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Playwright

Send a message and wait for the auto-reply

Medium50 pts~2 min
  • Explicit waits
  • Dynamic content
  • Chat UIs
Practice app · ConnectIn

A professional network: a 3-step sign-up wizard, a feed with likes, comments and lazy-loaded posts, a notifications dropdown, a messaging drawer with auto-replies, job search with filters and a multi-step Easy Apply modal, member profiles with connect/withdraw, a skills tag input and company pages that open a careers site in a new tab.

Test URL
/lab/playwright-connectin-messaging-autoreply

Your starter code already declares TEST_URL — never hardcode a host.

Objective

Send Daniel Okafor a message from the messaging drawer and wait — without fixed sleeps — for his automatic reply to arrive about two seconds later.

Your task

  1. 1Open TEST_URL (you are already signed in) and click Messaging (#nav-messaging).
  2. 2In #messaging-drawer, open the conversation with Daniel Okafor ([data-testid="conversation"][data-conversation-id="daniel"]).
  3. 3Type “Hi Daniel, are you free for a call on Thursday?” into #message-input and click Send (#message-send).
  4. 4Assert your message appears in #message-thread and #message-input is empty.
  5. 5Wait for the reply ([data-testid="message"][data-auto-reply="true"]) and assert it says “Thursday works for me! How about 3 pm?” and the typing indicator (#typing-indicator) is gone.

Acceptance criteria

  • Your message is in the thread and the input is cleared.
  • Daniel's auto-reply is shown.
  • The typing indicator has disappeared.
  • The test uses no fixed sleeps.

Fixtures

Email
alex@connectin.test
Password
Connect@2026
Account name
Alex Morgan
Password rules
8+ characters with an uppercase letter, a number and a special character
Locations
Bengaluru, India · Berlin, Germany · London, UK · New York, US · Toronto, Canada
Featured company
Northwind Labs (#/company/northwind-labs)

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