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Trust52/100
DecisionWARN
Route5 → 6 → 16

QA ALIGN Engineer Remediation Plan

Internal engineering artifact. Do not send this file as the client-facing advisory report.

System Summary

  • Framework: playwright
  • Trust Level: medium
  • Release Decision: WARN
  • Recommended Start Sprint: 5
  • Recommended Route: 5 → 6 → 16
  • Estimated Good Fix: $4050

Engineer Execution Order

  1. deterministic-state-lifecycle-partial (28 risk points) — Fix after critical trust blockers are under control.
  2. locator-governance-inconsistent (10 risk points) — Fix after critical trust blockers are under control.
  3. duplication-drift-risk (10 risk points) — Fix after critical trust blockers are under control.

deterministic-state-lifecycle-partial

Severity: high Impact: weakens_release_confidence

Pattern Detected

Detected framework risk pattern: deterministic-state-lifecycle-partial

Evidence

  • No explicit fresh unauth context creation detected in scan
  • State reset model appears partial rather than universal

Line-Level Remediation Targets

  • pages/LoginPage.js:35 — Observed authentication-state control surface; the scan found no explicit fresh unauthenticated context creation.
// Unauthenticated nav signal
  • specs/sprint6/Sprint6.release-gates.regression.spec.js:66 — Observed authentication-state control surface; the scan found no explicit fresh unauthenticated context creation.
'RW.REGR.002 @unauth @regression — Delete removes article from profile',
  • specs/sprint6/Sprint6.release-gates.regression.spec.js:229 — Observed authentication-state control surface; the scan found no explicit fresh unauthenticated context creation.
test.describe('RW.REGR.008 @unauth', () => {

Deterministic Fix Card

{
  "target_file": "pages/LoginPage.js:35",
  "before_snippet": "// Unauthenticated nav signal",
  "after_snippet": "test('unauth path is isolated', async ({ browser }) => {\n  const context = await browser.newContext({ storageState: undefined });\n  const page = await context.newPage();\n  await page.goto('/#/editor');\n  await expect(page).not.toHaveURL(/editor/);\n  await context.close();\n});",
  "verification_command": "npx playwright test --grep @state-contract",
  "agent_attribution": "CI Failure Triage Agent: separated flaky symptoms from state-lifecycle contract risk so engineers can fix isolation instead of adding retries.",
  "matrix_source": "Playwright|Test Isolation & State|Reusing authenticated page for unauthorized tests",
  "field_catalog_csv": null,
  "evidence_status": "line-level evidence provided by assessment"
}

Engineering Intent

Reduce the risk represented by this finding without changing unrelated test behavior.

Likely Files To Inspect

  • Review files referenced in validation evidence.
  • Review framework setup, test base, and CI configuration.

Fix Steps

  1. Review the finding evidence.
  2. Locate the smallest safe code area responsible for the pattern.
  3. Apply a focused fix.
  4. Run the narrowest relevant validation first.
  5. Then rerun the full assessment.

Do Not

  • Do not perform broad rewrites without preserving test intent.
  • Do not hide the symptom without correcting the pattern.
  • Do not skip validation.

Verification

  • Run the affected test area.
  • Rerun QA ALIGN assessment.
  • Confirm trust level or finding count improves.

Expected Impact

Reduces framework risk associated with this finding.

locator-governance-inconsistent

Severity: medium Impact: blocks_trust

Pattern Detected

Detected framework risk pattern: locator-governance-inconsistent

Evidence

  • High locator() usage detected (122)
  • Brittle selector patterns detected (42)

Line-Level Remediation Targets

  • pages/TodoMvcPage.js:21 — Observed locator implementation contributing to the inconsistent locator-governance finding.
this.newTodoInput = page.locator('.new-todo');
  • pages/TodoMvcPage.js:22 — Observed locator implementation contributing to the inconsistent locator-governance finding.
this.todoItems = page.locator('.todo-list li');
  • pages/TodoMvcPage.js:23 — Observed locator implementation contributing to the inconsistent locator-governance finding.
this.todoTitles = page.locator('.todo-list li label');

Deterministic Fix Card

{
  "target_file": "pages/TodoMvcPage.js:21",
  "before_snippet": "this.newTodoInput = page.locator('.new-todo');",
  "after_snippet": "await loginPage.open();\nawait loginPage.signInButton().click();\n\nsignInButton() {\n  return this.page.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i });\n}",
  "verification_command": "npx playwright test --grep @locator-contract",
  "agent_attribution": "Intelligent Locator Agent: classified selector governance risk and derived the role/label-based replacement path.",
  "matrix_source": "Playwright|Selectors & Locators|Brittle CSS chains (deep selectors)",
  "field_catalog_csv": null,
  "evidence_status": "line-level evidence provided by assessment"
}

Engineering Intent

Reduce the risk represented by this finding without changing unrelated test behavior.

Likely Files To Inspect

  • Review files referenced in validation evidence.
  • Review framework setup, test base, and CI configuration.

Fix Steps

  1. Review the finding evidence.
  2. Locate the smallest safe code area responsible for the pattern.
  3. Apply a focused fix.
  4. Run the narrowest relevant validation first.
  5. Then rerun the full assessment.

Do Not

  • Do not perform broad rewrites without preserving test intent.
  • Do not hide the symptom without correcting the pattern.
  • Do not skip validation.

Verification

  • Run the affected test area.
  • Rerun QA ALIGN assessment.
  • Confirm trust level or finding count improves.

Expected Impact

Reduces framework risk associated with this finding.

duplication-drift-risk

Severity: low Impact: blocks_trust

Pattern Detected

Detected framework risk pattern: duplication-drift-risk

Evidence

  • Clone ratio reported at 3.83%

Line-Level Remediation Targets

  • fixtures/global-setup.js:87-97 — Observed duplicate implementation block contributes to maintenance drift risk.
Duplicated block reported by jscpd
  • fixtures/global-setup.js:178-188 — Observed duplicate implementation block contributes to maintenance drift risk.
Duplicated block reported by jscpd
  • fixtures/home.js:1-6 — Observed duplicate implementation block contributes to maintenance drift risk.
Duplicated block reported by jscpd

Deterministic Fix Card

{
  "target_file": "fixtures/global-setup.js:87",
  "before_snippet": "Duplicated block reported by jscpd",
  "after_snippet": "use live API in smoke + schema-validated fixtures",
  "verification_command": "Run the affected test area.",
  "agent_attribution": "QA ALIGN Remediation Agent: derived a deterministic fix target from framework assessment evidence.",
  "matrix_source": "Playwright|Network & API Mocking|Over-mocking (tests pass with unrealistic mocks)",
  "field_catalog_csv": null,
  "evidence_status": "line-level evidence provided by assessment"
}

Engineering Intent

Reduce the risk represented by this finding without changing unrelated test behavior.

Likely Files To Inspect

  • Review files referenced in validation evidence.
  • Review framework setup, test base, and CI configuration.

Fix Steps

  1. Review the finding evidence.
  2. Locate the smallest safe code area responsible for the pattern.
  3. Apply a focused fix.
  4. Run the narrowest relevant validation first.
  5. Then rerun the full assessment.

Do Not

  • Do not perform broad rewrites without preserving test intent.
  • Do not hide the symptom without correcting the pattern.
  • Do not skip validation.

Verification

  • Run the affected test area.
  • Rerun QA ALIGN assessment.
  • Confirm trust level or finding count improves.

Expected Impact

Reduces framework risk associated with this finding.