cypress/integration/comments/comment-permissions.spec.js

 
-context.skip('Comment Permissions', () => {
+context('Comment Permissions', () => {
 
   const postMenu = 'minds-activity:first > div > m-post-menu';
   const deletePostOption = "m-post-menu > ul > li:visible:contains('Delete')";
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ context.skip('Comment Permissions', () => {
 
   before(() => {
     //make a post new.
+    cy.overrideFeatureFlag({
+      'blockchain_creditcard': true,
+      'suggested-users': true,
+      'helpdesk': true,
+      'top-feeds': true,
+      'es-feeds': true,
+      'allow-comments-toggle': true,
+      'permissions': true,
+      'wire-multi-currency': true,
+      'dark-mode': true,
+      'pro': true
+    });
+  
     cy.getCookie('minds_sess')
     .then((sessionCookie) => {
       if (sessionCookie === null) {

cypress/support/commands.js

@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('post', (message) => {
   });
 });
 
+/**
+ * Sets the feature flag cookie.
+ * @param { Object } flags - JSON object containing flags to turn on 
+ * e.g. { dark mode:false, es-feeds: true }
+ * @returns void
+ */
+Cypress.Commands.add('overrideFeatureFlag', (flags) => {
+  const base64 = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(flags)).toString("base64");
+  cy.setCookie('staging-features', base64);
+});
+
 /**
  * Converts base64 to blob format
  * @param { string } b64Data - The base64 data.

src/app/services/features.service.ts

 import { Injectable, isDevMode } from '@angular/core';
 import { Session } from './session';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { Cookie } from '../services/cookie';
+import { includes } from 'lodash';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class FeaturesService {
   protected _features: any;
   protected _warnedCache: { [key: string]: number } = {};
+  private cookie: Cookie = new Cookie();
 
   constructor(private session: Session, private router: Router) {
     this._features = window.Minds.features || {};
@@ -20,6 +23,11 @@ export class FeaturesService {
       return !this.has(feature.substring(1));
     }
 
+    const overrides = JSON.parse(atob(this.cookie.get('staging-features')));
+    if (feature in overrides) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     if (typeof this._features[feature] === 'undefined') {
       if (isDevMode() && !this._hasWarned(feature)) {
         console.warn(
@@ -68,7 +76,7 @@ export class FeaturesService {
     return this._warnedCache[feature] + 5000 < Date.now();
   }
 
-  static _(session: Session, router: Router) {
+  static _(session: Session, router: Router, cookie: Cookie) {
     return new FeaturesService(session, router);
   }
 }