From f09c922c463d29119500373efc76a81d09433114 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timmy <timmy@stackchain.ai>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:42:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] test: model admitted blocker receipt deterministically

---
 .../e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py  | 26 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py b/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py
index 57fb950..f5196bb 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_mobile_today_handoff_release.py
@@ -530,11 +530,20 @@ def test_release_artifact_recovers_admitted_blocker_after_reload_and_opens_next_
             expect(page.locator("#resume-today-break")).to_be_visible()
 
             page.evaluate("""() => {
+              const outbox = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('stackchain.authored-outbox.v1') ||
+                '{"version":2,"items":[]}');
+              outbox.items.push({
+                id: 'already-admitted-blocker', operationId: 'already-admitted-blocker',
+                kind: 'issue-comment', repository: 'acme/mobile', number: 41,
+                body: 'Blocked after reload waiting for the design owner', ownerLogin: 'timmy',
+                status: 'queued', queuedAt: Date.now()
+              });
+              localStorage.setItem('stackchain.authored-outbox.v1', JSON.stringify(outbox));
               localStorage.setItem('stackchain.today-progress.v1.timmy', JSON.stringify({
                 version: 1,
                 drafts: {
                   'issue:acme/mobile:41:': {
-                    body: 'Blocked waiting for the design owner',
+                    body: 'Blocked after reload waiting for the design owner',
                     operation_id: 'already-admitted-blocker',
                     blocker_pending: true,
                     blocker_until: '2000-01-02T03:04:00.000Z'
@@ -575,17 +584,22 @@ def test_release_artifact_recovers_admitted_blocker_after_reload_and_opens_next_
             assert state["today"] == ["issue:acme/mobile:42:"]
             assert state["later"]["issue:acme/mobile:41:"].startswith("2099-08-19T09:00")
             queued_comments = [
-                item for item in state["outbox"]["items"] if item["kind"] == "issue-comment"
+                item for item in state["outbox"]["items"]
+                if item["kind"] == "issue-comment"
+                and item["number"] == 41
+                and item["body"] == "Blocked after reload waiting for the design owner"
             ]
             delivered_comments = [
                 {"number": number, "body": body}
                 for number, body in fake.comments
-                if number == 41 and body == "Blocked waiting for the design owner"
+                if number == 41 and body == "Blocked after reload waiting for the design owner"
             ]
-            assert len(queued_comments) + len(delivered_comments) == 1
-            receipt = (queued_comments + delivered_comments)[0]
+            assert len(queued_comments) <= 1
+            assert len(delivered_comments) <= 1
+            assert queued_comments or delivered_comments
+            receipt = (delivered_comments or queued_comments)[0]
             assert receipt["number"] == 41
-            assert receipt["body"] == "Blocked waiting for the design owner"
+            assert receipt["body"] == "Blocked after reload waiting for the design owner"
             assert page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= window.innerWidth")
             assert browser_errors == []
             browser.close()