Clarify e2e test behavior with Gutenberg disabled #73438
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[WIP] Run wp/6.9 e2e tests on top of WP trunk
Clarify e2e test behavior with Gutenberg disabled
Nov 19, 2025
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What?
Addresses confusion about why e2e tests don't run when Gutenberg plugin is disabled.
Why?
The PR modifies
.wp-env.jsonto test WP trunk without Gutenberg ("plugins": []), but this prevents e2e tests from running since they require Gutenberg features to be present.How?
No code changes. Clarified in comments that e2e tests cannot run without Gutenberg loaded as a plugin.
The current configuration:
{ "core": "WordPress/WordPress", "plugins": [] }Creates a vanilla WordPress environment with no Gutenberg to test. E2e tests fail during setup or when attempting to access non-existent Gutenberg features.
To run e2e tests on WP trunk with Gutenberg:
{ "core": "WordPress/WordPress", "plugins": [ "." ] }Testing Instructions
N/A - Documentation clarification only.
Testing Instructions for Keyboard
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