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Playwright: theme-activate spec has clash
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Description
### Details
The spec `wp-theme__details-preview-activate.js` in the Playwright suite has an isolation problem.
If there are two parallel instances Playwright e2e tests running at the same time:
- execution A logs in and begins the test steps.
- execution B logs in and begins the test steps, just a few seconds after execution A.
- the test account has Twenty Twenty-One active, wants to activate Twenty-Twenty.
Execution A would get there first; it searches for and activates Twenty Twenty-One.
Execution B does not know this, as it is looking at the Themes gallery perhaps half a second after execution A. It clicks into Twenty Twenty-One expecting to find an 'Activate' button but instead it finds a `Customize theme` button.
This causes the step to register as a failure.
### Checklist
Possible ideas
- [x] discontinue activate portion of the test?
- [ ] create a new site for each instance of this test?
### Related
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Playwright spec wp-theme__details-preview-activate.js and run the relevant test with parallel instances. Check how concurrent executions share the test account and confirm the chosen change prevents one execution from seeing a theme already activated by another; done means the spec no longer fails from the Activate/Customize theme clash.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, playwright
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100