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🎯 Goal

  • Fix the flaky test_userUploadsVideo e2e test on iOS 26.2. The test runner saves a video to the simulator's photo library, which shows a permission prompt on iOS 26.2. When the prompt isn't answered in time, the save times out, the prompt is dismissed as "Don't Allow", and every retry then fails with PHPhotosErrorDomain Code=3311 (access denied).
  • Cover the reaction authors list for both the user's own reaction and the participant's: the reaction shows up after it's added and is gone after it's removed.

📝 Summary

  • Grant photo library access to the UI-test runner with simctl before the e2e tests run on CI
  • Fail fast with a clear message when photo library access is denied
  • Extend the reaction tests to check the reaction authors list after adding and after removing a reaction

🛠 Implementation

  • New private lane allow_photo_library_access, called from test_e2e_mock. It finds the simulator for the device option, boots it (simctl privacy needs a booted simulator), and runs simctl privacy <udid> grant photos-add io.getstream.iOS.StreamChatUITestsAppUITests.xctrunner. The grant works before the runner is installed and overrides an earlier denial.
    • A versioned device is matched with Gem::Version, like scan does. A device without a version gets the same pick scan makes.
    • The lane fails when the requested simulator doesn't exist, instead of letting scan fall back to another simulator without the grant. With no device it logs a warning and skips the grant (local runs).
  • PhotoLibrary.seedVideo only requests authorization when it's not determined yet, waits up to 15s for the prompt on local runs, and stops with a reset hint when access is denied instead of waiting for the save to time out.
  • Reactions:
    • test_deletesReaction: the participant reacts first, so the list stays open. The user adds a reaction and sees "You" and the participant, then removes it and sees only the participant.
    • test_reactionAuthorsSheetIsShown_whenUserTapsOnReaction: mirrored. The user reacts first, the participant adds a reaction and both are shown, then the participant removes it and only "You" is shown.
    • The authors list is closed and reopened after a removal, because the open UIKit list doesn't refresh: ChatMessageReactionAuthorsVC reads messageController.reactions, which isn't updated by message changes.
    • UserRobot: tapOnMessageReactions() taps the first reaction (a message with two reactions matched two buttons), closeReactionAuthors(), and assertReactionAuthor(_:isPresent:).

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🧪 Manual Testing Notes

Verified locally on iPhone 16 Pro (iOS 18.5) against the mock server:

  • Access granted with simctl: test_userUploadsVideo passes.
  • Access revoked: the test fails in ~4s with the "Photo library access is denied" message.
  • Both reaction tests pass against the mock's main and against mock #88. UIKit builds the authors list from latest_reactions, so it doesn't need that fix.

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  • Documentation has been updated in the docs-content repo

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    • UI test runs now prepare photo-library access on the selected simulator. When access is unavailable, tests stop before attempting to save a video and provide guidance to reset permissions.
    • Permission prompts are given more time to appear, and existing authorization choices are respected. Simulator selection uses the requested device and OS version when provided, with a compatible default simulator used otherwise.

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📝 Walkthrough

The mock end-to-end lane grants add-only photo-library access to a selected simulator. The video-seeding helper checks authorization before saving a video. Reaction UI tests verify reaction-author lists before and after reaction removal.

Changes: Photo Library Access for UI Tests

Layer / File(s) Summary
Grant access in the mock test lane
fastlane/Fastfile
test_e2e_mock calls a helper that selects a simulator by device name and optional OS version, waits for boot, and grants photos-add access to the UI test runner.
Check authorization before saving videos
StreamChatUITestsAppUITests/Pages/PhotoLibrary.swift
requestAddAuthorization returns the current status and handles the prompt only when status is .notDetermined. seedVideo stops and reports reset instructions unless access is .authorized.

Reaction Author UI Tests

Layer / File(s) Summary
Verify reaction authors and removal
StreamChatUITestsAppUITests/Robots/UserRobot+Reactions.swift, StreamChatUITestsAppUITests/Tests/Reactions*Tests.swift
Reaction helpers query author cells and support presence or absence checks. The extended and standard reaction tests verify which authors appear after reactions are added and removed.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: martinmitrevski

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ff279

The UI-test change grants photo-library access on CI and checks authorization before saving a video. If access is denied, the upload test records a clear failure but may then run later steps that add confusing follow-on failures. This is a minor test-diagnostics issue, so the PR is mergeable with that awareness.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @fastlane/Fastfile:
- Around line 593-595: Update the simulator selection in the helper using
`FastlaneCore::DeviceManager.simulators` so it matches `scan`’s
highest-compatible-runtime selection when no OS version is specified;
alternatively, pass the same version-qualified device to both the
permission-grant step and `scan`. Ensure both steps target the same simulator.

Review comments at @StreamChatUITestsAppUITests/Pages/PhotoLibrary.swift:
- Around line 20-26: Update seedVideo() to return a success result: return false
when photo-library add authorization fails and true after successfully saving
the video. In uploadVideo(), check that result and stop the upload flow when
seeding fails, skipping picker and send steps.

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