fix(e2e): treat falsy values as equivalent in staging validator (#8110)

Author: jacekradko

.changeset/warm-foxes-glow.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---

scripts/validate-staging-instances.mjs

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ function diffObjects(a, b, path = '') {
   const mismatches = [];
 
   if (a === b) return mismatches;
+  // Treat falsy values as equivalent (e.g. undefined vs false)
+  if (!a && !b) return mismatches;
   if (a == null || b == null || typeof a !== typeof b) {
     mismatches.push({ path, prod: a, staging: b });
     return mismatches;

scripts/validate-staging-instances.test.mjs

@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ describe('diffObjects', () => {
     expect(result).toEqual([{ path: 'a', prod: 1, staging: undefined }]);
   });
 
+  it('treats undefined and false as equivalent', () => {
+    expect(diffObjects({ a: undefined }, { a: false })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(diffObjects({ a: false }, { a: undefined })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(diffObjects({ a: null }, { a: false })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(diffObjects({ a: 0 }, { a: false })).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('detects nested mismatches with correct paths', () => {
     const result = diffObjects({ a: { b: { c: 1 } } }, { a: { b: { c: 2 } } });
     expect(result).toEqual([{ path: 'a.b.c', prod: 1, staging: 2 }]);