Hasura E2E tests chronicles, February 2023

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  • cypress-network-idle

    A little Cypress.io plugin for waiting for network to be idle before continuing with the test

    /** * Wait for a bunch of requests to be settled before proceeding with the test. * * Alternatively, https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-network-idle could be used * * This is a workaround for "element is 'detached' from the DOM" Cypress' error (see the issue * linked below). Since the UI gets re-rendered because of the requests, this utility ensures that * all the requests parallelly made by the UI are settled before proceeding with the test. Hence, it * ensure the UI won't re-render during the next interaction. * * What are the requests that must be awaited? By looking at the Cypress Test Runner, they are the * following, made parallelly or in a rapid series. * 1. export_metadata * 2. export_metadata * 3. export_metadata * 4. test_webhook_transform * 5. test_webhook_transform * 6. test_webhook_transform * 7. test_webhook_transform * At the moment of writing, I'm not sure the number of requests are fixed or not. If they are fixed, * using the cy.intercept `times` options would result in a more expressive and less convoluted code. * * To give you an overall idea, this is a timeline of the requests * * all requests start all requests end * | | | | * |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄--1--2--3--4--5--6--7----------------------------1--2--3--4--5--6-7--🚦🟒--| * * * ATTENTION: Despite the defensive approach and the flakiness-removal purpose, this function could * introduced even more flakiness because of its empiric approach. In case of failures, it must be * carefully evaluated when/if keeping it or thinking about a better approach. * In general, this solution does not scale, it should not be spread among the tests. * * @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/7306 * @see https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/detached/ * @see https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-network-idle */ import 'cypress-wait-until'; export function waitForPostCreationRequests() { let waitCompleted = false; cy.log('*--- All requests must be settled*'); const pendingRequests = new Map(); cy.intercept('POST', 'http://localhost:8080/v1/metadata', req => { if (waitCompleted) return; Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Request pending*' }); pendingRequests.set(req, true); req.continue(() => { Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Request settled*' }); pendingRequests.delete(req); }); }); Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Waiting for the first request to start*' }); // Check if at least one request has been caught. This check must protect from the following case // // check requests start test failure, the requests got the UI re-rendered // | | | // |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄----⚠️---🚦🟒-------1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1----------πŸ’₯ // // where checking that "there are no pending requests" falls in the false positive case where // there are no pending requests because no one started at all. // // The check runs every millisecond to be 100% sure that no request can escape (ex. because of a // super fast server). A false-negative case represented here // // requests start requests end check check test failure, no first request caught // | | | | | | | // |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄--1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1-2-3-4-5-6-7--⚠️------------------⚠️------------------πŸ’₯ cy.waitUntil(() => pendingRequests.size > 0, { timeout: 5000, // 5 seconds is the default Cypress wait for a request to start interval: 1, errorMsg: 'No first request caught', }); Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Waiting for all the requests to start*' }); // Let pass some time to collect all the requests. Otherwise, it could detect that the first // request complete and go on with the test, even if another one will be performed in a while. // // This fixed wait protects from the following timeline // // 1st request start first request end other requests start test failure, the requests got the UI re-rendered // | | | | // |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄---1---------------------1----🚦🟒----------------2-3-4-5-6-7-1----------πŸ’₯ // // Obviously, it is an empiric waiting, that also slows down the test. cy.wait(500); Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Waiting for all the requests to be settled*' }); cy.waitUntil(() => pendingRequests.size === 0, { timeout: 30000, // 30 seconds is the default Cypress wait for the request to complete errorMsg: 'Some requests are not settled yet', }).then(() => { waitCompleted = true; }); }

  • Cypress

    Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.

    /** * Wait for a bunch of requests to be settled before proceeding with the test. * * Alternatively, https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-network-idle could be used * * This is a workaround for "element is 'detached' from the DOM" Cypress' error (see the issue * linked below). Since the UI gets re-rendered because of the requests, this utility ensures that * all the requests parallelly made by the UI are settled before proceeding with the test. Hence, it * ensure the UI won't re-render during the next interaction. * * What are the requests that must be awaited? By looking at the Cypress Test Runner, they are the * following, made parallelly or in a rapid series. * 1. export_metadata * 2. export_metadata * 3. export_metadata * 4. test_webhook_transform * 5. test_webhook_transform * 6. test_webhook_transform * 7. test_webhook_transform * At the moment of writing, I'm not sure the number of requests are fixed or not. If they are fixed, * using the cy.intercept `times` options would result in a more expressive and less convoluted code. * * To give you an overall idea, this is a timeline of the requests * * all requests start all requests end * | | | | * |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄--1--2--3--4--5--6--7----------------------------1--2--3--4--5--6-7--🚦🟒--| * * * ATTENTION: Despite the defensive approach and the flakiness-removal purpose, this function could * introduced even more flakiness because of its empiric approach. In case of failures, it must be * carefully evaluated when/if keeping it or thinking about a better approach. * In general, this solution does not scale, it should not be spread among the tests. * * @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/7306 * @see https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/detached/ * @see https://github.com/bahmutov/cypress-network-idle */ import 'cypress-wait-until'; export function waitForPostCreationRequests() { let waitCompleted = false; cy.log('*--- All requests must be settled*'); const pendingRequests = new Map(); cy.intercept('POST', 'http://localhost:8080/v1/metadata', req => { if (waitCompleted) return; Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Request pending*' }); pendingRequests.set(req, true); req.continue(() => { Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Request settled*' }); pendingRequests.delete(req); }); }); Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Waiting for the first request to start*' }); // Check if at least one request has been caught. This check must protect from the following case // // check requests start test failure, the requests got the UI re-rendered // | | | // |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄----⚠️---🚦🟒-------1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1----------πŸ’₯ // // where checking that "there are no pending requests" falls in the false positive case where // there are no pending requests because no one started at all. // // The check runs every millisecond to be 100% sure that no request can escape (ex. because of a // super fast server). A false-negative case represented here // // requests start requests end check check test failure, no first request caught // | | | | | | | // |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄--1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1-2-3-4-5-6-7--⚠️------------------⚠️------------------πŸ’₯ cy.waitUntil(() => pendingRequests.size > 0, { timeout: 5000, // 5 seconds is the default Cypress wait for a request to start interval: 1, errorMsg: 'No first request caught', }); Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Waiting for all the requests to start*' }); // Let pass some time to collect all the requests. Otherwise, it could detect that the first // request complete and go on with the test, even if another one will be performed in a while. // // This fixed wait protects from the following timeline // // 1st request start first request end other requests start test failure, the requests got the UI re-rendered // | | | | // |--πŸš¦πŸ”΄---1---------------------1----🚦🟒----------------2-3-4-5-6-7-1----------πŸ’₯ // // Obviously, it is an empiric waiting, that also slows down the test. cy.wait(500); Cypress.log({ message: '*--- Waiting for all the requests to be settled*' }); cy.waitUntil(() => pendingRequests.size === 0, { timeout: 30000, // 30 seconds is the default Cypress wait for the request to complete errorMsg: 'Some requests are not settled yet', }).then(() => { waitCompleted = true; }); }

  • Appwrite

    Appwrite - The Open Source Firebase alternative introduces iOS support . Appwrite is an open source backend server that helps you build native iOS applications much faster with realtime APIs for authentication, databases, files storage, cloud functions and much more!

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