def METHOD_NAME(self, updates, msg=None):
    """
    Asserts that self.get_updates() matches updates, ignoring elapsed time data
    """
    my_updates = []
    for update in self.get_updates():
        try:
            if "elapsed" in update:
                continue
        except Exception:
            pass
        my_updates.append(update)
    self.assertEqual(my_updates, updates, msg)