## Description Consolidates Playwright running under cohesive Task namespaces, isolates Playwright state from the developer's local working tree, and swaps CI's frontend webserver from `vite` dev to `vite preview` against a pre-built `dist/`. ### `e2e:*` namespace Renames `.taskfiles/testing.yml` to `.taskfiles/e2e.yml` and consolidates everything Playwright-related under one `e2e:` namespace: - `e2e:stubbed` / `e2e:live` / `e2e:enterprise` / `e2e:cross-browser`: project-specific runners - `e2e:check` (no-Docker subset) and `e2e:check:all` (full) - `e2e:oauth:up` / `:down`, `e2e:saml:up` / `:down`: symmetric lifecycle for the keycloak compose stacks - `e2e:install`: Playwright browser install - `docker:test`: full Docker integration suite The redundant `frontend:test:e2e:*` project shortcuts are removed. CI workflows (`e2e-stubbed.yml`, `e2e-live.yml`, `build-enterprise.yml`, `nightly.yml`) are updated to call the new task names. ### Isolated Playwright state New `STIRLING_BASE_PATH` (and `-Dstirling.base-path=`) override in `InstallationPathConfig` redirects the entire state tree (configs, backups, customFiles, pipeline, logs) at startup. `task e2e:live` points it at `.test-state/playwright/` (purged on every invocation) so the suite never touches the developer's local DB, settings.yml or backups. `task e2e:live` auto-spawns gradle, waits for `/api/v1/info/status` to come up, runs Playwright, then tears down the whole backend process tree. ### CI runs Playwright against `vite preview` Builds the frontend up-front with `VITE_BUILD_FOR_PREVIEW=1` (forces absolute base so deep SPA routes resolve `/assets/...`) and the playwright `webServer` now uses `vite preview --port 5173 --strictPort` in CI. Avoids the per-page on-demand transform cost that was blowing the 30s navigation timeout under `--workers=3` on `all-tool-pages-load.spec.ts`. Local dev keeps `vite` dev for HMR. ### OAuth/SAML compose helpers `start-oauth-test.sh` and `start-saml-test.sh` gain a `--license-key <KEY>` (`-k`) flag so CI and scripted runs can skip the interactive license prompt. `start-oauth-test.sh` also moves from `for arg in "$@"` to a `while`-with-`shift` arg loop to support multi-arg flags consistently with the SAML script. ### Backend gradlew unification Drops the per-platform `cmd /c gradlew.bat` branches from `backend.yml` and routes every gradle invocation through `bash gradlew`. Works uniformly on Linux/macOS and Windows-with-Git-Bash. ### Compare.tsx flake fix (re-land of [#6316](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pull/6316)) Piggybacks Anthony's never-merged fix from #6316. Without it, `e2e:stubbed` continues to flake under `--workers=3` on `compare.spec.ts`'s second-upload case via a React "Maximum update depth exceeded" infinite loop in the Compare auto-fill effect. CI traces from recent failed runs match exactly; 10 local runs of `compare.spec.ts` with `CI=1 --workers=3` pass cleanly with the fix applied. --------- Co-authored-by: James Brunton <[email protected]>
Frontend
All frontend commands are run from the repository root using Task:
task frontend:dev— start Vite dev server (localhost:5173)task frontend:build— production buildtask frontend:test— run teststask frontend:test:watch— run tests in watch modetask frontend:lint— run ESLint + cycle detectiontask frontend:typecheck— run TypeScript type checkingtask frontend:check— run typecheck + lint + testtask frontend:install— install npm dependencies
For desktop app development, see the Tauri section below.
Environment Variables
Environment variables live in committed .env files at the frontend root:
.env— used by all builds (core, proprietary, and as the base for desktop/SaaS).env.desktop— additional vars loaded in desktop (Tauri) mode.env.saas— additional vars loaded in SaaS mode
These files contain non-secret defaults and are checked into Git, so most dev work needs no further setup.
To override values locally (API keys, machine-specific settings), create an uncommitted sibling .env.local / .env.desktop.local / .env.saas.local. Vite automatically layers these on top of the committed files.
Docker Setup
For Docker deployments and configuration, see the Docker README.
Tauri
All desktop tasks are available via Task. From the root of the repo:
Dev
task desktop:dev
This ensures the JLink runtime and backend JAR exist (skipping if already built), then starts Tauri in dev mode.
Build
task desktop:build
This does a full clean rebuild of the backend JAR and JLink runtime, then builds the Tauri app for production.
Platform-specific dev builds are also available:
task desktop:build:dev # No bundling
task desktop:build:dev:mac # macOS .app bundle
task desktop:build:dev:windows # Windows NSIS installer
task desktop:build:dev:linux # Linux AppImage
JLink Tasks
You can also run JLink steps individually:
task desktop:jlink # Build JAR + create JLink runtime
task desktop:jlink:jar # Build backend JAR only
task desktop:jlink:runtime # Create JLink custom JRE only
task desktop:jlink:clean # Remove JLink artifacts
Clean
task desktop:clean
Removes all desktop build artifacts including JLink runtime, bundled JARs, Cargo build, and dist/build directories.