Running E2E tests locally throws an error (404 when POST batch settings)

[kmanijak]

Steps to reproduce

Prerequisites - optional

You may want to setup fresh testing environment:

1. Remove all the Docker containers
2. wp-env destroy to confirm everything's gone
3. wp-env start to start a fresh environment

Steps

1. Run tests by npm run test:e2e

Expected:
tests are running and passing

Actual:
there's a 404 error thrown:
POST http://localhost:8889/wp-json/wc/v3/settings/general/batch

Notes:

• the same issue has been spotted on two separate branches.
  • In one of the cases .wp-env.override.json file was necessary for the issue to occur.
  • In other case (branch add/convert-classic-template) no changes to .wp-env.json, nor .wp-env.override.json was created in order for the issue to occur.

cc: @gigitux, @Aljullu

[kmanijak]

I managed to run the tests and overcome the issue, but with a weird manual step as per Stack Overflow comment:

Go to admin, settings, permalinks, choose "Post Name"
Click "Save Changes"

After this step, http://localhost:8889/wp-json/* endpoints wouldn't return 404 anymore and the tests are running normally.

The weirdest thing, though, was that "Post Name" was already chosen in the admin. So I didn't change the setting and just clicked "Save Changes" and that helped.

Leaving the comment for anyone that may encounter that in the future and closing the issue.