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Summary

Starts moving BUIE's visual regression tests (VRTs) from Chromatic to Playwright. The first two story files move over: ContentExplorer-visual.stories.js and DeleteConfirmationDialog-visual.stories.js, 9 stories in total. The other *-visual.stories.* files stay on Chromatic until they're migrated.

How it works

  • Which stories run. test/visual/storybook.spec.ts reads the built Storybook's index.json and screenshots every story from the files in MIGRATED_STORY_FILES. It waits for each story's play function to finish, then takes a full-page toHaveScreenshot.
  • Strict comparison. maxDiffPixels: 0 with a per-pixel colour threshold: 0.1, so any visible change fails the story.
  • Baselines. Committed under test/visual/__screenshots__/<Element>/. They're rendered in mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.63.0-noble, the same image CI uses. Its tag must match @playwright/test.
  • Chromatic exclusion. Migrated files no longer set chromatic: { disableSnapshot: false }. Chromatic's global default in .storybook/preview.tsx is disableSnapshot: true, so it skips them.
  • Guard tests. Two tests fail if a listed file is missing from the Storybook build, or if a listed file still opts in to Chromatic.

CI

Two new jobs are added to the lint_test_build workflow:

  • build-storybook runs scripts/visual_changes.sh first. It skips the build when the branch only touches files that can't change rendering: Markdown, .github/, .mergify.yml, CODEOWNERS, LICENSE, Cypress specs, Jest tests and snapshots. If it can't tell, it runs the tests. It always runs on master.
  • visual-tests runs scripts/visual_tests.sh in the Playwright image. When screenshots differ, it:
    1. saves the HTML report as a CircleCI artifact,
    2. re-runs only the failed stories with --update-snapshots=changed,
    3. packs the regenerated PNGs into visual-baselines.tgz,
    4. prints a "Review the changes at …" link to the report, filtered to the failed stories,
    5. fails the job.

The link is printed in the CircleCI log instead of posted as a PR comment, so fork builds don't need a GitHub write token.

Updating baselines after an intended UI change

  1. Open the "Review the changes at" link in the failed visual-tests job and check the Diff, Actual and Expected tabs.
  2. If the change is intended, run yarn test:visual:download <PR number> from the repo root. It downloads the regenerated PNGs from that PR's latest visual-tests job and warns if the job ran on a different commit than your HEAD.
  3. Commit the PNGs and push.

Migrating another story file

  1. Add its path to MIGRATED_STORY_FILES in test/visual/storybook.spec.ts.
  2. Remove chromatic: { disableSnapshot: false } from the file.
  3. Push. The new stories have no baselines yet, so visual-tests generates them; download and commit them as above.

Other changes

  • Adds @playwright/test@1.63.0 and http-server@14.1.1 as dev dependencies.
  • DeleteConfirmationDialog-visual.stories.js now imports common/modal.scss, which ContentExplorer normally provides, so the dialog renders with its real styles.

Testing

  • Pushed a temporary probe line in DeleteConfirmationDialog. visual-tests failed on only the two delete-dialog stories, and the other 7 passed. The review link opened the report, and yarn test:visual:download 4887 applied exactly those two PNGs. The probe has since been removed.
  • Ran scripts/visual_changes.sh against a docs-only change (skipped), a src/ change (ran), and master (ran).
  • Local baselines rendered in the arm64 Playwright image match CI's amd64 renders pixel for pixel.

Screenshot

  • The CircleCI will provide link to review visual changes if the lint test failed
  • Author is able to copy the command shown under that link such as yarn test:visual:download 4887 to update the baseline in local and then commit and push again.
Screenshot 2026-10-07 at 5 31 52 PM Screenshot 2026-10-07 at 5 35 45 PM

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Testing
    • Added automated visual comparisons for selected ContentExplorer screens, with checks running in the build workflow.
    • Added tools to retrieve and update screenshot baselines when comparisons fail.
  • User Interface
    • The delete confirmation dialog now displays “Temporary visual diff probe.”

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Walkthrough

This change adds Playwright visual tests for two Storybook stories, scripts to select tests and manage visual baselines, and CircleCI jobs to build Storybook and run the tests.

Changes

Storybook visual regression

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure and capture Storybook stories
package.json, test/visual/*, src/elements/content-explorer/stories/tests/*, src/elements/content-explorer/DeleteConfirmationDialog.tsx
Adds Playwright dependencies and configuration. The tests check the Storybook index and story rendering, then capture screenshots. The two visual stories are updated, and the delete dialog receives a temporary probe.
Select tests and manage baselines
scripts/visual_changes.sh, scripts/visual_tests.sh, scripts/downloadVisualBaselines.js, package.json
Adds scripts to select rendering changes, run visual tests, package regenerated screenshots after failures, and download baselines from CircleCI.
Build and run visual tests in CircleCI
.circleci/config.yml
Adds a Playwright executor and jobs to build Storybook, run visual tests, and store test artifacts.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Other

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CircleCI
  participant VisualChanges as visual_changes.sh
  participant Storybook
  participant VisualTests as visual_tests.sh
  participant Playwright
  CircleCI->>VisualChanges: Check changed paths
  VisualChanges-->>CircleCI: Return run or skip decision
  CircleCI->>Storybook: Build and persist static output
  CircleCI->>VisualTests: Start visual test script
  VisualTests->>Playwright: Run Storybook screenshot tests
  Playwright-->>VisualTests: Return test results and screenshots
  VisualTests-->>CircleCI: Return status and save visual artifacts
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The delete dialog currently shows temporary probe text, and some failed stories may still pass visual checks. Remove the probe and reject Storybook’s final error status before merging; the baseline downloader should also report HTTP failures clearly.

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166-166: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Run the Playwright visual suite in CI.

CircleCI runs Jest, Cypress, and Chromatic, but it does not invoke the new Playwright screenshot assertions. Add a script that selects the nested config, then invoke it in CI after building Storybook. The existing Chromatic job is separate and does not run these assertions.

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         "test:e2e:open": "BROWSERSLIST_ENV=test npm-run-all -p -r start cy:open",
+        "test:visual": "playwright test --config test/visual/playwright.config.ts",
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Wait for storyFinished and check its status.

Storybook emits storyRendered before it determines the final story status. An unhandled error during play can produce a failed storyFinished status without triggering any error listener registered here. This test can then accept a matching screenshot from a failed story. Set __visualStoryDone on storyFinished and reject a status other than success. Keep the existing error listeners for diagnostic messages. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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<BlueprintModal.Body>
<FormattedMessage {...message} values={{ name: item.name }} />
{/* Temporary visual-diff probe for a Chromatic test PR. Remove before merging. */}
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the visual-diff probe before merging.

Every open DeleteConfirmationDialog now displays “Temporary visual diff probe” in its body. This also changes the dialog screenshots. Remove the probe and regenerate any baselines that captured it.

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const archive = Buffer.from(await (await fetch(baselines.url)).arrayBuffer());
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check the artifact download response before extracting it.

fetch(baselines.url) is not checked for response.ok. If the download fails (for example, with a 404, 403, or expired artifact), the error body is passed to tar -xzf -. The user then sees a confusing gzip error instead of the HTTP status. Use the same status check that getJson uses.

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--- "a/scripts/downloadVisualBaselines.js"
+++ "b/scripts/downloadVisualBaselines.js"
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    const archive = Buffer.from(await (await fetch(baselines.url)).arrayBuffer());
+    const response = await fetch(baselines.url);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`${baselines.url} responded with ${response.status}`);
+    }
+    const archive = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());
     execSync('tar -xzf -', { cwd: REPO_ROOT, input: archive });
     const files = execSync('tar -tzf -', { input: archive, encoding: 'utf8' });
     console.log(`Updated baselines:\n${files.replace(/^(?=.)/gm, '  ')}`);
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