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+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+const { test, expect } = require( '@wordpress/e2e-test-utils-playwright' );
+
+const SETTINGS_PAGE_PATH = 'options-general.php';
+const GUIDELINES_PAGE_QUERY = 'page=guidelines-wp-admin';
+const GUIDELINES_REST_BASE = '/wp/v2/content-guidelines';
+
+// Remove any existing singleton guideline post so each test starts from a
+// clean slate. Uses REST for speed — this is test scaffolding, not the
+// behavior under verification.
+async function deleteAllGuidelines( requestUtils ) {
+	const guidelines = await requestUtils.rest( {
+		path: GUIDELINES_REST_BASE,
+	} );
+
+	if ( guidelines?.id ) {
+		await requestUtils.rest( {
+			path: `${ GUIDELINES_REST_BASE }/${ guidelines.id }`,
+			method: 'DELETE',
+			params: { force: true },
+		} );
+	}
+}
+
+// Locate an accordion card (Card container) for a given category title. Each
+// card wraps both the trigger button and the collapsible form body, so
+// scoping subsequent queries to this locator isolates one category from the
+// others.
+function getCategoryCard( page, title ) {
+	return page
+		.locator( '.content-guidelines__accordion' )
+		.filter( {
+			has: page.getByRole( 'button', {
+				name: `Expand ${ title } guidelines`,
+			} ),
+		} )
+		.or(
+			page.locator( '.content-guidelines__accordion' ).filter( {
+				has: page.getByRole( 'button', {
+					name: `Collapse ${ title } guidelines`,
+				} ),
+			} )
+		)
+		.first();
+}
+
+// Expand a category accordion and fill its textarea, then click Save and
+// wait for the success snackbar.
+async function saveCategoryGuidelines( page, title, text ) {
+	const card = getCategoryCard( page, title );
+
+	// Expand the accordion if it isn't already open.
+	const expandButton = card.getByRole( 'button', {
+		name: `Expand ${ title } guidelines`,
+	} );
+	if ( await expandButton.isVisible() ) {
+		await expandButton.click();
+	}
+
+	// The DataForm renders a textarea whose accessible name is
+	// "<slug> guidelines" (lowercased slug from the field label).
+	const textarea = card.getByRole( 'textbox', {
+		name: `${ title.toLowerCase() } guidelines`,
+	} );
+	await expect( textarea ).toBeVisible();
+	await textarea.fill( text );
+
+	await card.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Save guidelines' } ).click();
+
+	// Success snackbar is rendered at the document root, not inside the card.
+	// Scope to the snackbar testid to avoid matching the a11y-speak live region.
+	await expect(
+		page
+			.getByTestId( 'snackbar' )
+			.filter( { hasText: 'Guidelines saved.' } )
+	).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+test.describe( 'Guidelines', () => {
+	test.beforeAll( async ( { requestUtils } ) => {
+		await requestUtils.setGutenbergExperiments( [
+			'gutenberg-content-guidelines',
+		] );
+		await deleteAllGuidelines( requestUtils );
+	} );
+
+	test.afterEach( async ( { requestUtils } ) => {
+		await deleteAllGuidelines( requestUtils );
+	} );
+
+	test.afterAll( async ( { requestUtils } ) => {
+		await requestUtils.setGutenbergExperiments( [] );
+	} );
+
+	test( 'shows a Guidelines link in the Settings menu', async ( {
+		page,
+		admin,
+	} ) => {
+		await admin.visitAdminPage( SETTINGS_PAGE_PATH );
+
+		const settingsMenu = page.locator( '#menu-settings' );
+		const guidelinesLink = settingsMenu.getByRole( 'link', {
+			name: 'Guidelines',
+		} );
+		await expect( guidelinesLink ).toBeVisible();
+		await expect( guidelinesLink ).toHaveAttribute(
+			'href',
+			`${ SETTINGS_PAGE_PATH }?${ GUIDELINES_PAGE_QUERY }`
+		);
+	} );
+
+	test( 'opens the Guidelines page from the Settings menu', async ( {
+		page,
+		admin,
+	} ) => {
+		await admin.visitAdminPage( SETTINGS_PAGE_PATH );
+		await page
+			.locator( '#menu-settings' )
+			.getByRole( 'link', { name: 'Guidelines' } )
+			.click();
+
+		// The page layout renders the "Guidelines" title as an h2 (the
+		// Page component defaults headingLevel to 2) and the category
+		// accordions load once the initial fetch resolves.
+		await expect(
+			page.getByRole( 'heading', { name: 'Guidelines', level: 2 } )
+		).toBeVisible();
+		await expect(
+			page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Expand Copy guidelines' } )
+		).toBeVisible();
+		await expect(
+			page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Expand Images guidelines' } )
+		).toBeVisible();
+	} );
+
+	test( 'persists Copy and Images guidelines entered through the UI across a refresh', async ( {
+		page,
+		admin,
+	} ) => {
+		const copyText = 'Use plain, active language.';
+		const imagesText = 'Always include descriptive alt text.';
+
+		await admin.visitAdminPage( SETTINGS_PAGE_PATH, GUIDELINES_PAGE_QUERY );
+
+		// Wait for the initial fetch to resolve — accordions only render
+		// after the loading spinner disappears.
+		await expect(
+			page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Expand Copy guidelines' } )
+		).toBeVisible();
+
+		// Save Copy and Images through the UI, one category at a time.
+		await saveCategoryGuidelines( page, 'Copy', copyText );
+		await saveCategoryGuidelines( page, 'Images', imagesText );
+
+		// Refresh the page — the "verify saved guidelines load correctly"
+		// step from the PR's testing instructions.
+		await page.reload();
+		await expect(
+			page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Expand Copy guidelines' } )
+		).toBeVisible();
+
+		// Re-expand each accordion and confirm the textareas were
+		// rehydrated with the values that were saved. Reading back from
+		// the UI (rather than REST) verifies the full round trip: the
+		// wp_guideline CPT stored the post, the REST controller served
+		// it, the app hydrated its store, and the DataForm populated.
+		const copyCard = getCategoryCard( page, 'Copy' );
+		await copyCard
+			.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Expand Copy guidelines' } )
+			.click();
+		await expect(
+			copyCard.getByRole( 'textbox', { name: 'copy guidelines' } )
+		).toHaveValue( copyText );
+
+		const imagesCard = getCategoryCard( page, 'Images' );
+		await imagesCard
+			.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Expand Images guidelines' } )
+			.click();
+		await expect(
+			imagesCard.getByRole( 'textbox', { name: 'images guidelines' } )
+		).toHaveValue( imagesText );
+	} );
+} );