waitUntil() timeout message should be shown on success too

[samuelfreiberg]

I think there should be a way to display the timeoutMsg parameter on waitUntil() calls even when the condition passes (maybe green text for pass, red text for fail). This makes debugging so much easier. When looking through logs, it helps to see the flow of testing. If I'm taking the time to write a message, I would like to see it in the logs that it either passed or failed. If there could be an option for this, that would be so awesome.

[christian-bromann]

@samuelfreiberg could you explain your use case at an actual example? Remember you can always log things yourself through the @wdio/logger package.

[samuelfreiberg]

These are crucial points in the testing process, and the messages provide valuable information during debugging - pass or fail.

[samuelfreiberg]

Especially for engineers debugging failures that didn't write the tests (or have any clue about the tests). Think about an engineer trying to read through logs who don't have any knowledge of the test - seeing these success messages provide them insight on the state of testing at that point.

Again, this is possible with the @wdio/logger package, but it would literally be the same string I'm passing to the waitUntil() method.

[christian-bromann]

Where do you like this message being shown then?

[samuelfreiberg]

The exact same spot that it would show if it failed. But for a success, maybe the text is green, and test execution continues as normal.

[christian-bromann]

If a command fails, a test fails. In the stdout terminal we show test failures and not individual command states. You can use the afterCommand hook to log states at your will whenever a waitUntil is called. I am not sure if this is something that makes sense to enable by default.