DX:

- Add `password_plain` method to all `User` records created by FactoryBot to access the plain password for reuse to avoid variable spaming.
- Enable Capybara system test meta attribute `:authenticate` to handle a user as lambda return value which will be used for authentication instead of default `master@example.com`.

spec/factories/user.rb

@@ -25,5 +25,11 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     factory :admin_user, aliases: %i[admin] do
       roles { Role.where(name: %w[Admin Agent]) }
     end
+
+    # make given password accessible for e.g. authentication logic
+    before(:create) do |user|
+      password_plain = user.password
+      user.define_singleton_method(:password_plain, -> { password_plain })
+    end
   end
 end

spec/support/capybara/authenticated.rb

@@ -14,12 +14,26 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     next if !example.metadata.fetch(:set_up, true)
 
     # check if authentication should be performed
-    next if example.metadata.fetch(:authenticated, true).blank?
+    authenticated = example.metadata.fetch(:authenticated, true)
+    next if authenticated.blank?
 
-    # authenticate
-    login(
+    if authenticated.is_a?(Proc)
+      user     = instance_exec(&authenticated)
+      password = user.password_plain
+
+      raise "Can't authenticate user that has no password set" if password.blank?
+
+      credentials = {
+        username: user.email,
+        password: password,
+      }
+    else
+      credentials = {
         username: 'master@example.com',
         password: 'test',
-    )
+      }
+    end
+
+    login(credentials)
   end
 end