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Moves e2e setup that isn't under test from the UI to Appduct tools, so CI spends less time on navigation and app resets. The feature under test still goes through the UI. Tests that cover the rooms list search, joining or previewing a room, or navigation while the device is offline keep the UI path.

  • Tests import test from e2e/support/fixtures.ts, which wraps the mobile engine's test with withAppduct from @appduct/e2e. Its appduct fixture links the app the test opened, accepts the iOS "Open in…?" alert, and reconnects after the app relaunches.
  • loginWithDeepLink resets the running app with the new reset_app tool (logs out of every workspace, removes their data and the workspace history, clears stored preferences and restores the device language), dismisses a leftover native alert, and logs in with login_with_token. If the rooms list doesn't show up, it falls back to clearing app data and logging in through the auth deep link.
  • openRoom (e2e/support/appduct.ts) calls the app's open_room tool. The tool waits for the subscription to reach the local database and opens the room the way a tap on the rooms list does. openRoomScreen opens a room and then one of its screens.
  • navigateToRoomActions moves to e2e/support/room.ts and opens the room through openRoom.
  • Bumps e2e to 0.21.2 and @appduct/react-native to 0.16.0, and adds @appduct/e2e 0.16.0. The direct appduct devDependency is dropped, since @appduct/e2e brings it.
  • The e2e build workflows set APPDUCT_ENABLED=1, Appduct's own switch for linking into Release builds, and RUNNING_E2E_TESTS=true, which loads the app's Appduct tools. No other build sets them, so store and upload builds don't change.
  • The e2e APK is signed with a keystore generated for each run instead of the official one, and its artifact is kept for one day.
  • groups.convertToTeam is called with the room id alone on 4.8.0+, matching channels.convertToTeam; newer servers reject roomName.
  • ActionSheet dismisses a sheet hidden while it is still presenting right away, and ignores a presentation that finishes after the sheet was dismissed.
  • Adds e2e coverage for custom sidebar categories.

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https://rocketchat.atlassian.net/browse/NATIVE-1778

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  • Documentation update (if none of the other choices apply)

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  • I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works (if applicable)
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E2E benchmark

Summed duration of the tests that passed on their first attempt in both, per platform. Baseline is the median per test over 9 recent PR runs from other branches, whose app doesn't load Appduct: 39672905884, 39685692790, 39685965228, 39790255539, 39851716258, 39965207307, 40002010308, 40110909201, 40123392599. This PR is run 40511606750 on f1e1d6e.

Summed test time Android (57 tests) iOS (53 tests)
Baseline 4011 s 9185 s
This PR 3406 s (−605 s, −15.1%) 7772 s (−1413 s, −15.4%)

Where the time goes (summed per-test medians, this PR − baseline):

Step Android iOS
Clear app data −384 s —
Reinstall app — −447 s
Open app +7 s −524 s
Open link (auth link, Appduct pairing) −171 s −131 s
Close app −117 s —
iOS "Open in…?" alert — −108 s
Outside steps (Appduct calls, waits) +312 s +66 s
  • The baseline runs use e2e 0.18.0, and this PR uses 0.21.2. Earlier runs of this PR that only opened rooms through Appduct, on 0.21.2, were 1.8% (Android) and 5.7% (iOS) faster than the baseline. Most of the gain comes from logging in through reset_app instead of clearing app data.
  • This PR is a single run. Earlier runs of this branch varied by about 300 s (Android) and 900 s (iOS) between attempts.
  • 9 tests (Android 4, iOS 5) wait about 63 s for reset_app before falling back to clearing app data. Each runs right after an onboarding test that ends logged out (for example server-history, valid-workspace, forgot-password). That's about 570 s per run that a faster failure there would recover.

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Walkthrough

The change adds Appduct tools to E2E builds and connects Maestro tests to them through a local bridge. Maestro login and room-opening flows use Appduct utilities. E2E workflows configure Appduct, Android signing, and bridge installation.

Changes

Appduct-backed Maestro E2E flows

Layer / File(s) Summary
Appduct tools and app state
index.js, app/lib/appduct/index.ts
Appduct tools are included when RUNNING_E2E_TESTS is true. The reset_app tool clears app state and caches. open_room waits for a matching local subscription.
Bridge and token-based login
.maestro/appduct-bridge/*, .maestro/scripts/data-setup.js, .maestro/helpers/*, .maestro/tests/*
A local HTTP bridge handles Appduct links, session claims, and tool calls. Maestro utilities and helpers use it for setup, app reset, room opening, and token login. Test flows now use the token-based login helper; selected room-navigation flows use open-room.yaml.
E2E build and Maestro runner
.github/workflows/e2e-build-*.yml, .github/workflows/maestro-*.yml, .github/scripts/run-maestro.sh
The Android E2E build generates a temporary signing keystore, and Android and iOS E2E builds enable Appduct. Maestro workflows install bridge dependencies. The runner starts and stops the bridge, redacts additional log data, and includes the bridge log in artifacts.
E2E setup documentation
.maestro/README.md, .github/README.md
The documentation describes Appduct build requirements, bridge startup and device selection, signing constraints, artifact retention, and the updated specific-test command.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Maestro as Maestro flow
  participant Utilities as data-setup.js
  participant Bridge as Appduct bridge
  participant Appduct as Appduct tools
  Maestro->>Utilities: Request Appduct setup
  Utilities->>Bridge: POST /link, /wait, or /call
  Bridge->>Appduct: Create link, check session, or run tool
  Appduct-->>Bridge: Session status or tool result
  Bridge-->>Utilities: JSON response
  Utilities-->>Maestro: Setup result
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 74a76

The new E2E reset tool may wipe app data while the app is still starting. It can also report success when cleanup was incomplete. Either problem could make test runs flaky or misleading. Store builds are not affected, but these issues should be addressed before merge.

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Review comments at @.maestro/README.md:
- Line 83: Update the documented local E2E release build command in the README
to use the installable APK task and pass both APPDUCT_ENABLED=true and
RUNNING_E2E_TESTS=true. No iOS release command is shown in the diff, so do not
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Review comments at @.maestro/scripts/data-setup.js:
- Around line 401-402: Update login to accept a server parameter defaulting to
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its selected server to login so credentials and token use the same workspace.

Review comments at @app/lib/appduct/index.ts:
- Around line 279-280: Update wipeServers to detect and propagate failures from
removeServerDatabase and deleteMediaFiles before removing server records; ensure
reset_app does not report success when either cleanup fails.
- Around line 300-303: Update the reset_app flow after disconnect() to stop the
room subscription and wait for any active room-stream callbacks to finish before
calling wipeServers(); disconnect() alone does not prevent callbacks from
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54-54: 🩺 Stability & Availability

The concern is refuted. Both cache prefixes include the hash of the workflow file that now defines APPDUCT_ENABLED: true. The native fingerprint action appends the native fingerprint to that prefix and uses the result for both restore and save. These builds therefore do not reuse the previous non-Appduct cache namespace.

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Discussion and Team read iOS header items and list rows by accessibility label, and Convert Team waits for room actions to close before going back.
* test(e2e): cover custom categories

* test(e2e): check the renamed category by id

* test(e2e): map the custom categories test to its views

* test(e2e): tap a category once and close the sheet if it stays open

* fix(action-sheet): dismiss a sheet hidden while it is still presenting

* fix(action-sheet): ignore a dismiss rejected before the sheet mounts

* test(e2e): record valid-workspace replays
loginWithDeepLink now resets the app in-process (reset_app + login_with_token)
and falls back to the full clearState + auth link when the rooms list does not
show up. reset_app also restores the device language, and the login dismisses a
leftover native alert from the previous test.

openScreen/openRoomScreen navigate through Appduct after the drawer closes,
jump-to-message clears the cache through Appduct, and in-app-notification
drops the UI round trips it no longer needs.

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