Test execution is very slow on iOS 13

The problem

• I upgraded appium from 1.14 to 1.15.
• My test execution on iOS 13 is much slower than iOS 12.
• Finding an element takes 4-6 seconds now. (driver.find_element_by_accessibility_id)

see comments here: https://discuss.appium.io/t/updated-to-1-15-0-and-ios-13-1-and-tests-became-too-slow/28019 specifically https://discuss.appium.io/t/updated-to-1-15-0-and-ios-13-1-and-tests-became-too-slow/28019/6

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.15.1
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): unknown
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: macOS mojave 10.14.6
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v12.1.0
• Npm or Yarn package manager: npm - 6.9.0
• Mobile platform/version under test: 13.1.2
• Real device or emulator/simulator: real device not simulator
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: CLI

Details

Where “foo_bar” is the accessibility to a visible element on screen that can be tapped driver.find_element_by_accessibility_id("foo_bar").click() takes several seconds on iOS 13, the same command against the same app on iOS 12 takes less than a second.

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[mrk-han]

@cosminstirbu We are seeing something extremely similar to your case after just upgrading from Xcode 10.3 and iOS 12.2 to Xcode 11.3.1 and iOS 13.3

Often the app will wait 60-70 seconds for tapping

We are on Native iOS / Android apps

[cosminstirbu]

In our production tests suite (184 tests), even after we’ve implemented the workaround, the duration increased from 2h 55m with Xcode 10.3 and iOS 12.4 to 5h 35m with Xcode 11.3.1 and iOS 13.3