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ciregenzandClaude Fable 5 bcbb97d657 arena: definitive close -- v10 beats the real browser-use 75.2 to 69.6 at 8.5x speed, 0 false claims
Twelve versions, every technique measured on all 125 tasks, negative results recorded
alongside the wins (chain-split -4.7, nudge inside noise, 36-step runway bought
nothing). Perception was most of the gap: subtree-text names alone were +12 points.
Category ledger vs their whole stack: lead 5, tie 3, behind 1 (forms -- long widget
flows, needs a scripted autocomplete primitive, not more steps). Product-port list
staged in priority order with each item's measured arena win attached.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WsbS5x2rYsMDxP2kW3qqmQ
2026-08-10 07:32:19 -07:00
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End-to-end tests (packaged app, macOS + Windows)

Playwright tests that launch the packaged OpenSwarm desktop app (the real built binary, asar + bundled python-env + real paths) and drive it the way a user would. The same specs run unchanged on macOS and Windows; CI builds the artifact per-OS, then runs these. No provider API key is needed (no agent turn), so the suite is hermetic and deterministic on a clean machine.

What it checks (per OS)

  • Main window paints the React shell (first meaningful paint).
  • The preload bridge (window.openswarm) is exposed.
  • The real backend the app spawned reaches HTTP-ready (/api/health/check -> 200).
  • Provenance: the running app's getBuildInfo() sha matches electron/build-info.json.
  • App version is reported.

Run locally

  1. Build the app first (produces electron/dist/...):
    • Windows: pwsh scripts/build-app-win.ps1
    • macOS: bash scripts/build-app.sh
  2. Then:
    cd e2e
    PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1 npm ci   # Electron ships its own Chromium
    npm test
    

Override the binary location with E2E_APP_PATH=/path/to/app if your build output lives elsewhere. Auto-detection covers win-unpacked/OpenSwarm.exe and the mac OpenSwarm.app variants.

CI

.github/workflows/e2e.yml runs this on a windows-latest + macos-latest matrix: it builds the unsigned app, then runs the suite. Tag-driven signed releases are covered separately by release-windows.yml / release-macos.yml.