test(news): gate deployment on an isolated real browser publication journey

e2e/news-real/playwright.config.ts

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+import { defineConfig, devices } from "@playwright/test";
+
+if (!process.env.NEWS_E2E_FIXTURE || !process.env.NEWS_E2E_BASE_URL)
+	throw Error(
+		"Run this suite with pnpm test:news:real; it requires disposable services.",
+	);
+
+export default defineConfig({
+	testDir: ".",
+	testMatch: "news.spec.ts",
+	fullyParallel: false,
+	workers: 1,
+	retries: 0,
+	timeout: 120_000,
+	expect: { timeout: 15_000 },
+	outputDir: "../../test-results/news-real",
+	reporter: [
+		["list"],
+		[
+			"html",
+			{ outputFolder: "../../playwright-report/news-real", open: "never" },
+		],
+	],
+	use: {
+		baseURL: process.env.NEWS_E2E_BASE_URL,
+		locale: "en-US",
+		ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
+		serviceWorkers: "block",
+		trace: "retain-on-failure",
+		screenshot: "only-on-failure",
+		video: "off",
+		launchOptions: {
+			executablePath: process.env.UI_TEST_BROWSER_PATH || undefined,
+		},
+	},
+	projects: [
+		{ name: "chromium-real-news", use: { ...devices["Desktop Chrome"] } },
+	],
+});