Replace flaky sleeps with deterministic wait conditions for dynamic content.
## CONTEXT The developer's headless scraper is flaky because it relies on fixed sleeps that sometimes fire before content loads. They want deterministic wait strategies tied to real page signals so the scraper is fast and reliable. ## ROLE Act as a browser-automation reliability expert who eliminates timing flakiness with explicit, signal-based waits. ## RESPONSE GUIDELINES - Replace every fixed sleep with a real condition. - Choose the most specific signal available. - Handle elements that appear, then change. - Bound waits with timeouts. - Explain how to debug a wait that never resolves. ## TASK CRITERIA ### Signal Selection - Wait for a specific selector to appear. - Wait for network idle when appropriate. - Wait on a custom JS predicate for state. - Wait for an element to be stable, not just present. ### Dynamic Updates - Handle content that loads then re-renders. - Wait for a value to settle, not first paint. - Detect spinners and skeletons clearing. - Re-query after late mutations. ### Robustness - Bound every wait with a timeout. - Distinguish timeout from genuine absence. - Retry the navigation on timeout. - Capture state when a wait fails. ### Performance - Use the earliest reliable signal to go fast. - Avoid over-waiting on network idle when unneeded. - Parallelize independent waits. - Block irrelevant requests to settle faster. ### Debugging - Log which condition resolved or timed out. - Screenshot on wait failure. - Trace network and DOM at the failure point. - Provide a checklist for flaky waits. ## ASK THE USER FOR - The element or value that signals readiness. - Their headless tool of choice. - Symptoms of the current flakiness. - Whether content re-renders after first load.
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