turniere-backend/spec/e2e_known_behaviors.md

Backend E2E Known Behaviors

This file records non-obvious backend behaviors that the E2E suite intentionally preserves.

HTTP E2E auth bootstrap

The lifecycle scenarios themselves run only through the HTTP API.

One bootstrap exception currently exists:

• the backend requires email confirmation before a newly registered user can sign in
• there is no public API to complete that confirmation loop without accessing the email channel
• because of that, HTTP E2E runs need a pre-confirmed user

The reusable scenario script supports this through:

• TURNIERE_E2E_EMAIL
• TURNIERE_E2E_PASSWORD
• optional TURNIERE_E2E_USERNAME

Frontend tests can use the same script against a live backend as long as those credentials point to a confirmed account on that backend.

Group stage to playoff conversion with 3 groups and playoff_teams_amount = 4

Observed and covered by spec/e2e/http/tournament_lifecycle_spec.rb and script/e2e_scenarios.rb:

• instant_finalists_amount becomes 3
• intermediate_round_participants_amount becomes 2
• this means 5 teams advance out of the group stage into the playoff tree
• the resulting playoff entry stage is an intermediate_stage with:
  • 3 single_team matches
  • 1 regular match

This can look surprising if playoff_teams_amount = 4 is read as "exactly four teams leave the group stage". The current backend instead models "four playoff slots after the intermediate round", which is the behavior the new E2E tests lock in.