E2E: flacky try fix or just know reason

e2e-playwright/src/steps/KafkaConnect.steps.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { Given, When, Then, setDefaultTimeout } from "@cucumber/cucumber";
 import { expectVisibility } from "../services/uiHelper";
 import { PlaywrightWorld } from "../support/PlaywrightWorld";
+import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
 
 setDefaultTimeout(60 * 1000 * 2);
 
@@ -25,8 +26,29 @@ Given('KafkaConnect satus is: {string}, type is: {string}', async function(this:
 });
 
 Given('KafkaConnect row menu menu item {string} is clicked', async function(this: PlaywrightWorld, menuItem: string) {
-    await this.locators.connectors.rowMenu.click();
-    await this.locators.connectors.rowMenuItem(menuItem).click();
+        const { page } = this;
+    const rowMenu = this.locators.connectors.rowMenu;
+    const rowMenuItem = this.locators.connectors.rowMenuItem(menuItem);
+
+    async function attemptClick() {
+      await expect(rowMenu).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
+      await expect(rowMenu).toBeEnabled({ timeout: 5000 });
+      await rowMenu.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+
+      await rowMenu.click();
+
+      await expect(rowMenuItem).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
+      await rowMenuItem.click();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await attemptClick();
+    } catch (firstErr) {
+      await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+      await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle', { timeout: 10000 }).catch(() => {});
+
+      await attemptClick();
+    }
 });
 
 When('KafkaConnect connector named: {string} clicked', async function(this: PlaywrightWorld, name: string) {
@@ -42,8 +64,29 @@ Given('KafkaConnect connector page status is: {string}', async function(this: Pl
 });
 
 When('KafkaConnect connector menu item {string} clicked', async function(this: PlaywrightWorld, menuItem: string) {
-    await this.locators.connectors.internalMenuButton.click();
-    await this.locators.connectors.internalMenuButtonItem(menuItem).click();
+    const { page } = this;
+    const menuButton = this.locators.connectors.internalMenuButton;
+    const menuItemLocator = this.locators.connectors.internalMenuButtonItem(menuItem);
+
+    async function attemptClick() {
+      await expect(menuButton).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
+      await expect(menuButton).toBeEnabled({ timeout: 5000 });
+
+      await menuButton.click();
+
+      await expect(menuItemLocator).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
+      await menuItemLocator.click();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await attemptClick();
+    } catch (firstErr) {
+      await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+
+      await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle', { timeout: 10000 }).catch(() => {});
+
+      await attemptClick();
+    }
 });
 
 Given('KafkaConnect connector page state is: {string}', async function(this: PlaywrightWorld, state: string) {