Fix flaky extension installed UI test#250
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The extension installed UI test was failing ~50% of the time with StaleElementReferenceError when trying to get the extension title. Root cause: Between finding the extension item and calling getTitle(), VS Code can refresh the extensions list DOM, making the element reference stale. Solution: Add retry logic that: - Catches StaleElementReferenceError - Retries the entire operation (find + getTitle) up to 3 times - Waits 500ms between retries to allow DOM to stabilize - Re-throws if it's a different error or retries are exhausted This should eliminate the flakiness while maintaining test reliability. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fixes #249
Summary
Problem
The extension installed UI test was flaky, failing approximately 50% of the time with:
Root cause: Between finding the extension item and calling
getTitle(), VS Code refreshes the extensions list DOM, making the element reference stale.Solution
Added retry logic that:
StaleElementReferenceErrorspecificallyThis handles the timing issue without making the test less strict - it still validates the extension is installed and has the correct name.
Test plan
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