[BLO-769] Make wait time dynamic to speed up QA and testing work

packages/extension/.env.example

@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ ARGENT_X_STATUS_URL=
 #ARGENT_SHIELD_NETWORK_ID=
 #FEATURE_MULTISIG=
 #FEATURE_VERIFIED_DAPPS=
+#WAIT_TIME=

packages/extension/src/background/index.ts

@@ -55,18 +55,20 @@ browser.alarms.onAlarm.addListener(async (alarm) => {
     let hasInFlightTransactions = await transactionTracker.update()
 
     // the config below will run transaction updates 4x per minute, if there are in-flight transactions
-    // it will update on second 0, 15, 30 and 45
-    const maxRetries = 3 // max 3 retries
-    const waitTimeInS = 15 // wait 15 seconds between retries
-
-    let runs = 0
-    while (hasInFlightTransactions && runs < maxRetries) {
+    // By default it will update on second 0, 15, 30 and 45 but by updating WAIT_TIME we can change the number of executions
+    const maxExecutionTimeInMs = 60000 // 1 minute max execution time
+    const waitTimeInS = parseInt(process.env.WAIT_TIME ?? "15") // use environment variable for wait time, default to 15 seconds
+    const startTime = Date.now()
+
+    while (
+      hasInFlightTransactions &&
+      Date.now() - startTime < maxExecutionTimeInMs
+    ) {
       console.info(`~> waiting ${waitTimeInS}s for transaction updates`)
       await delay(waitTimeInS * 1000)
       console.info(
         "~> fetching transaction updates as pending transactions were detected",
       )
-      runs++
       hasInFlightTransactions = await transactionTracker.update()
     }
   }