test: load the popup's libraries once per test file, not on every boot (closes #428)

Every popup boot in the tests resets jest's module registry so that src/
loads fresh, and that also reloaded ethers, libsodium-wrappers-sumo, qrcode
and ethereum-blockies-base64 each time: more than half of a boot, and
tests/persistedFieldContract.test.js boots the popup 321 times.
tests/support/popupBoot.js now loads those four once per test file and hands
the same copies to every boot. No test or assertion changed. make test takes
10-15s on the shared build host instead of 23-29s.

Model: opus-5-5

TODO.md

@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ but the review is broader than any of them.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-04: `make test` takes 10-15s on the shared build host, down from
+  23-29s ([#428](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/428)). Each popup
+  boot in the tests (`tests/support/popupBoot.js`) resets jest's module registry
+  so that everything under `src/` loads fresh, and that also reloaded `ethers`,
+  `libsodium-wrappers-sumo`, `qrcode` and `ethereum-blockies-base64` every time:
+  more than half of each boot, and `tests/persistedFieldContract.test.js` boots
+  the popup 321 times. Those four libraries are now loaded once per test file
+  and handed to every boot. No test or assertion changed.
+
 - 2026-10-04: `make test` runs jest in three worker processes
   ([#426](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/426)). The `test` and
   `test:verbose` scripts in `package.json` ran `jest --forceExit`, which starts

script/test

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 # many-core shared host one per core took gigabytes of RAM per run.
 #
 # The timeout bounds a hung suite; it is not a performance budget. On the busy
-# shared build host the suite takes 23-29s with three workers, so
-# REPO_POLICIES' 30s cap is tight there, not comfortable. Inside the image the
-# same suite also pays a cold jest cache and shares the runner with the rest of
-# the build, which is not what that budget describes, so the Dockerfile raises
-# the bound through AUTISTMASK_TEST_TIMEOUT. A cap a healthy suite can trip on a
-# cold cache produces a red that means nothing, and teaches "just run it again".
+# shared build host the suite takes 10-15s with three workers, inside
+# REPO_POLICIES' 20s budget. Inside the image the same suite also pays a cold
+# jest cache and shares the runner with the rest of the build, which is not what
+# that budget describes, so the Dockerfile raises the bound through
+# AUTISTMASK_TEST_TIMEOUT. A cap a healthy suite can trip on a cold cache
+# produces a red that means nothing, and teaches "just run it again".
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"

tests/support/popupBoot.js

@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ const path = require("path");
 
 const { makeStorageStub } = require("./storageStub");
 
+// The four libraries the popup loads from node_modules, loaded once per test
+// file and handed to every boot. jest.resetModules() in bootPopup() would
+// otherwise load them again on every boot, which was more than half of what a
+// boot cost. None of them holds popup state; everything under src/ is still
+// loaded fresh on each boot. A test that mocks one of these itself has its mock
+// replaced by bootPopup().
+const ethers = require("ethers");
+const sodium = require("libsodium-wrappers-sumo");
+const QRCode = require("qrcode");
+const makeBlockie = require("ethereum-blockies-base64");
+
 const POPUP_HTML = fs.readFileSync(
     path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "src", "popup", "index.html"),
     "utf8",
@@ -219,6 +230,11 @@ async function settle() {
 async function bootPopup(stored, options) {
     jest.resetModules();
 
+    jest.doMock("ethers", () => ethers);
+    jest.doMock("libsodium-wrappers-sumo", () => sodium);
+    jest.doMock("qrcode", () => QRCode);
+    jest.doMock("ethereum-blockies-base64", () => makeBlockie);
+
     // The three modules that reach the network. None is on the path under
     // test; all would make the suite hit the internet.
     jest.doMock("../../src/shared/prices", () => ({