[Python] Nodriver does not take exception if element not found?

I am trying to search for elements on a webpage and have used various methods, including text and XPath. It seems that the timeout option does not work the way I expected, and no exception is raised even if the text or XPath is not present in the website's HTML. The code below demonstrates why I am confused.

There are three page.find queries. The first one just removes the cookies pop-up, so it can be ignored.

The second query:

page.find(("emailOrGhin", timeout = 1)


works, and as shown in the results, it executes in about 0.01 seconds, which is great.

The third query is where I have questions:

page.find("emailOrGhinnowayjunkXyq", timeout=1)


As shown in the results, this statement seems takes 1.52 seconds to execute, which is longer than the specified timeout of 1 second. Why does this happen?

Even more interesting, when the query fails to find a matching element, no exception (like ElementNotFound) is raised. I tried both except asyncio.TimeoutError and except Exception as e, but the statement completes successfully and returns None. I understand I can check for None, but I expected an exception to be triggered. Unfortunately, I cannot find a list of Nodriver exceptions anywhere.

I am hoping for insight/advice on two points:

1. 
   Why the timeout option behaves this way.
   
   
2. 
   What kind of error can be trapped if an element is not found, since the statement currently returns None.
   

Here is the relevant code:

from datetime import timedelta
from time import sleep
import asyncio
import datetime
import sys
import nodriver as uc

passed_website = "https://www.google.com"

# Main Processing Controller! = Mainline
def a_main_processor():
loop =asyncio.new_event_loop()
print("Line 20")
driver = loop.run_until_complete(b_main_line_processing())
driver.stop()
print("Line 28")
return driver

# Main Line Processing Controller! = Mainline
async def b_main_line_processing():
driver = await uc.start() # maximize=True) # Start a new Chrome instance
await driver.main_tab.maximize()
sleep(1)

ghin_url = "http://www.ghin.com/lookup.aspx"
try:
page = await driver.get(ghin_url, new_tab=False, new_window=False)
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
print("C100 - error", e)
return driver

# Find and Select Reject All Cookie Settings
try:
cookies = await page.find("Reject All")
await cookies.click()
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
print("C105 - error:0, e")

return driver

# Find UserName Entry field name
try:
timepoint = datetime.datetime.now()
user_name = await page.find("emailOrGhin", timeout = 1)
print("First checkpoint =", str(datetime.datetime.now() - timepoint)[-9:-4], user_name)
except Exception as e:
print("First error took", str(datetime.datetime.now() - timepoint)[-9:-4], e)
return driver

# Pass bogus name to trip error
try:
timepoint = datetime.datetime.now()
user_name = await page.find("emailOrGhinnowayjunkXyq", timeout=1)
print("Second checkpoint =", str(datetime.datetime.now() - timepoint)[-9:-4], user_name)
#except Exception as e:
except asyncio.TimeoutError:
print("Second error took", str(datetime.datetime.now() - timepoint)[-9:-4], e)
return driver

driver = a_main_processor()
print("Line 62")


The results are:

Line 20
First checkpoint = 00.01 <input type="text" id="emailOrGhin" name="emailOrGhin" aria-describedby="emailError" aria-invalid="false" aria-required="true" value="" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"></input>
Second checkpoint = 01.52 None
Line 28
Line 62
successfully removed temp profile C:\Users\pinev\AppData\Local\Temp\uc_5yaidgqs
Process finished with exit code 0


The website is live, and the code should work.

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