woo-beta-compat-test

name	woo-beta-compat-test
description	Use when a new WooCommerce beta or release candidate is available and you need to test the plugin's compatibility. Triggers on phrases like "test against WC beta", "compatibility test", "new WooCommerce version".

WooCommerce Beta Compatibility Test

Overview

Run a full compatibility test of the released plugin against a new WooCommerce beta version. This covers QIT automated tests, GitHub Actions CI, and manual Playwright smoke tests.

Usage

Invoke with the WooCommerce beta version as argument:

/woo-beta-compat-test 10.6.0-beta.1

Process

Follow all four steps sequentially. Report results after each step before moving to the next.

Step 1 — Download the latest stable plugin zip

Download the currently released version from wordpress.org:

curl -L -o /tmp/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration.zip \
  "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration.latest-stable.zip"

Verify the download succeeded and the file is a valid zip.

Step 2 — Run QIT commands

Run these three QIT commands with the downloaded zip. Use the exact beta version provided by the user first. Only if a version is not available, fall back to the X.Y.Z-dev format (e.g., 10.6.0-beta.1 → 10.6.0-dev). Use --help on the failing command to discover available versions.

Note: Each command uses different flags — pay attention to the differences.

# run:activation uses --source (not --zip) and --woo for version
qit run:activation \
  --woo "<VERSION>" \
  --source /tmp/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration.zip \
  woocommerce-google-analytics-integration

# run:woo-api uses --zip and --woocommerce_version, supports --wait
qit run:woo-api \
  --woocommerce_version="<VERSION>" \
  --zip /tmp/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration.zip \
  --wait \
  woocommerce-google-analytics-integration

# run:woo-e2e uses --zip and --woocommerce_version, supports --wait
qit run:woo-e2e \
  --woocommerce_version "<VERSION>" \
  --zip /tmp/woocommerce-google-analytics-integration.zip \
  --wait \
  woocommerce-google-analytics-integration

The --woocommerce_version flag on run:woo-api and run:woo-e2e only accepts specific enumerated values (check --help output). If the beta version is not listed, use the -dev suffix version instead.

After each command completes, analyze the report output. Summarize pass/fail status and highlight any failures with details.

Step 3 — Trigger GitHub Actions and wait for results

Trigger both CI workflows with the beta version and wait for completion:

gh workflow run e2e-tests.yml \
  -f wc-rc-version="<VERSION>"

gh workflow run php-unit-tests.yml \
  -f wc-rc-version="<VERSION>"

After triggering:

1. Use gh run list --workflow=<workflow> to find the run IDs
2. Use gh run watch <run-id> to wait for each run to complete
3. If a run fails, fetch the logs with gh run view <run-id> --log-failed
4. Analyze the failure logs and report what went wrong
5. If the failure is in plugin code, suggest or apply a fix

Step 4 — Playwright smoke tests

Start the local WordPress environment with the WooCommerce beta installed:

npm run wp-env:up
npm run build
npm run -- wp-env run cli --config=.wp-env.test.json -- wp plugin update woocommerce --version="<VERSION>"
npm run -- wp-env run cli --config=.wp-env.test.json -- wp wc update

Then use the Playwright MCP browser to perform these smoke tests:

1. Settings page — Navigate to wp-admin (user: admin, pass: password), go to WooCommerce → Settings → Integration → Google Analytics. Verify the settings page loads without errors.
2. Save settings — Enter a test tracking ID (G-TEST12345), save. Verify settings persist after reload.
3. Frontend GA snippet — Navigate to the shop page. View page source or inspect the HTML to verify the gtag.js snippet is present with the correct tracking ID.
4. Product page — Open any product page. Verify it loads without errors and the GA snippet is present.
5. Add to cart — Add a product to the cart. Verify the cart updates and no JS errors appear in the console.

Report the result of each check. If any check fails, provide details and screenshots.

After testing

Summarize all results in a table:

Test	Status	Notes
QIT Activation	✅/❌
QIT API	✅/❌
QIT E2E	✅/❌
GH Action: E2E Tests	✅/❌
GH Action: PHP Unit Tests	✅/❌
Smoke: Settings page	✅/❌
Smoke: Save settings	✅/❌
Smoke: Frontend GA snippet	✅/❌
Smoke: Product page	✅/❌
Smoke: Add to cart	✅/❌

Error triage

When any test fails, classify each error into one of three categories and take the corresponding action:

1. Plugin error — fix it

The error is in code from this repository (e.g., a PHP fatal in includes/, a JS error from assets/, a failing unit test in tests/).

Action: Fix the issue directly in the codebase. Run the failing test again to confirm the fix.

2. QIT / test environment error — report to #qit

The error is related to the QIT tool itself or the testing environment (e.g., QIT command crashes, Docker/environment setup failures, test infrastructure timeouts, flaky QIT test runner behavior unrelated to plugin code).

Action: Draft a Slack message for the #qit channel describing the error, the QIT command that was run, and the full error output. Ask the user to send the message to the coresponding channel.

3. WooCommerce / other plugin error — report to #woo-core-releases

The error is caused by WooCommerce core or another plugin (e.g., a WooCommerce API regression, a breaking change in WC beta, a failure in a WC core E2E test unrelated to this plugin's code).

Action:

1. Use the context-a8c MCP to identify which team owns the affected area (search Linear, Slack, or Matticspace for the relevant WooCommerce component)
2. Draft a Slack message for the #woo-core-releases channel describing:
   • The WooCommerce beta version being tested
   • The specific error and which test surfaced it
   • A ping to the responsible team identified above
3. Ask the user to review and send the message