[Python] Selenium element raise StaleElementReferenceException even with explicit wait

When I call the below statement:

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, tag))).click()


I was periodically getting a StaleElementReferenceException, which I thought shouldn't happen considering the explicit wait I've used.

I had to use the below code fixed the issue but I don't understand why the above can ever raise StaleElementReferenceException in the 1st place.

def click_element_with_retry(driver, tag, seconds):
# for some reason the element_to_be_clickable by itself is not working, and periodically retruns a StaleElementReferenceException
end_time = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=seconds)
while datetime.now() < end_time:
try:
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, tag))).click()
break
except TimeoutException:
raise_vba_error_message_and_quit(driver, f"Mars Web element could not be found after timeout", "Timeout Error")
except StaleElementReferenceException:
continue


Any suggested reading or thoughts why this might be happening? I'm using a edge driver if that matters

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