findBy* query fails but waitFor passes about react-testing-library

[MatanBobi]

Hi @hyalen, thanks for opening this.
It might be confusing, but the two assertions you're presenting are not equivalent.

expect(await screen.findByText("The answer is 42")).toBeVisible();

This assertion awaits to get an element (using findBy), once the element is in the DOM, it resolves and the assertion is made.

await waitFor(() =>
  expect(screen.getByText("The answer is 42")).toBeVisible()
);

This assertion waits for the expect to be truthy until the timeout passes. There's a slight difference between the two.
This is the desired behavior so I'm resolving this. If you have any further questions or you think I'm wrong here, feel free to comment & re-open.
Thanks!

[washingtonsoares]

For those who might want a more detailed explanation: https://codsen.com/articles/waitfor-getby-vs-findby