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Ensure test runner respects framework timeouts (Fixes #14276)
Fixes #14276

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Honor framework timeouts in async execution I updated the flow to propagate framework-provided timeouts through the test and hook wrappers into executeAsync. This ensures we honor the timeouts configured in Mocha or Jasmine rather than falling back to the hard-coded 20s default. The effective timeout is now derived from the runnable's limit before applying our safety TIME_BUFFER. I also updated the unit tests to cover the forwarded parameters and verify that the runnable timeouts are being respected.
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Root cause:
executeAsync
fell back to its 20s default when runnable timeouts weren’t propagated; long-running specs timed out despite higher framework-configured limits.
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@mccmrunal mccmrunal closed this Dec 7, 2025
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LGTM 👍

@christian-bromann christian-bromann merged commit e984142 into webdriverio:main Dec 24, 2025
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@christian-bromann christian-bromann added the PR: Bug Fix 🐛 PRs that contain bug fixes label Dec 24, 2025
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