How can I adjust Puppeteer's navigation timeout in Node.js?

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I’m developing a Node.js application with Puppeteer to extract data, but some pages take too long to load, resulting in a timeout error. The error looks like this:

customError { NavigationTimeoutError: Page load exceeded the 30000ms limit
    at executeStep (/app_lib/puppeteerCluster/PageObserver.js:63:17)
    at <anonymous> tag: 'NavigationTimeoutError'
}

How can I either bypass this error or increase the timeout setting? Below is a modified example of my current implementation:

await browserPage.navigateTo('https://domain.com' + cellIdentifier, {waitFor: 'networkidle0'});
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hey, try using page.goto your preferable and add timeout:60000 in the options e.g. {waitUntil:‘networkidle0’, timeout:60000}. u can also set timeout:0 if needed

3

Based on my experience, using page.goto with correctly tuned options works well to manage page load issues. For example, increasing the timeout value within the call (e.g., {waitUntil: ‘networkidle0’, timeout: 60000}) ensures that slower pages are handled gracefully. Another approach is adjusting the default timeout using page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(60000), which applies to all navigation calls. This reduces the need to manually configure timeouts with each request and can simplify maintenance in larger projects where load times vary.

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Another method that worked well in my project was to adjust the navigation timeout at the browser level rather than modifying individual requests. In my experience, using page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout in the Node.js application proved to be a cleaner solution over multiple navigation calls. This allowed me to centralize the timeout configuration for the entire project, making it easier to handle varying page load times without manually tweaking each puppetteer’s goto call. This setup has saved time and reduced errors on slower-loading pages, ensuring smoother operation.