increase dashboard load timeout

Author: Siddharth Saladi

src/test/shared/devModeTestSuite.ts

@@ -73,16 +73,20 @@ export function runDevModeTestSuite(config: DevModeConfig): void {
             logger.testStart('Liberty Tools shows items - Maven');
             try {
                 logger.step(1, 'Getting dashboard section');
-                const section = await dashboard.getSection(); 
+                const section = await dashboard.getSection();
                 logger.stepSuccess(1, 'Dashboard section retrieved');
 
                 logger.step(2, 'Waiting for Liberty Tools to load');
                 await utils.waitForDashboardToLoad(section);
                 logger.stepSuccess(2, 'Liberty Tools loaded successfully');
 
+                // waitForDashboardToLoad already confirmed items exist on a fresh
+                // section reference.  Re-fetch here so getVisibleItems() doesn't
+                // operate on the original stale reference from before the wait.
                 logger.step(3, 'Getting visible items from section');
+                const freshSection = await dashboard.getSection();
                 const menu = await utils.waitForCondition(async () => {
-                    const items = await section.getVisibleItems();
+                    const items = await freshSection.getVisibleItems();
                     if (items && items.length > 0) {
                         return items;
                     }
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ export function runDevModeTestSuite(config: DevModeConfig): void {
                 expect(menu).not.empty;
 
                 logger.step(4, `Finding Maven project item: ${config.projectConstant}`);
-                const item = await dashboard.getProjectItem(config.projectConstant); 
+                const item = await dashboard.getProjectItem(config.projectConstant);
                 logger.stepSuccess(4, 'Maven project item found');
                 expect(item).not.undefined;
 
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ export function runDevModeTestSuite(config: DevModeConfig): void {
                 logger.testFailed(`Liberty Tools shows items - ${config.buildTool}`, error);
                 throw error;
             }
-        }).timeout(275000);
+        }).timeout(360000);
 
         it(`Start ${config.buildTool} project from Liberty Tools`, async () => {
                 logger.testStart('Start Maven project from Liberty Tools');

src/test/utils/testUtils.ts

@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ export async function waitForDashboardToLoad(section: any): Promise<void> {
         }
         return;
     }, {
-        timeout: 265000, // stay inside the 275 s Mocha cap on "Liberty Tools shows items"
+        timeout: 340000, // stay inside the 360 s Mocha cap on "Liberty Tools shows items"
         pollInterval: 5000, // check every 5 seconds
         message: 'Dashboard items did not load'
     });