# Execution times

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/execution-times/36159>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** katalon-studio\
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/execution-times/36159 "2019-11-12T12:21:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Garcia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/alejandro_garcia/32/16103_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Garcia](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Alejandro_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/execution-times/36159/1 "2019-11-12T12:21:34Z")

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After a while, waiting a stable version of Katalon 7, I’ve just upgrading from 6.3.2 to 7.0.8 and the execution times result is terrible, at least 40% more. I had to downgrade again to 6.3.2. until this could be solved

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**Author:** ![hpulsford](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/hpulsford/32/2985_2.png) [@hpulsford](https://forum.katalon.com/u/hpulsford)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/execution-times/36159/2 "2019-11-12T12:28:53Z")

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A new feature was added called “smart wait” which ultimately will make the test more robust. If you disable this it should return to how you had it before.

Although the idea of automation is to be fast, if you get intermittent fails, keeping this option enabled would improve that.

Either way disabling it should fix your problem 🙂

Project \> Settings \> Execution

> **[\[WebUI\] Smart Wait Function](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/webui-smartwait.html)**
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> Starting in Katalon Studio version 7.0, the Smart Wait function is available. Currently, one of the most common problems that Katalon users may have encountered is that elements cannot be...

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**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Garcia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/alejandro_garcia/32/16103_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Garcia](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Alejandro_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/execution-times/36159/3 "2019-11-13T23:32:55Z")

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It works! thanks!

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**Author:** ![hpulsford](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/hpulsford/32/2985_2.png) [@hpulsford](https://forum.katalon.com/u/hpulsford)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/execution-times/36159/4 "2019-11-14T08:57:54Z")

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Closed on November 14, 2019, 8:57am UTC



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**Author:** ![Jass](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/jass/32/9588_2.png) [@Jass](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Jass)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/execution-times/36159/5 "2020-02-27T10:56:38Z")

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Hello folks

Katalon Studio 7.2.5 including an enhancement for SmartWait is available. Please check out our [release note](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/new/version-70.html#version-725) and the download link.

Jass