fix flaky search index application

[shrabantipaul-collate]

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• Improvement
• New feature
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Summary by Gitar

• Test refactoring:
  • Extracted installSearchIndexApplication helper function to reduce duplication and improve test reliability
  • Added self-healing guard using API fallback to reinstall app if previous retry left it uninstalled

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Jest test Coverage

UI tests summary

Lines	Statements	Branches	Functions
	64.83% (58135/89664)	44.66% (30725/68793)	47.67% (9200/19299)

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🟡 Playwright Results — all passed (20 flaky)

✅ 3396 passed · ❌ 0 failed · 🟡 20 flaky · ⏭️ 216 skipped

Shard	Passed	Failed	Flaky	Skipped
🟡 Shard 1	453	0	2	2
🟡 Shard 2	598	0	6	32
🟡 Shard 3	606	0	3	27
🟡 Shard 4	597	0	6	47
✅ Shard 5	587	0	0	67
🟡 Shard 6	555	0	3	41

🟡 20 flaky test(s) (passed on retry)

• Pages/AuditLogs.spec.ts › should apply both User and EntityType filters simultaneously (shard 1, 1 retry)
• Pages/UserCreationWithPersona.spec.ts › Create user with persona and verify on profile (shard 1, 1 retry)
• Features/BulkEditEntity.spec.ts › Glossary (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Features/ColumnBulkOperations.spec.ts › should update display name and propagate to all occurrences (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Features/DataQuality/ColumnLevelTests.spec.ts › Column Value Min To Be Between (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Features/DataQuality/ColumnLevelTests.spec.ts › Column Values Length To Be Between (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Features/DataQuality/DataQuality.spec.ts › TestCase with Array params value (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Features/DataQuality/DataQualityPermissions.spec.ts › User with TEST_CASE.VIEW_BASIC can view test case CONTENT details in UI (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Features/Permissions/GlossaryPermissions.spec.ts › Team-based permissions work correctly (shard 3, 1 retry)
• Flow/CustomizeWidgets.spec.ts › Domains Widget (shard 3, 1 retry)
• Flow/ExploreDiscovery.spec.ts › Should display deleted assets when showDeleted is checked and deleted is not present in queryFilter (shard 3, 1 retry)
• Pages/Customproperties-part2.spec.ts › entityReferenceList shows item count, scrollable list, no expand toggle (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/DataContracts.spec.ts › Contract Status badge should be visible on condition if Contract Tab is present/hidden by Persona (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/DataProductAndSubdomains.spec.ts › Add expert to data product via UI (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/DomainAdvanced.spec.ts › Domain expert can manage data products (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/Domains.spec.ts › Verify redirect path on data product delete (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/Entity.spec.ts › Tag Add, Update and Remove (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/Users.spec.ts › Permissions for table details page for Data Consumer (shard 6, 1 retry)
• Pages/Users.spec.ts › Check permissions for Data Steward (shard 6, 1 retry)
• VersionPages/EntityVersionPages.spec.ts › Directory (shard 6, 1 retry)

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npx playwright show-trace path/to/trace.zip    # view trace

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Code Review ✅ Approved

Fixes flaky search index application tests with improved reliability. No issues found.

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Quality Gate passed for 'open-metadata-ui'

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
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0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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