From 0b93117bc5250c4d49ee27bd660f0aeef317b77a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan <32440065+ANT1OFF@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:50:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(e2e): hold the t-flaky turn while the smoke test reads
 its opening line

The running turn folds its finished steps into one row as soon as the next
words start, about half a second after the opening line at the mock's 0.25x
speed. smoke.spec.ts is the first spec of its CI shard, so it and its retry
open t-flaky in a cold browser, and Playwright's 1 s expect polls often
stepped over that window. Hold the script at its existing flaky-read gate,
assert the line, then release it.
---
 apps/web/e2e/smoke.spec.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/smoke.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
index c2ffc539..d57f0dfc 100644
--- a/apps/web/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/web/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ import { threadRow } from "./thread-row";
 test("streams a scripted thread, approves a request and sends a queued message", async ({
   page,
 }) => {
+  // The script holds its turn just after the opening line. Unheld, the line folds into the running
+  // turn's row as soon as the next words start, about half a second later at the mock's speed: a
+  // cold browser often missed it between polls.
+  await page.addInitScript(() => {
+    window.gramMockHoldGates = true;
+  });
   await page.goto("/t/t-flaky");
 
   const transcript = page.getByTestId("transcript");
   await expect(transcript.getByText("I'll start by reading the test")).toBeVisible();
+  await page.evaluate(() => window.gramMock?.release("flaky-read"));
 
   const composer = page.getByLabel("Message", { exact: true });
   await composer.fill("also update the changelog");