feat: add playwright testing to frontend for end to end tests#1001
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Got the tests working!
Would be great to add a quick ReadMe to the tests directory letting others know what they need running and what they don't
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This pull request introduces end-to-end (E2E) testing infrastructure for the frontend using Playwright, including environment setup, configuration, and a sample test. It adds Playwright dependencies, a test environment configuration, scripts for automated infrastructure setup, and updates to the Makefile for safer factory resets. The changes are grouped below by theme.
E2E Testing Infrastructure
@playwright/test,playwright,playwright-core) and configured Playwright for E2E tests infrontend/playwright.config.ts, including web server startup and environment variable management. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]frontend/tests/core/onboarding.spec.ts) to verify onboarding content is visible.frontend/tests/globalSetup.ts) and shell scripts (scripts/setup-e2e.sh,scripts/start-backend-e2e.sh) to automate environment preparation and backend startup for tests. [1] [2] [3]Environment and Configuration
.env.testfor test-specific environment variables, and updated.gitignoreto allow committing this file and ignore Playwright reports. [1] [2]frontend/next.config.tsto prevent timeouts during development with large bundles.Makefile and Miscellaneous
factory-resetinMakefileto allow forced resets without user confirmation and removed redundant deletion of theopensearch-datadirectory. [1] [2]frontend/app/onboarding/_components/onboarding-content.tsx).