test: [M3-8278] - Cloud Manager changes for Heimdall test pipeline

docker-compose.yml

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ x-e2e-env:
   # Cloud Manager-specific test configuration.
   CY_TEST_SUITE: ${CY_TEST_SUITE}
   CY_TEST_REGION: ${CY_TEST_REGION}
+  CY_TEST_TAGS: ${CY_TEST_TAGS}
+  CY_TEST_DISABLE_RETRIES: ${CY_TEST_DISABLE_RETRIES}
 
   # Cypress environment variables for alternative parallelization.
   CY_TEST_SPLIT_RUN: ${CY_TEST_SPLIT_RUN}
@@ -104,12 +106,23 @@ services:
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 10
 
+  # Generic end-to-end test runner for Cloud's primary testing pipeline.
+  # Configured to run against a local Cloud instance.
   e2e:
     <<: *default-runner
     environment:
       <<: *default-env
       MANAGER_OAUTH: ${MANAGER_OAUTH}
 
+  # End-to-end test runner for Cloud's synthetic monitoring tests.
+  # Configured to run against a remote Cloud instance hosted at some URL.
+  e2e_heimdall:
+    <<: *default-runner
+    depends_on: []
+    environment:
+      <<: *default-env
+      MANAGER_OAUTH: ${MANAGER_OAUTH}
+
   region-1:
     build:
       context: .

docs/development-guide/08-testing.md

@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ Environment variables related to Cypress logging and reporting, as well as repor
 | `CY_TEST_USER_REPORT`           | Log test account information when tests begin | `1`       | Unset; disabled by default |
 | `CY_TEST_JUNIT_REPORT`          | Enable JUnit reporting                        | `1`       | Unset; disabled by default |
 | `CY_TEST_DISABLE_FILE_WATCHING` | Disable file watching in Cypress UI           | `1`       | Unset; disabled by default |
+| `CY_TEST_DISABLE_RETRIES`       | Disable test retries on failure in CI         | `1`       | Unset; disabled by default |
 | `CY_TEST_FAIL_ON_MANAGED`       | Fail affected tests when Managed is enabled   | `1`       | Unset; disabled by default |
 
 ### Writing End-to-End Tests

packages/manager/.changeset/pr-10713-tech-stories-1722017812325.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@linode/manager": Tech Stories
+---
+
+Docker Compose changes to facilitate new testing pipeline ([#10713](https://github.com/linode/manager/pull/10713))

packages/manager/.changeset/pr-10713-tests-1722017832242.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@linode/manager": Tests
+---
+
+Tag tests for synthetic monitoring ([#10713](https://github.com/linode/manager/pull/10713))

packages/manager/cypress.config.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   video: true,
 
   // Only retry test when running via CI.
-  retries: process.env['CI'] ? 2 : 0,
+  retries: process.env['CI'] && !process.env['CY_TEST_DISABLE_RETRIES'] ? 2 : 0,
 
   experimentalMemoryManagement: true,
   e2e: {

packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/objectStorage/object-storage.e2e.spec.ts

@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ describe('object storage end-to-end tests', () => {
    * - Confirms that deleted buckets are no longer listed on landing page.
    */
   it('can create and delete object storage buckets', () => {
+    cy.tag('purpose:syntheticTesting');
+
     const bucketLabel = randomLabel();
     const bucketRegion = 'Atlanta, GA';
     const bucketCluster = 'us-southeast-1';

packages/manager/cypress/e2e/core/volumes/create-volume.spec.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ describe('volume create flow', () => {
    * - Confirms that volume is listed correctly on volumes landing page.
    */
   it('creates an unattached volume', () => {
+    cy.tag('purpose:syntheticTesting');
+
     const region = chooseRegion();
     const volume = {
       label: randomLabel(),

packages/manager/cypress/support/util/tag.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type TestTag =
   // DC testing purposes even if that is not the primary purpose of the test.
   | 'purpose:dcTesting'
   | 'purpose:smokeTesting'
+  | 'purpose:syntheticTesting'
 
   // Method-related tags.
   // Describe the way the tests operate -- either end-to-end using real API requests,