Improvements to automated browser testing

We have a fairly comprehensive set of automated browser tests that run regularly during the development and deployment of the application, aimed at catching any bugs before they impact customers.

The one flaw in this suite of tests has always been its inability to test more complex Javascript-based interactions, such as dropdown menus, or dynamic inline editing of notices and status page settings.

Following a recent bug in editing the impacted components on a notice we have today shipped a bunch of improvements that allow us to more comprehensively test these kinds of features.

Moving forward we will be able to do an even better job of preventing bugs slipping through the net into production.