E2E

What it is

Real browser flows via Playwright. Drives a live app instance through user-shaped scripts.

When to use it

Critical user flows: Create → Manage → Exit lifecycle, signup, signing, payment.

Example gates

Future slice — needs Playwright wiring + test DB.

See also

• The pyramid — where this mode sits relative to the others
• Writing a gate — how to scaffold a new gate in this mode
• Decision tree — "I just wrote feature X — what tests do I owe?"