Use capybara-mechanize for smoke tests

The behaviour of the default capybara driver starts the rack application
and launches chrome, which is slow.

Smoke tests target a remote deployed environment so those are not
needed. Use capybara-mechanize to make remote requests only.

Gemfile

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ end
 group :test do
   gem "capybara", "~> 3.40"
   gem "capybara-email"
+  gem "capybara-mechanize"
   gem "cuprite", "~> 0.15"
   gem "faker"
   gem "rspec"

Gemfile.lock

@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ GEM
     capybara-email (3.0.2)
       capybara (>= 2.4, < 4.0)
       mail
+    capybara-mechanize (1.13.0)
+      capybara (>= 3.0.0, < 4)
+      mechanize (~> 2.8.5)
     choice (0.2.0)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ GEM
       actionmailer (>= 5.0)
       devise (>= 4.6)
     diff-lcs (1.5.1)
+    domain_name (0.6.20240107)
     dotenv (2.8.1)
     dotenv-rails (2.8.1)
       dotenv (= 2.8.1)
@@ -208,6 +212,8 @@ GEM
     hashie (5.0.0)
     html-attributes-utils (1.0.2)
       activesupport (>= 6.1.4.4)
+    http-cookie (1.0.8)
+      domain_name (~> 0.5)
     i18n (1.14.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     inflection (1.0.0)
@@ -225,6 +231,7 @@ GEM
     kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
       kramdown (~> 2.0)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
+    logger (1.6.5)
     logstop (0.3.1)
     loofah (2.22.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
@@ -243,7 +250,22 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 2.1.4.1)
     marcel (1.0.2)
     matrix (0.4.2)
+    mechanize (2.8.5)
+      addressable (~> 2.8)
+      domain_name (~> 0.5, >= 0.5.20190701)
+      http-cookie (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.3)
+      mime-types (~> 3.0)
+      net-http-digest_auth (~> 1.4, >= 1.4.1)
+      net-http-persistent (>= 2.5.2, < 5.0.dev)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.11, >= 1.11.2)
+      rubyntlm (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.3)
+      webrick (~> 1.7)
+      webrobots (~> 0.1.2)
     method_source (1.0.0)
+    mime-types (3.6.0)
+      logger
+      mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
+    mime-types-data (3.2025.0107)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     minitest (5.25.1)
     msgpack (1.6.0)
@@ -252,6 +274,9 @@ GEM
     mutex_m (0.2.0)
     net-http (0.4.1)
       uri
+    net-http-digest_auth (1.4.1)
+    net-http-persistent (4.0.5)
+      connection_pool (~> 2.2)
     net-imap (0.4.10)
       date
       net-protocol
@@ -438,6 +463,8 @@ GEM
     ruby-graphviz (1.2.5)
       rexml
     ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
+    rubyntlm (0.6.5)
+      base64
     semantic_logger (4.15.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     sentry-rails (5.19.0)
@@ -529,6 +556,7 @@ GEM
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
       hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
     webrick (1.8.1)
+    webrobots (0.1.2)
     websocket-driver (0.7.6)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
@@ -548,6 +576,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin-21
   arm64-darwin-23
   x86_64-darwin-21
+  x86_64-darwin-24
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
@@ -556,6 +585,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bootsnap
   capybara (~> 3.40)
   capybara-email
+  capybara-mechanize
   console1984 (~> 0.1.29)
   cssbundling-rails
   cuprite (~> 0.15)

spec/system/smoke_spec.rb

@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@
 require "spec_helper"
 require "capybara/rspec"
 require "capybara/cuprite"
+require 'capybara/mechanize'
 
-Capybara.javascript_driver = :cuprite
 Capybara.always_include_port = false
 
-RSpec.describe "Smoke test", type: :system, js: true, smoke_test: true do
+Capybara.register_driver :mechanize do |app|
+  Capybara::Mechanize::Driver.new(proc {})
+end
+
+RSpec.describe "Smoke test", type: :system, smoke_test: true, driver: :mechanize do
+  before do
+    Capybara.app_host = ENV["HOSTING_DOMAIN"]
+  end
+
   it "works as expected" do
     when_i_am_authorized_as_a_support_user
     when_i_visit_the_start_page
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@
   end
 
   it "/health/all returns 200" do
-    page.visit("#{ENV["HOSTING_DOMAIN"]}/health/all")
+    page.visit("/health/all")
     expect(page.status_code).to eq(200)
   end
 
@@ -102,9 +110,10 @@ def then_i_see_the_start_page
   end
 
   def when_i_am_authorized_as_a_support_user
-    page.driver.basic_authorize(
+    page.driver.browser.agent.add_auth(
+      ENV["HOSTING_DOMAIN"],
       ENV["SUPPORT_USERNAME"],
-      ENV["SUPPORT_PASSWORD"],
+      ENV["SUPPORT_PASSWORD"]
     )
   end
 
@@ -155,6 +164,6 @@ def when_i_press_the_start_button
   end
 
   def when_i_visit_the_start_page
-    page.visit("#{ENV["HOSTING_DOMAIN"]}/start")
+    page.visit("/start")
   end
 end