From 14f33232e2979e6bbb9ecdeff3aab4e8fd6960af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trevor Fitzgerald <fitztrev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 19:57:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] assert message text

---
 tests/helpers.ts      |  4 ++++
 tests/kid.spec.ts     |  1 +
 tests/teacher.spec.ts | 11 ++++++++---
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/helpers.ts b/tests/helpers.ts
index 4c08aba6e09..0bfbbbc0300 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ export async function loginAs(page: Page, username: string) {
   await page.getByTestId('login-submit').click();
   await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
 }
+
+export function messageText() {
+  return `hi, the time is ${new Date().toISOString()}`;
+}
diff --git a/tests/kid.spec.ts b/tests/kid.spec.ts
index 0981ab78671..82e5faeb23e 100644
--- a/tests/kid.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/kid.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
 import { loginAs } from './helpers';
 
 test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/tests/teacher.spec.ts b/tests/teacher.spec.ts
index b9cfcb8ef8b..97d3e19eedf 100644
--- a/tests/teacher.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/teacher.spec.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import { loginAs } from './helpers';
+
+import { loginAs, messageText } from './helpers';
 
 test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
   await loginAs(page, 'teacher');
 });
 
 test('can message their student', async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto('/inbox/student1');
+  const msg = messageText();
 
-  await page.getByTestId('msg-textarea').fill('hi');
+  await page.goto('/inbox/student1');
+  await page.getByTestId('msg-textarea').fill(msg);
   await page.getByTestId('msg-send-button').click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('msg-textarea')).toBeEmpty();
+  await expect(page.locator('group').getByText(msg)).toBeVisible();
 });
 
 test('cannot message a kid who is not their student', async ({ page }) => {