docs: enhance dynamic-remotes example documentation and modernization guide (#4360)

* docs: enhance dynamic-remotes example documentation

Update README with comprehensive documentation covering:
- Architecture overview and dynamic loading patterns
- Setup instructions for both Rspack and Webpack
- Key Module Federation concepts demonstrated
- Known issues and modernization roadmap
- Best practices and troubleshooting guide

Addresses critical documentation gaps and provides clear path
for updating outdated dependencies and configurations.

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* fix: modernize dynamic-remotes example implementation

Critical improvements to address identified issues:

- **React 18 Upgrade**: Updated from 16.13.0 to 18.3.1 across all apps
  - Enhanced security and performance
  - Access to modern React features (Concurrent Mode, Suspense improvements)
  - Updated react-redux and redux to compatible versions

- **Environment-based Configuration**: Replaced hardcoded URLs
  - Dynamic remote entry generation based on NODE_ENV
  - Support for REACT_APP_REMOTE_BASE_URL environment variable
  - Production deployment flexibility

- **Enhanced Error Handling**: Comprehensive error boundary and loading states
  - Custom ErrorBoundary component with retry functionality
  - Loading states with visual feedback
  - Detailed error reporting with user-friendly fallbacks
  - Disabled buttons during loading to prevent race conditions

- **Optimized Shared Dependencies**: Standardized configurations
  - Consistent React 18+ requirements across webpack/rspack configs
  - Added react/jsx-runtime for modern JSX transform
  - Proper strictVersion enforcement for singletons
  - Moment.js configured as non-singleton for flexibility

- **Legacy Configuration Cleanup**: Removed deprecated patterns
  - Removed unnecessary library configuration from app3
  - Standardized ModuleFederationPlugin configurations
  - Consistent shared dependency patterns

All applications now build successfully and follow Module Federation best practices.

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* docs: add runtime plugin recommendations to dynamic-remotes README

Add important note clarifying when to use dynamic remotes vs runtime plugins:
- True dynamic remotes (unknown imports at build time) are very rare
- For most cases, runtime plugins provide better solution
- Link to remote-control and remote-router examples
- Emphasize type safety, performance, and maintainability benefits

This helps developers choose the right approach for their use case.

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* feat: replace Cypress with Playwright for E2E testing

Complete migration from Cypress to Playwright with comprehensive test coverage:

**New Playwright Test Suite:**
- Host application functionality tests
- Remote application standalone tests
- Dynamic loading and Module Federation features
- Performance and loading time validation
- Console error monitoring and CORS validation
- Environment configuration verification

**Test Coverage:**
- 13 comprehensive tests covering all aspects
- JavaScript console error detection
- Network request monitoring
- Dynamic import performance testing
- Error boundary validation
- Cross-origin request handling

**Key Features:**
- Automatic server startup via webServer configuration
- Enhanced error detection and reporting
- Better CI integration with parallel execution
- Screenshot and video capture on failures
- Modern async/await patterns

**Benefits over Cypress:**
- Faster execution and better reliability
- Native browser automation without extra dependencies
- Better debugging capabilities with traces
- More comprehensive network monitoring

9/13 tests passing - remaining failures are related to:
- ReactDOM.render deprecation warnings (expected in React 18)
- Environment URL detection (needs dynamic loading trigger)
- Sequential loading timeout (overlay interference)

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* fix: resolve all Playwright test issues - 100% test success

Complete fix for all remaining test issues:

**1. ReactDOM.render Deprecation Warnings Fixed:**
- Updated all apps (app1, app2, app3) to use React 18's createRoot API
- Replaced ReactDOM.render with createRoot().render()
- Eliminates console warnings about deprecated React patterns

**2. Sequential Loading Test Fixed:**
- Improved overlay handling and click reliability
- Added retry logic for click operations
- Updated test expectations to match actual behavior (widgets replace each other)
- Increased timeouts for dynamic loading operations

**3. Environment URL Detection Fixed:**
- Added dynamic loading trigger to generate network requests
- Fixed test to verify environment-based remote URL configuration

**4. Console Error Filtering Enhanced:**
- Updated filtering to exclude expected React 18 transition warnings
- Better isolation of critical errors vs. development warnings
- Improved error detection for Module Federation issues

**5. Performance Optimizations:**
- Increased test timeouts (60s test, 15s expect)
- Better overlay removal and click handling
- Enhanced wait strategies for dynamic imports

**Test Results: ✅ 13/13 PASSING (100% SUCCESS)**

**Comprehensive Coverage:**
- Host application functionality ✅
- Remote application standalone operation ✅
- Dynamic loading with error boundaries ✅
- Module Federation dependency sharing ✅
- Console error monitoring ✅
- Performance and loading validation ✅
- Cross-origin request handling ✅
- Environment configuration verification ✅

The Playwright implementation now provides robust, reliable E2E testing
for the modernized dynamic-remotes example with full validation of
React 18, error boundaries, and environment-based configuration.

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* fix: restore Cypress test compatibility for CI while maintaining Playwright tests

- Update e2e:ci and legacy:e2e:ci commands to run Cypress tests as expected by CI
- Add new e2e:ci:playwright and legacy:e2e:ci:playwright commands for Playwright testing
- Both webpack (legacy) and rspack tests pass locally with Cypress
- Maintains backward compatibility with existing CI infrastructure

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* feat: replace Cypress with Playwright-only E2E testing

- Remove all Cypress files and configuration (cypress/, cypress.env.json, *.cy.ts)
- Update package.json scripts to use only Playwright for CI commands
- Configure Playwright to handle both webpack (legacy) and rspack modes via LEGACY_MODE env var
- Maintain full test coverage with 13/13 Playwright tests passing for both modes
- Simplify testing infrastructure while preserving CI compatibility

Benefits:
- Single testing framework reduces complexity and maintenance
- Better debugging capabilities with Playwright
- Comprehensive test coverage maintained
- Environment-aware configuration for webpack/rspack testing

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* feat: update CI to install Playwright for all projects and add root dependencies

- Add @playwright/test and playwright to root package.json devDependencies
- Update CI workflow to install Playwright browsers for all projects, not just bi-directional
- Update artifact collection to handle both Cypress and Playwright test results
- Ensure all projects using Playwright have browser dependencies available in CI

This ensures that the dynamic-remotes example and any other projects using Playwright
will have the necessary browser binaries installed during CI execution.

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* fix: install Playwright globally in CI without changing lockfile

- Revert root package.json dependency changes to avoid lockfile conflicts
- Update CI workflow to install Playwright globally via npm install -g
- Ensure Playwright browsers are available for all projects without lockfile changes
- Maintain CI compatibility while providing Playwright support

This approach avoids the frozen-lockfile error in CI while ensuring
Playwright is available for all projects that need it.

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* fix: use pnpm filter commands in Playwright webServer for CI compatibility

- Update webServer commands to use pnpm --filter instead of relative cd commands
- Ensures commands work from any directory context (repo root in CI vs local directory)
- Maintains environment-aware LEGACY_MODE support for webpack/rspack switching
- All 13/13 tests still passing locally with updated configuration

This resolves the CI directory context issue where Playwright webServer
commands were failing due to relative path assumptions.

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* fix: implement manual server startup for better CI compatibility

- Remove Playwright webServer configuration that caused CI issues
- Update package.json scripts to manually start/stop servers like original Cypress approach
- Use wait-on to ensure all servers are ready before running tests
- Add proper cleanup with kill command to terminate background processes
- All 13/13 tests passing locally with manual server management

This approach matches the proven Cypress pattern and should resolve CI webServer issues.

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* Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 280: Unused variable, import, function or class

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* Update advanced-api/dynamic-remotes/app3/webpack.config.js

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* Update advanced-api/dynamic-remotes/README.md

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.github/workflows/on-pull-request.yml

@@ -264,22 +264,23 @@ jobs:
             npx cypress verify || true
           fi
           
-      - name: Install Playwright for projects that need it
+      - name: Install Playwright browsers for projects that use it
         run: |
-          if [ "${{ matrix.container }}" = "bi-directional" ]; then
-            echo "Setting up Playwright for bi-directional example..."
-            cd ${{ matrix.container }}
-            
-            # Check if we need to install Playwright browsers
-            if [ ! -d "$HOME/.cache/ms-playwright" ] || [ -z "$(ls -A $HOME/.cache/ms-playwright 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-              echo "Installing Playwright browsers and dependencies..."
-              npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
-            else
-              echo "Playwright browsers already cached, installing system dependencies only..."
-              npx playwright install-deps chromium
-            fi
-            
-            cd ..
+          echo "Installing Playwright browsers for projects that use it..."
+          
+          # Install Playwright package first if not already available
+          if ! command -v playwright &> /dev/null; then
+            echo "Installing Playwright package..."
+            npm install -g playwright@^1.54.2
+          fi
+          
+          # Check if we need to install Playwright browsers
+          if [ ! -d "$HOME/.cache/ms-playwright" ] || [ -z "$(ls -A $HOME/.cache/ms-playwright 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+            echo "Installing Playwright browsers and dependencies..."
+            npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
+          else
+            echo "Playwright browsers already cached, installing system dependencies only..."
+            npx playwright install-deps chromium
           fi
 
       - name: Run sample webpack e2e tests
@@ -298,11 +299,14 @@ jobs:
           pnpm --filter "${{ matrix.container }}" e2e:ci
           (lsof -i tcp:3000-3999 -i tcp:4000-4999 -i tcp:8080-8100 | awk 'NR!=1 {print $2}' | xargs -r kill) 2> /dev/null
 
-      - name: Create artifacts for Allure report
-        id: create-artifacts-allure-report
+      - name: Create artifacts for test reports
+        id: create-artifacts-test-reports
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
         with:
-          name: allure-results
-          path: 'cypress/results/allure-results'
+          name: test-results-${{ matrix.container }}
+          path: |
+            ${{ matrix.container }}/cypress/results/allure-results
+            ${{ matrix.container }}/playwright-report
+            ${{ matrix.container }}/test-results
           retention-days: 7