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test(examples-chat): kill aimock-e2e flake (chunkSize + data-streaming wait)#327

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Summary

Two-part fix for the recurring e2e flake noted in #314 and #322.

What caused the flake

  1. Aggressive default chunking — the mock LLM server's default streaming chunkSize sometimes split a triple-backtick fence mid-token, leaving partial-markdown unable to recover; the final rendered DOM contained inline <code> instead of <pre><code>. Showed up as the "code fence" spec failing.
  2. Asserting on intermediate streaming-state DOM — the markdown specs counted <li> immediately after seeing assistant text, sometimes catching a transient 1-or-2-item state during streaming. Showed up as the "bullet list" spec failing.

Fix

  1. Set chunkSize: 4096 on the runner so each response arrives in 1–2 SSE deltas. Streaming-progressive behavior is already covered by Phase 1's unit-variance tables (#305); the e2e harness tests final-state invariants and cross-stack integration, not the streaming partial-render path.
  2. Extract a sendPromptAndWait helper in test-helpers.ts that waits on chat-message[data-role="assistant"][data-streaming="false"] before returning the finalized bubble. The chat composition already exposes this DOM contract — wiring [streaming]="agent.isLoading() && i === lastIndex" to chat-message's host attribute — but the specs weren't using it. Smoke, markdown, and A2UI specs now route through the helper.

Verification

Ran the full Playwright suite 5 times consecutively locally: 5/5 clean (no flakes). Before this PR, runs failed 2/5 to 3/5 on either the code-fence or the bullet-list spec. Runner unit tests still pass (3/3).

Note on the streaming-DOM contract

While investigating I confirmed the data-streaming attribute on <chat-message> already exists at libs/chat/src/lib/primitives/chat-message/chat-message.component.ts:28. No @ngaf/chat change was needed — this was a test-side bug, not a library feature gap.

Test plan

  • Full suite passes 5/5 locally
  • Runner unit tests still pass (3/3, including the directory-mode test)
  • No production code touched
  • CI green

blove added 2 commits May 15, 2026 11:26
…flake

Aggressive default chunking sometimes splits a triple-backtick mid-token,
producing inline <code> rendering instead of <pre><code>. The harness
tests measure FINAL rendered structure (streaming-progressive behavior
is covered by the Phase 1 unit-variance tables), so single-chunk replay
is the right tradeoff. Comment in the runner documents the choice.
…streaming=false

Asserting on intermediate streaming-state DOM is the other source of e2e
flake. The chat composition flips chat-message[data-streaming] to 'false'
when the agent's isLoading() goes false; helper waits on that DOM contract
before returning the finalized bubble. Smoke, markdown, and A2UI specs
all route through the helper now.
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…g wait) (#327)

* test(examples-chat): set aimock chunkSize=4096 to defeat fence-split flake

Aggressive default chunking sometimes splits a triple-backtick mid-token,
producing inline <code> rendering instead of <pre><code>. The harness
tests measure FINAL rendered structure (streaming-progressive behavior
is covered by the Phase 1 unit-variance tables), so single-chunk replay
is the right tradeoff. Comment in the runner documents the choice.

* test(examples-chat): extract sendPromptAndWait helper, wait for data-streaming=false

Asserting on intermediate streaming-state DOM is the other source of e2e
flake. The chat composition flips chat-message[data-streaming] to 'false'
when the agent's isLoading() goes false; helper waits on that DOM contract
before returning the finalized bubble. Smoke, markdown, and A2UI specs
all route through the helper now.
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