From 099cdaf232930378c2bc761dfb729be914eb7ff7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bijin A B <bijin@usebruno.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:07:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] test(preferences): set default preferences values to be
 overriden by tests with custom preferences (#8321)

---
 playwright/index.ts                           | 34 +++++++++++++------
 .../init-user-data-existing/preferences.json  |  3 +-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playwright/index.ts b/playwright/index.ts
index 938f5d3ed..ddcb48de6 100644
--- a/playwright/index.ts
+++ b/playwright/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { test as baseTest, BrowserContext, ElectronApplication, Page, TestInfo } from '@playwright/test';
+import { merge } from 'lodash-es';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
@@ -6,6 +7,25 @@ import { version } from '../packages/bruno-app/package.json';
 
 const electronAppPath = path.join(__dirname, '../packages/bruno-electron');
 
+const PREFERENCES_FILE = 'preferences.json';
+
+/**
+ * Default preferences for the app - preferences.json file.
+ * This is overridden by the init-user-data/preferences.json file if it exists.
+ *
+ * Uses lodash/merge to merge the default preferences with the init-user-data/preferences.json file.
+ *   - Note: arrays are merged by index, not concatenated. (e.g. lastOpenedCollections, lastOpenedWorkspaces, etc.)
+ */
+const defaultPreferences = {
+  preferences: {
+    onboarding: {
+      hasLaunchedBefore: true,
+      hasSeenWelcomeModal: true,
+      lastSeenVersion: version
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 const existsAsync = (filepath: string) => fs.promises.access(filepath).then(() => true).catch(() => false);
 
 async function recursiveCopy(src: string, dest: string) {
@@ -238,24 +258,18 @@ export const test = baseTest.extend<
                 throw new Error(`\tNo replacement for {{${key}}} in ${path.join(initUserDataPath, file)}`);
               }
             });
+            if (file === PREFERENCES_FILE) {
+              content = JSON.stringify(merge({}, defaultPreferences, JSON.parse(content)), null, 2);
+            }
             await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join(userDataPath, file), content, 'utf-8');
           }
         } else {
           // No initUserDataPath provided: create default preferences to skip onboarding
           // BUT only if preferences.json doesn't already exist
-          const prefsPath = path.join(userDataPath, 'preferences.json');
+          const prefsPath = path.join(userDataPath, PREFERENCES_FILE);
           const prefsExist = await existsAsync(prefsPath);
 
           if (!prefsExist) {
-            const defaultPreferences = {
-              preferences: {
-                onboarding: {
-                  hasLaunchedBefore: true,
-                  hasSeenWelcomeModal: true,
-                  lastSeenVersion: version
-                }
-              }
-            };
             await fs.promises.writeFile(
               prefsPath,
               JSON.stringify(defaultPreferences, null, 2),
diff --git a/tests/changelog/init-user-data-existing/preferences.json b/tests/changelog/init-user-data-existing/preferences.json
index daca1aaad..ccb4a1549 100644
--- a/tests/changelog/init-user-data-existing/preferences.json
+++ b/tests/changelog/init-user-data-existing/preferences.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "preferences": {
     "onboarding": {
       "hasLaunchedBefore": true,
-      "hasSeenWelcomeModal": true
+      "hasSeenWelcomeModal": true,
+      "lastSeenVersion": null
     }
   }
 }