test(frontend): add real-auth Playwright e2e suite

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

frontend/e2e/auth.e2e.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { uniqueUser, registerAndLogin } from './helpers';
+
+test('registering via the form creates an account', async ({ page }) => {
+    const user = uniqueUser();
+    await page.goto('/auth');
+    await page.getByTestId('auth-tab-register').click();
+    await page.locator('#username').fill(user.username);
+    await page.locator('#password').fill(user.password);
+
+    const register = page.waitForResponse((r) => r.url().includes('/api/auth/register'));
+    await page.getByTestId('auth-submit').click();
+    expect((await register).status()).toBe(201);
+});
+
+test('logging in via the form reaches the app', async ({ page }) => {
+    const user = uniqueUser();
+    // pre-create the account, then exercise the login form (single clean navigation)
+    const reg = await page.request.post('/api/auth/register', { data: user });
+    expect(reg.ok()).toBeTruthy();
+
+    await page.goto('/auth');
+    await page.locator('#username').fill(user.username);
+    await page.locator('#password').fill(user.password);
+    await page.getByTestId('auth-submit').click();
+
+    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Import' })).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test('login with wrong credentials shows an error', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/auth');
+    await page.locator('#username').fill('nope_does_not_exist');
+    await page.locator('#password').fill('wrongpassword');
+    await page.getByTestId('auth-submit').click();
+
+    await expect(page.getByText('Invalid credentials')).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test('signing out returns to the auth page', async ({ page }) => {
+    await registerAndLogin(page);
+    await page.goto('/');
+    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Import' })).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign out' }).click();
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/auth$/);
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('auth-tab-login')).toBeVisible();
+});

frontend/e2e/files.e2e.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { registerAndLogin, textFile } from './helpers';
+
+// every test runs as a fresh logged-in user, so the file list starts empty
+// and tests never see each other's files (the list is per-user on the backend).
+test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await registerAndLogin(page);
+    await page.goto('/');
+});
+
+test('a new user sees the empty state', async ({ page }) => {
+    await expect(page.getByText('No files yet.')).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test('uploading a file shows it in the list', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.locator('input[type="file"]').setInputFiles(textFile('hello.txt'));
+    await expect(page.getByText('hello.txt')).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test('downloading a file triggers a download', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.locator('input[type="file"]').setInputFiles(textFile('report.txt'));
+    await expect(page.getByText('report.txt')).toBeVisible();
+
+    const downloadPromise = page.waitForEvent('download');
+    await page.locator('[title="Download"]').first().click();
+    const download = await downloadPromise;
+    expect(download.suggestedFilename()).toBe('report.txt');
+});
+
+test('deleting a file with confirmation removes it', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.locator('input[type="file"]').setInputFiles(textFile('trash.txt'));
+    await expect(page.getByText('trash.txt')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.locator('[title="Delete"]').first().click();
+    await expect(page.getByText('Confirm action')).toBeVisible();
+    await page.locator('[title="Confirm"]').click();
+
+    await expect(page.getByText('trash.txt')).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
+test('search filters the file list', async ({ page }) => {
+    const input = page.locator('input[type="file"]');
+    await input.setInputFiles(textFile('alpha.txt'));
+    await expect(page.getByText('alpha.txt')).toBeVisible();
+    await input.setInputFiles(textFile('bravo.txt'));
+    await expect(page.getByText('bravo.txt')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.getByPlaceholder('Search files...').fill('alpha');
+    await expect(page.getByText('alpha.txt')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByText('bravo.txt')).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
+test('previewing a video opens the player', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.locator('input[type="file"]').setInputFiles({
+        name: 'clip.mp4',
+        mimeType: 'video/mp4',
+        buffer: Buffer.from('fake mp4 bytes')
+    });
+    await expect(page.getByText('clip.mp4')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.getByText('clip.mp4').dblclick();
+    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.locator('video')).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close' })).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
+test('previewing a non-video shows no preview available', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.locator('input[type="file"]').setInputFiles(textFile('notes.txt'));
+    await expect(page.getByText('notes.txt')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.getByText('notes.txt').dblclick();
+    await expect(page.getByText('No preview available')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+    await expect(page.getByText('No preview available')).toHaveCount(0);
+});

frontend/e2e/helpers.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/** A fresh, unique account per call so tests never collide in the shared test DB. */
+export function uniqueUser() {
+    const id = `${Date.now()}_${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`;
+    return { username: `e2e_${id}`, password: 'password123' };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Registers a brand-new user and logs in via the real /api/auth flow.
+ * `page.request` shares the browser context's cookie jar, so the session
+ * cookie it sets makes subsequent page navigations authenticated.
+ */
+export async function registerAndLogin(page: Page) {
+    const user = uniqueUser();
+    const register = await page.request.post('/api/auth/register', { data: user });
+    expect(register.ok(), 'register should succeed').toBeTruthy();
+    const login = await page.request.post('/api/auth/login', { data: user });
+    expect(login.ok(), 'login should succeed').toBeTruthy();
+    return user;
+}
+
+/** A small in-memory upload fixture (no files on disk needed). */
+export function textFile(name: string) {
+    return { name, mimeType: 'text/plain', buffer: Buffer.from('e2e test content') };
+}

frontend/playwright.config.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
 
+// e2e runs against the dev server (vite :5173), which proxies /api to a backend
+// instance pointed at the isolated `loft_test` database (see .env.test).
 export default defineConfig({
-	webServer: { command: 'npm run build && npm run preview', port: 4173 },
+    testDir: './e2e',
-	testMatch: '**/*.e2e.{ts,js}'
+    testMatch: '**/*.e2e.{ts,js}',
+    fullyParallel: false,
+    workers: 1,
+    use: {
+        baseURL: 'http://localhost:5173',
+        trace: 'on-first-retry'
+    },
+    webServer: [
+        {
+            // backend on :3000, pointed at the test DB via .env.test
+            command: 'cd ../backend && set -a && . ./.env.test && set +a && cargo run',
+            url: 'http://localhost:3000/health',
+            reuseExistingServer: true,
+            timeout: 180_000,
+            stdout: 'pipe',
+            stderr: 'pipe'
+        },
+        {
+            command: 'pnpm dev',
+            url: 'http://localhost:5173',
+            reuseExistingServer: true,
+            timeout: 60_000
+        }
+    ]
 });

frontend/src/routes/auth/+page.svelte

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
         <div class="mb-6 flex border-b border-sky-200/20">
             <button
+                data-testid="auth-tab-login"
                 onclick={() => (activeTab = 'login')}
                 class="flex-1 cursor-pointer py-2 text-sm transition-colors {activeTab === 'login'
                     ? '-mb-px border-b border-white text-white'
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@
                 Login
             </button>
             <button
+                data-testid="auth-tab-register"
                 onclick={() => (activeTab = 'register')}
-                class="flex-1 cursor-pointer py-2 text-sm transition-colors {activeTab ===
+                class="flex-1 cursor-pointer py-2 text-sm transition-colors {activeTab === 'register'
-                'register'
                     ? '-mb-px border-b border-white text-white'
                     : 'text-white/40 hover:text-white/60'}"
             >
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
             </div>
             {#if error}<p class="text-xs text-red-400/60">{error}</p>{/if}
             <button
+                data-testid="auth-submit"
                 onclick={handleSubmit}
                 class="mt-1 cursor-pointer rounded-sm border border-sky-200/15 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-white/40 transition-colors hover:border-sky-200/30 hover:text-white/60"
             >