Usage

Run Galaxy Playwright E2E tests. Works from Galaxy root or packages/test_selenium.

Usage

/galaxy-playwright [test_path]

Examples:

• /galaxy-playwright - show status of Galaxy server and dev server
• /galaxy-playwright test_login.py - run all login tests
• /galaxy-playwright test_workflow_editor.py::TestWorkflowEditor::test_data_input - run specific test

Mode Detection

Detect mode based on current working directory:

• Package mode: cwd contains packages/test_selenium (has pyproject.toml with galaxy-test-selenium)
• Root mode: cwd is Galaxy root (has run.sh, lib/galaxy_test/)

Prerequisites Check

Before running tests, verify:

Root mode only

1. Virtualenv exists at .venv/
   • If missing: invoke /galaxy-bootstrap skill to set it up

Both modes

2. Playwright installed

   • Root mode check: source .venv/bin/activate && playwright --version
   • Root mode install: source .venv/bin/activate && playwright install
   • Package mode check: uv run playwright --version
   • Package mode install: uv run playwright install

3. Config file exists at ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml

   • Check: test -f ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml && echo "EXISTS" || echo "MISSING"
   • If missing, warn user and create from sample:
     • Root mode:

       cp lib/galaxy_test/selenium/jupyter/galaxy_selenium_context.yml.sample ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml
       echo "Created ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml - please edit with your credentials"
       

     • Package mode:

       cp galaxy_test/selenium/jupyter/galaxy_selenium_context.yml.sample ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml
       echo "Created ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml - please edit with your credentials"
       

4. Galaxy running on port 8080

   • Check: lsof -i :8080 | grep LISTEN or curl -s http://localhost:8080/api/version
   • If not running, start with (from Galaxy root):

     NO_PROXY=* GALAXY_SKIP_CLIENT_BUILD=1 GALAXY_RUN_WITH_TEST_TOOLS=1 sh run.sh --skip-wheels &
     

   • Wait for Galaxy to be ready before running tests

5. Vite dev server running on port 5173 (optional but recommended for client changes)

   • Check: lsof -i :5173 | grep LISTEN
   • If not running: make client-dev-server & (from Galaxy root)

Running Tests

Root mode

Tests are located in lib/galaxy_test/selenium/.

source .venv/bin/activate

GALAXY_TEST_FILE_DIR=$(pwd)/test-data \
GALAXY_TEST_DRIVER_BACKEND=playwright \
GALAXY_TEST_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER=2 \
GALAXY_TEST_SELENIUM_HEADLESS=0 \
GALAXY_TEST_END_TO_END_CONFIG=~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml \
pytest lib/galaxy_test/selenium/$ARGUMENTS -v \
    -W ignore::DeprecationWarning \
    -W ignore::PendingDeprecationWarning \
    --tb=short

Package mode

Tests are located in galaxy_test/selenium/.

GALAXY_TEST_FILE_DIR=$(cd ../.. && pwd)/test-data \
GALAXY_TEST_DRIVER_BACKEND=playwright \
GALAXY_TEST_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER=2 \
GALAXY_TEST_SELENIUM_HEADLESS=0 \
GALAXY_TEST_END_TO_END_CONFIG=~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml \
uv run pytest galaxy_test/selenium/$ARGUMENTS -v \
    -W ignore::DeprecationWarning \
    -W ignore::PendingDeprecationWarning \
    --tb=short

Environment Variables

Variable	Value	Purpose
GALAXY_TEST_FILE_DIR	Galaxy root	Base dir for test files
GALAXY_TEST_DRIVER_BACKEND	playwright	Use Playwright instead of Selenium
GALAXY_TEST_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER	2	Increase timeouts for slower machines
GALAXY_TEST_SELENIUM_HEADLESS	0	Show browser (1=headless)
GALAXY_TEST_END_TO_END_CONFIG	~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml	Config with login creds
GALAXY_TEST_EXTERNAL	http://localhost:8080/	Target Galaxy URL (set if using dev server on different port)

Config File

The config file ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml should contain:

local_galaxy_url: http://localhost:8080
login_email: test_user@example.com
login_password: mycoolpassw0rd
# admin_api_key: your_api_key  # for admin tests

Workflow

1. Detect mode (root vs package) based on cwd
2. Root mode only: check if .venv exists, if not run /galaxy-bootstrap
3. Check if playwright is installed, if not install it
4. Check if ~/galaxy_selenium_context.yml exists, if not create from sample and warn user
5. Check if Galaxy is running on 8080, if not start it and wait
6. Check if Vite dev server is running on 5173, if not start it
7. Run the specified test with pytest (warnings suppressed, short traceback)
8. Report results

Common Test Files

File	Tests
test_login.py	Login/logout, registration
test_workflow_editor.py	Workflow editor UI
test_workflow_run.py	Running workflows
test_uploads.py	File uploads
test_history_panel.py	History panel interactions
test_tool_form.py	Tool form interactions