stories_steps.rb

def intercept_alert(confirm = false)
  begin
    # TODO dismiss vs accept
    # page.evaluate_script('window.confirm = function(msg) { return true; }')
    # page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.accept
    page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.dismiss
  rescue Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoAlertOpenError
    # /
  end
end

Had issues with Selenium unresponsive script alerts that kept popping up. This caused the feature to timeout and fail the test due to timeout errors.

Call intercept_alert before the areas of trouble. Have not seen multiple unresponsive script alerts, so not sure what the affect on that context would be.

*note, most of my problems with the unresponsive script have been with chained javascript tests, where multiple ajax requests may be involved.

Also, changing the max-timeouts in about:config for Firefox did not help, as some suggested.