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E2E tests suite for the Newspack project
An animated visualization of Automattic/newspack-e2e-tests's Git history from February 2020 to July 2025, built by 6 contributors. The codebase reached 230 lines, mostly TypeScript. The video runs 51 seconds.
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Language
TypeScript
Contributors
6
Lines of Code
230
From
2020-02-13
To
2025-07-18
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About Automattic/newspack-e2e-tests
Newspack E2E Tests is an end-to-end testing suite for the Newspack project, built with TypeScript and Playwright. The suite validates the functionality of Newspack, which is a WordPress-based publishing platform, by automating browser interactions across key user workflows including reader registration, donations, and e-commerce features.
The project supports both local development testing and continuous integration pipelines through CircleCI. Developers can run tests locally against a Docker-based test site, while CI systems can execute tests against remote Atomic-hosted environments. The suite includes utilities for resetting test state, managing payment gateway configurations with Stripe, and generating test code through Playwright's codegen tool. A notable feature is snapshot switching, which allows tests to validate both vanilla Newspack installations and versions configured with WooCommerce functionality.
Setup requires configuration files, credentials management through environment variables, and integration with external services like Stripe for payment testing and Slack for CI notifications. The project maintains automated test reports published to GitHub Pages and emphasizes careful state management, requiring developers to add reset commands for any tests that modify persistent database items.
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