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Use when about to write or modify a Playwright e2e spec under `packages/danmaku-anywhere/e2e/`. Points at the canonical doctrine and surfaces the load-bearing rules so the spec doesn't get bounced in review.

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e2e-spec

The source of truth is packages/danmaku-anywhere/e2e/AGENTS.md. It auto-loads when you're already working in that directory; this skill exists for the path where da-dev step 3 makes you start an e2e change from elsewhere. Read AGENTS.md end-to-end before writing the first test(). This file is the cheat sheet, not a replacement.

The load-bearing rules (don't skip even if you skim AGENTS.md)

  1. Every spec asserts at least one user-visible signal. UI-visible means rendered DOM, toast text + severity, dialog title/body, download payload, URL/page transition. State assertions (da.season.get(...), mount mirror) complement UI assertions; they don't replace them.
  2. The deciding question: if you removed every UI assertion, would the test still pass on data alone? If yes, it isn't e2e; move it to unit or package-integration. State-only specs in a Playwright costume cost ~100× a unit test and catch less.
  3. Standard shape: seed via dev API → drive the UI → assert UI → optionally assert state.
  4. Locale-stable matchers. Toast/dialog text is i18n-translated. Use popup.toast.expectSuccess / expectError (scoped by data-severity), not raw text. When you must match text, use a regex that matches both en and zh.
  5. POMs over selectors. Add methods to a POM under e2e/pom/ rather than reaching into selectors from a spec. If a one-off selector is genuinely not worth a POM method, leave a one-line comment explaining why.
  6. Header JSDoc on every spec: 3–6 lines after imports, before the first test(). Names what's exercised and what's asserted. No design-doc essays, no step-by-step narration.
  7. Default to no comments inside the body / POMs. The bar: "removing it would cost an hour of debugging." Restating the next line is not that bar.

Baselines that fail tests silently if violated

These are enforced by e2e/setup/fixtures.ts; you don't opt in.

  • Network strict-mode. Any HTTP request not mocked per-spec or covered by the project allow-list fails the test. Opt extras in via test.use({ allowedNetworkOrigins: [...] }) with a one-line justification per entry. Prefer per-spec mocks.
  • Console-error default-fail. Any console.error during the test body fails it. Opt out via test.use({ expectedConsoleErrors: [/.../] }) with a one-line justification; treat opt-outs as tech debt.

Anti-patterns AGENTS.md calls out (don't ship)

  • State-only assertions wearing a Playwright costume (no UI signal asserted).
  • New dev-API methods that paper over a production race. Fix the chain instead. da.mount.waitForRegistration is grandfathered; new equivalents need explicit PR justification.
  • Parallel test-only mirror state when the same signal is observable via UI. Mirrors are acceptable only when the UI signal is genuinely unobservable from Playwright (e.g. cross-frame state not reflected in DOM); burden of proof on the mirror.
  • Uncommented IS_DA_E2E branches in source. The flag stays, but every branch needs a one-line comment naming why the e2e path differs.

Migration specs are a separate beast

If you're writing under e2e/specs/migration/, AGENTS.md has a dedicated section. Two things to internalize before starting:

  • The swap mechanism uses CDP Extensions.loadUnpacked in a persistent context. Close-and-relaunch is NOT a valid swap (Chrome keeps prior compiled SW bytecode).
  • user_data_dir must be a short path (os.tmpdir()), not testInfo.outputPath('userDataDir'). Chrome's IDB silently breaks on Windows paths over MAX_PATH (260 chars).

Don't write a migration spec from this cheat sheet alone; read AGENTS.md's migration section in full.

Authoring loop

  1. Read packages/danmaku-anywhere/e2e/AGENTS.md.
  2. Find the closest existing spec under e2e/specs/ and use it as a template. POM usage, seeding patterns, assertion shape.
  3. Use browser-verify while authoring to find selectors, confirm timing, and capture the event sequence. The dev API (globalThis.__da.describe()) lists what's available for seeding.
  4. Write the spec.
  5. Run it: cd packages/danmaku-anywhere && pnpm test:e2e -- <spec>. Iterate.
  6. Before pushing: full e2e run (pnpm test:e2e); the suite is the load-bearing verification per da-dev step 4.

When the AGENTS.md doctrine and an AI reviewer disagree

AGENTS.md wins. See reviewing-ai-feedback. "suggested change violates a project convention" is a known false-positive pattern. Decline citing the rule.