[kde-linux/os-autoinst-distri-kdelinux] extensions/openqa/usr/lib/kde-linux-openqa/tests: Catch and handle transient plasma_setup error

Git commit 72af2e9c1e3f6792a65e811beb2abef7b2e76ca3 by Thomas Duckworth.
Committed on 25/07/2026 at 10:13.
Pushed by tduck into branch 'master'.

Catch and handle transient plasma_setup error

This occasional exception keeps flaking out the plasma_setup test -
catch and ignore it.

M  +10   -2    extensions/openqa/usr/lib/kde-linux-openqa/tests/plasma_setup.py

https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/os-autoinst-distri-kdelinux/-/commit/72af2e9c1e3f6792a65e811beb2abef7b2e76ca3

diff --git a/extensions/openqa/usr/lib/kde-linux-openqa/tests/plasma_setup.py b/extensions/openqa/usr/lib/kde-linux-openqa/tests/plasma_setup.py
index a2ba97b..8070263 100644
--- a/extensions/openqa/usr/lib/kde-linux-openqa/tests/plasma_setup.py
+++ b/extensions/openqa/usr/lib/kde-linux-openqa/tests/plasma_setup.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import unittest
 from appium import webdriver
 from appium.webdriver.common.appiumby import AppiumBy
 from appium.options.common.base import AppiumOptions
+from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
 from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as ec
 from lib.sut import openqa_junit_xml
@@ -39,8 +40,15 @@ class PlasmaSetupTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         def reached_next_page(driver):
             # A prior click was accepted once the heading changes.
-            if driver.find_elements(AppiumBy.NAME, next_page_title):
-                return True
+            try:
+                if driver.find_elements(AppiumBy.NAME, next_page_title):
+                    return True
+            except WebDriverException as error:
+                # Catch this transient backend error and ignore it.
+                if "'NoneType' object is not iterable" in error.msg:
+                    return False
+                raise
+
             driver.find_element(AppiumBy.NAME, "Next").click()
             return False