Why doesn't except work?

Question

Python

Hey! I do not quite understand why an tryexception is thrown from the function in the block.

try:
      while True:
  # цикл имеет условие выхода, здесь убрал для сокращения кода
          wait.until(
              EC.presence_of_element_located(
                (By.CLASS_NAME, "demoAuth__item-image")
                )
              ).click()
except AssertionError as e:
      print(e, "Элемент не обнаружен на странице")

I specifically specified the wrong class name to see if it works. exceptAfter waiting, it crashes TimeoutException. I can't figure out why it doesn't go to except?
Thanks for the answer!

Answer 1

Because the try block only catches the types of exceptions you specify (or all if you don't specify a type at all).
And TimeoutException is not an AssertionError.