test(e2e): set vault options in memory so a restore holds under load

[chhoumann]

Why

In a full native run on a busy machine, empty-format-default, external-settings-change and global-var-autocomplete failed: the Settings button they click was not in the main window. settings-popout-save turns on Obsidian's settingsPopoutWindow with app.vault.setConfig and restores it afterwards. setConfig also writes app.json a second later, and Obsidian reloads app.json when it changes on disk. Under load it reloaded its own late write after the restore, so every later spec opened Settings in a popout.

What changed

• setVaultConfig in tests/e2e/uiHelpers.ts sets a vault option in memory, without writing app.json. Every native spec that changed a vault option now uses it, and daily-note-token drops its saveConfig workaround for the same race.
• tests/e2e-vault-config.test.ts fails when a spec under tests/e2e calls setConfig, saveConfig or requestSaveConfig.

Scope

Test code only, no release. It leaves out settings-popout-save's own disk check, which still fails under load (#2213), and the menu specs that always fail on macOS because Obsidian uses native menus there.

Verification

• Repro before the fix: a full native run at load ~100 failed exactly the five tests from the issue. A loop of settings-popout-save then the three specs under load ended with settingsPopoutWindow: true and the same errors. Alone, setConfig(true) then setConfig(false) ended true in 3 of 8 tries under load, 0 when idle.
• After the fix: two full native runs at load 11 to 180 passed all 9 tests of the three specs, including one where settings-popout-save failed first. The other failures in those runs are in specs this change does not touch. Most fail the same way on master on this Mac.
• pnpm run build, pnpm run lint and pnpm run test pass. The new guard fails when one setConfig or saveConfig () call is put back.

Fixes #2207

Note

Set vault options in memory in E2E tests so restore holds under load

• Adds setVaultConfig in uiHelpers.ts that writes vault options directly on the in-memory vault configuration, avoiding Obsidian's persisting configuration setter
• Migrates all E2E specs that used direct vault configuration mutation or save calls (conditional-branch-persistence, daily-note-token, drag-pill-bounds, package-import-*, prompt-cancellation, script-picker-paths, script-syntax-error, settings-popout-save, template-cursor) to the new helper for setup and cleanup
• Adds a policy test in e2e-vault-config.test.ts that scans E2E TypeScript files and fails on any direct vault configuration mutation or save call
• Risk: setVaultConfig does not persist to disk, so tests that relied on configuration surviving across reloads must use in-memory values only

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Tests
  • Updated end-to-end test setup to handle vault preferences consistently across scenarios, including restoring prior settings after tests run.
  • Added checks to flag test configurations that bypass the supported preference-setting approach.
  • Existing test scenarios and application behavior are unchanged; this update does not add user-facing features.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

E2E tests use setVaultConfig to change vault settings in memory instead of writing them through the vault configuration API. A Vitest check scans E2E TypeScript files for specified configuration-writing calls.

Changes

E2E vault config isolation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
In-memory config helper and E2E test updates tests/e2e/uiHelpers.ts, tests/e2e/conditional-branch-persistence.test.ts, tests/e2e/daily-note-token.test.ts, tests/e2e/drag-pill-bounds.test.ts, tests/e2e/package-import-destination.test.ts, tests/e2e/package-import-existing.test.ts, tests/e2e/package-import-inline-code.test.ts, tests/e2e/package-import-result.test.ts, tests/e2e/prompt-cancellation.test.ts, tests/e2e/script-picker-paths.test.ts, tests/e2e/script-syntax-error.test.ts, tests/e2e/settings-popout-save.test.ts, tests/e2e/template-cursor.test.ts	setVaultConfig generates code to assign a key and value to app.vault.config in memory. These E2E tests use it to set and restore configuration values.
Configuration-write guard tests/e2e-vault-config.test.ts	A Vitest check recursively scans E2E TypeScript files for setConfig, saveConfig, or requestSaveConfig calls and fails with guidance if it finds any.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 52afa

This change only affects E2E tests. The new guard can miss a prohibited vault-config write when the call is formatted across lines. Merging is low risk, and the guard can be tightened in a follow-up.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 14 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		Issue #2207 requires the settings-UI E2E specs to pass in a full native run under load or wait for asserted state. The PR adds setVaultConfig, which changes app.vault.config without writing `app.j…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue #2207. The helper, E2E migrations, cleanup changes, and policy test all prevent persisted vault-configuration writes that can leak state into later settings-UI specs. No …
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Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: E2E tests set vault options in memory to improve restore reliability under load.

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• tests/e2e-vault-config.test.ts
• tests/e2e/conditional-branch-persistence.test.ts
• tests/e2e/daily-note-token.test.ts
• tests/e2e/drag-pill-bounds.test.ts
• tests/e2e/package-import-destination.test.ts
• tests/e2e/package-import-existing.test.ts
• tests/e2e/package-import-inline-code.test.ts
• tests/e2e/package-import-result.test.ts
• tests/e2e/prompt-cancellation.test.ts
• tests/e2e/script-picker-paths.test.ts
• tests/e2e/script-syntax-error.test.ts
• tests/e2e/settings-popout-save.test.ts
• tests/e2e/template-cursor.test.ts
• tests/e2e/uiHelpers.ts

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Independent verification: PASS+NOTES

Verified head 52afaf8 against base eaa72c8, patch-id e4c271110991cbae8097fa4ba77a6a7121f14506 (matches). Native Obsidian 1.14.3, isolated worktree vault, 6 to 12 extra CPU spinners on a 16-core Mac.

• Guard: tests/e2e-vault-config.test.ts passes at head. With master's tests/e2e it fails and lists 23 setConfig call sites across 12 spec files.
• Base mechanism: setConfig(true), wait for disk true, then setConfig(false). 2 of 8 runs ended true in memory and on disk at load 14.6 to 15.2 (run 5 never saw the true write within 10 s, so 2 of 7 valid flips). Obsidian read its own late write back after the restore, as the PR describes.
• Head mechanism: toggling app.vault.config.settingsPopoutWindow left app.json mtime and size unchanged in 3 of 3 runs. Settings opened in a popout while true and in the main window after false.
• Six-spec set at head, 3 runs at load 15 to 30: 57/58, 57/58, 58/58. app.json mtime never changed. empty-format-default, external-settings-change, global-var-autocomplete and settings-popout-save (both window states) passed in all 3 runs. The same set with master's specs passed 58/58 once and rewrote app.json.
• Note: the two head failures were load flakes, not regressions. daily-note-token "captures into the note Daily notes opens" failed once and then passed 2/2 at head and 2/2 at base in isolation. template-cursor "restores Live Preview typing ... rename=false" failed once and then passed in 3 isolated head runs. Isolated template-cursor runs had 1 failure in 3 at head and 4 failures in 3 at base, all in tests this PR does not touch.