Selenium error TimeoutException: Expected condition failed: waiting for element to be clickable
The explicit wait's condition never became true within the timeout: the element stayed non-clickable (or absent) the whole time.
Why this happens
- The element genuinely never becomes clickable (disabled, hidden, or covered the whole time)
- The wait's timeout is shorter than how long the app actually takes to enable the element
- The locator matches the wrong element, which never changes state
How to fix it
- Confirm what's actually blocking clickability by inspecting the element's state at the moment of failure (screenshot on failure helps)
- Fix the real blocker rather than only raising the timeout
- Double check the locator resolves to the intended element and not a decoy with the same selector shape