CQ-4356927 UI Tests in WKND project fails

dispatcher/src/conf.d/available_vhosts/wknd.vhost

@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ Include conf.d/variables/custom.vars
 	<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 		RewriteEngine	on
 		Include conf.d/rewrites/rewrite.rules
+
+		# Rewrite index page internally, pass through (PT)
+		RewriteRule "^(/?)$" "/index.html" [PT]
+
 	</IfModule>
     ErrorDocument 404 ${404_PAGE}
     ErrorDocument 500 ${500_PAGE}

dispatcher/src/conf.dispatcher.d/available_farms/wknd.farm

@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@
 		# Marketing parameters can normally be ignored on most websites as they are tracked
 		# through different means. 
 		/ignoreUrlParams {
-                   # All parameters can be passed to the AEM publisher
-			/0001 { /glob "*" /type "deny" }
+            # All parameters can be passed to the AEM publisher
+            /0001 { /glob "*" /type "deny" }
 
-                   # Ignore common marketing parameters by including the marketing_query_parameters.any file
-			$include "../cache/marketing_query_parameters.any"
-                   }
+            # Ignore common marketing parameters by including the marketing_query_parameters.any file
+            $include "../cache/marketing_query_parameters.any"
+        }
 
 		# Cache response headers next to a cached file. On the first request to
 		# an uncached resource, all headers matching one of the values found here

ui.tests/test-module/cypress/support/aem.js

@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('AEMDeletePage', function (path, ignoreVerification = false
   cy.get('coral-dialog[aria-hidden="false"] coral-checkbox[name="archive"] input').uncheck()
   // confirm the delete dialog
   cy.get('coral-dialog[aria-hidden="false"] ._coral-Button--warning').click()
+
+    // wait until page is deleted
+    cy.waitUntil(() => cy.AEMPathNotExists(Cypress.env('AEM_PUBLISH_URL'), path + '.html'), {
+        errorMsg: `page ${path} should not exist`,
+        timeout: 15000,
+        interval: 1000
+    });
 })
 
 // AEMDeleteTestPages will find pages in the current path that match the pattern and delete them.
@@ -188,6 +195,18 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('AEMPathExists', function (baseUrl, path) {
     })
 })
 
+Cypress.Commands.add('AEMPathNotExists', function (baseUrl, path) {
+  const url = new URL(path, baseUrl)
+
+  return cy.request({
+    url: url.href,
+    failOnStatusCode: false
+  })
+    .then(response => {
+      return (response.status === 404)
+    })
+})
+
 Cypress.Commands.add('AEMDeleteAsset', function (assetPath) {
   const tokenUrl = new URL('/libs/granite/csrf/token.json', Cypress.env('AEM_AUTHOR_URL'))
   let csrfToken