code: def wait_for_element_absent(self, selector, by=By.CSS_SELECTOR,
                                  timeout=settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT):
          
          if self.timeout_multiplier and timeout == settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT:
              timeout = self.__get_new_timeout(timeout)
          if page_utils.is_xpath_selector(selector):
              by = By.XPATH
          return page_actions.wait_for_element_absent(
              self.driver, selector, by, timeout)
docs: Waits for an element to no longer appear in the HTML of a page.
              A hidden element still counts as appearing in the page HTML.
              If an element with "hidden" status is acceptable,
              use wait_for_element_not_visible() instead.