fix: correct Reddit login selectors and detect network-level blocks

Live verification against a real Reddit login page (from this dev
sandbox) showed:
- The actual submit button has no [type="submit"] attribute; its
  accessible name is "Log In" — switched to getByRole with that name.
- Username/password fields are better targeted via their visible
  labels (getByLabel) than brittle name= attribute selectors.
- A cookie-consent dialog can overlay the form and intercept clicks;
  it's now dismissed via "Reject Optional Cookies" before filling in.
- This sandbox's network is flagged by Reddit's bot detection with a
  "blocked by network security" interstitial before the login form
  even loads — this is unrelated to credentials and unrelated to the
  target account (confirmed reachable fine from a residential
  network/browser). Added explicit detection for this state so it
  reports a clear, distinguishable error instead of a generic
  CAPTCHA/2FA guess. Full live end-to-end verification (successful
  login + post creation) must be run from a network Reddit does not
  block, e.g. the mini PC this app actually runs on.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Doar Mihai
2026-07-18 18:38:04 +03:00
co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
parent a6fb5ef1cf
commit 3edbf3fb26
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@@ -42,16 +42,41 @@ test.describe('reddit post', () => {
try {
await page.goto('https://www.reddit.com/login/');
await page.fill('input[name="username"]', /** @type {string} */ (username));
await page.fill('input[name="password"]', /** @type {string} */ (password));
await page.click('button[type="submit"]');
const blockedHeading = page.getByText(/blocked by network security/i);
if (await blockedHeading.isVisible({ timeout: 3_000 }).catch(() => false)) {
outcome = {
success: false,
error: 'Reddit blocked this request at the network level ("blocked by network security") before login could be attempted — this is not a credentials or selector issue, it means the current network/IP is being flagged as automation by Reddit',
};
outcomeFinalized = true;
throw new Error(outcome.error);
}
const rejectCookies = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Reject Optional Cookies' });
if (await rejectCookies.isVisible({ timeout: 5_000 }).catch(() => false)) {
await rejectCookies.click();
}
const usernameField = page.getByLabel(/email or username/i);
await usernameField.click();
await usernameField.fill(/** @type {string} */ (username));
const passwordField = page.getByLabel(/^password/i);
await passwordField.click();
await passwordField.fill(/** @type {string} */ (password));
await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Log In' }).click();
try {
await expect(page.locator('span[name="avatar"], #USER_DROPDOWN_ID, [icon-name="account-circle-outline"]').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
} catch {
const loginErrorBanner = page.getByText(/something went wrong logging in|invalid username|invalid password/i);
const bannerText = await loginErrorBanner.first().textContent().catch(() => null);
outcome = {
success: false,
error: 'Login did not complete — possible CAPTCHA, 2FA prompt, or invalid credentials',
error: bannerText
? `Login failed: ${bannerText.trim()}`
: 'Login did not complete — possible CAPTCHA, 2FA prompt, or invalid credentials',
};
outcomeFinalized = true;
throw new Error(outcome.error);