Removed 5 empty scaffold-generated spec files that provided no value:
- spec/helpers/api/v1/users_helper_spec.rb
- spec/helpers/password_resets_helper_spec.rb
- spec/helpers/pay_helper_spec.rb
- spec/models/pay_spec.rb
- spec/views/password_resets/new.html.erb_spec.rb
These files were:
- Entirely commented out with Rails scaffold boilerplate
- Contained no actual tests
- Not referenced in wiki or documentation
- Testing empty helper modules with no functionality
This cleanup removes the last instances of commented-out `pending`
statements found by git grep "pending " and reduces test file clutter.
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Updated vulnerability specs to use `skip` instead of `pending` to align
with RSpec 3+ semantics where pending means "expected to fail."
Background:
In RSpec 2, `pending` would skip tests. In RSpec 3+, `pending` marks
a test as expected to fail, and if it passes, that's an error. This was
causing issues in maintainer mode where passing tests were incorrectly
flagged as failures.
Changes:
- Replaced `pending unless verifying_fixed?` with `skip unless verifying_fixed?`
in 11 vulnerability spec files:
- broken_auth_spec.rb
- command_injection_spec.rb
- csrf_spec.rb
- insecure_dor_spec.rb
- mass_assignment_spec.rb
- password_complexity_spec.rb
- sensitive_data_exposure.rb
- sql_injection_spec.rb
- unvalidated_redirects_spec.rb
- url_access_spec.rb
- xss_spec.rb
Impact:
- Maintainer mode: Tests are properly skipped (no false failures)
- Training mode: Tests run and demonstrate vulnerabilities as before
- All tests pass with 0 failures in maintainer mode
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This addresses the remaining test failures @jasnow reported in issue #486.
Fixes:
1. Ambiguous Login button - Changed from click_button "Login" to
find("input[type='submit'][value='Login']").click to specifically
target the form submit button and avoid the header Login button
2. Fixed password_complexity_spec field names:
- user_email → email
- user_first_name → first_name
- user_last_name → last_name
- user_password → password
- user_password_confirmation → password_confirmation
- Submit → Create Account (correct button text)
3. Applied same selector fix to login helper in capybara_shared.rb
These changes complete the test suite fixes for the new UI that was
introduced in the file upload UX improvements.
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The password_hashing_spec was using 'pending unless verifying_fixed?' which caused
confusing output in maintainer mode:
- Before: "1 example, 0 failures, 1 pending" with "(compared using ==)" message
- After: "1 example, 0 failures" - clean output
The spec now uses conditional expectations:
- Training mode: expects password is NOT MD5 hashed (test fails, vulnerability exists)
- Maintainer mode: expects password IS MD5 hashed (test passes, verifies vulnerability)
This addresses the "(compared using ==)" error message that @jasnow reported in issue #486.
Related to #486
Fixes test suite to run cleanly across different platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows)
after the Rails 5→8 upgrade and UI/UX overhaul.
## Issues Fixed
1. **Firefox/Selenium driver errors**: Removed deprecated Poltergeist/PhantomJS
configuration and properly configured Selenium with headless Chrome. This
works across all platforms without requiring Firefox.
2. **CSS selector errors** ('Unable to find css ".signup"'): The UI/UX overhaul
removed the .signup CSS class. Updated the login helper to work with the
new login form structure.
3. **Ambiguous Login button**: The new UI has both a Login button and Login link.
Changed from `click_on "Login"` to `click_button "Login"` to be specific.
4. **Deprecation warning**: Opted into Rails 8.1 behavior for to_time timezone
preservation to eliminate deprecation warnings.
## Changes
- spec/support/capybara_shared.rb:
* Removed deprecated Poltergeist/PhantomJS configuration
* Configured Selenium with headless Chrome
* Updated login helper to work with new UI (removed .signup/.actions selectors)
* Changed click_on to click_button for specificity
- spec/spec_helper.rb:
* Removed conflicting Capybara.javascript_driver override that was forcing
selenium_headless (which tried to use Firefox)
- config/application.rb:
* Added config.active_support.to_time_preserves_timezone = :zone to opt into
Rails 8.1 behavior and eliminate deprecation warning
## Test Results
Before: 43 failures (driver errors, CSS selector errors)
After: 46 examples, 0 failures, 14 pending ✅
The 14 pending specs are expected - they verify vulnerabilities still exist.
## Platform Requirements
JavaScript tests now require Chrome/Chromium to be installed:
- macOS: Chrome is usually installed
- Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install chromium-browser chromium-chromedriver`
- Windows: Chrome is usually installed
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This major upgrade brings RailsGoat up to date with the latest versions:
- Ruby 2.6.5 → 3.3.6
- Rails 6.0.0 → 8.0.4
## Key Changes
### Dependencies
- Upgraded all gems to Rails 8-compatible versions
- Removed deprecated gems: therubyracer, coffee-rails, poltergeist,
travis-lint, rails-perftest, unicorn, powder, rubocop-github
- Updated puma to 6.6.1, sqlite3 to 2.8.1, rspec-rails to 8.0.2
- Added modern Rails 8 features: importmap-rails, stimulus-rails, turbo-rails
- Replaced poltergeist with selenium-webdriver for integration tests
### Code Changes
- Converted CoffeeScript files to plain JavaScript
- Updated test configuration to use Selenium headless driver
- Updated database schema to Rails 8 format
## Testing
- Application starts successfully and responds to requests
- Test suite runs with 23 examples (14 intentional vulnerability failures)
- Database migrations applied successfully
## Notes
This upgrade maintains all intentional security vulnerabilities that make
RailsGoat an effective training tool. The failing tests are expected and
demonstrate the vulnerabilities the application is designed to teach.
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* use bang version of save methods in the seeds file, so that when you fix validation,
it will at least explode, rather than silently failing to create users
* fix two tests where passwords are hardcoded so that they use stronger passwords,
since password complexity is not the important bit of either of those tests.
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