Smart wait in examples smoke test as well

examples/indexer.py

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import json
 from algosdk import transaction
 from algosdk.v2client import indexer
-from utils import get_accounts, get_algod_client, get_indexer_client
+from utils import (
+    get_accounts,
+    get_algod_client,
+    get_indexer_client,
+    indexer_wait_for_round,
+)
 
 
 # example: INDEXER_CREATE_CLIENT
@@ -41,11 +46,8 @@
     algod_client, algod_client.send_transaction(ptxn.sign(acct.private_key)), 4
 )
 
-# sleep for a couple seconds to allow indexer to catch up
-import time
-
-time.sleep(2)
-
+# allow indexer to catch up
+indexer_wait_for_round(indexer_client, res["confirmed-round"], 30)
 
 # example: INDEXER_LOOKUP_ASSET
 # lookup a single asset

examples/utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import base64
+import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import List
 
@@ -55,6 +56,31 @@ def get_sandbox_default_wallet() -> Wallet:
     )
 
 
+def indexer_wait_for_round(
+    client: indexer.IndexerClient, round: int, max_attempts: int
+) -> None:
+    """waits for the indexer to catch up to the given round"""
+    indexer_round = 0
+    attempts = 0
+
+    while True:
+        indexer_status = client.health()
+        indexer_round = indexer_status["round"]
+        if indexer_round >= round:
+            # Success
+            break
+
+        # Sleep for 1 second and try again
+        time.sleep(1)
+        attempts += 1
+
+        if attempts >= max_attempts:
+            # Failsafe to prevent infinite loop
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"Timeout waiting for indexer to catch up to round {round}. It is currently on {indexer_round}"
+            )
+
+
 @dataclass
 class SandboxAccount:
     """SandboxAccount is a simple dataclass to hold a sandbox account details"""