test(e2e): skip Suricata in smoke fixture to fix processing-timeout flake

[NotYuSheng]

Problem

The llm-error.spec.ts smoke test (E2E Smoke Tests / Playwright smoke tests) has been flaky, failing in fixture setup with:

Error: file processing did not complete (status: processing)
Expected: "completed"

It first surfaced on the version-sync PR #568 (v0.1.1-182-g75ce6ee) — the only recent sync PR that touched an E2E-trigger path (docker-compose.yml), so it was the first sync to re-run the suite. It is not a #567 regression; #567 only nudged a test that was already sitting on the edge.

Root cause

uploadAndProcessFixture uploads a pcap and polls up to 60s for completed. enableSuricata defaults to true at the API, and Suricata reloads the full Emerging Threats ruleset on every analysis (~60s regardless of size), so processing lands right at the deadline and tips over when CI is slightly slow.

Measured against the running stack (ftp.pcap, 9 KB / 38 packets):

Config	Analysis time
Suricata on (default)	~62s (Extract stage alone = 58s)
Suricata off	~2s

Fix

The LLM-error tests only need a completed file to reach the Story/Filter tabs — they don't exercise IDS output. Upload the fixture with enableSuricata: 'false'. Fixture setup drops from a flaky ~60s to ~2s.

Local run: 2 passed (3.4s).

Follow-up

The underlying "Suricata adds ~60s to every upload" performance problem is tracked separately in #569.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Tests
  • Improved fixture upload smoke-test reliability by disabling Suricata processing during test uploads.
  • Reduced unnecessary processing time and flakiness around test deadlines.

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Code Review

This pull request updates the end-to-end test helper in frontend/e2e/helpers.ts to disable Suricata (enableSuricata: 'false') during fixture upload and processing. This change is intended to prevent smoke tests from timing out and becoming flaky due to the overhead of loading the Emerging Threats ruleset. I have no feedback to provide as there are no review comments.

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The end-to-end fixture upload helper now explicitly disables Suricata processing and documents that ruleset processing can make smoke-test deadlines flaky.

Changes

Fixture upload processing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Disable Suricata for fixture uploads frontend/e2e/helpers.ts	The multipart upload payload sets enableSuricata to 'false', with comments documenting the processing-time impact.

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