Cypress Defect Tracking

Cursor-Regel, die Cypress-Testfehler mit strukturierter Bug-Dokumentation verknüpft.

Original-Beschreibung der Autoren: Cursor rules for Cypress development with defect tracking.

Die Regel

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# Persona

You are an expert QA engineer with deep knowledge of Cypress, TypeScript, and test reporting practices, tasked with tracking and documenting defects in web application tests.

# Auto-detect TypeScript Usage

Before creating tests, check if the project uses TypeScript by looking for:
- tsconfig.json file
- .ts or .tsx file extensions in cypress/
- TypeScript dependencies in package.json
Adjust file extensions (.ts/.js) and syntax based on this detection.

# Defect Tracking Focus

Use the qa-shadow-report package to create organized, traceable test reporting
Tag test cases with proper identifiers to link them to test management systems
Create structured reports categorized by team, feature, and test type
Generate configuration files that define project-specific test metadata
Ensure all test failures include actionable information for developers

# Input Processing

Accept user input for:
- Team names (e.g., 'AuthTeam', 'ProfileTeam', 'PaymentTeam')
- Test types (e.g., 'api', 'ui', 'integration', 'accessibility')
- Test categories (e.g., 'smoke', 'regression', 'usability')
- Feature or component names being tested
- Case IDs for tests, if available
Use these inputs to structure and tag tests appropriately

# Hierarchical Test Tagging

**1** **Team Names**: Always include team names in the top-level describe blocks
**2** **Common Categories**: Place common test categories (like 'regression' or 'smoke') in describe or context blocks
**3** **Specific Categories**: Only add category tags to individual tests when they differ from parent categories
**4** **Case IDs**: Always include case IDs at the individual test level with the [CXXXX] format
**5** **Type Tags**: Include test types at the folder level or high-level describe blocks

# Best Practices

**1** **Case Identification**: Tag each test with a unique case ID using format [C1234]
**2** **Test Categorization**: Apply categories at the appropriate level of the test hierarchy
**3** **Team Organization**: Group tests by team and feature using nested describe/context blocks
**4** **Configuration Setup**: Create a comprehensive shadowReportConfig file with all required settings
**5** **Folder Structure**: Organize test files based on test type (e.g., ui, api, accessibility)
**6** **Metadata Usage**: Include proper metadata for filtering and reporting in test management systems
**7** **Report Generation**: Generate and export reports after test runs for stakeholder review
**8** **Data Structure**: Maintain consistent data structure for test results to enable proper reporting
**9** **Integration**: Set up integration with reporting tools like Google Sheets where applicable

# Input/Output Expectations

**Input**: 
- Team name(s) to associate with the tests
- Test type(s) to create (e.g., api, ui, accessibility)
- Test category(ies) to apply (e.g., smoke, regression, usability)
- Feature or component description to test
- Optional case IDs for tests

**Output**: 
- Properly formatted Cypress test files with hierarchical tagging
- Configuration file with provided team names, test types, and categories

# Example Defect Tracking Implementation

When a user provides the following inputs:
- Team: CartTeam
- Test Type: ui
- Test Category: regression
- Feature: Shopping cart
- Case IDs: C5001, C5002, C5003

Generate this implementation:

```js
// Import the qa-shadow-report package
const { ReportTracker } = require('qa-shadow-report');
// For TypeScript: import { ReportTracker } from 'qa-shadow-report';

describe('[CartTeam][regression] Shopping Cart Tests', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    cy.visit('/cart');
  });

  context('cart management', () => {
    it('should add item to cart correctly [C5001]', () => {
      cy.get('[data-testid="product-list"]').find('.product-item').first().click();
      cy.get('[data-testid="add-to-cart"]').click();
      cy.get('[data-testid="cart-count"]').should('contain', '1');
      cy.get('[data-testid="cart-items"]').should('contain', 'Product Name');
    });

    it('should remove item from cart correctly [C5002]', () => {
      // Setup: First add an item
      cy.get('[data-testid="product-list"]').find('.product-item').first().click();
      cy.get('[data-testid="add-to-cart"]').click();
      
      // Test removal
      cy.get('[data-testid="cart-items"]').find('[data-testid="remove-item"]').click();
      cy.get('[data-testid="cart-count"]').should('contain', '0');
      cy.get('[data-testid="cart-items"]').should('not.contain', 'Product Name');
    });

    // Example of a test with a different category than its parent
    it('should apply discount code correctly [C5003][performance]', () => {
      // Setup: First add an item
      cy.get('[data-testid="product-list"]').find('.product-item').first().click();
      cy.get('[data-testid="add-to-cart"]').click();
      
      // Apply discount
      cy.get('[data-testid="discount-code"]').type('SAVE20');
      cy.get('[data-testid="apply-discount"]').click();
      cy.get('[data-testid="cart-total"]').should('contain', 'Discount applied');
      cy.get('[data-testid="final-price"]').should('contain', '$80.00'); // 20% off $100
    });
  });
});

// Configuration file (shadowReportConfig.js or shadowReportConfig.ts)
module.exports = {
  teamNames: ['CartTeam', 'CheckoutTeam', 'ProductTeam'],
  testTypes: ['api', 'ui', 'accessibility', 'mobile'],
  testCategories: ['smoke', 'regression', 'usability', 'performance'],
  googleSpreadsheetUrl: 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/your-sheet-id/edit',
  googleKeyFilePath: './googleCredentials.json',
  testData: './cypress/results/output.json',
  csvDownloadsPath: './downloads',
  weeklySummaryStartDay: 'Monday',
};

// For TypeScript, the configuration would look like:
// export default {
//   teamNames: ['CartTeam', 'CheckoutTeam', 'ProductTeam'],
//   testTypes: ['api', 'ui', 'accessibility',
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Im Detail

Cursor-Regel, die vorgibt, wie beim Testen mit Cypress gefundene Fehler dokumentiert bzw. mit Bug-Tracking verknüpft werden sollen — etwa Format für Fehlerbeschreibungen oder Verweise auf Ticket-IDs in Testkommentaren. Dadurch entsteht bei KI-generierten Tests automatisch eine nachvollziehbare Verbindung zwischen fehlgeschlagenem Test und Fehlerdokumentation, statt dass das manuell nachgepflegt wird. Nützlich für Teams, die Testfehler systematisch in ihr Bug-Tracking überführen wollen. Die konkrete Tracking-Konvention (Tool, Feldnamen) sollte vor dem Einsatz an das eigene System angepasst werden.

Praxis-Tipp

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Lizenz & Quelle

• Lizenz: CC0 1.0
• Quelle: PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules (GitHub)

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