From 6b937a4f8472b7fc0eb45c27673a8a2e9047bf87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kishan P Rao <kishan.rao@saucelabs.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:29:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ci: run smoke tests when smoke test files change

---
 .github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml
index 45604600..b3f3b0e7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ runs:
                       - 'packages/browser/**'
                       - 'packages/react/**'
                       - 'packages/sdk-core/**'
+                      - 'smoketests/**'
+                      - '.github/actions/smoke-tests/**'
                   node:
                       - 'packages/sdk-core/**'
                       - 'packages/node/**'
+                      - 'smoketests/**'
+                      - '.github/actions/smoke-tests/**'
 
         - run: npm run smoketest:node
           shell: bash

From 968087bd97b091543290407bc312d3b90f5eb42f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kishan P Rao <kishan.rao@saucelabs.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:16:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] smoketests: fix type errors after wdio 9 bump

---
 smoketests/tests/jest/node/tests.ts | 2 ++
 smoketests/wdio.conf.ts             | 7 -------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/smoketests/tests/jest/node/tests.ts b/smoketests/tests/jest/node/tests.ts
index c277d892..54fce1e9 100644
--- a/smoketests/tests/jest/node/tests.ts
+++ b/smoketests/tests/jest/node/tests.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// explicit import so jest matcher types win over expect-webdriverio's global expect
+import { expect } from '@jest/globals';
 import { npm } from '../../__helpers/npm.js';
 import { RXID_REGEX } from '../../__helpers/rxid.js';
 import { DIRECT_SUBMIT_URL, SUBMIT_LAYER_URL } from '../../__helpers/urls.js';
diff --git a/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts b/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts
index 95636288..2baaea1a 100644
--- a/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts
+++ b/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ export const config: Options.Testrunner & {
     capabilities: WebdriverIO.Capabilities[];
 } = {
     runner: 'local',
-    autoCompileOpts: {
-        autoCompile: true,
-        tsNodeOpts: {
-            project: './tsconfig.json',
-            transpileOnly: true,
-        },
-    },
 
     user: process.env.SMOKETESTS_SAUCE_USERNAME,
     key: process.env.SMOKETESTS_SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY,

From 8e2c445c512fbc1abd3a4d66ba63f6c848e66db1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kishan P Rao <kishan.rao@saucelabs.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] smoketests: show sauce connect logs

---
 smoketests/wdio.conf.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts b/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts
index 2baaea1a..34ec1437 100644
--- a/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts
+++ b/smoketests/wdio.conf.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export const config: Options.Testrunner & {
             'sauce',
             {
                 sauceConnect: true,
+                sauceConnectOpts: {
+                    // sc output is debug-level and dropped under logLevel info, print it so CI shows the exit reason
+                    logger: (output: string) => console.log(`[sauce-connect] ${output}`),
+                },
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
                 setJobName(config, capabilities: any) {
                     return `@backtrace/javascript smoketests for ${capabilities.browserName} on ${capabilities.platformName}`;