refactor: clean up AppLock tests [WPB-22420]

[markbrockhoff]

WPB-22420 [Web] General maintenance ticket for PR merges

Pull Request

Summary

• Refactor existing test cases for AppLock since they were incomplete and mixed with each other affecting our reporting
• This PR also removes some outdated and bloated utils which should no longer exist

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Security Checklist (required)

• External inputs are validated & sanitized on client and/or server where applicable.
• API responses are validated; unexpected shapes are handled safely (fallbacks or errors).
• No unsafe HTML is rendered; if unavoidable, sanitization is applied and documented where it happens.
• Injection risks (XSS/SQL/command) are prevented via safe APIs and/or escaping.

Accessibility (required)

• I have read and this PR upholds our Accessibility Best Practices.

Standards Acknowledgement (required)

• I have read and this PR upholds our Coding Standards and Tech Radar Choices.

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Notes for reviewers

• Git got a bit confused by the first commit. It effectively just wraps some of the test in a second describe block to re-use the beforeEach for them, while the second one does the actual refactoring. I recommend to look at the commits individually, this way the second commit is much easier to read.

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🧪 Playwright Test Summary

• ✅ Passed: 206
• ❌ Failed: 0
• ⏭ Skipped: 13
• 🔁 Flaky: 6
• 📊 Total: 225
• ⏱ Total Runtime: 356.1s (~ 5 min 56 sec)

specs/AccountSettings/accountSettings.spec.ts (❌ 0 failed, ⚠️ 1 flaky)

• ⚠️ account settings > Verify sound settings are saved after re-login (tags: TC-1718, TC-1720, regression)

specs/Archive/archive.spec.ts (❌ 0 failed, ⚠️ 1 flaky)

• ⚠️ Archive > I want to archive the 1on1 conversation from conversation details (tags: TC-105, regression)

specs/Authentication/authentication.spec.ts (❌ 0 failed, ⚠️ 1 flaky)

• ⚠️ Authentication > Verify current browser is set as temporary device (tags: TC-3460, regression)

specs/Ping/ping.spec.ts (❌ 0 failed, ⚠️ 1 flaky)

• ⚠️ Ping > Verify I see a warning when I ping in a big group (tags: TC-1496, regression)

specs/Reactions/reactions.spec.ts (❌ 0 failed, ⚠️ 1 flaky)

• ⚠️ Reactions > Verify liking someone's link preview in 1:1 (tags: TC-1527, regression)

specs/SelfDeletingMessages/selfDeletingMessages.spec.ts (❌ 0 failed, ⚠️ 1 flaky)

• ⚠️ Self Deleting Messages > Verify sending ephemeral text message in 1:1 (tags: TC-657, regression)

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Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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