diff --git a/packages/frontend-shared/src/locales/en-US.json b/packages/frontend-shared/src/locales/en-US.json
index 46a7a1378b..014f02f053 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-shared/src/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/packages/frontend-shared/src/locales/en-US.json
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
"openBrowser": {
"startComponent": "Start Component Testing in {browser}",
"startE2E": "Start E2E Testing in {browser}",
- "openingComponent": "Opening component testing in {browser}",
+ "openingComponent": "Opening Component Testing in {browser}",
"openingE2E": "Opening E2E Testing in {browser}",
"running": "Running {browser}",
"focus": "Focus",
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/open-mode.cy.ts b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/open-mode.cy.ts
index fbc4bebc19..ae5eb7cb64 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/open-mode.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/open-mode.cy.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ import { MAJOR_VERSION_FOR_CONTENT } from '@packages/types/src'
describe('Launchpad: Open Mode', () => {
describe('global mode', () => {
+ it('shows a loading spinner before application mounts, and cleans up after mount', () => {
+ cy.openGlobalMode()
+
+ // Since these elements are removed when JS runs and the app mounts,
+ // they are gone by the time Cypress can assert about them
+ // but we can still make sure they are provided in the HTML payload
+ cy.request(`/__launchpad/index.html`)
+ .should(({ body }) => {
+ expect(body.includes('data-cy="plain-html-loading-spinner"')).to.be.true
+ expect(body.includes('data-cy="plain-html-spinner-styles"')).to.be.true
+ })
+
+ cy.visitLaunchpad()
+ cy.findByTestId('plain-html-loading-spinner').should('not.exist')
+ cy.findByTestId('plain-html-spinner-styles').should('not.exist')
+ })
+
it('shows Add Project when no projects have been added', () => {
cy.openGlobalMode()
cy.visitLaunchpad()
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/index.html b/packages/launchpad/index.html
index 4b60695202..e89dcbec02 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/index.html
+++ b/packages/launchpad/index.html
@@ -1,11 +1,68 @@
+
Cypress
+
+
-
+
-
+
+