JavaScript setTimeout() in Chrome console

Question

Why setTimeout doesn't work from Chrome console on some pages or what am I doing wrong?

setTimeout(function(){console.log('a');},3000);

output:

<- 6425

Example page: http://olx.pl

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EDIT: Seems that on some pages console.log() is being overridden ... as it's site specific problem, this question should be deleted. But can't do that, as it has answers.

Answer 1

It does work. The catch is you may not be waiting enough.

 console.log(setTimeout(() => console.log('a'), 1000)); 

That number you get is the timeoutId . Anytime you call setTimeout or setInterval it returns a numeric ID which you can then pass to clearTimeout() or clearInterval() to abort it before it runs.