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Closes #967

Consolidates the frontend E2E migration to Cypress and restores the
Test-e2e CI job, which has been disabled on main. Builds on #774 and
supersedes #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 or
prompt_client files, and playwright install in make install-python
is 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 Test workflow (which exercises the Playwright/
embedding tests) stays green.

Why CI was red, and the fix

Re-enabling e2e.yml as-is failed because the e2e job built the SQLite
cache the wrong way:

  • flask db upgrade (migrations) is the Postgres path and omits
    columns the models added without a migration (e.g. cre.document_metadata),
    so upstream_sync failed with no such column.
  • The branch was 2 commits behind main, which left two Alembic heads
    flask db upgrade aborted with "Multiple head revisions".

Fix:

  • Merge upstream/main → single Alembic head (upstream's merge migration).
  • New make e2e-db target seeds the schema from the ORM models via
    create_all (the documented SQLite/CI path) then loads data with
    upstream_sync.
  • e2e.yml now runs install-deps + make e2e-db + make e2e, dropping
    migrate-upgrade and playwright install from the frontend job.

Test coverage (ported from the legacy Jest/Puppeteer suite)

Spec Flow
smoke.cy.js homepage search form, search → /search/{term}, browse /root_cres
search.cy.js no-results (asdf), free-text results (crypto)
standard.cy.js /node/standard/ASVS heading, sections, pagination
cre.cy.js CRE by id (558-807), case-insensitive filter
smartlink.cy.js internal redirect + external Mitre CWE fallback

Each spec asserts on real seeded data, so it fails on an empty DB
rather than passing against a broken backend.

Two notes on approach

  • Guardrail: the chore/playwright-install-guardrail change (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.
  • Smartlink fixtures: local upstream_sync seeds only the CRE-linked
    subset, which doesn't include CWE/1002. I ported the same flow using
    seeded fixtures — ASVS/V13.2.5 (internal redirect) and an unmapped CWE id
    (external Mitre fallback) — so the test is deterministic.

Cleanup

Verification

All green on my fork (run):

  • Test-e2e: ✅ All specs passed! 11/11 (~10 min incl. full upstream_sync)
  • Test (Python): ✅ — Playwright/embedding tests unaffected
  • Lint Code Base: ✅
  • Local: make lint, yarn build, make e2e (3× no flakes).

PRAteek-singHWY and others added 17 commits March 3, 2026 12:01
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.
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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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added comprehensive end-to-end coverage for searching, filtering, CRE pages, standards browsing, pagination, and smartlink redirects.
    • Added deterministic test data for consistent validation of core workflows.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Search results now return users to the top of the page when changing search terms.
  • Documentation
    • Added instructions for setting up and running Cypress end-to-end tests locally.
  • Refactor
    • Improved local and CI test reliability, including automatic failure screenshots.

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The PR migrates frontend E2E testing from Puppeteer/Jest to Cypress. It adds deterministic fixtures, Cypress coverage, robust Flask and database orchestration, updated CI execution, Python Playwright setup, and local development instructions.

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Cypress E2E migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cypress test foundation
cypress.config.js, package.json, cypress/e2e/*, application/frontend/src/pages/Search/SearchName.tsx
Cypress replaces the previous E2E scripts and dependencies. Tests cover smoke navigation, search, CRE pages, standard browsing, filtering, and smartlink redirects. Search results now scroll to the top when the term changes.
E2E environment orchestration
Makefile, scripts/seed_e2e_fixtures.py, .github/workflows/e2e.yml, AGENTS.md
The Makefile seeds SQLite fixtures, starts Flask with readiness polling and cleanup, and runs Cypress. The workflow installs dependencies, prepares the database, runs E2E tests, and uploads screenshots after failures.
Developer E2E instructions
README.md
The README documents database seeding, headless Cypress execution, and interactive testing commands.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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Suggested reviewers: pa04rth, paoga87, robvanderveer

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Inline comments:
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
make e2e instruction unchanged.
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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!

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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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Ok thanks.

DevHusnainAi and others added 2 commits July 26, 2026 02:12
Addresses northdpole's review on OWASP#984: CI shouldn't hit opencre.org every
PR, and the specs' hardcoded ids/terms should be an explicit fixture
contract rather than accidents of prod data.

- scripts/seed_e2e_fixtures.py builds a minimal graph (CRE 558-807 linked
  to ASVS/V13.2.5 + NIST/AC-1, a "Cryptography" CRE, and enough filler
  ASVS sections to trigger pagination) via the same add_cre/add_node/
  add_link calls the app already uses, no network I/O.
- make e2e-db now runs the seeder instead of `cre.py --upstream_sync`;
  make e2e fails fast with a clear message if the DB wasn't seeded.
- e2e.yml timeout drops from 45m (sized for the network sync) to 15m,
  and uploads Cypress screenshots as an artifact on failure.
- Cypress specs now assert on actual fixture content (filtered links,
  search result rows, exact smartlink redirect, pagination + external
  reference + linked-CRE follow-through) instead of chrome-only checks.
- package.json: drop the duplicate cypress:run script.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
SearchName.tsx was the only page-level route missing the window.scrollTo(0, 0)
on mount that every sibling page (Standard, BrowseRootCres, CRE, ...) already
has. Under the minimal e2e fixture, the leftover scroll from reaching the
homepage search bar (below a sticky header) carried into the client-side
route change, clipping the "Results matching" heading inside #mount's
overflow-y: auto and failing smoke.cy.js in CI.

standard.cy.js asserted the ASVS/V13.2.5 external reference link was visible
before expanding its accordion, but DocumentNode's NestedView keeps that
content in a display: none div until expanded — reorder the click before the
visibility assertion.

Verified with a real local Cypress run (yarn build + make e2e-db + make e2e):
all 5 specs / 11 tests pass.
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Hey @northdpole — thanks for the detailed review, I think this addresses everything you flagged:

Biggest ask — no more live upstream_sync in CI
make e2e-db no longer hits opencre.org. It now runs schema creation (create_all, unchanged) followed by a new checked-in seeder, scripts/seed_e2e_fixtures.py, that inserts a small, explicit fixture graph directly via Node_collection (add_cre/add_node/add_link — the same calls the live sync already used). Zero network I/O, and the fixture's ids/terms (CRE 558-807, ASVS/V13.2.5, NIST/AC-1, CRE 170-772 "Cryptography", plus filler ASVS sections for pagination) are now a documented contract in the file's docstring instead of accidents of whatever prod data happened to sync.

CI timeout: dropped from 45m (sized for the network sync) to 15m now that there's no network dependency.

Stronger assertions: cre.cy.js, search.cy.js, smartlink.cy.js, and standard.cy.js were all updated to check actual rendered data (link containers, filter results, exact smartlink redirect target, expanded-accordion content) instead of just headings/chrome that would pass against an empty page.

Small cleanups: removed the duplicate cypress:run script in package.json, added a Cypress screenshot-on-failure artifact upload to the e2e workflow, and added a fail-fast check in make e2e if standards_cache.sqlite wasn't seeded first.

Two real bugs the fixture surfaced, also fixed: running this against the minimal fixture (rather than the full prod dataset) exposed two genuine issues, not just test flakiness:

  • SearchName.tsx was the only page-level route missing the window.scrollTo(0, 0) on mount that every sibling page already has (Standard.tsx, BrowseRootCres.tsx, etc.) — a leftover scroll position from the homepage search bar was clipping the results heading on a short page.
  • standard.cy.js asserted a hyperlink's visibility before expanding its accordion; reordered the click before the assertion.

Verification: ran the full thing for real locally — yarn build + make e2e-db + make e2e against actual headless Cypress/Electron, not just reasoning from source. All 5 specs / 11 tests pass.

This is a fork PR, so CI is sitting at action_required on the latest commit — whenever you get a chance to approve the workflow run, it should come back green. Let me know if anything else needs adjusting.

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@northdpole Branch Updated so you can check and test.

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@northdpole Branch is updated again so you can test.

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