E2E Testing Infrastructure - Phase 0 Complete

Date: January 16, 2026 Status: ✅ Complete Spec Reference: docs/plans/current_spec.md

Summary

Phase 0 (Infrastructure Setup) of the Charon E2E Testing Plan has been completed. All critical infrastructure components are in place to support robust, parallel, and CI-integrated Playwright test execution.

Deliverables

Files Created

File	Purpose
`.docker/compose/docker-compose.playwright.yml`	Dedicated E2E test environment with Charon app, optional CrowdSec (`--profile security-tests`), and MailHog (`--profile notification-tests`)
`tests/fixtures/TestDataManager.ts`	Test data isolation utility with namespaced resources and guaranteed cleanup
`tests/fixtures/auth-fixtures.ts`	Per-test user creation fixtures (`adminUser`, `regularUser`, `guestUser`)
`tests/fixtures/test-data.ts`	Common test data generators and seed utilities
`tests/utils/wait-helpers.ts`	Flaky test prevention: `waitForToast`, `waitForAPIResponse`, `waitForModal`, `waitForLoadingComplete`, etc.
`tests/utils/health-check.ts`	Environment health verification utilities
`.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml`	CI/CD workflow with 4-shard parallelization, artifact upload, and PR reporting

Infrastructure Capabilities

Test Data Isolation: TestDataManager creates namespaced resources per test, preventing parallel execution conflicts
Per-Test Authentication: Unique users created for each test via auth-fixtures.ts, eliminating shared-state race conditions
Deterministic Waits: All page.waitForTimeout() calls replaced with condition-based wait utilities
CI/CD Integration: Automated E2E tests on every PR with sharded execution (~10 min vs ~40 min)
Failure Artifacts: Traces, logs, and screenshots automatically uploaded on test failure

Validation Results

Check	Status
Docker Compose starts successfully	✅ Pass
Playwright tests execute	✅ Pass
Existing DNS provider tests pass	✅ Pass
CI workflow syntax valid	✅ Pass
Test isolation verified (no FK violations)	✅ Pass

Test Execution:

PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL=http://100.98.12.109:8080 npx playwright test --project=chromium
# All tests passed

Next Steps: Phase 1 - Foundation Tests

Target: Week 3 (January 20-24, 2026)

Core Test Fixtures - Create proxy-hosts.ts, access-lists.ts, certificates.ts
Authentication Tests - tests/core/authentication.spec.ts (login, logout, session handling)
Dashboard Tests - tests/core/dashboard.spec.ts (summary cards, quick actions)
Navigation Tests - tests/core/navigation.spec.ts (menu, breadcrumbs, deep links)

Acceptance Criteria:

All core fixtures created with JSDoc documentation
Authentication flows covered (valid/invalid login, logout, session expiry)
Dashboard loads without errors
Navigation between all main pages works
Keyboard navigation fully functional

Notes

The docker-compose.test.yml file remains gitignored for local/personal configurations
Use docker-compose.playwright.yml for all E2E testing (committed to repo)
TestDataManager namespace format: test-{sanitized-test-name}-{timestamp}

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