Student Portal — Pay Tuition

Student Portal UAT — test on https://sp-dev.fly.dev. Story SP-08. Collab sync is separate from catalog Business UAT.

What you're proving

Learner pays tuition with a card at checkout; declined cards do not enroll..

Before you start

Who	Email	Password
Learner (applicant)	`applicant@example.com`	`TestPass123!`
Enrollment Admin	`enrollment.admin@lsu.edu`	`admin123`
Business Office	`business.admin@lsu.edu`	`admin123`
Django superuser	`admin@lsu.edu`	(ask team for sp-dev password)

Sign on: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/accounts/login/

Mailpit: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/_mail/

QA Tools: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/admin/qa_tools/seedtool/

Run the QA Tools seeds listed in each step before testing. On sp-dev, admin@lsu.edu is not admin123.

Step 1 — Pay the tuition with a card entered for this fee (Priority: P1)

Navigate: Log in as applicant@example.com / TestPass123! → https://sp-dev.fly.dev/accounts/applications/checkout/`
Act: Wait for the secure card form under the total. Do not finish payment yet if you still need the decline walk.
Navigate: Same checkout page
Act: Pay with 4242 4242 4242 4242. Wait until the page reloads.
Navigate: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/accounts/enrollments/ as the applicant, and https://sp-dev.fly.dev/admin/enrollment/enrollment/?q=applicant@example.com as the superuser
Act: Open both pages.


You're done when
Given an amount due, When the learner pays, Then they enter a card for this fee, the card is not saved, and Affirm is not offered.
Heading is Review your cart. One line shows PLG-LRW-201 and $649.00. Total: $649.00. Copy says Pay with a card for this fee. Your card is not saved. The button says Pay tuition. There is no Affirm option, no “save this card” control, and no Continue link. The card form is the place to enter the card for this fee.
The page says Your tuition payment of $649.00 succeeded. You are enrolled. with a View my enrollments button. The card form and Pay tuition are gone. Payments & Receipts shows a Completed order of $649.00 whose order number starts with TUITION-, in addition to the earlier APP- $40 order.
My Enrollments lists the section as Enrolled and Paid. Enrollments admin has one row for this learner from this charge, and the completed tuition order’s line points at it.



Step 2 — Staff share the checkout link and do not key a card (Priority: P1)
Navigate: Log in as enrollment.admin@lsu.edu / *(sp-dev superuser password)* → pipeline → that application (https://sp-dev.fly.dev/dashboard/applications/<pk>/)
Act: Find Tuition checkout. Read the link address. Do not type a card.
Navigate: Sign out of the staff account. Log in as applicant@example.com / TestPass123!. Open the address from Checkout link: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/accounts/applications/checkout/`
Act: Compare the page with the checkout the learner opened from Review cart.

You're done when
Given a staff member helping by phone, When they help the learner pay, Then they send the same checkout link and do not key a card.
The card says Send this link so the learner enters their own card. Do not key a card here. The Checkout link address is https://sp-dev.fly.dev/accounts/applications/checkout/`. The application page has no card number field and no Pay tuition button.
Same heading, same section line, same total, same Pay with a card for this fee copy, same Pay tuition button, no Affirm, no save-card control. The learner is the one who can type the card.



Step 3 — A declined card does not enroll the learner (Priority: P1)
Navigate: Checkout as the applicant
Act: Pay with 4000 0000 0000 0002. After the error, open My Enrollments. Then pay with 4242 4242 4242 4242.
Navigate: Checkout as the applicant
Act: Pay with 4000 0000 0000 0002. Stay on the page. Optionally, on a still-unpaid cart, pay with 4000 0025 0000 3155 and close the extra verification window instead of finishing it.
Navigate: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/accounts/applications/checkout/` as the applicant
Act: Reload the page.
Navigate: Checkout again, then My Enrollments, then Orders admin
Act: Open those pages.
Navigate: Paralegal apply, then later checkout
Act: Pay $40 on the application. After accept, welcome call, confirm payer, and Add, pay tuition on checkout.

You're done when
Given a declined card, When the learner retries, Then no enrollment is created until a charge succeeds.
After the decline, My Enrollments still says you do not have any section enrollments yet, and there is no Completed TUITION- order. After the success card, checkout shows the succeeded sentence, Payments shows one Completed tuition order for $649.00, and My Enrollments is still empty.
You stay on checkout. The section line and Total: $649.00 are still there. Pay tuition is enabled again. A decline shows Your payment was declined. You can try again with the same or a different card. Closing the extra check should show Your payment is not finished. Pay again to complete your tuition charge. Neither case removes the cart or enrolls the learner.
The section is still listed at $0.00 (or $0). There is no card form and no Pay tuition. A Continue link is present. Payments does not gain a TUITION- order from this page.
Checkout still shows the succeeded sentence and does not ask for another card. Orders admin shows one Completed tuition order. Enrollments admin still has no row for this charge.
The application fee is still $40.00 on an APP- order. The tuition order is a separate TUITION- order for the cart total. Checkout does not charge $40 again.

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What you're proving

Before you start

Step 1 — Pay the tuition with a card entered for this fee (Priority: P1)

Step 3 — A declined card does not enroll the learner (Priority: P1)

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