Do not use Ruby Timeout module in GitLab QAfix/gb/gitlab-qa-start-page-cold-boot

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/qa/qa/page/main/entry.rb b/qa/qa/page/main/entry.rb
index c5432f83593..a9810beeb29 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/main/entry.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/main/entry.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'timeout'
-
 module QA
   module Page
     module Main
@@ -7,14 +5,13 @@ module QA
         def initialize
           visit('/')
 
-          # This resolves cold boot / post-deployment migrations running
-          # problems.
+          # This resolves cold boot / background tasks problems
           #
-          Timeout.timeout(240) do
-            loop do
-              break if page.has_css?('.application', wait: 10)
-              refresh
-            end
+          start = Time.now
+
+          while Time.now - start < 240
+            break if page.has_css?('.application', wait: 10)
+            refresh
           end
         end