Fix intermittent failures in bok-choy tests of payment and verification

common/djangoapps/course_modes/views.py

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def create_mode(request, course_id):
 
     Args:
         request (`Request`): The Django Request object.
-        course_id (unicode): The slash-separated course key.
+        course_id (unicode): A course ID.
 
     Returns:
         Response
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def create_mode(request, course_id):
     CourseMode.objects.get_or_create(course_id=course_key, **PARAMETERS)
 
     # Return a success message and a 200 response
-    return HttpResponse("Mode '{mode_slug}' created for course with ID '{course_id}'.".format(
+    return HttpResponse("Mode '{mode_slug}' created for '{course}'.".format(
         mode_slug=PARAMETERS['mode_slug'],
-        course_id=course_id
+        course=course_id
     ))

common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/create_mode.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ModeCreationPage(PageObject):
         """
         super(ModeCreationPage, self).__init__(browser)
 
-        self.course_id = course_id
+        self._course_id = course_id
         self._parameters = {}
 
         if mode_slug is not None:
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ class ModeCreationPage(PageObject):
     @property
     def url(self):
         """Construct the mode creation URL."""
-        url = '{base}/course_modes/create_mode/{course_id}'.format(
+        url = '{base}/course_modes/create_mode/{course_id}/'.format(
             base=BASE_URL,
-            course_id=self.course_id
+            course_id=self._course_id
         )
 
         query_string = urllib.urlencode(self._parameters)
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ class ModeCreationPage(PageObject):
 
     def is_browser_on_page(self):
         message = self.q(css='BODY').text[0]
-        match = re.search(r'Mode ([^$]+) created for course with ID ([^$]+).$', message)
+        match = re.search(r'Mode ([^$]+) created for ([^$]+).$', message)
         return True if match else False

common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/track_selection.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class TrackSelectionPage(PageObject):
     @property
     def url(self):
         """Return the URL corresponding to the track selection page."""
-        url = "{base}/course_modes/choose/{course_id}{querystring}".format(
+        url = "{base}/course_modes/choose/{course_id}/{querystring}".format(
             base=BASE_URL,
             course_id=self._course_id,
             querystring=self._querystring

common/test/acceptance/tests/lms/test_lms.py

@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ class RegisterFromCombinedPageTest(UniqueCourseTest):
         self.assertEqual(self.register_page.current_form, "login")
 
 
-@skip('ECOM-956: Failing intermittently due to 500 errors when trying to hit the mode creation endpoint.')
 @attr('shard_1')
 class PayAndVerifyTest(UniqueCourseTest):
     """Test that we can proceed through the payment and verification flow."""
@@ -253,6 +252,7 @@ class PayAndVerifyTest(UniqueCourseTest):
         create a user and log them in.
         """
         super(PayAndVerifyTest, self).setUp()
+
         self.track_selection_page = TrackSelectionPage(self.browser, self.course_id, separate_verified=True)
         self.payment_and_verification_flow = PaymentAndVerificationFlow(self.browser, self.course_id)
         self.immediate_verification_page = PaymentAndVerificationFlow(self.browser, self.course_id, entry_point='verify-now')

lms/envs/bok_choy.env.json

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
         "SUBDOMAIN_BRANDING": false,
         "SUBDOMAIN_COURSE_LISTINGS": false,
         "ALLOW_AUTOMATED_SIGNUPS": true,
+        "AUTOMATIC_AUTH_FOR_TESTING": true,
         "MODE_CREATION_FOR_TESTING": true,
         "AUTOMATIC_VERIFY_STUDENT_IDENTITY_FOR_TESTING": true
     },