Fix: Story Player autoplay and slide advancement issue (#40409)

[Vijayshree25]

Fixes #40409

• Added autoplay on story load
• Prevented skipping of slides when user delays interaction
• Ensured continuous story advancement without manual click

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[Vijayshree25]

@newmuis Hi, requesting review for this PR. Needed for merge.

[Vijayshree25]

Hi @newmuis @rileyjshaw @ampproject/wg-stories,
Requesting CI approval for this PR.
The workflow is blocked with "Awaiting approval" and cannot run.
Thanks!

[gbhrdt-cp]

Hi, any update here? We also need this merged for our customers

[mcsrnzlr]

Hi @newmuis @rileyjshaw and @ampproject/wg-stories,

Adding my voice here as an external website operator actively affected by issue #40409. The AMP Story Player autoplay and slide advancement regression is impacting live sites and this PR has been waiting since October 2025.

Looking at the current state: all 13 CI checks are failing, but based on the author's comments, this appears to be because the workflow was never approved for a first-time contributor not necessarily a code issue. @gbhrdt-cp raised the same concern in January with no response.

Could someone with write access please:

1. Approve the CI run so the actual test results become visible
2. Assign a reviewer once the checks have run

This would at minimum clarify whether the fix is ready to merge or needs further work — right now it's impossible to tell. Happy to help test against a live use case if that's useful. Thanks.

[rileyjshaw]

I have no idea why I’m being mentioned on this issue. I’m not a contributor to this project. Good luck with your issue.

[erwinmombay]

@mcsrnzlr i can take a look at this. rerunning the build

[erwinmombay]

@Vijayshree25 do you mind rebasing the PR to get the code up to date if possible

[newmuis]

Hi @Vijayshree25 and @erwinmombay! It's been quite a while since I've been a maintainer on this project, but just a few thoughts:

• The way this is currently written, I believe this is a breaking change. There are sites that have not wanted the behavior that you're adding, and would want playback to be managed another way. If you were to add this functionality, you may want to consider adding a new opt-in (e.g. autoplay), so as not to break/change other pages.
• As written, this assumes a single instance of amp-story-player on the page (i.e. querySelector), whereas you probably want to be open to the idea that there could be multiple (i.e. querySelectorAll).

[erwinmombay]

appreciate the input @newmuis . hope you are well :)