Hooks before/beforeEach continues to running test(s) before their command queue is finished.

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Hooks before/beforeEach continues to running test(s) before their command queue is finished.

When running commands without an async done callback in a before and/or beforeEach, the next test is run before the command queue within the before/beforeEach is complete.

module.exports = {
    beforeEach: function (browser) { // or before
        browser.pause(1000, function() {
            console.log('beforeEach pause complete')
        })
    },

    test: function (browser) {
        console.log('test started');
    }
};

// Actual output:
// 'test started'
// 'beforeEach pause complete'

// Expected output:
// 'beforeEach pause complete'
// 'test started'

Workaround: use the async hook format: beforeEach (browser, done), calling done() at the end of the command queue.