LCORE-1422: Replace @InlineRAG magic tag with explicit Background step

Replace the implicit @InlineRAG feature tag (handled in environment.py
hooks) with an explicit Background step "The service uses inline RAG
configuration" that switches config and restarts the container. The step
is idempotent within a feature run via backup file existence check.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: are-ces

tests/e2e/features/environment.py

@@ -439,12 +439,6 @@ def before_feature(context: Context, feature: Feature) -> None:
         switch_config(context.feature_config)
         restart_container("lightspeed-stack")
 
-    if "InlineRAG" in feature.tags:
-        context.feature_config = _get_config_path("inline-rag", mode_dir)
-        context.default_config_backup = create_config_backup("lightspeed-stack.yaml")
-        switch_config(context.feature_config)
-        restart_container("lightspeed-stack")
-
     if "MCPFileAuth" in feature.tags:
         context.feature_config = _get_config_path("mcp-file-auth", mode_dir)
         context.default_config_backup = create_config_backup("lightspeed-stack.yaml")
@@ -479,11 +473,6 @@ def after_feature(context: Context, feature: Feature) -> None:
             response = requests.delete(url, timeout=10)
             assert response.status_code == 200, f"{url} returned {response.status_code}"
 
-    if "InlineRAG" in feature.tags:
-        switch_config(context.default_config_backup)
-        restart_container("lightspeed-stack")
-        remove_config_backup(context.default_config_backup)
-
     if "MCP" in feature.tags:
         switch_config(context.default_config_backup)
         restart_container("lightspeed-stack")

tests/e2e/features/inline_rag.feature

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-@InlineRAG
 Feature: Inline RAG (BYOK) support tests
 
   Background:
     Given The service is started locally
       And REST API service prefix is /v1
+      And The service uses inline RAG configuration
 
   Scenario: Check if inline RAG source is registered
     Given The system is in default state

tests/e2e/features/steps/common.py

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 """Implementation of common test steps."""
 
+import os
+
 from behave import given  # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
 from behave.runner import Context
-import os
+
+from tests.e2e.utils.utils import (
+    create_config_backup,
+    is_prow_environment,
+    restart_container,
+    switch_config,
+    wait_for_container_health,
+)
 
 
 @given("The service is started locally")
@@ -22,6 +31,32 @@ def service_is_started_locally(context: Context) -> None:
     context.port_llama = os.getenv("E2E_LLAMA_PORT", "8321")
 
 
+@given("The service uses inline RAG configuration")
+def configure_inline_rag(context: Context) -> None:
+    """Switch to inline RAG configuration if not already active.
+
+    On first call creates a backup of the current config, switches to the
+    inline-rag config, and restarts the container.  Subsequent calls within
+    the same feature are no-ops (detected by backup file existence in Docker
+    or backup key presence in Prow).
+    """
+    if not is_prow_environment() and os.path.exists("lightspeed-stack.yaml.backup"):
+        return
+
+    mode_dir = "library-mode" if context.is_library_mode else "server-mode"
+    if is_prow_environment():
+        config_path = "tests/e2e-prow/rhoai/configs/lightspeed-stack-inline-rag.yaml"
+    else:
+        config_path = (
+            f"tests/e2e/configuration/{mode_dir}/lightspeed-stack-inline-rag.yaml"
+        )
+    create_config_backup("lightspeed-stack.yaml")
+    switch_config(config_path)
+    restart_container("lightspeed-stack")
+    # Library mode needs extra time to load embedding models after restart
+    wait_for_container_health("lightspeed-stack", max_attempts=12)
+
+
 @given("The system is in default state")
 def system_in_default_state(context: Context) -> None:
     """Check the default system state.