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-import { browser } from '@wdio/globals'
-import type { OutputView, Setting, SettingsEditor, Workbench } from 'wdio-vscode-service'
-import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual'
-import { Key } from 'webdriverio'
-import { $ } from 'zx'
-import { getFirstWelcomeViewText } from '../helpers/queries'
-import { expectStandardSidebarViewsToBeVisible } from '../helpers/assertions'
-import { closeRadicleViewContainer, openRadicleViewContainer } from '../helpers/actions'
-import { nodeHomePath } from '../constants/config'
-
-describe('Settings', () => {
-  let workbench: Workbench
-  let settings: SettingsEditor
-
-  before(async () => {
-    workbench = await browser.getWorkbench()
-    settings = await workbench.openSettings()
-    await openRadicleViewContainer(workbench)
-    await expectStandardSidebarViewsToBeVisible(workbench)
-  })
-
-  after(async () => {
-    await closeRadicleViewContainer(workbench)
-  })
-
-  describe.skip('VS Code, when updating the "Path to Rad Binary" setting,', () => {
-    let pathToRadBinarySetting: Setting
-
-    before(async () => {
-      pathToRadBinarySetting = await settings.findSetting(
-        'Path To Rad Binary',
-        'Radicle',
-        'Advanced',
-      )
-    })
-
-    after(async () => {
-      const searchBox = await getSettingsSearchBox(settings)
-      await clearInput(searchBox)
-    })
-
-    afterEach(async () => {
-      await clearTextSetting(pathToRadBinarySetting)
-
-      await expectStandardSidebarViewsToBeVisible(workbench)
-    })
-
-    it('warns the user if the rad binary is not found', async () => {
-      await browser.pause(1000)
-      await setTextSettingValue(pathToRadBinarySetting, '/tmp')
-
-      await expectRadBinaryNotFoundToBeVisible(workbench)
-    })
-
-    it('recognizes the rad binary when a valid path is specified', async () => {
-      const tempNodeHomePath = `${nodeHomePath}.temp`
-      await $`cp -r ${nodeHomePath} ${tempNodeHomePath}`
-
-      await setTextSettingValue(pathToRadBinarySetting, `/tmp`)
-
-      await expectRadBinaryNotFoundToBeVisible(workbench)
-
-      await setTextSettingValue(pathToRadBinarySetting, `${tempNodeHomePath}/bin/rad`)
-
-      await expectStandardSidebarViewsToBeVisible(workbench)
-
-      await $`rm -rf ${tempNodeHomePath}`
-    })
-
-    // This functionality does not seem to work
-    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-    it.skip('recognizes if the directory is created *after* the setting is updated', async () => {
-      const tempNodeHomePath = `${nodeHomePath}.temp`
-
-      await setTextSettingValue(pathToRadBinarySetting, tempNodeHomePath)
-
-      await expectRadBinaryNotFoundToBeVisible(workbench)
-
-      await $`cp -r ${nodeHomePath} ${tempNodeHomePath}`
-
-      await expectStandardSidebarViewsToBeVisible(workbench)
-
-      await clearTextSetting(pathToRadBinarySetting)
-
-      await $`rm -rf ${tempNodeHomePath}`
-    })
-  })
-
-  describe.skip('VS Code, when updating the "Path to Radicle to Node Home" setting,', () => {
-    let pathToNodeHomeSetting: Setting
-
-    before(async () => {
-      pathToNodeHomeSetting = await settings.findSetting(
-        'Path To Node Home',
-        'Radicle',
-        'Advanced',
-      )
-    })
-
-    after(async () => {
-      const searchBox = await getSettingsSearchBox(settings)
-      await clearInput(searchBox)
-    })
-
-    it('displays error in output console', async () => {
-      await workbench.executeCommand('Show Everything Logged in the Output Panel')
-      const outputView = await workbench.getBottomBar().openOutputView()
-      await outputView.clearText()
-
-      // Set the path to a non-existent directory
-      await setTextSettingValue(pathToNodeHomeSetting, '/tmp')
-
-      // Assert that the error message is displayed in the output console
-      await expectOutputToContain(outputView, '✗ Error: Radicle profile not found in')
-
-      await outputView.clearText()
-      await clearTextSetting(pathToNodeHomeSetting)
-
-      await expectOutputToContain(outputView, 'Using already unsealed Radicle identity')
-    })
-  })
-
-  it('receives success responses from httpd', async () => {
-    await workbench.executeCommand('Show Everything Logged in the Output Panel')
-    const outputView = await workbench.getBottomBar().openOutputView()
-
-    await expectOutputToContain(outputView, 'Using already unsealed Radicle identity')
-  })
-})
-
-async function expectRadBinaryNotFoundToBeVisible(workbench: Workbench) {
-  await browser.waitUntil(
-    async () => {
-      const welcomeText = await getFirstWelcomeViewText(workbench)
-
-      console.log({ welcomeText })
-
-      return isEqual(welcomeText, [
-        /* eslint-disable max-len */
-        'Failed resolving the Radicle CLI binary.',
-        "Please ensure it is installed on your machine and either that it is globally accessible in the shell as `rad` or that its path is correctly defined in the extension's settings.",
-        "Please expect the extention's capabilities to remain severely limited until this issue is resolved.",
-        /* eslint-enable max-len */
-      ])
-    },
-    {
-      timeoutMsg: 'expected the rad binary not found message to be visible',
-      // TODO: zac fine tune these (globally?)
-      timeout: 20000,
-      interval: 500,
-    },
-  )
-}
-
-/**
- * Workaround to get the value of a `TextSetting`.
- * The `getValue` method of a `TextSetting` seems to be wrongly implemented and returns null.
- */
-async function getTextSettingValue(setting: Setting) {
-  return await setting.textSetting$.getValue()
-}
-
-async function setTextSettingValue(setting: Setting, value: string) {
-  await clearTextSetting(setting)
-  await setting.setValue(value)
-}
-
-async function clearTextSetting(setting: Setting) {
-  /**
-   * `.setValue('')` updates the value of the input but does not trigger an
-   * update in the extension. Not sure if this is a bug in the extension, vscode, or
-   * webdriverio.
-   *
-   * The following is a workaround that does trigger an update in the extension.
-   */
-  if ((await getTextSettingValue(setting)) === '') {
-    return
-  }
-
-  await setting.textSetting$.click()
-  await browser.keys([Key.Ctrl, 'a'])
-  await browser.keys(Key.Backspace)
-}
-
-async function getSettingsSearchBox(settings: SettingsEditor) {
-  return await settings.elem.$(settings.locatorMap.Editor['inputArea'] as string)
-}
-
-async function clearInput(input: WebdriverIO.Element) {
-  await input.setValue('')
-  await browser.keys([Key.Ctrl, 'a'])
-  await browser.keys(Key.Backspace)
-}
-
-async function expectOutputToContain(outputView: OutputView, expected: string) {
-  await browser.waitUntil(
-    async () => {
-      /**
-       * The text in the output console is split by newlines, which can be affected by the size
-       * of the window. To avoid this, we join the text into a single string.
-       */
-      const joinedText = (await outputView.getText()).join('')
-      console.log({ joinedText })
-
-      return joinedText.includes(expected)
-    },
-    {
-      timeoutMsg: `expected the output text to contain "${expected}"`,
-    },
-  )
-}