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import { test, expect, Page } from '@playwright/test';
/**
* Journey tests for SchoolCompare, run against the staging environment as the
* gate before promotion to production. They assert stable data invariants
* (results exist, key UI renders) rather than exact numbers, so routine data
* refreshes don't break the pipeline.
*/
async function searchByName(page: Page, query: string) {
await page.goto('/');
const searchInput = page.getByPlaceholder('School name or postcode').first();
await searchInput.fill(query);
await searchInput.press('Enter');
await page.waitForURL(/search=|postcode=/);
}
function schoolLinks(page: Page) {
return page.locator('a[href^="/school/"]');
}
/**
* Two URNs guaranteed to be pure-primary (same phase). The compare page's
* phase tabs split all-through schools (which carry KS4 data) onto the
* secondary tab, so picking two arbitrary "primary" search hits can land
* them on different tabs where only the active one renders. Selecting via
* the API by exact phase keeps both on the same tab. Data-invariant: uses
* whatever primaries the environment holds.
*/
async function twoPrimaryUrns(page: Page): Promise<[string, string]> {
const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&per_page=50');
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const body = await res.json();
const urns: string[] = (body.schools ?? [])
.filter((s: { phase?: string; rwm_expected_pct?: number | null }) =>
s.phase === 'Primary' && s.rwm_expected_pct != null,
)
.map((s: { urn: number }) => String(s.urn));
expect(urns.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
return [urns[0], urns[1]];
}
async function twoSecondaryUrns(page: Page): Promise<[string, string]> {
const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=school&per_page=100');
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const body = await res.json();
const urns: string[] = (body.schools ?? [])
.filter((s: { phase?: string; attainment_8_score?: number | null }) =>
s.phase === 'Secondary' && s.attainment_8_score != null,
)
.map((s: { urn: number }) => String(s.urn));
expect(urns.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
return [urns[0], urns[1]];
}
test('home page loads with hero search', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByPlaceholder('School name or postcode').first()).toBeVisible();
});
test('home hero offers a "use my location" shortcut beside the search box', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
// The geolocation shortcut lives inside the hero search card, right under the
// search input — not in a separate strip further down the page.
const searchInput = page.getByPlaceholder('School name or postcode').first();
await expect(searchInput).toBeVisible();
const nearMe = page.getByRole('button', { name: /use my location/i });
await expect(nearMe).toBeVisible();
});
/*
* The landing page's claims must match the product and the data.
*
* Every failure this group guards against is silent: a hardcoded fallback that
* renders as if it were live, a number that contradicts a constant elsewhere in
* the codebase, illustrative copy that reads as fact. None of them throw, none
* fail a build, and none show up in a unit test.
*/
test('the coverage figure is live, not the hardcoded fallback', async ({ page }) => {
const info = await (await page.request.get('/api/data-info')).json();
test.skip(info.status !== 'loaded', 'environment has no data loaded');
const expected: number = info.unique_schools;
expect(expected).toBeGreaterThan(0);
await page.goto('/');
const body = await page.locator('body').innerText();
// The real count, formatted as the page formats it.
expect(body).toContain(expected.toLocaleString('en-GB'));
// The fallback that used to render in its place. `total_schools` is not a
// field this API returns, so reading it yielded undefined and the "24,000+"
// floor was shown on every request while the database held far more.
expect(body).not.toContain('24,000+');
});
test('the landing page states the real comparison limit', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
const body = await page.locator('body').innerText();
// MAX_SCHOOLS in context/ComparisonProvider.tsx is 5. The hero used to
// promise three while a card lower on the same page promised five.
expect(body).toMatch(/five schools/i);
expect(body).not.toMatch(/three schools/i);
});
test('the landing page invents no data about real schools', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
const preview = page.locator('table, [class*="comparePreview"]').first();
const body = await page.locator('body').innerText();
// The compare preview's columns carried two real school names beside
// invented results and invented Ofsted grades.
expect(body).not.toMatch(/Our Lady Queen of Heaven|St Mary's Catholic Primary/i);
await expect(preview).toContainText(/School A/);
});
test('the home page has a real title', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
// It was the bare string "Home" — the browser tab, the bookmark and the
// search result all read that.
expect(await page.title()).not.toBe('Home');
expect(await page.title()).toMatch(/schoolcompare/i);
});
test('the site states its independence and never claims to be official', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
// Carried in the footer, so it appears on every page rather than only here.
await expect(
page.getByText(/an independent site\.\s*not affiliated with the department for education/i)
).toBeVisible();
/*
* Describing the DATA as official is accurate and appears throughout
* ("official DfE figures", "the official figure isn't in"). Describing the
* SITE as official is not: schoolcompare republishes government data, it is
* not a government service. The difference is the grammatical subject, so
* this looks for text that opens with "Official" as a standalone label —
* the shape a value-prop title or heading takes, and the shape the old
* "Official & trusted" took.
*/
const claims = await page.evaluate(() =>
[...document.querySelectorAll('body *')]
.flatMap(el => [...el.childNodes]
.filter(n => n.nodeType === 3)
.map(n => (n.textContent ?? '').trim()))
.filter(t => /^Official\b/i.test(t) && !/^Official\s+(DfE|data|figures)/i.test(t))
);
expect(claims, `text presenting the site itself as official: ${claims.join(' | ')}`).toEqual([]);
});
test('the landing bands share one vertical rhythm', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
const gaps = await page.evaluate(() => {
const landing = document.querySelector('main div[class*="landing"]');
if (!landing) return null;
const kids = [...landing.children].map(el => el.getBoundingClientRect());
const out: number[] = [];
for (let i = 1; i < kids.length; i++) out.push(Math.round(kids[i].top - kids[i - 1].bottom));
return out;
});
expect(gaps).not.toBeNull();
expect(gaps!.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
// Every band gap comes from the page container's single `gap`, so they are
// identical. They used to be 24 / 32 / 24 / 16 / 48 / 32px — each band set
// its own margin, and the page read as a stack of unrelated strips.
expect(new Set(gaps!).size).toBe(1);
});
/*
* The hero artwork. Every assertion here covers a failure that renders as a
* perfectly valid page: a path that 404s leaves an empty box, a crop that
* stops switching silently decapitates the subject, and a format negotiation
* that regresses just serves a bigger file.
*/
function heroImageState(page: Page) {
return page.evaluate(() => {
const img = document.querySelector('[class*="heroArt"] img') as HTMLImageElement | null;
if (!img) return null;
return {
// naturalWidth is 0 for an image that failed to load, whatever the src says.
loaded: img.complete && img.naturalWidth > 0,
file: img.currentSrc.split('/').pop() ?? '',
};
});
}
test('the hero artwork loads, and switches crop rather than cropping its subject', async ({ page }) => {
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
await page.goto('/');
const wide = await heroImageState(page);
expect(wide).not.toBeNull();
expect(wide!.loaded).toBe(true);
expect(wide!.file).toContain('hero-wide');
/*
* Below the one-column breakpoint the slot becomes a band up to 4.9:1. The
* desktop frame centre-cropped to that shape loses the schoolhouse, which is
* how the previous hero failed on phones — so <picture> must switch to the
* pre-cropped band file, not merely to a smaller version of the same frame.
*/
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
await page.goto('/');
const band = await heroImageState(page);
expect(band!.loaded).toBe(true);
expect(band!.file).toContain('hero-band');
});
test('the hero artwork is served in a modern format', async ({ page }) => {
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
await page.goto('/');
const state = await heroImageState(page);
// The JPEG exists only as the <img> fallback. Chromium takes AVIF, so seeing
// the fallback here means the <source> negotiation broke — which costs about
// 24kB extra on the LCP element and nothing visible.
expect(state!.file).toMatch(/\.(avif|webp)$/);
});
test('the hero artwork is dimmed for the dark theme', async ({ browser }) => {
const filterFor = async (colorScheme: 'light' | 'dark') => {
const ctx = await browser.newContext({ colorScheme });
const p = await ctx.newPage();
await p.goto('/');
const value = await p.evaluate(() => {
const img = document.querySelector('[class*="heroArt"] img');
return img ? getComputedStyle(img).filter : 'missing';
});
await ctx.close();
return value;
};
// The artwork is a fixed raster, so it cannot be re-graded per theme the way
// the drawn hero was. Undimmed it is the brightest object on a near-black
// page and out-shouts the H1 and the search box — the exact regression the
// drawn version shipped with.
expect(await filterFor('light')).toBe('none');
expect(await filterFor('dark')).toMatch(/brightness/);
});
test('searching by name returns school results', async ({ page }) => {
await searchByName(page, 'primary');
await expect(schoolLinks(page).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
expect(await schoolLinks(page).count()).toBeGreaterThan(1);
});
test('searching by postcode returns nearby schools', async ({ page }) => {
await searchByName(page, 'B1 1BB');
await expect(schoolLinks(page).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
});
test('a report-card school shows a Report Card badge in search results, not its old grade', async ({ page }) => {
// List/map badges keyed off ofsted_grade (the carried-forward legacy grade)
// and never reached the report-card branch, so report-card schools were
// labelled by their old grade (e.g. "Outstanding · 2021"). The list now
// carries ofsted_rc_date and the badge treats a report card as winning.
const RC_URN = 138690; // Barclay Primary — has a Nov-2025+ report card
const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools?search=Barclay%20Primary&page_size=5`);
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const barclay = ((await res.json()).schools ?? []).find(
(s: { urn: number }) => s.urn === RC_URN,
);
// Hard assertions, not test.skip: if the backend stops exposing
// ofsted_rc_date for this report-card school, that IS the regression this
// test exists to catch, so it must fail loudly rather than skip.
expect(barclay, 'Barclay must appear in the search results').toBeTruthy();
expect(
barclay.ofsted_rc_date,
'the list must expose ofsted_rc_date for a report-card school',
).toBeTruthy();
await searchByName(page, 'Barclay Primary');
// The Barclay row must be present…
await expect(page.locator(`a[href*="${RC_URN}"]`).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// …badged as a Report Card, not its carried-forward "Outstanding" grade.
await expect(page.getByText(/Report Card ·/).first()).toBeVisible();
});
test('school detail page renders name and performance data', async ({ page }) => {
await searchByName(page, 'primary');
const firstSchool = schoolLinks(page).first();
await expect(firstSchool).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await firstSchool.click();
await page.waitForURL(/\/school\//);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible();
// The detail page renders at least one *visible* chart canvas. Plain
// .first() is wrong here: the admissions card stacks its year/trend views
// in one grid cell and keeps the inactive view's canvas visibility:hidden
// by design, and that canvas comes first in the DOM.
await expect(page.locator('canvas:visible').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
});
test('school detail page shows GIAS identity/contact details and drops the unwired Phonics section', async ({ page }) => {
const [urn] = await twoPrimaryUrns(page);
const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${urn}`);
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const info = (await res.json()).school_info;
await page.goto(`/school/${urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Phonics, SEN-type breakdown and average class size were never populated by
// the backend — the sections have been removed, so the Phonics section (its
// own #phonics anchor) must no longer exist.
await expect(page.locator('#phonics')).toHaveCount(0);
// Newly surfaced GIAS/location fields render when the record carries them.
const ageMatch = String(info.age_range ?? '').match(/^\s*(\d+)\s*[-–]\s*(\d+)\s*$/);
if (ageMatch) {
await expect(page.getByText(`Ages ${ageMatch[1]}–${ageMatch[2]}`).first()).toBeVisible();
}
if (info.telephone) {
await expect(page.locator('a[href^="tel:"]').first()).toBeVisible();
}
if (info.parliamentary_constituency) {
await expect(page.getByText('Constituency:').first()).toBeVisible();
}
});
test('header details collapse behind a "Show all details" toggle on mobile', async ({ page }) => {
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
const [urn] = await twoPrimaryUrns(page);
await page.goto(`/school/${urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Collapsed by default on mobile/tablet …
const details = page.locator('#school-header-details');
await expect(details).toBeHidden();
const toggle = page.getByRole('button', { name: /show all details/i });
await expect(toggle).toBeVisible();
// … and the link reveals them (label flips to "Hide details").
await toggle.click();
await expect(details).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: /hide details/i })).toBeVisible();
});
test('a report-card school shows its report card, dated to the report-card inspection', async ({ page }) => {
// Detail views detected report cards via `framework`, which the API never
// sets to "ReportCard" — so report-card schools rendered as legacy ratings
// dated to a pre-Nov-2025 inspection. Detection now keys off the report_card
// object and dates it with rc_inspection_date.
const RC_URN = 138690; // Barclay Primary — has a Nov-2025+ report card
const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${RC_URN}`);
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const ofsted = (await res.json()).ofsted;
test.skip(
!ofsted?.report_card || Object.keys(ofsted.report_card).length === 0,
'precondition: chosen URN must currently have a report card',
);
const rcYear = new Date(ofsted.rc_inspection_date).getFullYear();
const legacyYear = new Date(ofsted.inspection_date).getFullYear();
await page.goto(`/school/${RC_URN}`);
const ofstedSection = page.locator('#ofsted');
// Detection fixed: rendered as a Report Card, not a legacy "Ofsted Rating".
await expect(ofstedSection.getByText('Ofsted Report Card')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Dating fixed: dated to the report-card inspection, never the legacy one.
await expect(ofstedSection.getByText(new RegExp(`Inspected .*${rcYear}`))).toBeVisible();
if (legacyYear !== rcYear) {
await expect(ofstedSection.getByText(new RegExp(`Inspected .*${legacyYear}`))).toHaveCount(0);
}
});
test('an all-through school shows BOTH its KS2 SATs and its GCSE results, not just one phase', async ({ page }) => {
// All-through schools carry both KS2 and KS4 data in the same yearly rows.
// The detail view used to flip them to isSecondary and render GCSE-only,
// hiding the primary phase. It now renders both phases and labels the school
// "All-through".
const AT_URN = 137306; // Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary — all-through
const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${AT_URN}`);
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const detail = await res.json();
const rows: Array<{ rwm_expected_pct: number | null; attainment_8_score: number | null }> =
detail.yearly_data ?? [];
const hasKS2 = rows.some((r) => r.rwm_expected_pct != null);
const hasKS4 = rows.some((r) => r.attainment_8_score != null);
test.skip(
(detail.school_info?.phase ?? '').toLowerCase() !== 'all-through' || !hasKS2 || !hasKS4,
'precondition: chosen URN must currently be all-through with both KS2 and KS4 results',
);
await page.goto(`/school/${AT_URN}`);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Labelled as all-through in the hero meta.
await expect(page.getByText(/All-through/i).first()).toBeVisible();
// The combined results section carries both phases.
const results = page.locator('#results');
await expect(results.getByText(/SATs & GCSE Results/)).toBeVisible();
await expect(results.getByRole('heading', { name: /Primary.*KS2 SATs/ })).toBeVisible(); // KS2 block
await expect(results.getByRole('heading', { name: /Secondary.*GCSEs/ })).toBeVisible(); // KS4 block
});
test('a special school is not shown as failing against the mainstream England average', async ({ page }) => {
// Special schools sit the same tests but very few pupils reach the mainstream
// "expected standard", so a "0.0% · −62 pts below England average" rendering
// portrays them as failing against a benchmark that doesn't fit. The results
// section drops the England comparison and explains the context instead.
const SP_URN = 101099; // Greenmead School — a community special school
const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${SP_URN}`);
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const detail = await res.json();
test.skip(
!/special|pupil referral|alternative provision/i.test(detail.school_info?.school_type ?? ''),
'precondition: chosen URN must currently be a special school',
);
await page.goto(`/school/${SP_URN}`);
const results = page.locator('#results');
// The special-school context note is shown…
await expect(results.getByText(/This is a special school/i)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// …and the mainstream England-average comparison is dropped entirely.
await expect(results.getByText(/England avg/i)).toHaveCount(0);
});
test('school with no performance data still gets a working detail page', async ({ page }) => {
// Schools without KS2/KS4 results (special post-16 institutions, sixth-form
// centres, PRUs) used to 500 in the API — NaN GIAS fields broke JSON
// serialization — which the frontend rendered as a 404 on every such SEO
// landing page. Find one via the search API (year === null marks "no
// performance rows") and assert its page renders.
const candidates: number[] = [];
for (const q of ['post 16', 'specialist college', 'sixth form']) {
const resp = await page.request.get(
`/api/schools?search=${encodeURIComponent(q)}&per_page=20`
);
if (!resp.ok()) continue;
const body = await resp.json();
for (const s of body.schools ?? []) {
if (s.year === null && s.urn) candidates.push(s.urn);
}
if (candidates.length) break;
}
test.skip(candidates.length === 0, 'no results-less school in this dataset');
const detail = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${candidates[0]}`);
expect(detail.status(), 'detail API must not 500 for a results-less school').toBe(200);
await page.goto(`/school/${candidates[0]}`);
await page.waitForURL(/\/school\/\d+-/); // redirected to canonical slug
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible();
});
test('school hero map opens fullscreen on mobile without the Fullscreen API', async ({ page }) => {
// iOS Safari has no Element.requestFullscreen; the map must fall back to a
// CSS overlay. Simulate that by removing the API before any page script runs.
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
await page.addInitScript(() => {
// @ts-expect-error deliberate API removal
delete Element.prototype.requestFullscreen;
});
await searchByName(page, 'primary');
const firstSchool = schoolLinks(page).first();
await expect(firstSchool).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await firstSchool.click();
await page.waitForURL(/\/school\//);
const openMap = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open full map' });
await expect(openMap).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await openMap.click();
const closeMap = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close map' });
await expect(closeMap).toBeVisible();
await closeMap.click();
await expect(openMap).toBeVisible();
});
test('results map fullscreen falls back to an overlay on iOS', async ({ page }) => {
// Same iOS gap as the hero map: no Element.requestFullscreen, so the results
// map's fullscreen button must fall back to a CSS overlay.
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
await page.addInitScript(() => {
// @ts-expect-error deliberate API removal
delete Element.prototype.requestFullscreen;
});
await searchByName(page, 'B1 1BB');
await expect(schoolLinks(page).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Switch to the map view, then open the map fullscreen.
await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Map', exact: true }).click();
const openFs = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'View map fullscreen' });
await expect(openFs).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await openFs.click();
// The button flips to its exit state once the overlay is up.
const exitFs = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Exit fullscreen' });
await expect(exitFs).toBeVisible();
await exitFs.click();
await expect(openFs).toBeVisible();
});
test('comparing two schools shows the parent-first sections side by side', async ({ page }) => {
// Two same-phase (pure primary) schools so both stay on one tab.
const [urn0, urn1] = await twoPrimaryUrns(page);
await page.goto(`/compare?urns=${urn0},${urn1}`);
// Both schools' detail links should render in the comparison view
await expect(page.locator(`a[href*="${urn0}"]`).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await expect(page.locator(`a[href*="${urn1}"]`).first()).toBeVisible();
// The parent-first sections render in order (data-invariant: headings only)
for (const heading of [
'At a glance',
'Ofsted inspection',
/How (children|students) do academically/,
'Who goes there',
'Explore trends',
]) {
await expect(
page.getByRole('heading', { name: heading }).first(),
).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
}
// Every number gets an anchor: at least one England-average tick or label
await expect(page.getByText(/England \d+/).first()).toBeVisible();
// Desktop: the sticky school bar shares the sections' grid template
// (200px label rail + one column per school) so chips align with the
// columns they label.
const barTemplate = await page
.locator('[aria-label="Schools in this comparison"]')
.evaluate((el) => getComputedStyle(el).gridTemplateColumns);
expect(barTemplate).toMatch(/^200px /);
// ...and its label rail carries the comparison caption.
await expect(page.getByText(/^\d+ (primary|secondary) schools?$/)).toBeVisible();
// Ofsted linkout goes to the school's provider page, never a report deep-link
const ofstedLink = page.getByRole('link', { name: /Ofsted page/i }).first();
await expect(ofstedLink).toBeVisible();
expect(await ofstedLink.getAttribute('href')).toMatch(
/reports\.ofsted\.gov\.uk\/provider\/21\/\d+/
);
// A school never shows both an overall-grade badge AND report-card detail:
// "Report card" implies "no overall grade is given" copy is present too.
const reportCards = await page.getByText('Report card', { exact: true }).count();
if (reportCards > 0) {
await expect(page.getByText(/no overall grade/i).first()).toBeVisible();
}
});
test('comparing two secondary schools renders the secondary sections', async ({ page }) => {
const [urn0, urn1] = await twoSecondaryUrns(page);
await page.goto(`/compare?urns=${urn0},${urn1}`);
await expect(page.locator(`a[href*="${urn0}"]`).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// The parent-first sections must render — this page was completely blank
// for all-secondary baskets (expert review must-fix #1).
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'At a glance' }).first()).toBeVisible({
timeout: 15_000,
});
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Ofsted inspection' }).first()).toBeVisible();
// A KS4 measure proves the secondary academics variant rendered.
await expect(page.getByText(/Attainment 8/i).first()).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByText(/No primary schools in your comparison/)).toHaveCount(0);
// The admissions template must be phase-aware: the primaries' distance
// copy ("non-faith primaries") must never appear on a secondary comparison
// (expert sign-off must-fix M3).
await expect(page.getByText(/non-faith primaries/)).toHaveCount(0);
});
test('opening a different compare link after a previous comparison still renders', async ({ page }) => {
// Regression: the first visit stores a basket in localStorage; opening a
// link for a DIFFERENT school set then raced a stale fetch for the stored
// basket against the new SSR data, blanking every section (including the
// trends chart) until a hard refresh.
const [s0, s1] = await twoSecondaryUrns(page);
const [p0, p1] = await twoPrimaryUrns(page);
await page.goto(`/compare?urns=${s0},${s1}`);
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'At a glance' }).first()).toBeVisible({
timeout: 15_000,
});
await page.goto(`/compare?urns=${p0},${p1}`);
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'At a glance' }).first()).toBeVisible({
timeout: 15_000,
});
// Give any straggling stale response time to land, then confirm the new
// comparison is still on screen.
await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'At a glance' }).first()).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Explore trends' }).first()).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.locator(`a[href*="${p0}"]`).first()).toBeVisible();
});
test('compare chart on mobile shows school chips with tap-to-focus', async ({ page }) => {
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
await searchByName(page, 'primary');
await expect(schoolLinks(page).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const hrefs = await schoolLinks(page).evaluateAll((links) =>
links.map((l) => (l as HTMLAnchorElement).getAttribute('href') || '')
);
const urns = [...new Set(hrefs.map((h) => h.match(/\/school\/(\d+)/)?.[1]).filter(Boolean))];
// Compare three schools, not two: a "primary" search can return all-through
// schools that classify as secondary, and the chips only appear for the
// active phase. With three schools across two phases, the auto-selected
// majority phase always holds ≥2, so the chip legend is guaranteed to render.
expect(urns.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
await page.goto(`/compare?urns=${urns[0]},${urns[1]},${urns[2]}`);
// Mobile is measure-first: the At a glance section stacks all active-phase
// schools inside one flow — no horizontal swiping between school columns.
await expect(
page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'At a glance' }),
).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const body = page.locator('body');
const bodyOverflowsX = await body.evaluate(
(el) => el.scrollWidth > el.clientWidth + 1,
);
expect(bodyOverflowsX).toBe(false);
// The sticky school bar must pin *below* the sticky site header, not at
// top:0 where the header covers it and the selected schools are hidden.
// Assert the sticky offset directly (robust — no scroll timing needed).
const barTop = await page
.locator('[class*="schoolBar"]')
.first()
.evaluate((el) => parseFloat(getComputedStyle(el).top));
const headerHeight = await page
.locator('[class*="header"]')
.first()
.evaluate((el) => el.getBoundingClientRect().height);
expect(barTop).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(headerHeight - 1);
// The trends chart still renders (inside the Explore trends section)…
const chartCanvas = page.locator('canvas:visible').first();
await expect(chartCanvas).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// …at a real height, not the squashed ~150px Chart.js fallback that
// appears when the container lacks a definite height.
const chartBox = await chartCanvas.boundingBox();
expect(chartBox && chartBox.height).toBeGreaterThan(220);
// …with the mobile chart legend chips and tap-to-focus behaviour intact.
const chipGroup = page.getByRole('group', { name: /highlight a school/i });
const chips = chipGroup.getByRole('button');
await expect(chips.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
expect(await chips.count()).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
// Tapping a chip focuses that school's line; tapping again releases it.
await chips.first().click();
await expect(chips.first()).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
await chips.first().click();
await expect(chips.first()).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
});
test('admissions guide renders its key milestones', async ({ page }) => {
// Static content page — assert the guide loads and the load-bearing
// milestones parents rely on are present (dates are statutory, so these
// strings are stable invariants, not data-refresh-sensitive).
await page.goto('/admissions');
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /School Admissions Guide/i })).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /Primary school admissions/i })).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /Secondary school admissions/i })).toBeVisible();
// National Offer Day is the milestone the whole guide builds toward.
await expect(page.getByText(/National Offer Day/i).first()).toBeVisible();
});
test('rankings page loads a populated table', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/rankings');
await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /rankings/i }).first()).toBeVisible();
const rows = page.locator('table tbody tr');
await expect(rows.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
expect(await rows.count()).toBeGreaterThan(5);
});
test('rankings stay populated after picking a specific year', async ({ page }) => {
// Years are academic-year codes (e.g. 201819); the API must accept them
// as the `year` query param rather than rejecting with a 422.
await page.goto('/rankings');
const yearSelect = page.locator('#year-select');
await expect(yearSelect).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Pick the last option — the most recent explicit year. The default view
// already proved this year has rows, so an empty table after selecting it
// can only mean the year param was rejected. (The oldest year is no good
// here: staging doesn't always carry the full data history.)
const yearValue = await yearSelect.locator('option').last().getAttribute('value');
expect(yearValue).toBeTruthy();
await yearSelect.selectOption(yearValue!);
await page.waitForURL(/year=/);
const rows = page.locator('table tbody tr');
await expect(rows.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
expect(await rows.count()).toBeGreaterThan(5);
});
test('compare metric-help popover stays within the mobile viewport', async ({ page }) => {
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
const [urn0, urn1] = await twoPrimaryUrns(page);
await page.goto(`/compare?urns=${urn0},${urn1}`);
await expect(
page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'At a glance' }),
).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// The metric-help triggers are the circled-"?" buttons in the row labels.
// "More information" is InfoPopover's default accessible name.
const help = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'More information' }).first();
await expect(help).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await help.click();
const tip = page.getByRole('tooltip');
await expect(tip).toBeVisible();
// The whole bubble must sit inside the viewport — the original bug pushed it
// off the right edge with no way to scroll to it.
const box = await tip.boundingBox();
const width = page.viewportSize()!.width;
expect(box).not.toBeNull();
expect(box!.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
expect(box!.x + box!.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(width);
// And the page must not have gained a horizontal scrollbar from the bubble.
const bodyOverflowsX = await page
.locator('body')
.evaluate((el) => el.scrollWidth > el.clientWidth + 1);
expect(bodyOverflowsX).toBe(false);
});
/**
* The following two journeys cover the server/client split of the detail page.
* The sections are now React Server Components composed in the route and passed
* through a client shell; these assert that the two halves still meet correctly
* in a real browser, which no unit test can prove.
*/
test('admissions year/trend toggle still switches views after the server/client split', async ({ page }) => {
// Find a school with at least two years carrying an offer rate — the toggle
// only appears then. Data-invariant: uses whatever the environment holds.
const res = await page.request.get('/api/schools?search=primary&per_page=50');
expect(res.ok()).toBeTruthy();
const candidates: number[] = ((await res.json()).schools ?? []).map((s: { urn: number }) => s.urn);
let target: number | null = null;
for (const urn of candidates.slice(0, 12)) {
const detail = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${urn}`);
if (!detail.ok()) continue;
const history = (await detail.json()).admissions_history ?? [];
const withRate = history.filter(
(h: { first_preference_offer_pct?: number | null }) => h.first_preference_offer_pct != null,
);
if (withRate.length >= 2) { target = urn; break; }
}
test.skip(target === null, 'no school in this environment has 2+ years of admissions offer data');
await page.goto(`/school/${target}`);
await expect(page.locator('#admissions')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const yearBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'This year' });
const trendBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: /-year trend$/ });
await expect(yearBtn).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
// The toggle is the one client island inside an otherwise server-rendered
// section: clicking it must swap the two server-rendered views.
await trendBtn.click();
await expect(trendBtn).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
await expect(yearBtn).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
await yearBtn.click();
await expect(yearBtn).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
});
test('sticky section nav jumps to server-rendered sections', async ({ page }) => {
const [urn] = await twoPrimaryUrns(page);
await page.goto(`/school/${urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// The nav is client-rendered from a server-computed list, while the sections
// themselves are server-rendered. Every link must resolve to a real section:
// the scroll-spy finds them with document.getElementById, so a mismatch
// between the two halves would dead-end here.
const navLinks = page.locator('nav a[href^="#"]');
const count = await navLinks.count();
expect(count).toBeGreaterThan(0);
for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
const href = await navLinks.nth(i).getAttribute('href');
expect(href).toBeTruthy();
await expect(page.locator(href!)).toHaveCount(1);
}
// And following one actually moves the page.
const before = await page.evaluate(() => window.scrollY);
await navLinks.last().click();
await page.waitForTimeout(600);
const after = await page.evaluate(() => window.scrollY);
expect(after).toBeGreaterThan(before);
});
/**
* Brand surface. The identity work replaced a favicon-only asset set that
* broke iOS home-screen icons, Android PWA installs, and every link preview.
* These are silent failures — nothing on the page looks wrong — so they need
* a gate.
*/
/**
* Chart benchmark markers, against whatever they actually overlap.
*
* The national-average marker shipped as var(--brand) on both templates —
* identical to the bar fill it sits on, so it measured 1.00:1 wherever it
* crossed a bar and was visible only for schools BELOW the benchmark.
*
* The WCAG journey below never saw it, and could not have: it composites
* backgrounds by walking the ANCESTOR chain, while these markers are
* absolutely positioned over a SIBLING. Ancestor-walking is structurally blind
* to overlap. This test asks the stacking order instead —
* document.elementsFromPoint returns what is genuinely beneath a point — which
* is the same question a reader's eye asks.
*/
const MARKER_PROBE = `(() => {
const ps = c => { const m=(c||'').match(/[\\d.]+/g); if(!m) return null;
const a=m.map(Number); return {r:a[0],g:a[1],b:a[2],a:m.length>3?a[3]:1}; };
const ov = (f,b) => ({r:f.r*f.a+b.r*(1-f.a), g:f.g*f.a+b.g*(1-f.a), b:f.b*f.a+b.b*(1-f.a), a:1});
const L = c => { const f=v=>{v/=255; return v<=0.03928?v/12.92:Math.pow((v+.055)/1.055,2.4);};
return .2126*f(c.r)+.7152*f(c.g)+.0722*f(c.b); };
const RT = (a,b) => { const x=L(a),y=L(b); return (Math.max(x,y)+.05)/(Math.min(x,y)+.05); };
const markers = [...document.querySelectorAll('[class*="natTick"], [class*="NatLine"]')]
.filter(el => el.getBoundingClientRect().width > 0);
const out = { count: markers.length, failures: [], unmeasured: 0 };
for (const el of markers) {
/*
* Scroll it in first. elementsFromPoint takes VIEWPORT coordinates and
* returns an empty stack for anything off-screen — and these markers sit
* well down the page. Without this the backdrop silently defaults to
* white, which makes a teal-on-teal marker look like teal-on-white and
* pass. 'instant' because globals.css sets scroll-behavior: smooth on
* html, and a smooth scroll would still be moving when we measure.
*/
el.scrollIntoView({ block: 'center', behavior: 'instant' });
const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
const cx = r.left + r.width / 2, cy = r.top + r.height / 2;
const own = ps(getComputedStyle(el).backgroundColor);
const edge = ps((getComputedStyle(el).boxShadow.match(/rgba?\\([^)]*\\)/) || [])[0] || '');
if (!own) continue;
// What is genuinely underneath, by stacking order rather than by ancestry.
const stack = document.elementsFromPoint(cx, cy);
if (stack.length === 0) { out.unmeasured++; continue; } // never assume white
let backdrop = null;
for (const under of stack) {
if (under === el || el.contains(under)) continue;
const c = ps(getComputedStyle(under).backgroundColor);
if (c && c.a > 0.9) { backdrop = c; break; }
}
if (!backdrop) { out.unmeasured++; continue; }
// A knockout marker only needs ONE of its two parts to separate.
const best = Math.max(RT(ov(own, backdrop), backdrop),
edge ? RT(ov(edge, backdrop), backdrop) : 0);
if (best < 3) {
out.failures.push((el.className || '?').toString().split(' ')[0] +
' ' + best.toFixed(2) + ':1 over rgb(' +
[backdrop.r, backdrop.g, backdrop.b].map(Math.round).join(',') + ')');
}
}
return out;
})()`;
async function firstSchoolLink(page: Page, query: string): Promise<string> {
await page.goto(`/?search=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`);
const link = schoolLinks(page).first();
await expect(link).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
return (await link.getAttribute('href'))!;
}
for (const scheme of ['light', 'dark'] as const) {
test(`chart benchmark markers stay visible in the ${scheme} theme`, async ({ browser }) => {
const context = await browser.newContext({ colorScheme: scheme });
const page = await context.newPage();
const failures: string[] = [];
// One primary (SATs bars) and one secondary (Attainment 8 bar) — the two
// templates carry separate implementations of the same marker.
for (const query of ['primary', 'academy']) {
const href = await firstSchoolLink(page, query);
await page.goto(href);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await page.waitForTimeout(900); // bar widths animate in from an effect
const res = (await page.evaluate(MARKER_PROBE)) as
{ count: number; failures: string[]; unmeasured: number };
test.skip(res.count === 0 && query === 'primary',
'no benchmark markers rendered — environment has no national averages');
// A marker we could not resolve a backdrop for is a hole in the check,
// not a pass. Fail loudly rather than quietly measuring nothing.
expect(res.unmeasured,
`${href}: ${res.unmeasured} of ${res.count} markers had no resolvable backdrop`).toBe(0);
failures.push(...res.failures.map(f => `${href} → ${f}`));
}
await context.close();
expect(failures, `benchmark markers under 3:1 in ${scheme}:\n ${failures.join('\n ')}`).toEqual([]);
});
}
test('the brand asset set is complete and served', async ({ page }) => {
const response = await page.goto('/');
expect(response?.ok()).toBe(true);
// The share card: without it, every link pasted into a chat renders bare.
const ogImage = page.locator('meta[property="og:image"]');
await expect(ogImage).toHaveCount(1);
const ogUrl = await ogImage.getAttribute('content');
expect(ogUrl).toBeTruthy();
// metadataBase pins canonical URLs to the production host, which is correct
// for prod but means the absolute URL points off-environment on staging.
// Fetch the path against whichever environment we're actually testing.
const og = await page.request.get(new URL(ogUrl!).pathname + new URL(ogUrl!).search);
expect(og.ok()).toBe(true);
expect(og.headers()['content-type']).toContain('image/png');
/*
* iOS ignores SVG touch icons, so this must be a real raster.
*
* Read the href off the page rather than hardcoding a path. The route moved
* when the generated app/apple-icon.tsx became a static app/apple-icon.png:
* a generated icon is served at /apple-icon, a static one at /apple-icon.png
* with a content hash. This test kept asking for /apple-icon and got a 404 —
* reporting a missing icon while the icon was present and correctly linked.
*/
const appleLink = page.locator('link[rel="apple-touch-icon"]');
await expect(appleLink).toHaveCount(1);
const appleHref = await appleLink.getAttribute('href');
expect(appleHref).toBeTruthy();
const apple = await page.request.get(appleHref!);
expect(apple.ok(), `apple touch icon at ${appleHref} should be served`).toBe(true);
expect(apple.headers()['content-type']).toContain('image/png');
// Android needs a maskable PNG or the install prompt has no icon.
for (const icon of ['/icon-192.png', '/icon-512.png', '/icon-maskable-512.png']) {
const res = await page.request.get(icon);
expect(res.ok(), `${icon} should be served`).toBe(true);
}
});
test('theme colour matches the page background in both themes', async ({ browser }) => {
// A mismatch here paints a stripe of the wrong colour across the top of the
// screen on mobile. Previously the dark themeColor was declared with no dark
// styling behind it at all.
for (const colorScheme of ['light', 'dark'] as const) {
const context = await browser.newContext({ colorScheme });
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('/');
const declared = await page
.locator(`meta[name="theme-color"][media*="${colorScheme}"]`)
.getAttribute('content');
expect(declared, `theme-color declared for ${colorScheme}`).toBeTruthy();
const painted = await page.evaluate(() =>
getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue('--bg-primary').trim()
);
expect(painted.toLowerCase()).toBe(declared!.toLowerCase());
await context.close();
}
});
test('the dark theme actually repaints the page', async ({ browser }) => {
// Guards the token layer: if a component reintroduces a hardcoded colour,
// the surface below stays light while everything around it flips.
const read = async (colorScheme: 'light' | 'dark') => {
const context = await browser.newContext({ colorScheme });
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('/');
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const values = await page.evaluate(() => {
const s = getComputedStyle(document.body);
return { bg: s.backgroundColor, fg: s.color };
});
await context.close();
return values;
};
const light = await read('light');
const dark = await read('dark');
expect(dark.bg).not.toBe(light.bg);
expect(dark.fg).not.toBe(light.fg);
});
/**
* Typography and palette integrity.
*
* The identity PR shipped with every font-family silently falling back to
* Times: the font variables landed on <body> while the tokens referencing
* them were declared on :root, so --font-display computed to the
* guaranteed-invalid value. Nothing threw, no test failed, and the build was
* green — the only symptom was visual. These assertions make that class of
* failure loud.
*/
test('the brand typefaces actually load and apply', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const fonts = await page.evaluate(() => {
const root = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement);
// Only the FIRST family in the stack is the one actually asked for; the
// rest are fallbacks and always end in a generic like sans-serif.
const first = (el: Element) =>
getComputedStyle(el).fontFamily.split(',')[0].replace(/["']/g, '').trim();
const headings = [...document.querySelectorAll('h1, h2')].map(first);
return {
body: first(document.body),
headings,
bodyStack: getComputedStyle(document.body).fontFamily,
displayToken: root.getPropertyValue('--font-display').trim(),
uiToken: root.getPropertyValue('--font-ui').trim(),
proseToken: root.getPropertyValue('--font-prose').trim(),
};
});
// An empty token means the var() chain broke, which is the exact failure
// mode this guards — the computed font-family would look plausible either
// way, because an invalid font-family just inherits.
expect(fonts.displayToken, '--font-display resolved').not.toBe('');
expect(fonts.uiToken, '--font-ui resolved').not.toBe('');
expect(fonts.proseToken, '--font-prose resolved').not.toBe('');
// Inter carries body copy, every control and every figure; Manrope carries
// headings and key messaging. Both must actually resolve, not merely be
// named in a stack that never loads.
expect(fonts.body, 'body uses Inter').toBe('Inter');
expect(fonts.headings.length, 'the page has headings to check').toBeGreaterThan(0);
expect(fonts.headings, 'at least one heading uses Manrope').toContain('Manrope');
// The Times fallback is the specific failure that shipped once. Match the
// family name only — a stack legitimately ends in sans-serif, so anchoring
// on /serif$/ would flag a perfectly healthy page.
expect(fonts.bodyStack).not.toMatch(/\bTimes\b/);
});
/**
* The wordmark is the one piece of brand chrome a user reads on every page,
* and it is set as two spans so "compare" can take the brand colour. A
* refactor that drops the second span, or reverts the lowercase styling,
* changes the brand without failing anything else.
*/
test('the header carries the schoolcompare lockup', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/');
const home = page.getByRole('banner').getByRole('link', { name: /schoolcompare home/i });
await expect(home).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Assert on rendered text rather than CSS-module class names, which are
// hashed at build time and change on any unrelated edit.
await expect(home).toHaveText(/^\s*schoolcompare\s*$/);
/*
* The mark is raster artwork, not an inline SVG — it has been since the
* supplied logo replaced the reconstruction, and this locator went on
* looking for an <svg> that no longer exists.
*
* Assert on naturalWidth rather than visibility: a <picture> whose sources
* all 404 still lays out and still passes toBeVisible(), so the weaker
* assertion would go green on a broken lockup.
*/
const mark = home.locator('img').first();
await expect(mark).toBeVisible();
const markState = await mark.evaluate((el: HTMLImageElement) => ({
loaded: el.complete && el.naturalWidth > 0,
src: el.currentSrc,
}));
expect(markState.loaded, `header mark failed to load: ${markState.src}`).toBe(true);
});
test('no visible text falls back to the browser default black', async ({ page }) => {
// Form controls don't inherit colour from their parent, so a missing
// declaration renders pure black — subtle in light mode, invisible in dark.
await page.goto('/');
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const blacks = await page.evaluate(() =>
[...document.querySelectorAll('body *')]
.filter((el) => {
const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
if (r.width < 2 || r.height < 2) return false;
if (el.closest('.leaflet-tile-pane')) return false;
return getComputedStyle(el).color === 'rgb(0, 0, 0)';
})
.map((el) => el.tagName.toLowerCase() + '.' + (el.getAttribute('class') || '').split(' ')[0])
.slice(0, 10)
);
expect(blacks, `elements rendering pure black: ${blacks.join(', ')}`).toEqual([]);
});
test('rendered colours all come from the token palette', async ({ page }) => {
// Turns the manual design audit into a gate: anything painted with a colour
// the token layer doesn't define has escaped the system, and will not
// follow the dark theme.
await page.goto('/rankings');
await expect(page.locator('table, [class*="rankings"]').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const strays = await page.evaluate(() => {
const root = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement);
const palette = new Set<string>();
for (const sheet of document.styleSheets) {
let rules: CSSRuleList;
try { rules = sheet.cssRules; } catch { continue; }
for (const rule of rules) {
const r = rule as CSSStyleRule;
if (r.selectorText !== ':root' || !r.style) continue;
for (const prop of r.style) {
if (!prop.startsWith('--')) continue;
const v = root.getPropertyValue(prop).trim();
if (v) palette.add(v.toLowerCase());
}
}
}
const norm = (c: string) => {
const d = document.createElement('div');
d.style.color = c;
document.body.appendChild(d);
const v = getComputedStyle(d).color;
d.remove();
return v;
};
const allowed = new Set([...palette].filter((v) => /^#|^rgb/.test(v)).map(norm));
const found: string[] = [];
for (const el of document.querySelectorAll('body *')) {
const box = el.getBoundingClientRect();
if (box.width < 2 || box.height < 2) continue;
if (el.closest('.leaflet-tile-pane')) continue; // OSM tiles are imagery, not palette
const s = getComputedStyle(el);
const checks: Array<[string, string]> = [['color', s.color]];
if (s.backgroundColor !== 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)') checks.push(['background', s.backgroundColor]);
for (const [prop, value] of checks) {
if (!value || value.startsWith('rgba(') || allowed.has(value)) continue;
const cls = (el.getAttribute('class') || '(none)').split(' ')[0];
const entry = `${value} as ${prop} on ${cls}`;
if (!found.includes(entry)) found.push(entry);
}
}
return found.slice(0, 12);
});
expect(strays, `off-palette colours: ${strays.join('; ')}`).toEqual([]);
});
/**
* Contrast, in both themes.
*
* The status hues were originally specced against --bg-primary, but they are
* used as chip text on their own tint, which sits on darker surfaces — so the
* real ratios were 3.85–4.44:1, under AA, on every school row and result card.
* The page ground is the easy case; the tinted chip is the one that fails.
*
* Waits for transitions to settle before measuring: several components carry
* `transition: color`, and reading mid-transition reports colours that were
* never on screen at rest.
*/
const CONTRAST_PROBE = `(() => {
const ps = c => { const m=(c||'').match(/[\\d.]+/g); if(!m) return null;
const a=m.map(Number); return {r:a[0],g:a[1],b:a[2],a:m.length>3?a[3]:1}; };
const ov = (f,b) => ({r:f.r*f.a+b.r*(1-f.a), g:f.g*f.a+b.g*(1-f.a), b:f.b*f.a+b.b*(1-f.a), a:1});
const L = c => { const f=v=>{v/=255; return v<=0.03928?v/12.92:Math.pow((v+.055)/1.055,2.4);};
return .2126*f(c.r)+.7152*f(c.g)+.0722*f(c.b); };
const RT = (a,b) => { const x=L(a),y=L(b); return (Math.max(x,y)+.05)/(Math.min(x,y)+.05); };
const BG = el => { const ls=[]; let n=el;
while(n && n!==document.documentElement){ const c=ps(getComputedStyle(n).backgroundColor);
if(c && c.a>0){ ls.push(c); if(c.a===1) break; } n=n.parentElement; }
const base = ps(getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).backgroundColor)||{r:255,g:255,b:255,a:1};
let acc = ls.length && ls[ls.length-1].a===1 ? ls.pop() : base;
for(let i=ls.length-1;i>=0;i--) acc=ov(ls[i],acc); return acc; };
const out=[], seen=new Set();
for (const el of document.querySelectorAll('body *')) {
if (el.closest('.leaflet-container')) continue;
const r=el.getBoundingClientRect(), s=getComputedStyle(el);
if (r.width<2 || r.height<2 || s.visibility==='hidden' || s.opacity==='0') continue;
if (![...el.childNodes].some(n=>n.nodeType===3 && n.textContent.trim().length>1)) continue;
const fc=ps(s.color), bc=BG(el); if(!fc||!bc) continue;
const fg = fc.a<1?ov(fc,bc):fc, ratio=RT(fg,bc);
const px=parseFloat(s.fontSize), bold=parseInt(s.fontWeight,10)>=700;
const need=(px>=24||(px>=18.66&&bold))?3:4.5;
if (ratio >= need) continue;
const key=(el.getAttribute('class')||'')+s.color;
if (seen.has(key)) continue; seen.add(key);
out.push(((el.getAttribute('class')||'?').split(' ')[0])+' '+ratio.toFixed(2)+':1 (needs '+need+
') '+s.color+' on rgb('+Math.round(bc.r)+','+Math.round(bc.g)+','+Math.round(bc.b)+') "'+
el.textContent.trim().slice(0,28)+'"');
}
return out.slice(0, 12);
})()`;
for (const scheme of ['light', 'dark'] as const) {
test(`text meets WCAG AA in the ${scheme} theme`, async ({ browser }) => {
const context = await browser.newContext({ colorScheme: scheme });
const page = await context.newPage();
const failures: string[] = [];
for (const path of ['/', '/rankings', '/admissions']) {
await page.goto(path);
await expect(page.locator('h1, h2').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Let `transition: color` settle — the longest in the app is 0.4s.
await page.waitForTimeout(700);
const found = (await page.evaluate(CONTRAST_PROBE)) as string[];
failures.push(...found.map((f) => `${path} → ${f}`));
}
await context.close();
expect(failures, `AA failures in ${scheme}:\n ${failures.join('\n ')}`).toEqual([]);
});
}
// ── Last distance offered ────────────────────────────────────────────────
//
// Coverage is partial by nature: only 57 local authorities publish cut-off
// distances at all, and staging may not yet hold the extract. These tests
// therefore locate a school that HAS a figure and assert the invariants that
// make it safe to show, rather than asserting any particular school has one.
/** URNs known to be in the collected cut-off dataset, spread across LAs so a
* single council's data gap cannot skip the whole check. */
const CUTOFF_CANDIDATE_URNS = [
139837, 100010, 100011, 100028, 100029, 130342, // Camden
100458, 135587, // Islington (banded)
101099, 100553, 102574, 100769, // mixed
];
async function schoolWithCutoff(page: Page, minPublishedYears = 1) {
for (const urn of CUTOFF_CANDIDATE_URNS) {
const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${urn}`);
if (!res.ok()) continue;
const body = await res.json();
if (body?.admission_distance?.distance_m == null) continue;
const published = (body.admission_distance_history ?? [])
.filter((h: { distance_m?: number | null }) => h.distance_m != null);
if (published.length < minPublishedYears) continue;
return {
urn,
distance: body.admission_distance,
history: published,
phase: body.school_info?.phase,
};
}
return null;
}
test('a published cut-off distance is shown with the year it belongs to', async ({ page }) => {
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has a published cut-off distance yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const label = page.getByText(/Last distance offered/).first();
await expect(label).toBeVisible();
// The year is the difference between a fact and a floating number: a cut-off
// is the outcome of one admissions round and means nothing without it.
await expect(label).toContainText(`September ${found!.distance.year}`);
// And the figure itself, in the unit councils publish in.
await expect(page.getByText(/\d+(\.\d+)? (miles|m)\b/).first()).toBeVisible();
});
test('a cut-off distance is never shown without saying it is not a catchment', async ({ page }) => {
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has a published cut-off distance yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await expect(page.getByText(/not a fixed catchment/)).toBeVisible();
// The old secondary template asserted "distance cut-off data is not
// available for this school" on every page, including ones whose council
// does publish it. Showing both at once would be a flat contradiction.
await expect(page.getByText(/has not published a cut-off distance/)).toHaveCount(0);
// A banded school's figure is the widest of several routes, and must say so.
if ((found!.distance.route_count ?? 1) > 1) {
await expect(page.getByText(/admission routes at this school/)).toBeVisible();
}
});
test('a cut-off distance opens the Admissions section in the sticky nav', async ({ page }) => {
// buildNavItems and the section composers gate on the same condition; when
// they drift the nav links to an anchor that was never rendered.
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has a published cut-off distance yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('h1').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await expect(page.locator('#admissions')).toHaveCount(1);
});
test('no school page shows an implausible cut-off distance', async ({ page }) => {
// The source carries transcription errors up to 533 miles, filtered in
// stg_school_distance. This asserts the filter is actually reaching the API,
// because a visibly absurd figure on a live page is the failure that would
// cost the site its credibility.
let checked = 0;
for (const urn of CUTOFF_CANDIDATE_URNS) {
const res = await page.request.get(`/api/schools/${urn}`);
if (!res.ok()) continue;
const d = (await res.json())?.admission_distance;
if (d?.distance_m == null) continue;
checked += 1;
expect(d.distance_m, `URN ${urn} cut-off outside the plausibility band`)
.toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(25);
expect(d.distance_m, `URN ${urn} cut-off outside the plausibility band`)
.toBeLessThanOrEqual(25000);
}
test.skip(checked === 0, 'no cut-off distances available to check yet');
});
// ── The Distance view, map and postcode check ────────────────────────────
test('a school with several published years gets the Distance view', async ({ page }) => {
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page, 2);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has 2+ published cut-off years yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('#admissions')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// Its own section on both templates, not a third tab inside Admissions —
// stacking a view that tall in the admissions viewport sized the whole card
// to it and left the default view mostly blank.
await expect(page.locator('#distance')).toBeVisible();
await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Distance' })).toHaveCount(0);
// Every published year must appear as a row.
for (const h of found!.history as { year: number }[]) {
await expect(page.getByRole('rowheader', { name: String(h.year) })).toBeVisible();
}
});
test('the year table never leaves a gap unexplained', async ({ page }) => {
// A blank row would tell a parent nothing; each gap must name its reason.
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page, 2);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has 2+ published cut-off years yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('#distance')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const statuses = await page.locator('[class*="cutoffPill"]').allTextContents();
expect(statuses.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
for (const s of statuses) {
expect(s.trim(), 'every row carries a status').not.toBe('');
}
// The stronger claim the data cannot support must never appear.
await expect(page.getByText(/every applicant was offered/i)).toHaveCount(0);
});
test('the postcode check answers with a distance and per-year verdicts', async ({ page }) => {
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page, 2);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has 2+ published cut-off years yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('#distance')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const input = page.getByLabel('Your postcode');
await expect(input).toBeVisible();
await input.fill('SW1A 1AA');
await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Check' }).click();
// Either a verdict or a plain error — never a silent no-op.
const result = page.getByRole('status');
const error = page.getByRole('alert');
await expect(result.or(error)).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
if (await result.isVisible()) {
await expect(result).toContainText(/mile|m\b/);
}
});
test('the postcode check states its limits before it is used', async ({ page }) => {
// The caveat is not revealed with the answer — it is there while the parent
// is deciding whether to trust the answer at all.
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page, 2);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has 2+ published cut-off years yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('#distance')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
const caveat = page.getByText(/Distance is the last criterion applied/);
await expect(caveat).toBeVisible();
await expect(caveat).toContainText(/not a catchment boundary/);
await expect(caveat).toContainText(/walking route/);
// One caveat for the section, not the three paragraphs it replaced.
await expect(caveat).toHaveCount(1);
});
test('the distance section never scrolls the page sideways', async ({ page }) => {
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page, 2);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has 2+ published cut-off years yet');
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 });
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('#distance')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
// The year table is deliberately wider than a phone; its own wrapper has to
// absorb that, or the whole page slides under the reader's thumb.
const overflow = await page.evaluate(() =>
document.documentElement.scrollWidth - document.documentElement.clientWidth);
expect(overflow, 'page must not scroll horizontally').toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
});
test('no single section dominates the height of a school page', async ({ page }) => {
/*
* The admissions views are stacked in one grid cell so switching them never
* shifts layout, which means the card is sized by its TALLEST view while the
* hidden ones keep their box. A distance view carrying a chart, a table and a
* map was added there and measured 1402px against the tile grid's 316px; the
* DEFAULT view rendered as four tiles adrift in ~1080px of blank card, and
* Admissions alone came to half the height of every section on the page
* (1503px against 526px for the next largest).
*
* Measuring the card's internals cannot catch it: the tile grid is
* `flex: 1`, so it absorbs the stretch and every box still looks full. What
* a reader actually sees is one section wildly out of proportion with its
* neighbours, so that is what this asserts.
*/
const found = await schoolWithCutoff(page, 2);
test.skip(found === null, 'no school in the sample has 2+ published cut-off years yet');
await page.goto(`/school/${found!.urn}`);
await expect(page.locator('#admissions')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
await page.waitForTimeout(1200); // charts settle, and they carry real height
const sections = await page.evaluate(() =>
[...document.querySelectorAll('section[id]')]
.map((s) => ({ id: s.id, h: Math.round(s.getBoundingClientRect().height) }))
.filter((s) => s.h > 0));
expect(sections.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
const heights = sections.map((s) => s.h).sort((a, b) => a - b);
const median = heights[Math.floor(heights.length / 2)];
const worst = sections.reduce((a, b) => (a.h > b.h ? a : b));
// Generous: a rich section may fairly run to twice a plain one. Nearly three
// times over is the shape of a layout fault, not of denser content.
expect(
worst.h / median,
`#${worst.id} is ${worst.h}px against a ${median}px median: `
+ sections.map((s) => `${s.id}=${s.h}`).join(', '),
).toBeLessThan(2.5);
});