()
    await browser.pause(3000)
    const endtime = new Date().getTime()
    console.log(endtime - starttime) // outputs: 3000
});

Synchronous Mode

pause.js

it('should pause the execution', () => {
    const starttime = new Date().getTime()
    browser.pause(3000)
    const endtime = new Date().getTime()
    console.log(endtime - starttime) // outputs: 3000
});

caution

Synchronous Mode will depcrecated with Node.js v16. With an update to the underlying Chromium version it became technically impossible to provide the same synchronous behavior. We recommend to start transition to asynchronous command execution. For more information, see our RFC.