test(e2e): add comment, release, star, PR and fork tests (#37800)

Adds Playwright e2e coverage for five high-value workflows, each driven
through semantic locators with API-based setup:

- comment on and close an issue
- publish a release
- star and watch a repository
- create a pull request from the compare page
- fork a repository

Also passes `autoInit: false` in existing tests that only exercise
DB-backed units (issues, reactions, milestones, projects, events),
skipping an unused initial commit to speed up their setup and reduce
parallel git contention.

---
This PR was written with the help of Claude Opus 4.7

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude (Opus 4.7) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Nicolas <bircni@icloud.com>

tests/e2e/events.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test.describe('events', () => {
 
     // Create repo and login in parallel — repo is needed for the issue, login for the event stream
     await Promise.all([
-      apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName, headers: apiUserHeaders(owner)}),
+      apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false, headers: apiUserHeaders(owner)}),
       loginUser(page, owner),
     ]);
     await page.goto('/');
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ test.describe('events', () => {
     await Promise.all([
       loginUser(page, name),
       (async () => {
-        await apiCreateRepo(request, {name, headers});
+        await apiCreateRepo(request, {name, autoInit: false, headers});
         await apiCreateIssue(request, {owner: name, repo: name, title: 'events stopwatch test', headers});
         await apiStartStopwatch(request, name, name, 1, {headers});
       })(),

tests/e2e/fork.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import {env} from 'node:process';
+import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
+import {login, apiCreateRepo, apiCreateUser, apiUserHeaders, randomString} from './utils.ts';
+
+test('fork a repository', async ({page, request}) => {
+  const upstream = `fork-owner-${randomString(8)}`;
+  const repoName = `e2e-fork-${randomString(8)}`;
+  await apiCreateUser(request, upstream);
+  await Promise.all([
+    apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName, headers: apiUserHeaders(upstream)}),
+    login(page),
+  ]);
+  await page.goto(`/${upstream}/${repoName}/fork`);
+
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Fork Repository'}).click();
+  await page.waitForURL(new RegExp(`/${env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER}/${repoName}$`));
+  await expect(page.getByRole('link', {name: `${upstream}/${repoName}`})).toBeVisible();
+});

tests/e2e/issue-comment.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import {env} from 'node:process';
+import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
+import {login, apiCreateRepo, apiCreateIssue, randomString} from './utils.ts';
+
+test('comment on and close an issue', async ({page, request}) => {
+  const repoName = `e2e-issue-comment-${randomString(8)}`;
+  const owner = env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER;
+  await apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
+  await Promise.all([
+    apiCreateIssue(request, {owner, repo: repoName, title: 'Comment test'}),
+    login(page),
+  ]);
+  await page.goto(`/${owner}/${repoName}/issues/1`);
+
+  const body = `e2e-comment-${randomString(8)}`;
+  await page.getByPlaceholder('Leave a comment').fill(body);
+  // exact match: the status button reads "Close with Comment" while the box has content, which substring-matches "Comment"
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Comment', exact: true}).click();
+  await expect(page.locator('.comment-body').filter({hasText: body})).toBeVisible();
+
+  // posting reloaded the page with an empty box, so the status button now reads "Close Issue"
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Close Issue'}).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Reopen Issue'})).toBeVisible();
+});

tests/e2e/issue-project.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {login, apiCreateRepo, apiCreateIssue, apiDeleteRepo, createProject, crea
 test('assign issue to project and change column', async ({page}) => {
   const repoName = `e2e-issue-project-${randomString(8)}`;
   const user = env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER;
-  await Promise.all([login(page), apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName})]);
+  await Promise.all([login(page), apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false})]);
   await page.goto(`/${user}/${repoName}/projects/new`);
   await page.locator('input[name="title"]').fill('Kanban Board');
   await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Create Project'}).click();
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ test('create a project', async ({page}) => {
   const projectTitle = 'Test Project';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Navigate to new project page
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('assign issue to multiple projects via sidebar', async ({page}) => {
   const issueTitle = 'Test issue for multiple projects';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Create two projects via UI
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ test('create issue with multiple projects pre-selected', async ({page}) => {
   const issueTitle = 'Issue with multiple projects';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Create two projects via UI
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ test('filter issues by multiple projects in issue list', async ({page}) => {
   const project2Title = 'Filter Project B';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Create two projects via UI
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ test('remove issue from one project keeping others', async ({page}) => {
   const issueTitle = 'Issue to modify projects';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Create two projects via UI
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ test('filter issues with no project using project=-1', async ({page}) => {
   const projectTitle = 'Some Project';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Create a project via UI
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ test('close project and view in closed projects list', async ({page}) => {
   const closedProjectTitle = 'Project To Close';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Create two projects via UI
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ test('select projects on new issue page shows in sidebar', async ({page}) => {
   const project2Title = 'Project Two';
 
   await login(page);
-  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
 
   try {
     // Create two projects

tests/e2e/mermaid.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {apiCreateRepo, apiCreateIssue, assertNoJsError, randomString} from './ut
 test('mermaid diagram in issue', async ({page, request}) => {
   const repoName = `e2e-mermaid-${randomString(8)}`;
   const owner = env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER;
-  await apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
   const body = '```mermaid\nflowchart LR\n  Alpha --> Beta\n  Beta --> Gamma\n```\n';
   const {index} = await apiCreateIssue(request, {owner, repo: repoName, title: 'mermaid test', body});
   await page.goto(`/${owner}/${repoName}/issues/${index}`);

tests/e2e/milestone.test.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {login, apiCreateRepo, randomString} from './utils.ts';
 
 test('create a milestone', async ({page}) => {
   const repoName = `e2e-milestone-${randomString(8)}`;
-  await Promise.all([login(page), apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName})]);
+  await Promise.all([login(page), apiCreateRepo(page.request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false})]);
   await page.goto(`/${env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER}/${repoName}/milestones/new`);
   await page.getByPlaceholder('Title').fill('Test Milestone');
   await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Create Milestone'}).click();

tests/e2e/pr-create.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import {env} from 'node:process';
+import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
+import {login, apiCreateRepo, apiCreateFile, randomString} from './utils.ts';
+
+test('create a pull request from the compare page', async ({page, request}) => {
+  const repoName = `e2e-pr-create-${randomString(8)}`;
+  const owner = env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER;
+  await apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName});
+  await Promise.all([
+    apiCreateFile(request, owner, repoName, 'feat.txt', 'feature content\n', {branch: 'main', newBranch: 'feat'}),
+    login(page),
+  ]);
+  // expand=1 renders the PR form directly, skipping the "New Pull Request" toggle click
+  await page.goto(`/${owner}/${repoName}/compare/main...feat?expand=1`);
+
+  const title = `e2e-pr-${randomString(8)}`;
+  await page.getByPlaceholder('Title').fill(title);
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Create Pull Request'}).click();
+
+  // commit, not full load: the PR title heading is server-rendered, so the assertion can resolve before the heavy diff/timeline finishes
+  await page.waitForURL(new RegExp(`/${owner}/${repoName}/pulls/\\d+$`), {waitUntil: 'commit'});
+  await expect(page.getByRole('heading', {name: title})).toBeVisible();
+});

tests/e2e/reactions.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {login, apiCreateRepo, apiCreateIssue, randomString} from './utils.ts';
 test('toggle issue reactions', async ({page, request}) => {
   const repoName = `e2e-reactions-${randomString(8)}`;
   const owner = env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER;
-  await apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName});
+  await apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false});
   await Promise.all([
     apiCreateIssue(request, {owner, repo: repoName, title: 'Reaction test'}),
     login(page),

tests/e2e/release.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {env} from 'node:process';
+import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
+import {login, apiCreateRepo, randomString} from './utils.ts';
+
+test('create a release', async ({page, request}) => {
+  const repoName = `e2e-release-${randomString(8)}`;
+  const owner = env.GITEA_TEST_E2E_USER;
+  await Promise.all([apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName}), login(page)]);
+  await page.goto(`/${owner}/${repoName}/releases/new`);
+
+  const tag = `v1.0.0-${randomString(8)}`;
+  const title = `e2e-release-${randomString(8)}`;
+  await page.getByLabel('Tag name').fill(tag);
+  await page.getByLabel('Release title').fill(title);
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Publish Release'}).click();
+
+  await page.waitForURL(new RegExp(`/${owner}/${repoName}/releases$`));
+  await expect(page.locator('.release-list-title')).toContainText(title);
+});

tests/e2e/repo-star-watch.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
+import {login, apiCreateRepo, apiCreateUser, apiUserHeaders, randomString} from './utils.ts';
+
+test('star and watch a repository', async ({page, request}) => {
+  const owner = `sw-owner-${randomString(8)}`;
+  const repoName = `e2e-star-watch-${randomString(8)}`;
+  await apiCreateUser(request, owner);
+  await Promise.all([
+    apiCreateRepo(request, {name: repoName, autoInit: false, headers: apiUserHeaders(owner)}),
+    login(page),
+  ]);
+  await page.goto(`/${owner}/${repoName}`);
+
+  // exact match so "Star"/"Watch" don't also match "Unstar"/"Unwatch"
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Star', exact: true}).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Unstar'})).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Watch', exact: true}).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Unwatch'})).toBeVisible();
+});