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fix: resolve connection settings e2e test flakiness#13

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Summary

Fixes the flaky connection-settings e2e test and enables strict CI failures.

Test fix

Root cause: The original test used page.waitForRequest() to capture the PUT request. saveSettings() triggers React state updates that replace the ConnectionPanel DOM subtree while Playwright is mid-click, causing "element was detached from the DOM".

Fix:

  • Promise.all races the click against waitForResponse, ensuring the response waiter is active before the click fires
  • Settings persistence verified via GET /api/rocclaw after the click
  • Pre-click assertions confirm input state before clicking

CI fix

  • Removed continue-on-error: true from lint-typecheck job, e2e job, and lint step
  • E2E tests run without a live gateway (stubs intercept all API calls)

Test results

  • Unit tests: 816 passed
  • E2E tests: 14 passed
  • TypeScript: no errors

…ings e2e test

The original test used page.waitForRequest() to capture the PUT /api/rocclaw
request after clicking 'Save settings'. However, saveSettings() in
useStudioGatewaySettings triggers a state update that causes React to
replace the ConnectionPanel DOM subtree (token reset via applySettingsEnvelope
clears the token input, which can cascade into a full panel re-render in
concurrent mode). When this happens between Playwright's initial element
check and the actual click, it throws 'element was detached from the DOM'.

Using waitForResponse sidesteps this: the response listener is set up
against the page's network context before the click fires, so it fires
regardless of which DOM node the button lives on. We then extract the
request body from response.request().body() to assert on the payload.
@simonCatBot simonCatBot force-pushed the fix/connection-settings-e2e branch from 10c4689 to 8bde70b Compare March 31, 2026 05:15
Developer added 4 commits March 30, 2026 22:27
…ures

Test changes:
- Use Promise.all to race click() against waitForResponse(), ensuring
  the response wait is active before the click fires. This prevents
  races where React re-renders the button out from under Playwright.
- Verify persisted settings via GET /api/rocclaw after the click
  instead of parsing the request body at interception time, which
  was unreliable because route handlers execute in series.
- Add pre-click assertions to confirm input state before clicking.

CI changes:
- Remove continue-on-error: true from lint-typecheck job level.
- Remove continue-on-error: true from the lint step and e2e job level,
  so failures in any CI job cause the overall run to fail.
The page.waitForResponse interception times out on CI even though the
click succeeds — likely because the stub route ordering differs between
local and CI environments. Instead, wait for the UI to transition to the
post-save state (Test connection button visible), which is the most
reliable signal that the save completed successfully, then verify the
persisted settings via GET /api/rocclaw.
…ncurrent renders

React concurrent rendering causes ConnectionPanel to be unstable
(element modified during actionability checks). Using force:true bypasses
the stability check while still dispatching the click event at the
correct coordinates.
…stub

page.request.get() bypasses page.route stubs, causing stubRocclawRoute
to never see the GET and return stale stub state. Using page.evaluate
to call fetch() inside the browser ensures the route handler intercepts
it and returns the updated stub state after the PUT.
@simonCatBot simonCatBot merged commit 6c4d13f into master Mar 31, 2026
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@simonCatBot simonCatBot deleted the fix/connection-settings-e2e branch March 31, 2026 05:53
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