Bug: Flaky Test Unable to Find Warning Modal Before Attempting to Deactivate a Volunteer

[FireLemons]

Flaky tests are defined as tests that return both passes and failures despite no changes to the code or the test itself Fix the test so it runs consistently.

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rspec in docker

Sample Error Output:

   1) volunteers/edit saves the user as inactive, but only if the admin confirms
     Failure/Error:
       dismiss_confirm do
         scroll_to(".actions")
         click_on "Deactivate volunteer"
       end

     Capybara::ModalNotFound:
       Unable to find modal dialog

     ...
     # ./spec/system/volunteers/edit_spec.rb:170:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # /usr/local/bundle/gems/webmock-3.18.1/lib/webmock/rspec.rb:37:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ------------------
     # --- Caused by: ---
     # Selenium::WebDriver::Error::TimeoutError:
     #   timed out after 2 seconds (no such alert
     #     (Session info: headless chrome=94.0.4606.61))
     #   /usr/local/bundle/gems/selenium-webdriver-4.10.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/wait.rb:73:in `until'

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Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/system/volunteers/edit_spec.rb:162 # volunteers/edit saves the user as inactive, but only if the admin confirms

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[FireLemons]

@ycorredius

[JuanVqz]

I ran it several times but wasn't able to reproduce it locally. any advice on it?

[github-actions[bot]]

This issue has been open without changes for a long time! What's up?

[compwron]

I am closing this as old. We may bring it back in a different form.