webdriverwait - What is the default wait time of the selenium webdriver before throwing NoSuchElementException

Question

There are 3 types of waits in sellenium i.e Implicit Wait,Explicit Wait and Fluent wait. If i don't use any of the waits,How much time does the selenium waits by default before throwing NoSuchElementException.

Is it the Implicit Wait used internally by the selenium.

Answer 1

Yes, you are right. Implicit Wait is implemented internally by the selenium.

• You can find a detailed discussion in Using implicit wait in selenium

The three(3) different types of waits i.e. Implicit Wait, Explicit Wait and Fluent Wait are implemented as per the usecase requirements.

• Here you can find a detailed discussion on What is the internal working difference between Implicit Wait and Explicit Wait

If you don't use any of the waits, as findElement() or findElementsmethod is affected by the 'implicit wait' times in force at the time of execution there will be no waiting period. When implicitly waiting, this method will return as soon as there are more than 0 items in the found collection, or will return an empty list if the timeout is reached.

• Here you can find a detailed discussion on selenium implicit and explicit wait, timeout exception element not found