fix(e2e): consolidate frontend E2E to Cypress and restore CI (#967)#984
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Playwright here backs Python embeddings (prompt_client), not frontend e2e. The Cypress migration replaced frontend e2e but this line was removed by mistake, breaking `make install-python`. Restore it per reviewer feedback on OWASP#774.
# Conflicts: # yarn.lock
The readiness loop broke on success but fell through to yarn test:e2e even when Flask never came up, causing confusing Cypress failures. Add a post-loop probe that exits with a clear error if the server is still unreachable. Addresses CodeRabbit review on OWASP#774.
…ings Clarify Makefile and AGENTS.md so Cypress e2e migration PRs do not drop playwright install from install-python (embeddings/scraping in prompt_client). Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Build the e2e SQLite schema from the ORM models (create_all) instead of migrate-upgrade: migrations are the Postgres path and omit columns the models added without a migration (e.g. cre.document_metadata), so a migrate-built cache is incomplete. Add a make e2e-db target and switch the workflow to install-deps + e2e-db, dropping migrate-upgrade and the unused playwright install (Cypress ships its own browser). Raise the job timeout to cover the full upstream_sync graph download. Refs OWASP#967
Add Cypress specs covering the historical Jest/Puppeteer coverage: no-results and free-text search, ASVS standard browse, CRE lookup by id and case-insensitive filter, and smartlink internal/external redirects. Each spec asserts on real seeded data so it fails on an empty database. Refs OWASP#967
Frontend e2e now runs on Cypress; drop the unused puppeteer and jest-puppeteer devDependencies and their transitive lockfile entries. Refs OWASP#967
Note how to seed the local database (make e2e-db) and run the Cypress suite (make e2e, yarn cypress:open) in README and AGENTS.md. Refs OWASP#967
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WalkthroughThe PR migrates frontend E2E testing from Puppeteer/Jest to Cypress, adds coverage for core routes and redirects, stabilizes Flask and database orchestration, updates CI execution, and documents local workflows. ChangesCypress E2E migration
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In @.github/workflows/e2e.yml:
- Around line 14-15: Update the checkout step using actions/checkout@v4 to set
persist-credentials to false, preventing the GitHub token from being stored in
local Git configuration while leaving the rest of the workflow unchanged.
In `@Makefile`:
- Around line 89-101: Update the Makefile recipe containing the Flask startup
and e2e test commands so all setup, environment exports, virtualenv activation,
background PID capture, trap registration, readiness polling, and test execution
run in one shell session. Add recipe line continuations and appropriate command
separators while preserving the existing startup, failure, and cleanup behavior.
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 362-363: Update the README comment for the make e2e-db command to
state that it rebuilds the local SQLite cache on every invocation and discards
the existing cache; remove the misleading “one-time” wording while leaving the
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Set persist-credentials: false on the e2e checkout (the job only reads, never pushes) and correct the README: make e2e-db rebuilds and replaces the local SQLite cache on every run, it is not a one-time step. Refs OWASP#967
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Hey team! @northdpole @robvanderveer @Pa04rth @paoga87 Just a quick heads-up that this migration is ready for your review. All 5 CI/CD pipelines are passing completely green, the legacy test suite has been successfully ported over to Cypress, and I've addressed the initial CodeRabbit feedback regarding workflow credentials and documentation updates.Let me know if you need any adjustments or if this is good to land! Thanks. |
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Thanks for consolidating the Cypress migration and for the careful create_all vs migrate-upgrade diagnosis — that SQLite/CI schema fix is the right call.
Accepting your offer on a lighter seed (see inline on e2e-db / upstream_sync). Once that lands and CI is green on this PR, this looks mergeable. Please also close #774 / #523 as superseded when we merge.
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| rm -f "$(CURDIR)/standards_cache.sqlite" &&\ | ||
| NO_LOAD_GRAPH_DB=1 FLASK_CONFIG=development python -c "from application import create_app, sqla; app=create_app(mode='development'); app.app_context().push(); sqla.create_all()" &&\ | ||
| python cre.py --upstream_sync |
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Request: please replace live upstream_sync here with a minimal checked-in seed (tiny sqlite fixture, or a small Python seeder using create_all + add_cre/add_node like application/tests/web_main_test.py).
Taking you up on the offer from the #967 thread (cached / fixture-based seed). Why it matters for us:
- CI shouldn’t hit opencre.org every PR (~5 min, flaky, noisy on the public site).
- Specs hardcode
558-807,crypto,ASVS/V13.2.5— those should be explicit fixture contracts, not accidents of prod data. - The 45m job timeout can drop to something sane once sync is gone.
Minimum graph the current specs need: CRE 558-807 (“Mutually authenticate”) with ASVS links; enough ASVS sections for accordion + pagination; a crypto-matching CRE; one mapped section for smartlink; unmapped CWE for the Mitre fallback.
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| # upstream_sync downloads the full CRE graph over the network (per-CRE | ||
| # fetches); allow headroom on top of install + frontend build + Cypress. | ||
| timeout-minutes: 45 |
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This 45m timeout exists for full-graph upstream_sync. Once e2e-db uses a fixture seed (see Makefile comment), please drop this (e.g. ~15m) so a hung Cypress run fails fast instead of burning a runner.
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| make install-deps-typescript | ||
| - name: Seed e2e database (schema from models via create_all, data from upstream) | ||
| run: make e2e-db |
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We still need a DB here — this step is that DB. The important bit is not “skip migrations forever,” it’s “don’t use the Postgres migration path to build the SQLite e2e cache.”
OpenCRE has two schema stories:
- Prod/staging Postgres →
flask db upgrade/make migrate-upgrade - Local/CI SQLite →
sqla.create_all()from the ORM (matches models; migrations omit some SQLite-relevant columns)
So: keep create_all + data load for e2e. Please don’t “fix” CI later by swapping e2e-db back to migrate-upgrade — that recreates the red job you already fixed. (Data load itself should move to a fixture per the Makefile note; schema creation stays create_all.)
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Coverage gap vs the legacy Jest/Puppeteer suite: this only asserts the filter chrome (Filtering on / asvs / ASVS). The old test asserted the links container — contains ASVS + CRE, does not contain NIST.
Please strengthen to assert filtered link content once the fixture owns the linked standards. Otherwise we can regress real applyFilters behavior and stay green.
| cy.url().should('include', `/search/${term}`); | ||
| // Data-bearing: a populated backend renders a "Matching CREs" section. | ||
| // This fails (red) if the DB is empty or the search API returns 500. | ||
| cy.contains('h1', 'Matching CREs').should('be.visible'); |
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Assertion strength: SearchName.tsx always renders the Matching CREs <h1> when the request didn’t 404 — even if the CRE list is empty. So this is weaker than it looks.
Prefer something data-bearing (e.g. at least one result row / .standard-page__links-container), which is what the old Jest crypto test did. Same idea as your comment above — one step further.
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| it('browse route is reachable', () => { | ||
| cy.visit('/root_cres'); | ||
| cy.contains('h1', 'Root CREs').should('be.visible'); |
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Heading-only checks pass even on an empty/nearly empty DB if the route renders. Fine for smoke chrome; data-bearing coverage should live in search / cre / standard (as you’ve structured). Optional once the fixture seeds roots: assert at least one root CRE row.
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| curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:5000 >/dev/null || { echo "ERROR: Flask did not become ready on http://127.0.0.1:5000 after 30s; see /tmp/opencre-e2e-flask.log"; exit 1; } | ||
| env -u ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE yarn test:e2e |
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Nice readiness loop + fail-fast + ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE unset — keep that.
Ask: should e2e require a seeded DB and fail with a clear “run make e2e-db first” if standards_cache.sqlite is missing? Right now a contributor can make e2e against an empty cache and get confusing Cypress failures.
| make install-deps-python &&\ | ||
| playwright install | ||
| playwright install # Python embeddings/scraping (prompt_client); NOT frontend e2e — keep when migrating to Cypress |
| "test:e2e": "jest", | ||
| "test:e2e": "cypress run", | ||
| "cypress:open": "cypress open", | ||
| "cypress:run": "cypress run", |
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test:e2e and cypress:run are identical. Either drop one or make test:e2e the Makefile entrypoint and cypress:run a documented alias — avoids three ways to run the same thing (make e2e / yarn test:e2e / yarn cypress:run).
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Fine to keep video off. Consider leaving screenshots-on-failure enabled (Cypress default) and uploading cypress/screenshots as a CI artifact on failure — otherwise the restored Test-e2e job will be painful to debug when it flakes.
Closes #967
Consolidates the frontend E2E migration to Cypress and restores the
Test-e2eCI job, which has been disabled onmain. Builds on #774 andsupersedes #729 / #732 (both now closed). Bundles the Playwright-install
guardrail.
Python Playwright is untouched
This PR does not touch Python Playwright (embeddings/scraping in
application/prompt_client/). The diff changes zero Playwright orprompt_clientfiles, andplaywright installinmake install-pythonis unchanged. The Cypress e2e job simply doesn't invoke that target
(Cypress ships its own browser), so nothing Playwright is removed or
modified. The Python
Testworkflow (which exercises the Playwright/embedding tests) stays green.
Why CI was red, and the fix
Re-enabling
e2e.ymlas-is failed because the e2e job built the SQLitecache the wrong way:
flask db upgrade(migrations) is the Postgres path and omitscolumns the models added without a migration (e.g.
cre.document_metadata),so
upstream_syncfailed withno such column.main, which left two Alembic heads —flask db upgradeaborted with "Multiple head revisions".Fix:
upstream/main→ single Alembic head (upstream's merge migration).make e2e-dbtarget seeds the schema from the ORM models viacreate_all(the documented SQLite/CI path) then loads data withupstream_sync.e2e.ymlnow runsinstall-deps+make e2e-db+make e2e, droppingmigrate-upgradeandplaywright installfrom the frontend job.Test coverage (ported from the legacy Jest/Puppeteer suite)
smoke.cy.js/search/{term}, browse/root_cressearch.cy.jsasdf), free-text results (crypto)standard.cy.js/node/standard/ASVSheading, sections, paginationcre.cy.js558-807), case-insensitive filtersmartlink.cy.jsEach spec asserts on real seeded data, so it fails on an empty DB
rather than passing against a broken backend.
Two notes on approach
chore/playwright-install-guardrailchange (69049e36)is already present in this branch as a commit with a byte-identical
diff, so the Makefile + AGENTS.md guardrail docs land here. Cherry-picking
the original SHA would just duplicate it.
upstream_syncseeds only the CRE-linkedsubset, which doesn't include
CWE/1002. I ported the same flow usingseeded fixtures —
ASVS/V13.2.5(internal redirect) and an unmapped CWE id(external Mitre fallback) — so the test is deterministic.
Cleanup
puppeteer/jest-puppeteerdevDependencies (+ lockfile).cypress.jsonand the commentedbasic-e2e.test.ts(via fix(e2e): complete Cypress migration and stabilize make e2e for #523 #774).make e2e-db,make e2e,yarn cypress:open)in README and AGENTS.md.
Verification
All green on my fork (run):
All specs passed! 11/11(~10 min incl. fullupstream_sync)make lint,yarn build,make e2e(3× no flakes).