patiently is now a gem

For years we copied the patiently helpers into our test suites. they now live in their own gem ( makandra/patiently Show archive.org snapshot ) where we can test them and distribute changes.

Setup

Bundle the patiently gem:

# Gemfile
gem "patiently"

Replace the vendored boilerplate with a single require:

# spec/support/patiently.rb
require "patiently/rspec" # includes the helpers into feature + system specs

Or include it yourself anywhere: include Patiently::Helpers.

Supported helpers

You already know patiently, which retries a block until it stops raising (or times out). Returns the block's value.

patiently { expect(page).to have_content("Saved!") }
patiently(10) { … } # custom timeout in seconds

We also provide patiently_until, which retries until the block returns truthy. Returns true/false. Real errors still propagate.

patiently_until { user.reload.confirmed? }

Configuration

We added some configuration options:

# spec/support/patiently.rb

Patiently.config.timeout = 5              # seconds before giving up
Patiently.config.retry_intervals = [0.05] # sleep between retries (backoff array; last value repeats)
Patiently.config.min_retries = 1          # always retry at least this often (re-attempts after the first call)
Patiently.config.max_retries = nil        # cap on retries; nil = unlimited

Defaults match the old vendored helper, so migrating is a drop-in replacement. A mocked/frozen clock raises Patiently::FrozenInTime instead of looping forever.