Allow overriding of the asyncHookTimeout global property from the test itself

[MurzNN]

Description

I have a pretty slow before function in some tests, that exceeds the default asyncHookTimeout with 10000 ms.
I know, that I can increase the timeout in the external globals file.

But the problem is that I need to make these tests run on external environments with default settings, where is no access to editing the globals file.

Suggested solution

Would be great to have the ability to set (override) the asyncHookTimeout value from the test code itself, to make expectedly long-running tests work well in any environment with default settings.

Alternatives / Workarounds

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Additional Information

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[garg3133]

If you're writing tests in BDD-style (describe/it), you can also set the asyncHookTimeout directly inside the describe body so that it applies to that particular test case only:

describe('tests', async function() {
  this.settings.globals.asyncHookTimeout = 5000;

  before(() => {
    console.log(browser.globals.asyncHookTimeout);
    browser.navigateTo('https://ecosia.org/')
    return new Promise((resolve) => {
      setTimeout(() => {
        resolve();
      }, 15000);
    });
  });

  it('loads local website', () => {
    browser.element.find('input[type=search]').assert.visible();
  });

  after(() => {
    browser.end();
  });
}); 

Note: Make sure that the callback passed to the describe function is a normal JS function (function () {}) and not an arrow function because this.setting would be undefined in an arrow function.