Selenium Bot Debugging — Ongoing

Overview

Picked up an ongoing maintenance contract for a US-based repeat client whose Selenium automation was failing intermittently when accessing a target website.

Issues Diagnosed

• Certain page sections not loading before Selenium attempted to interact with them
• Brittle CSS selectors breaking after site updates
• Implicit wait timing insufficient for dynamically rendered content

Fixes Applied

• Replaced implicit waits with explicit WebDriverWait conditions
• Updated selectors to use stable attributes
• Added retry logic for elements that load asynchronously
• Confirmed end-to-end workflow runs cleanly