test dashboard nav updates for api timeout error

nbclassic/tests/end_to_end/test_dashboard_nav.py

@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ def get_list_items(nb):
         'link': a.get_attribute('href'),
         'label': a.get_inner_text(),
         'element': a,
-    } for a in link_items if a.get_inner_text() != '..']
+    } for a in link_items if a.get_inner_text() != '..' and 'ipynb' not in a.get_inner_text()]
 
 
 def test_navigation(notebook_frontend):
 
     link_elements = get_list_items(notebook_frontend)
 
     def check_links(nb, list_of_link_elements):
-        if len(list_of_link_elements) < 1:
+        if not list_of_link_elements or len(list_of_link_elements) < 1:
             return False
 
         for item in list_of_link_elements:

nbclassic/tests/end_to_end/utils.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import time
 
 from playwright.sync_api import ElementHandle, JSHandle
+from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright, TimeoutError as PlaywrightTimeoutError
 
 
 # Key constants for browser_data
@@ -96,8 +97,17 @@ def __bool__(self):
     def click(self):
         return self._element.click()
 
+      # DEBUG: Playwright Timeout Error when calling inner_text
     def get_inner_text(self):
-        return self._element.inner_text()
+        count = 0
+        while count < 2:
+            try:
+                count += 1
+                innerText = self._element.inner_text()
+                return innerText
+            except PlaywrightTimeoutError: 
+                print('Timeout grabbing the inner text of an element')
+        return None
 
     def get_inner_html(self):
         return self._element.inner_html()