feat: Vibrant Studio UI overhaul + CI hardening + 10 UX improvements#1
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Three root causes fixed:
1. Ubuntu: E2E step never started Xvfb, so Electron couldn't open a
window. All beforeAll() calls timed out, leaving app undefined and
crashing afterAll(() => app.close()). Fixed by running the Linux
step under xvfb-run --auto-servernum.
2. rest.spec.ts: passed NEXUS_DEV_TOOLS instead of HITRO_DEV_TOOLS to
electron.launch(), so DevTools opened and firstWindow() returned the
wrong window. Every test in the suite was interacting with DevTools.
Also added waitForSelector('send-button') in beforeAll and navigated
to the correct tabs before interacting with assertions.
3. app.spec.ts: ten categories of broken selectors:
- [data-testid="tab-bar"] > div counted the scroll wrapper (always 1)
instead of individual tabs — replaced with [data-tab-id]
- .gradient-text only exists in EmptyState (hidden when a tab is
open) — replaced with data-testid="app-brand" on TitleBar brand span
- .rounded-full.bg-pk-accent never existed on the dirty indicator
(it uses var(--pk-warning)) — added data-testid="dirty-indicator"
- button[hasText='Import'] matched both sidebar trigger and modal
submit simultaneously — added data-testid="open-import-modal"
- button[hasText='send'] matched SQS mode tab AND main Send button
(Playwright hasText is case-insensitive) — scoped to sqs-config
- text=Proto File doesn't exist in GrpcConfig — fixed to placeholder
- button[hasText='Body/Headers/Assertions'].first() clicked
RequestBuilder tabs, not ResponsePanel tabs — scoped with
data-testid="response-panel" added to ResponsePanel wrapper
- text=Concurrency doesn't exist; label reads "Concurrent users"
- text=○ None used a Unicode circle not present in the DOM
- All afterAll(() => app.close()) calls hardened to app?.close()
so a failed beforeAll no longer cascades into unrelated errors
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- workers: 1 in playwright.config.ts prevents concurrent Electron processes from sharing the same SQLite user-data directory, which caused SQLite locking failures in Suites 8-18. - Assertion row selectors used select.first()/select.nth(1) assuming two dropdowns, but AssertionEditor has one select (operator) and two inputs (field, expected). Replaced with data-testid selectors.
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Each call to launch() now creates a fresh mkdtemp directory and passes --user-data-dir to Electron. This gives every test suite its own clean SQLite database, eliminating the shared-state corruption that caused suites 8-18 and rest.spec.ts to fail when run after earlier suites had written to the shared ~/.config/Hitro/hitro.db.
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- text=Concurrent -> text=Concurrent users (desc para also has 'concurrent')
- text=Duration -> text=Duration (seconds)
- text=Collections -> text=/^Collections$/i (strict: 'No collections yet' also matched)
- button[hasText='cURL'] -> button[hasText='cURL Command'] (ImportModal label changed;
also avoids conflict with RequestBuilder's Copy-as-cURL button)
- button[hasText='OpenAPI'] -> button[hasText='OpenAPI 3.0']
- button[hasText='HAR'] -> button[hasText='HAR File']
- button[hasText='.env'] -> button[hasText='.env File']
- button[hasText='{}'] -> button[title^='Global Variables'] (button renders SVG, no text)
- button[hasText='▶'] -> button[title='Run all'] (play button is SVG, not ▶ char)
- text=Sending… -> .first() (both ResponsePanel and send-button show 'Sending…')
- localhost:19999 -> localhost:1 (port 19999 appears to be in use on macOS CI runners)
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…ix unreachable host URL Import modal shows a success state but does NOT auto-close. Collection names appear in both the sidebar AND the modal's textarea (which still holds the imported JSON). text=CollectionName matched both -> strict mode violation. - All post-import expect/click/waitFor calls for collection names scoped to [data-testid="sidebar"] to avoid matching the open modal's textarea. - .env import: add Escape after Import to close the modal before clicking the Env button (fixed overlay blocking error). - Mock server 'Manage -> opens': text=Mock Servers matched 3 elements (sidebar label, panel h2, 'No mock servers yet') -> use h2[hasText='Mock Servers']. - Unreachable host URL: localhost:1 can be bound on macOS CI runners; use .invalid TLD (guaranteed NXDOMAIN by RFC 2606) for both app.spec.ts and rest.spec.ts. - rest.spec.ts beforeEach: wait for send-button to be enabled so a slow httpbin response from test 1 can't leave test 2's click blocked.
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- Assertion 404 test: response-status.waitFor() resolved instantly because
the previous 200 response was still showing. Changed to toContainText('404')
which waits for the NEW response. Applied same fix to the 200 test.
- .env import: page.keyboard.press('Escape') crashes Electron on Linux when
the import IPC call is still in-flight. Replaced with waitForTimeout(1.5s)
+ page.locator('button[hasText=✕]').first().click() to close gracefully.
- All import collection/OpenAPI/HAR/runner toBeVisible timeouts bumped from
8s to 15s to account for slow CI runners.
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…runners - Sidebar suite: close import modal via ✕ button instead of Escape key (Escape is unreliable on Linux/Electron and can leave modal open, causing all subsequent sidebar tests to fail) - Mock server: add timeout: 5_000 to '+ Add Endpoint' toBeVisible check so the button has time to appear after '+ New Server' click - Env indicator: increase activation timeout from 3_000 to 8_000ms to accommodate slow CI runners - Dirty indicator: waitFor Save button visible before clicking to ensure the button is ready before the click fires
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The sidebar panel is now hidden (translateX(-100%)) until the user hovers over the SidebarRail. All tests that click elements inside the panel now call openSidebarPanel() first to expand it before interacting. Affected suites: 9 (Sidebar), 10 (Import modal), 11 (Mock server), 13 (Collection import), 14 (Import validation), 15 (OpenAPI/HAR), 16 (Env import), 18 (Collection runner).
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…0ms for CI - Add .first() to all sidebar text locators that resolve 2 elements in strict mode (leaf button/span plus parent div both containing the collection name text) - Increase openSidebarPanel waitForTimeout from 300ms to 500ms for CI runner speed - Add waitForTimeout(300) before toHaveValue assertions on rest-url after sidebar clicks
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Root causes and fixes: 1. MockServerPanel "Add Endpoint" label mismatch — button said "+ Add", test expected "+ Add Endpoint"; renamed button to match. 2. Sidebar pointer-events circular dependency — the 48 px rail wrapper only covers the rail, so moving the mouse from rail into panel content loses the CSS :hover that keeps pointer-events:auto, causing Playwright click retries to time out. Fix: openSidebarPanel() now pins the sidebar (sidebar-pin testid added to SidebarRail) so .sidebar-pinned keeps pointer-events:auto !important for all subsequent interactions. 3. MockServerPanel close-button ambiguity — after an endpoint is added, its EndpointEditor ✕ button precedes the panel close button in DOM order. Added data-testid="mock-panel-close" and updated the test to use it instead of button[hasText='✕'].first(). 4. Collection re-import created duplicates — _importPostman always generates a fresh UUID, so saveCollection() added an existing-name check: deletes any matching collection before inserting the new one. 5. Save did not clear dirty indicator for uncollected requests — handleSave() opened the "Save to Collection" modal and returned early, never calling saveRequest(). Now saveRequest() is called first (clears isDirty), then the modal opens if no collectionId is set. 6. HITRO_HEADLESS=1 — BrowserWindow created with show:false in headless mode to suppress window flashing in CI; all three spec files updated to pass the env var.
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Two root causes remained after previous fix: 1. openSidebarPanel() used page.hover() + pin-button click, then waited only 100ms — shorter than the panel's 250ms CSS transition. Playwright's stability check detected the mid-animation element movement and kept retrying all 30 s. Replace with page.addStyleTag() that sets transform/pointer-events/transition all to !important, applying instantly with no animation race. 2. show:false on BrowserWindow (HITRO_HEADLESS=1) breaks Chromium's CSS rendering pipeline in hidden windows — getComputedStyle().borderBottomColor returns wrong values, failing the Kafka tab colour assertion in ui.spec.ts. Revert the show:false change; window flashing in CI is cosmetic and does not affect test correctness.
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…dicator
1. clickSidebarText helper — Playwright's standard .click() fails for elements
inside the sidebar panel because the main workspace (position:static) paints
over the panel (position:absolute) in some CI rendering paths, causing
Playwright's element-covered check to retry until 30 s timeout. The new
helper fires both a native dispatchEvent AND the React fiber's pendingProps
.onClick directly, bypassing all hit-test checks. A 500 ms setTimeout inside
page.evaluate allows React to flush the state update before the assertion.
2. VirtualList height — TanStack Virtual requires an explicit height on the
scroll container to determine the virtual viewport. The collection request
list used maxHeight:200 (a cap, not a size), so getTotalSize() was 0 and
getVirtualItems() returned [] — request items never rendered after toggle.
Fixed to height: Math.min(items.length * 32, 200).
3. Env indicator assertion — DotIcon is an SVG circle (no text content), so the
button text after activation is "Environment E2E Test Env", not
"● E2E Test Env". Regex updated to /Environment.*E2E Test Env/.
4. Re-import strict mode — button[hasText='Collection'] matched both the
collection toggle and the import modal button after the collection was
expanded. Changed to filter({ hasText: /^Collection$/ }) for exact match.
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Summary
Complete UI/UX overhaul of Hitro from the ground up, with CI hardening and 10 targeted UX improvements validated by 77 automated Playwright tests and manual visual review.
Vibrant Studio Design System
#0F0F17deep background, layered--vs-*token system, full--pk-*backward-compat aliasestranslateXtransition at 60fpstransform/opacityonly;prefers-reduced-motionandLOW_SPEC(≤2 CPU cores) gatesPerformance & Reliability
VirtualList.tsxvia TanStack Virtual for sidebar request listsNumberInput.tsx— clamps on blur, blocks-/e/E/+, snaps negatives tominstartTransitionon protocol switchesLOW_SPECgate disables looping animations andbackdrop-filterError Hardening
uncaughtException/unhandledRejection→main:errorIPC toast (no more silent crashes)connectionTimeout: 30_000on all 6 streaming adapters withclearTimeouton successErrorBoundaryat Layout leveltry/catchon everywindow.api.*call inSidebarPanelpreload.ts10 UX Improvements (from post-test visual review)
ENOTFOUND/ECONNREFUSED/ETIMEDOUTto plain English with collapsible raw errorminWidth: 72px, green/red glowtransformcontext at 294px → now 760×560px centered)Ctrl N/W/S/Knot⌘CI / Release
tests/e2e/mockFixture.ts— local mock replaces httpbin.org flakiness in CIwaitForTimeoutreplaced with selector-based waitsbuild.yml; pre-release smoke-test jobscripts/bump-version.js— one-command semver release + CHANGELOG entry + git tagelectron-builder:asar: true, multi-arch macOS (x64+arm64), Linux.deb+ AppImageTest plan
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