diff --git a/src/components/GitPanel.tsx b/src/components/GitPanel.tsx
index caf4dc1c..2acb17ab 100644
--- a/src/components/GitPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GitPanel.tsx
@@ -788,15 +788,17 @@ export class GitPanel extends React.Component<IGitPanelProps, IGitPanelState> {
     try {
       const author = await this._hasIdentity(this.props.model.pathRepository);
 
-      const message = this.props.trans.__('Committing changes...');
+      const notificationMsg = this.props.trans.__('Committing changes...');
       if (id !== null) {
         Notification.update({
           id,
-          message,
+          message: notificationMsg,
           autoClose: false
         });
       } else {
-        id = Notification.emit(message, 'in-progress', { autoClose: false });
+        id = Notification.emit(notificationMsg, 'in-progress', {
+          autoClose: false
+        });
       }
 
       if (this.state.commitAmend) {
diff --git a/ui-tests/tests/commit.spec.ts b/ui-tests/tests/commit.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f21a0abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-tests/tests/commit.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@jupyterlab/galata';
+import path from 'path';
+import { extractFile } from './utils';
+
+const baseRepositoryPath = 'test-repository.tar.gz';
+test.use({ autoGoto: false });
+
+test.describe('Commit', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page, request, tmpPath }) => {
+    await extractFile(
+      request,
+      path.resolve(__dirname, 'data', baseRepositoryPath),
+      path.join(tmpPath, 'repository.tar.gz')
+    );
+
+    // URL for merge conflict example repository
+    await page.goto(`tree/${tmpPath}/test-repository`);
+  });
+
+  test('should commit a change', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page
+      .getByRole('listitem', { name: 'Name: another_file.txt' })
+      .dblclick();
+    await page
+      .getByLabel('another_file.txt')
+      .getByRole('textbox')
+      .fill('My new content');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+s');
+
+    await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Git' }).click();
+    await page.getByTitle('another_file.txt • Modified').hover();
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Stage this change' }).click();
+
+    await page
+      .getByPlaceholder('Summary (Ctrl+Enter to commit)')
+      .fill('My new commit');
+
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Commit', exact: true }).click();
+
+    await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'History' }).click();
+
+    await expect(page.getByText('My new commit')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});