[haxcms-nodejs] Expand E2E UI tests (edit/export/page-mgmt) + document QA process by btopro · Pull Request #17 · haxtheweb/haxcms-nodejs

btopro · 2026-07-22T19:30:28Z

Summary

Expands the E2E UI test suite (established in PR #16) with three new workflows covering the remaining core user tasks from issue #2939, and documents the suite in AGENTS.md so future agents run it as part of their QA workflow.

Tracks: haxtheweb/issues#2939

New E2E tests

All reuse the existing 5-layer harness + helpers, all on the fixed site HAXSITEAUTOMATEDTESTING:

Test	Task	Key assertions
`edit-content.e2e.test.cjs`	Edit & save content in HAX editor	`PATCH /x/api/v1/content/:idOrSlug` (saveNode) → 200; typed content present in the page HTML file on disk; a11y scan of editor chrome; visual baseline (editor in edit mode)
`export-site.e2e.test.cjs`	Export/download site as zip	`POST /sites/:siteName/download` → 200 + `data.link` ends `.zip` + `data.name`; zip exists at `_published/haxsiteautomatedtesting.zip` with PK magic bytes; a11y + visual baselines
`page-management.e2e.test.cjs`	Add + delete a page	`POST /x/api/v1/items` (createNode) → 200 + `data.id` + `data.title`; `DELETE /x/api/v1/items/:id` → 200; page removed from site.json manifest + items list; a11y + visual baselines

Selector map extended

test/e2e/helpers/selectors.cjs now includes editor, export, and outline selector groups plus saveNode/createNode/deleteNode/saveOutline/downloadSite API paths, verified by a headless discovery pass (test/e2e/helpers/.discovery-editor.cjs).

QA process documentation (AGENTS.md)

Testing Instructions rewritten to document all three test tiers: test:e2e (UI workflow tests via headless Chrome), test:api-conformance (API contract tests), and npm test (generic), with prerequisites and a pointer to test/e2e/README.md.
Pre-commit checks updated to require npm run test:e2e before/after changes that touch the app-hax dashboard, site editor, or system/site API routes, and npm run test:api-conformance after API route changes.
New "QA process for agents" subsection with the 5-step workflow future agents should follow: establish a green baseline before writing, re-run after, review visual warnings, reuse helpers for new tests, run both suites for full coverage — plus the key gotchas (light-DOM login, HAXCMS_ROOT trailing slash, variable-depth editor shadow DOM).

Test results

Full suite (all 6 E2E tests):

# tests 33
# pass 32
# fail 0
# skipped 1

(The 1 skip is the optional login negative-path subtest from PR #16.)

How to run

npm run test:e2e          # run all E2E tests
npm run test:e2e:update   # regenerate visual baselines (after intentional UI changes)

Prerequisites: Chrome/Chromium on the host (auto-detected; override with PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH). Full docs in test/e2e/README.md.

Notable findings during implementation

Editor content body: haxcms-site-editor renders inside the active theme at a variable shadow-DOM depth, so deepQuery can't reach it. The edit-content test uses a recursive shadow-DOM walk to find hax-body and calls its importContent(html) method to type.
Export confirmation modal: clicking the simple-toolbar-button host for "Download" doesn't fire the click — the handler lives on the inner <button> in its shadowRoot. The export test clicks the inner button (same escalation pattern as the archive test).
Page delete: the NodeJS backend's HAXCMSSite.deleteNode() only splices the item out of manifest.items + saves site.json — it does NOT delete the pages/item-<uuid>/ directory (left orphaned by design). The page-management test asserts the truthful behavior (page removed from manifest + items list), not a directory-removal that doesn't happen.
Create/delete via global events: the most reliable way to trigger createNode/deleteNode is dispatching haxcms-create-node/haxcms-delete-node global events (which the site-editor listens for), rather than driving the outline designer UI directly.

Co-Authored-By: Oz oz-agent@warp.dev

…t QA process Adds three new E2E workflows to the suite established in PR #16, covering the remaining core user tasks from issue #2939, and documents the E2E suite in AGENTS.md so future agents run it as part of their QA workflow. New E2E tests (all reuse the existing 5-layer harness + helpers, all on the fixed site HAXSITEAUTOMATEDTESTING): - edit-content: open the HAX site editor, type content via importContent, save, assert PATCH /x/api/v1/content/:idOrSlug 200 + typed content present in the page HTML file on disk. Uses a recursive shadow-DOM walk to reach hax-body (haxcms-site-editor renders inside the active theme at a variable depth). - export-site: trigger download via the site card more-vert menu, assert POST /sites/:siteName/download 200 + data.link ends .zip + zip exists at _published/haxsiteautomatedtesting.zip with PK magic bytes. - page-management: add a page via the haxcms-create-node global event (POST /x/api/v1/items 200 + data.id + title), delete it via haxcms-delete-node (DELETE /x/api/v1/items/:id 200), and verify the page is removed from the site.json manifest + items list. (Note: the backend intentionally leaves the page directory on disk after delete — the test asserts the truthful manifest/items behavior, not a directory-removal that doesn't happen.) Selector map extended (test/e2e/helpers/selectors.cjs) with editor, export, and outline selector groups + saveNode/createNode/deleteNode/saveOutline/downloadSite API paths, verified by a headless discovery pass (.discovery-editor.cjs). QA process documentation (AGENTS.md): - Rewrote Testing Instructions to document all three test tiers (test:e2e, test:api-conformance, npm test) with prerequisites. - Updated Pre-commit checks to require test:e2e before/after dashboard/editor/ route changes and test:api-conformance after API route changes. - Added a 'QA process for agents' subsection with the 5-step workflow future agents should follow (establish green baseline, re-run after changes, review visual warnings, reuse helpers for new tests, run both suites for full coverage) plus the key gotchas (light-DOM login, HAXCMS_ROOT trailing slash, variable-depth editor shadow DOM). Full suite: 33 tests, 32 pass, 0 fail, 1 skipped. Tracks: haxtheweb/issues#2939 Co-Authored-By: Oz <oz-agent@warp.dev>

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Pull request overview

Expands the existing test/e2e puppeteer-driven workflow suite to cover additional core HAXcms UI tasks (edit/save content, export/download site, add/delete page) and updates contributor/agent documentation to standardize QA expectations.

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Added 3 new E2E UI workflow tests for editor save, site export, and page management.
Extended the centralized selector/API-path map and added an editor-focused discovery script.
Updated AGENTS.md and test/e2e/README.md to document the full QA/test workflow and new test coverage.

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`AGENTS.md`	Documents the 3-tier testing strategy and a concrete QA workflow for agents/contributors.
`test/e2e/README.md`	Updates E2E documentation to include the new workflows and discovery script.
`test/e2e/helpers/selectors.cjs`	Adds selector groups + API path constants for editor/export/outline flows.
`test/e2e/helpers/.discovery-editor.cjs`	Adds a discovery script to validate editor/export/outline DOM and request shapes.
`test/e2e/edit-content.e2e.test.cjs`	New workflow test for editing and saving content via the site editor.
`test/e2e/export-site.e2e.test.cjs`	New workflow test for downloading a site zip via the dashboard UI.
`test/e2e/page-management.e2e.test.cjs`	New workflow test for creating and deleting a page, plus outline-dialog a11y/visual capture.

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+        (outlineDiff.diffPercent * 100).toFixed(3) + '% (WARN only, non-fatal)',
+    )
+  }
+}, { timeout: 360000 })


+// /x/api/v1/items cross-check that the page is present -> DELETE the page via the
+// VERIFIED global `haxcms-delete-node` event (DELETE /x/api/v1/items/:id) ->
+// disk cross-check (page directory removed) -> open the outline editor dialog ->
+// a11y scan scoped to the outline dialog -> visual baseline 'page-management-outline'.


+// --- HAXCMS_ROOT harness workaround ---------------------------------------
+// The E2E harness sets process.env.HAXCMS_ROOT to runtimeRoot WITHOUT a
+// trailing slash. HAXCMS.js captures a module-level const HAXCMS_ROOT at load
+// time, and createSite() uses STRING concatenation (HAXCMS_ROOT + sitesDirectory)
+// which yields "runtimeRoot_sites" (missing path separator) instead of
+// "runtimeRoot/_sites". loadSite() and downloadSite() use the INSTANCE property
+// HAXCMS.HAXCMS_ROOT, so patching the instance property fixes those routes.
+// We cannot patch the module-level const, so after create we relocate the site
+// dir from "runtimeRoot_sites" into "runtimeRoot/_sites" so the patched
+// load/download routes find it. Same workaround as archive-site test.


+// Relocate the just-created site from the module-const write path
+// (runtimeRoot + "_sites" = "runtimeRoot_sites") into the path.join path
+// (runtimeRoot/_sites) so the patched load/download routes find it.


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Selector map extended

QA process documentation (AGENTS.md)

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