Chaining page object commands off .pause(n) results in type error --> does not exist on type 'Awaitable<NightwatchAPI, undefined>'

[reallymello]

Description of the bug/issue

When I use limited pauses mixed with page object commands I expect there to be no type errors when the commands are valid, but instead, after upgrading to v3.11.1 I receive error PageObjectCommandNameHere does not exist on type 'Awaitable<NightwatchAPI, undefined>'

e.g.

myPage.pause(200).myPageObjectCommand(); // Property 'myPageObjectCommand' does not exist on type 'Awaitable<NightwatchAPI, undefined>'.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a typescript project setup with page objects
2. In the page object create a page object command
3. In the test, chain that command after a pause(n) statement

You should see the error. This was not occurring in v3.10.2

Sample test

import { NightwatchAPI, NightwatchTests } from 'nightwatch';
import { DuckPage } from '../page-objects/duckPage';

const home: NightwatchTests = {
  'Duck Duck go navigate': () => {
    const duckPage: DuckPage = browser.page.DuckPage();

    duckPage.navigate();
    duckPage.pause(200).clickRightOfToggleButton('dsf', 'sdf');
  },
};

export default home;

Command to run

N/A

Verbose Output

N/A

Nightwatch Configuration

// Refer to the online docs for more details:
// https://nightwatchjs.org/gettingstarted/configuration/
//

//  _   _  _         _      _                     _          _
// | \ | |(_)       | |    | |                   | |        | |
// |  \| | _   __ _ | |__  | |_ __      __  __ _ | |_   ___ | |__
// | . ` || | / _` || '_ \ | __|\ \ /\ / / / _` || __| / __|| '_ \
// | |\  || || (_| || | | || |_  \ V  V / | (_| || |_ | (__ | | | |
// \_| \_/|_| \__, ||_| |_| \__|  \_/\_/   \__,_| \__| \___||_| |_|
//             __/ |
//            |___/

module.exports = {
  // An array of folders (excluding subfolders) where your tests are located;
  // if this is not specified, the test source must be passed as the second argument to the test runner.
  src_folders: ['nightwatch/tests'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/page-object-model.html
  page_objects_path: ['nightwatch/page-objects'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-commands.html
  custom_commands_path: [],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-assertions.html
  custom_assertions_path: [],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-plugins.html
  plugins: [],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/test-globals.html
  globals_path: '',

  webdriver: {},

  test_workers: {
    enabled: true,
  },

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      disable_error_log: false,
      launch_url: 'http://localhost',

      screenshots: {
        enabled: false,
        path: 'screens',
        on_failure: true,
      },

      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
      },
    },

    chrome: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        'goog:chromeOptions': {
          // More info on Chromedriver: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/
          args: [
            //'--no-sandbox',
            //'--ignore-certificate-errors',
            //'--allow-insecure-localhost',
            //'--headless=new'
          ],
        },
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
        cli_args: [
          // --verbose
        ],
      },
    },
  },
};

Nightwatch.js Version

3.11.1

Node Version

22.13.1

Browser

Chrome

Operating System

Windows

Additional Information

example project.zip