Cypress · Senior · Question 61 of 76

How do you test long-running background jobs triggered from the UI?

1Poll the status via cy.request or UI with a timeout
2Wait a fixed ten minutes before asserting anything
3Background jobs can't be tested end to end

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Correct answer: Poll the status via cy.request or UI with a timeout

Explanation

Retrying assertions or a polling task wait just long enough and fail clearly if the job never finishes.

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