Create an Argent e2e test

An Argent e2e test is a replayable sequence in .argent/e2e/<name>.yaml (.argent/flows/ is still read).

For a saved QA test case, ticket, or acceptance criterion, load argent-qa-e2e first. It adds deterministic setup, acceptance evidence, and two-pass proof.

Read the relevant reference

• Before creating or changing an e2e test, read Live authoring completely.
• When polishing, composing, or manually reviewing YAML, read E2E YAML. For Vega, read its platform limits before recording remote or keyboard tools.
• E2E tests run on physical iPhones (an iOS list-devices entry with kind "device"), but replay never auto-binds one, even when no simulator is booted: pass the phone's udid as device (CLI --device), and only a connected phone can run. pinch/rotate steps run there as two-finger gestures, in apps drawn in portrait. On hardware the runner tree is the describe tree: same ids and roles, no UIView hierarchy. See argent-ios-device-interact for the hardware contract.
• On capture warnings, raw coordinates, unavailable trees, mistimed transitions, overlays, or replay failures, read Reliability and recovery.

Non-negotiable rules

1. Record the first walkthrough. Start the recorder before the first launch or in-app action. Do not reconstruct a rehearsed path.
2. Record checks when their states appear. Record await-ui-element live, then convert it during polish. An echo records intent or diagnostic context, not app behavior or a verdict. A screenshot is human evidence, not an executable verdict. For absence, record the same selector as visible, perform the removing action, then record it as hidden.
3. Use semantic targets. Prefer a strict id, then stable text or an accessibility label. Use scroll-to for off-screen elements. Resolve every raw-point warning immediately through the coordinate fallback gate.
4. Prove every screen change. Record a destination-only identity check. During polish, follow it with await: { idle: true }. Stillness does not prove identity, and idle can pass with a warning.
5. Polish only executed behavior. Convert recorded steps without changing their meaning. Record any missing action or structural check live. The only unrecorded insertions are a planned snapshot:, a navigation await: { idle: true }, and the documented Chromium packaging launch:.
6. Use scripts only when the user requests them. Read E2E YAML: Local scripts, then record each script with e2e-add-script.
7. Replay the final YAML end to end. A normal e2e test needs one uninterrupted full pass. argent-qa-e2e requires two consecutive passes.

Stable selectors

A stable selector is fixed by app code and survives account, data, time, count, order, and every locale and environment the e2e test supports. Prefer ids such as settings-screen. Do not gate on values such as Today, Item 4, usernames, counters, or timestamps.

YAML-only selector scopes

During polish, use within, after, and next to disambiguate repeated elements. Read E2E YAML: Relational scopes for their frame-based semantics and failure cases.

Workflow

1. Choose the e2e test type:
   • standalone: the first step that is not echo: or script: is launch:. The test controls process start.
   • fragment: there is no leading launch. Declare a precise executionPrerequisite.
2. Follow Live authoring: start, record one verified step at a time, finish, polish, audit, and replay.
3. Report the file, replay command, result, prerequisite or side effects, and every coordinate or raw-gesture exception.

Proactive recording

Before repeating three or more interactions, tell the user and start a recording. Record that run and replay it afterward. A completed path cannot be recorded retroactively.

Repair

When replay fails, follow Reliability and recovery. Inspect the first divergence, correct the smallest justified unit, audit, and replay the full e2e test. Stop after two unsuccessful correction cycles. Never weaken a requested check to obtain a pass.