# E2E Test Ordering & Dependencies - Complete

**Date**: 2025-11-22  
**Version**: 1.0 (TEST ORDERING & DEPENDENCIES)  
**Status**: ✅ COMPLETE & READY FOR EXECUTION

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## 🎯 **E2E TEST ORDERING & DEPENDENCIES - COMPLETE**

**Status**: ✅ COMPLETE WITH TRACING & DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT

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## 📊 **TEST ORDERING & DEPENDENCY STRATEGY**

### Principles
- ✅ **User Journey Order**: Tests follow exact user journey steps
- ✅ **Dependency Tracing**: Tests declare dependencies explicitly
- ✅ **Fail-Fast**: Stop on critical failure, continue on non-critical
- ✅ **Parallel Safe**: Independent tests run in parallel
- ✅ **Deterministic**: Same order, same results
- ✅ **Traceable**: Clear dependency chain visible

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## 🎯 **TEST DEPENDENCY HIERARCHY (12 LEVELS)**

### Level 1: Authentication (CRITICAL - Blocks all)
- **1.1**: Valid credentials [CRITICAL] - Blocks Steps 2-12
- **1.2**: Invalid credentials - Non-blocking
- **1.3**: Session persistence - Depends on 1.1

### Level 2: Dashboard (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 3-12)
- **2.1**: Display metrics [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 1.1
- **2.2**: Show activity - Depends on 2.1
- **2.3**: Real-time updates - Depends on 2.1

### Level 3: Quality Checks (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 4-12)
- **3.1**: View failures [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 2.1
- **3.2**: Investigate details - Depends on 3.1
- **3.3**: View recommendations - Depends on 3.1

### Level 4: Item Creation (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 5-12)
- **4.1**: Create item [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 3.1
- **4.2**: Set priority - Depends on 4.1
- **4.3**: Add tags - Depends on 4.1
- **4.4**: Create multiple items - Depends on 4.1

### Level 5: Link Creation (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 6-12)
- **5.1**: Create link [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 4.1
- **5.2**: Set link type - Depends on 5.1

### Level 6: Graph (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 7-12)
- **6.1**: Render visualization [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 5.1
- **6.2**: Show nodes - Depends on 6.1
- **6.3**: Show edges - Depends on 6.1

### Level 7: Agents (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 8-12)
- **7.1**: Assign agent [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 6.1

### Level 8: Progress (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 9-12)
- **8.1**: See progress [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 7.1

### Level 9: Quality Checks Execution (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 10-12)
- **9.1**: Run checks [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 8.1

### Level 10: Reports (CRITICAL - Blocks Steps 11-12)
- **10.1**: Generate report [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 9.1

### Level 11: Team (CRITICAL - Blocks Step 12)
- **11.1**: View workload [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 10.1

### Level 12: Export (CRITICAL - Final step)
- **12.1**: Export data [CRITICAL] - Depends on Step 11.1

### Performance Tests (INDEPENDENT - Can run in parallel)
- **Dashboard < 2s** - Independent
- **Graph < 3s** - Independent
- **Items < 1.5s** - Independent

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## 📊 **DEPENDENCY TRACING MATRIX**

| Step | Test | Type | Depends On | Blocks | Critical |
|------|------|------|-----------|--------|----------|
| 1 | 1.1 | Auth | None | 2-12 | ✅ YES |
| 2 | 2.1 | Dash | 1.1 | 3-12 | ✅ YES |
| 3 | 3.1 | QC | 2.1 | 4-12 | ✅ YES |
| 4 | 4.1 | Item | 3.1 | 5-12 | ✅ YES |
| 5 | 5.1 | Link | 4.1 | 6-12 | ✅ YES |
| 6 | 6.1 | Grph | 5.1 | 7-12 | ✅ YES |
| 7 | 7.1 | Agnt | 6.1 | 8-12 | ✅ YES |
| 8 | 8.1 | Prog | 7.1 | 9-12 | ✅ YES |
| 9 | 9.1 | QCEx | 8.1 | 10-12 | ✅ YES |
| 10 | 10.1 | Rept | 9.1 | 11-12 | ✅ YES |
| 11 | 11.1 | Team | 10.1 | 12 | ✅ YES |
| 12 | 12.1 | Expt | 11.1 | None | ✅ YES |

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## 🔄 **EXECUTION FLOW**

### Serial Execution (Default)
```
Step 1.1 (Auth) ✓
  ↓
Step 1.2 (Auth) ✓
  ↓
Step 1.3 (Auth) ✓
  ↓
Step 2.1 (Dashboard) ✓
  ↓
... (continues through all 12 steps)
  ↓
Step 12.1 (Export) ✓
```

### Parallel Execution (Within Step)
```
Step 2.1 (Dashboard) ✓
  ├─ Step 2.2 (Activity) ✓ (parallel)
  └─ Step 2.3 (Real-time) ✓ (parallel)
```

### Performance Tests (Parallel)
```
Dashboard < 2s ✓ (parallel)
Graph < 3s ✓ (parallel)
Items < 1.5s ✓ (parallel)
```

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## ✅ **READY FOR EXECUTION**

The E2E test suite is now ready for execution. All tests are:
- ✅ Properly ordered by user journey
- ✅ Dependency-traced and linked
- ✅ AGENTS.md governance compliant
- ✅ Ready to run with Playwright

**Next**: Install Playwright and run the tests! 🚀


