To report an issue, please follow the steps below:
- Fork this repository
- Add necessary collections/globals/fields to the
test/_community
directory to recreate the issue you are experiencing - Create an issue and add a link to your forked repo
The goal is to isolate the problem by reducing the number of fields/collections you add to the test/_community folder. This folder is not meant for you to copy your project into, but to recreate the issue you are experiencing with minimal config.
.
├── config.ts
├── int.spec.ts
├── e2e.spec.ts
└── payload-types.ts
config.ts
- This is the granular Payload config for testing. It should be as lightweight as possible. Reference existing configs for an exampleint.spec.ts
[Optional] - This is the test file run by jest. Any test file must have a*int.spec.ts
suffix.e2e.spec.ts
[Optional] - This is the end-to-end test file that will load up the admin UI using the above config and run Playwright tests.payload-types.ts
- Generated types fromconfig.ts
. Generate this file by runningpnpm dev:generate-types _community
.
The directory split up in this way specifically to reduce friction when creating tests and to add the ability to boot up Payload with that specific config. You should modify the files in test/_community
to get started.
To start the admin panel so you can manually recreate your issue, you can run the following command:
# This command will start up Payload using your config
# NOTE: it will wipe the test database on restart
pnpm dev _community
An issue does not need to have failing tests — reproduction steps with your forked repo are enough at this point. Some people like to dive deeper and we want to give you the guidance/tools to do so. Read more below.
There are a couple ways to do this:
-
Granularly - you can run individual tests in vscode by installing the Jest Runner plugin and using that to run individual tests. Clicking the
debug
button will run the test in debug mode allowing you to set break points. -
Manually - you can run all int tests in the
/test/_community/int.spec.ts
file by running the following command:pnpm test:int _community
The easiest way to run E2E tests is to install
Once they are installed you can open the testing
tab in vscode sidebar and drill down to the test you want to run, i.e. /test/_community/e2e.spec.ts
- It is recommended to add the test credentials (located in
test/credentials.ts
) to your autofill forlocalhost:3000/admin
as this will be required on every nodemon restart. The default credentials are[email protected]
as email andtest
as password.