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Summary

Fixes timeout in Rider UI test by adding wait time after clicking Create button in New Solution dialog.

Problem

The Rider UI test was failing with a timeout when trying to find the IdeFrameImpl after project creation. Analysis of the CI screen recording and UI hierarchy revealed that:

  • Rider now shows a "Welcome to JetBrains Rider" screen with a "New Solution" dialog
  • After clicking the "Create" button, the dialog takes longer to close
  • The test was timing out before the IDE frame could fully initialize

Root Cause

Based on video analysis (screen-recording.mp4) and UI hierarchy dump (hierarchy-ideaVimTest.html):

  • At test failure, a FlatWelcomeFrame with "New Solution" dialog (MyDialog) was present
  • No IdeFrameImpl was found in the UI hierarchy
  • The dialog remained open for the entire test duration (231.9 seconds)

Solution

Added a 15-second wait after clicking the Create button to allow:

  • The New Solution dialog to close
  • The project to be created on disk
  • The IDE frame to fully initialize

This matches similar startup behavior changes in other JetBrains IDEs (see commit 2bf4189 for PyCharm).

Testing

  • ✅ Code compiles successfully (./gradlew compileKotlin compileTestKotlin)
  • 🔄 CI will verify the fix resolves the timeout issue

Detailed Analysis

A full analysis has been written to build/reports/ai-analysis.txt including:

  • Frame-by-frame video analysis
  • UI hierarchy examination
  • Timeline of events
  • Root cause identification

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Rider now requires additional wait time after clicking the Create button in the New Solution dialog. The dialog takes longer to close and the project needs more time to open before the IdeFrameImpl becomes available.

Added a 15-second wait after clicking Create to allow:
- The New Solution dialog to close
- The project to be created on disk
- The IDE frame to fully initialize

This matches similar changes needed for other JetBrains IDEs where startup behavior has changed to show welcome/project dialogs longer.

Fixes timeout when trying to find IdeFrameImpl after project creation.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <[email protected]>
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claude bot commented Jan 8, 2026

Code Review

Critical Issues

1. Hard-coded sleep is fragile and inefficient (tests/ui-rd-tests/src/test/kotlin/RiderUiTest.kt:148)

  • Using Thread.sleep(15000) wastes 15 seconds every test run, even when dialog closes faster
  • RemoteRobot provides waitFor() for polling conditions with timeout
  • Should wait for welcome frame to disappear or IDE frame to appear

Suggested fix:

step("Wait for dialog to close") {
  waitFor(duration = Duration.ofSeconds(30)) {
    runCatching { 
      find<WelcomeFrame>(Duration.ofSeconds(1))
      false // Still present
    }.getOrElse { true } // Not found = closed
  }
}

2. Redundant sleep removed without replacement (line 37-38)

  • Removed 5s sleep after startNewProject() with no replacement
  • Test immediately tries to find IDE frame which may not exist yet
  • The 15s sleep is inside welcomeFrame {} block - executes before frame can be found

Flow issue:

startNewProject()  // Returns immediately after dialog closes
// <-- No wait here anymore
idea {  // Tries to find IdeFrameImpl - may fail if not ready
  waitSmartMode()

3. Mixed responsibilities in startNewProject()

  • Function both interacts with welcome frame AND waits for its closure
  • Wait should be outside welcomeFrame {} block, after it completes
  • Current structure makes timing unclear

Minor Issues

4. Inconsistent timeout patterns

  • ManageLicensesFrame.kt:32 uses timeout = Duration.ofSeconds(20)
  • This code uses raw milliseconds in Thread.sleep()
  • Use Duration API for consistency

Recommendations

  1. Replace all Thread.sleep() with waitFor() polling
  2. Move dialog-closing wait outside welcomeFrame {} block
  3. Add explicit wait for IDE frame after startNewProject()
  4. Consider adding timeout to idea {} call for clearer error messages

Test Coverage

  • No test verifies the fix works
  • Relies on CI to validate (acceptable for UI tests)

Comment on lines +147 to +148
step("Wait for dialog to close") {
Thread.sleep(15000)
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Critical: This sleep executes INSIDE the welcomeFrame {} block before the dialog closes. It won't help the IDE frame appear.

Move this wait outside and use waitFor() instead:

Suggested change
step("Wait for dialog to close") {
Thread.sleep(15000)
}
// Wait for welcome frame to close and IDE to initialize
step("Wait for IDE frame") {
waitFor(duration = Duration.ofSeconds(30)) {
runCatching { find<IdeaFrame>(Duration.ofSeconds(1)); true }
.getOrDefault(false)
}
}

// Wait for the IDE frame to appear after project creation
// The new Rider startup behavior requires waiting for the welcome dialog to close
// and the project to fully open before we can access the IdeFrameImpl
idea {
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Bug: Removed the 5s sleep but added no replacement. The 15s sleep at line 148 is inside welcomeFrame {} and executes before this idea {} call.

The idea {} call has a 60s timeout (IdeaFrame.kt:23), but may fail immediately if frame doesn't exist. Add explicit wait after startNewProject().

@AlexPl292 AlexPl292 closed this Jan 8, 2026
@AlexPl292 AlexPl292 deleted the fix/rider-ui-test-new-startup-behavior branch January 8, 2026 11:35
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