Maintenance: Simulate login instead of using the real login form all the time.

app/controllers/application_controller/authenticates.rb

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ module ApplicationController::Authenticates
   end
 
   def authentication_check_only(auth_param = {})
+    if Rails.env.test? && ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'].present? && session[:user_id].blank?
+      session[:user_id] = ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'].to_i
+    end
+
     # logger.debug 'authentication_check'
     # logger.debug params.inspect
     # logger.debug session.inspect

spec/support/capybara/authenticated.rb

@@ -12,12 +12,28 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
 
   config.before(:each, type: :system) do |example|
 
+    ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'] = nil
+
     # there is no way to authenticated in a not set up system
     next if !example.metadata.fetch(:set_up, true)
 
     authenticated = example.metadata.fetch(:authenticated_as, true)
-    credentials   = authenticated_as_get_user(authenticated, return_type: :credentials)
+    credentials = authenticated_as_get_user(authenticated, return_type: :credentials)
 
-    login(**credentials) if credentials
+    authentication_type = example.metadata.fetch(:authentication_type, :auto)
+
+    next if credentials.nil?
+
+    if authentication_type == :form
+      login(**credentials)
+    else
+      ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'] = User.find_by(email: credentials[:username]).id.to_s
+
+      visit '/'
+
+      wait(4).until_exists do
+        current_login
+      end
+    end
   end
 end

spec/support/capybara/common_actions.rb

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ module CommonActions
   #
   # return [nil]
   def login(username:, password:, remember_me: false)
+    ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'] = nil
+
     visit '/'
 
     within('#login') do
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ module CommonActions
   #  logout
   #
   def logout
+    ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'] = nil
     visit('logout')
 
     wait.until_disappears { find('.user-menu .user a', wait: false) }

spec/support/capybara/selenium_driver.rb

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Capybara.register_driver(:zammad_chrome) do |app|
     options[:url]     = ENV['REMOTE_URL']
   end
 
+  ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'] = nil
+
   Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, **options).tap do |driver|
     # Selenium 4 installs a default file_detector which finds wrong files/directories such as zammad/test.
     driver.browser.file_detector = nil if ENV['REMOTE_URL'].present?
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ Capybara.register_driver(:zammad_firefox) do |app|
     options[:url]     = ENV['REMOTE_URL']
   end
 
+  ENV['FAKE_SELENIUM_LOGIN_USER_ID'] = nil
+
   Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, **options).tap do |driver|
     # Selenium 4 installs a default file_detector which finds wrong files/directories such as zammad/test.
     driver.browser.file_detector = nil if ENV['REMOTE_URL'].present?

spec/system/knowledge_base_public/editor_spec.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'rails_helper'
 
-RSpec.describe 'Public Knowledge Base for editor', type: :system do
+RSpec.describe 'Public Knowledge Base for editor', authentication_type: :form, type: :system do
   include_context 'basic Knowledge Base'
 
   before do

spec/system/manage/users_spec.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Manage > Users', type: :system do
-  describe 'switching to an alternative user', authenticated_as: -> { original_user } do
+  describe 'switching to an alternative user', authentication_type: :form, authenticated_as: -> { original_user } do
     let(:original_user) { create(:admin) }
     let(:alternative_one_user) { create(:admin) }
     let(:alternative_two_user) { create(:admin) }

spec/system/online_notification_spec.rb

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ RSpec.describe 'Online notification', type: :system do
     context 'when pending time is reached soon' do
       before do
         visit "ticket/zoom/#{ticket.id}"
+
+        wait.until_exists { find("a[data-key='Ticket-#{ticket.id}']", wait: 0) }
       end
 
       let(:ticket) { create(:ticket, owner: session_user, group: Group.first, state_name: 'pending reminder', pending_time: 4.seconds.from_now) }
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ RSpec.describe 'Online notification', type: :system do
       before do
         ensure_websocket do
           visit "ticket/zoom/#{ticket.id}"
+
+          wait.until_exists { find("a[data-key='Ticket-#{ticket.id}']", wait: 0) }
         end
 
         ticket.update! state: Ticket::State.lookup(name: 'pending reminder'), pending_time: 5.seconds.from_now