fix(spec): enforce read-time budget and re-render invalid comment submissions

apps/comments/tests/test_views.py

@@ -63,6 +63,34 @@ def test_comment_post_rejected_when_comments_disabled(client, home_page):
     assert Comment.objects.count() == 0
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_invalid_comment_post_rerenders_form_with_errors(client, home_page):
+    cache.clear()
+    index = ArticleIndexPage(title="Articles", slug="articles")
+    home_page.add_child(instance=index)
+    author = AuthorFactory()
+    article = ArticlePage(title="A", slug="a", author=author, summary="s", body=[("rich_text", "<p>body</p>")])
+    index.add_child(instance=article)
+    article.save_revision().publish()
+
+    resp = client.post(
+        "/comments/post/",
+        {
+            "article_id": article.id,
+            "author_name": "Test",
+            "author_email": "test@example.com",
+            "body": "   ",
+            "honeypot": "",
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert b'aria-label="Comment form errors"' in resp.content
+    assert b'value="Test"' in resp.content
+    assert b"test@example.com" in resp.content
+    assert Comment.objects.count() == 0
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_comment_reply_depth_is_enforced(client, home_page):
     cache.clear()
@@ -100,7 +128,8 @@ def test_comment_reply_depth_is_enforced(client, home_page):
             "honeypot": "",
         },
     )
-    assert resp.status_code == 302
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert b"Reply depth exceeds the allowed limit" in resp.content
     assert Comment.objects.count() == 2
 
 

apps/comments/views.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.http import HttpResponse
-from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.views import View
 
 from apps.blog.models import ArticlePage
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ def client_ip_from_request(request) -> str:
 
 
 class CommentCreateView(View):
+    def _render_article_with_errors(self, request, article, form):
+        context = article.get_context(request)
+        context["page"] = article
+        context["comment_form"] = form
+        return render(request, "blog/article_page.html", context, status=200)
+
     def post(self, request):
         ip = client_ip_from_request(request)
         key = f"comment-rate:{ip}"
@@ -48,11 +54,10 @@ class CommentCreateView(View):
             try:
                 comment.full_clean()
             except ValidationError:
-                messages.error(request, "Reply depth exceeds the allowed limit")
-                return redirect(article.url)
+                form.add_error(None, "Reply depth exceeds the allowed limit")
+                return self._render_article_with_errors(request, article, form)
             comment.save()
             messages.success(request, "Your comment is awaiting moderation")
             return redirect(f"{article.url}?commented=1")
 
-        messages.error(request, "Please correct the form errors")
-        return redirect(article.url)
+        return self._render_article_with_errors(request, article, form)

apps/core/tests/test_performance.py

@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ def test_read_time_benchmark(benchmark):
 
     result = benchmark(article._compute_read_time)
     assert result >= 1
+    assert benchmark.stats.stats.mean < 0.05