# Showcase Testing Tagline: `bin/showcase test` reference, cell red→green SOP, per-demo coverage matrix, and CI gating matrix. Three concerns live here: 1. **Cell red→green SOP** and `bin/showcase test` CLI reference — how to run the harness locally and how to drive a cell from red to green. 2. **Per-Demo Coverage Matrix** — what test surface exists for each demo across manual QA, unit, E2E, and aimock. 3. **CI gating matrix** — which CI workflows fire on which triggers and whether they gate merges. Operational gotchas (aimock fixture caching, `--isolate` slot collisions, etc.) live in [`GOTCHAS.md`](./GOTCHAS.md). Per-failure-mode debugging strategies and production-side ops (probe triggering, Railway log access, isolated stack cleanup) live in [`DEBUGGING.md`](./DEBUGGING.md). ## `bin/showcase test` invocation semantics `--d5` / `--d6` route through the production-equivalent control-plane pipeline (producer → queue → worker, same as Railway). `--direct` switches to a legacy in-process driver (bypasses control-plane). | Invocation | Family | Pipeline | Per-demo scoping (`:demo`) | | --------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------ | | `--d5` (no `:demo`) | d5 representative | control-plane | hardcoded `agentic-chat` | | `--d5 :demo` | d5 single demo | control-plane | honored (post-A18) | | `--d5 --direct` | d5 family | in-process | honored via `buildDeepInputs` | | `--d6` (no `:demo`) | d6 full sweep | control-plane | full demo list, aggregate validation | | `--d6 :demo` | d6 single demo | control-plane | honored (post-A18) | | `--d6 --direct` | d6 family | in-process | honored via `buildFullInputs` | | `--direct` (no `--d5/--d6`) | d5+d6 default | in-process | honored | **Use control-plane (no `--direct`) for production-equivalent testing.** It exercises the same producer→queue→worker pipeline Railway uses, so local results are apples-to-apples with staging. `--direct` is opt-out legacy: useful for fast in-process debugging when you don't need the queue. `--isolate` (post-A21+A21b) scopes the rebuild to the target slug — infra services (aimock, pocketbase, dashboard, harness, harness-pool-worker) reuse cached images from the local Docker store. Cold-build is ~30s–2 min per slug instead of 10+ min full-stack rebuild. ### Session-stack discipline / Cleanup after isolated runs This governs every `--isolate`/`--keep` invocation below. The leak it prevents: agents minting a _new_ named kept stack per cell (`cvtest2`, `greenproof`, `gp1`..`gp10`, `showcase-iso2/4`, …) and never tearing them down — each one holds a slot and burns offset ports until the host fills up. 1. **One stack per session, reused.** At the start of a debugging/testing session, choose ONE stable isolate name and use `--isolate --keep` for ALL tests in that session. Every subsequent test in the same session MUST reuse ONE `--isolate ` — never mint a new named stack per individual cell/feature/pill (that is what leaks named stacks). Derive the session name from the primary slug under test so reuse is unambiguous, e.g. `--isolate -session`. Each `--keep` re-run with the same name pre-cleans (`docker compose -p down`) and recreates that ONE stack, so you never pile up N named stacks. (Re-running the same name while the prior kept stack is still live fails loudly with a duplicate-name guard — another reason to keep to ONE name and tear down between fresh builds.) 2. **`--keep` is for intra-session reuse only, never a license to leak.** It exists so a session-long stack survives between tests; if you pass `--keep`, you OWN teardown at session end. 3. **Tear down at session end.** When the session's work is done — and as part of the Done criteria — tear down every stack the session created and release its slot, using the survival-notice teardown command (printed at exit): ```sh docker compose -p down --remove-orphans --volumes && rm -rf ``` `bin/showcase down` does NOT tear down an isolated stack — it only stops the default (non-isolated) `showcase-*` project. Use the explicit `docker compose -p down …` from the notice (run-dir and slot-dir are the real paths it prints). Bare `--isolate` (no `--keep`) auto-cleans on exit and frees its slot — prefer it for one-off tests that don't need to persist across the session. The teardown mechanics, the RUNNING-only slot protection, and the scratch/slot paths are documented once in [`DEBUGGING.md` → Cleanup](./DEBUGGING.md#cleanup); this section owns the discipline (reuse ONE, tear down at end). ## SOP: turning a cell red → green 1. **Run the harness LOCALLY FIRST.** Capture the RED log via the production-equivalent path BEFORE any code change: ``` bin/showcase test : --d5 --isolate ``` No theory, no "should work" — observe the actual failure. 2. **One change. Verify GREEN locally on the same probe.** Re-run the same invocation; it must go green. Iterate if not. Don't commit on red. 3. **LGP regression check every time.** Gold-standard cell must stay green: ``` bin/showcase test langgraph-python:tool-rendering-custom-catchall --d5 --isolate ``` 4. **Diagnose by failure mode** (use the aimock `/journal` endpoint + `docker logs showcase-iso-aimock` + DOM/probe text): - Backend doesn't loop after `tool_result` → backend fix (add tool handler, fix agentId routing). See `crewai-crews` for the canonical example. - `toolCallId`-gated narration fixture doesn't match → backend rewrites IDs (Anthropic `toolu_*`, TanStack `fc-*`). Fix: swap `toolCallId` discriminator for `turnIndex` (or `hasToolResult` / `sequenceIndex`) — backend-id-invariant. See `built-in-agent` and `claude-sdk-typescript` for canonical match-key tunes. - No fixture entry matches the probe's `userMessage` → add the entry following the existing match-shape conventions. - Probe scan returns false despite phrase visibly in DOM → harness/probe bug. 5. **Layer boundaries:** - **Fixtures: per-integration freedom.** Do NOT modify `response.content` (canonical narration is fixture-author truth — the d5 probe asserts on it; a real LLM won't reliably emit the verbatim phrase). Tune `match` keys instead. - **Backends: minimal.** Faithfully echo aimock prescriptions where possible; close the tool-loop with a second LLM call after `tool_result`. Don't expand backend logic when a fixture match-key change suffices. - **Tests: identical** across integrations (the d5 probe is shared). - **Frontends: near-identical** — don't touch in cell-fix scope. - **LGP is gold standard.** Diff against `langgraph-python`'s fixture/backend pattern, not the sibling-of-the-day. 6. **aimock matcher semantics** (for `/v1/responses` after `responsesInputToMessages` transform; identical to `/v1/chat/completions`): | Match key | Semantics | |------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `userMessage` | substring on the last `role:"user"` message | | `toolCallId` | strict equality vs last `role:"tool"` `tool_call_id` (FRAGILE — backend ID-rewrite breaks this) | | `hasToolResult` | boolean: any `role:"tool"` message present | | `turnIndex` | integer: count of `role:"assistant"` messages | | `context` | equality vs `x-aimock-context` header | First-match-wins. Order entries specific-before-generic. 7. **aimock caches fixtures at container startup.** Editing a fixture in a live stack requires `docker restart showcase-iso-aimock` to reload. Fresh `--isolate` slots cold-start aimock from the volume mount, so the first post-edit run picks up the change automatically; warm-slot reuse will not. 8. **`--isolate` slot pinning and conflict detection.** Pin a specific slot with `SHOWCASE_ISO_SLOT=` (1-45; slot 0 is reserved for the base stack), or use the equivalent CLI sugar `--isolate=` — the picker uses exactly that slot or fails loudly. The auto-picker now port-probes every candidate via `lsof` before committing, so foreign-Docker (`ag2mm-*`) and host-process (macOS AirPlay on 5000) conflicts are detected pre-`docker compose up`. Run `bin/showcase slots` to inspect all 46 slots across DIR / PID / LIVE / PORTS / OFFSET (and PROJECT) — same code path the picker uses. The `LIVE` column reports `live` / `stale` / `inconclusive` and folds the live-pid and live-containers checks into one axis. 9. **Cell-color flip claims MUST be empirically value-tested via the production-equivalent control-plane path** on ≥3 candidate cells before merge. No "should flip N." Use: ``` bin/showcase test : --d6 --isolate ``` (or `--d5 --isolate` for single-pill e2e). DO NOT use `--direct` for value-test — it bypasses the queue/worker pipeline staging actually runs and has misled investigations in the past. Pick `` by first running `bin/showcase slots` (or `bin/showcase slots --free --brief` for a machine-readable list) and choosing a row whose `DIR` is `absent`, `LIVE` is not `live`, and `PORTS` is not `held`, then pin the slot via either form (both are equivalent): ``` SHOWCASE_ISO_SLOT= bin/showcase test : --d6 --isolate # — or, equivalently — bin/showcase test : --d6 --isolate= ``` 10. **No fixture rewrite from real-LLM record/replay.** The canonical-phrase probe is anti-record/replay-against-real-LLM by construction: a real LLM won't emit the verbatim assertion phrase. Fixture content is authored truth; tune the `match` keys to fire on the right turn. ## Per-Demo Coverage Matrix Tagline: what test surface exists per demo. PASS=covered, WARN=partial, FAIL=none, STUB=needs aimock fixture. ### Demo Coverage | Demo | Manual QA | Vitest Unit | Playwright E2E (smoke) | Playwright E2E (interaction) | Per-Package E2E | Aimock Fixtures | CI Auto | | ---------------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | | **Agentic Chat** | PASS 19 packages | FAIL | PASS load + suggestions | WARN suggestion click only | PASS weather card, background change, multi-turn | WARN `background`, `weather` matches | WARN validate only (no Playwright in CI by default) | | **Human in the Loop** | PASS 19 packages | FAIL | PASS load + suggestions | WARN suggestion click only | PASS step selector, approve/reject | WARN `plan`/`steps`/`mars` matches (text only, no interrupt) | WARN validate only | | **Tool Rendering** | PASS 19 packages | FAIL | PASS load + suggestions | WARN suggestion click only | PASS WeatherCard with stats grid | WARN `weather` match (tool call) | WARN validate only | | **Gen UI (Tool-Based)** | PASS 19 packages | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | PASS sidebar, haiku card, pie/bar chart | FAIL no haiku-specific fixture | WARN validate only | | **Gen UI (Agent)** | PASS 19 packages | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | PASS task progress tracker, progress bar | FAIL no gen-ui-agent fixture | WARN validate only | | **Shared State (Read)** | PASS 19 packages | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | PASS recipe card, sidebar, pipeline | FAIL no shared-state fixture | WARN validate only | | **Shared State (Write)** | PASS 19 packages (stub) | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | PASS pipeline, deal CRUD, agent state writes | FAIL no shared-state fixture | WARN validate only | | **Shared State (Streaming)** | PASS 19 packages (stub) | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | PASS document editor, confirm/reject changes | FAIL no streaming fixture | WARN validate only | | **Sub-Agents** | PASS 19 packages (stub) | FAIL | FAIL | FAIL | PASS travel planner, agent indicators, sections | FAIL no subagent fixture | WARN validate only | > The Manual-QA column counts the **19 integration packages that ship a `qa/` > directory** — `ms-agent-harness-dotnet` ships no manual-QA checklists, so it > is excluded from these counts (the package count of 20 in Test Infrastructure > Locations still reflects all integration packages). ### Starter Hero Coverage | Feature | Manual QA | Vitest Unit | Playwright E2E (smoke) | Playwright E2E (interaction) | Aimock Fixtures | CI Auto | | ------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | | **Sales Dashboard (page load)** | FAIL | PASS extract-starter tests (on-demand extraction) | PASS header, 4 renderer pills | PASS pill switching, content verification | WARN `sales`/`todo`/`deal` matches | WARN validate + aimock-e2e (manual trigger) | | **Renderer Selector** | FAIL | FAIL | PASS 4 pills visible, default selection | PASS mutual exclusion, content changes per mode | FAIL | WARN validate only | | **Tool-Based mode** | FAIL | FAIL | PASS pipeline heading, KPI cards | PASS Add a deal, multiple deals, empty state | WARN `sales`/`todo` matches | WARN validate only | | **A2UI Catalog mode** | FAIL | FAIL | PASS same pipeline content | FAIL | FAIL | WARN validate only | | **json-render mode** | FAIL | FAIL | PASS fallback note + pipeline | FAIL | FAIL | WARN validate only | | **HashBrown mode** | FAIL | FAIL | PASS pipeline content | FAIL | FAIL | WARN validate only | ### Probe Depth Coverage | Depth | Probe Name | Cadence | What "Green" Means | | ----- | ---------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | D5 | e2e-demos | hourly :10 | All per-integration smoke probes pass | | D6 | d6-all-pills-e2e | hourly :40 | All demo cells pass across every integration pill | ### Test Infrastructure Locations - **Manual QA**: `showcase/integrations/*/qa/*.md` (~498 files across 20 integration packages; per-package counts vary widely, e.g. `langgraph-python` 39, `langgraph-fastapi` 10). - **Vitest unit**: `showcase/scripts/__tests__/*.test.ts` — registry/constraint/bundle/integration generators. - **Shared E2E**: `showcase/scripts/__tests__/e2e/` — `starter-e2e.spec.ts`, `demo-e2e.spec.ts`, `screenshots.spec.ts`. - **Per-package E2E**: `showcase/integrations/*/tests/e2e/` — ~33–41 demo/feature specs per package (e.g. `langgraph-python` 38; `ms-agent-harness-dotnet` only 9). - **Aimock fixtures**: `showcase/aimock/` — `shared/common.json`, `shared/smoke.json`, `d4//`, `d6//`. - **CI**: `.github/workflows/showcase_*.yml` (see Test-Gating Matrix below). ### Known coverage gaps 1. No aimock fixtures for haiku, recipe/deals/document state, travel planning, HITL interrupt. 2. No shared E2E for gen-ui-tool-based, gen-ui-agent, shared-state-\*, subagents. 3. No automatic Playwright E2E in CI on every PR; aimock E2E requires `/test-aimock` comment. 4. No Sales Dashboard starter manual QA checklists. 5. No per-package renderer-selector E2E spec — renderer-selector coverage comes from the shared starter E2E (`showcase/scripts/__tests__/e2e/starter-e2e.spec.ts`) against the shared starter-template component (`showcase/shared/starter-template/components/renderers/renderer-selector.tsx`). ## Test-Gating Matrix This matrix documents which CI workflows fire on which triggers, what they test, and whether they gate merges. Scope: all testing-related workflows (unit, integration, e2e, smoke) across the monorepo. Data read directly from `.github/workflows/*.yml` on the current branch. ## Matrix | Workflow file | Name (CI UI) | Trigger | Path filter | Required? | What it tests | | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `.github/workflows/test_unit.yml` | test / unit | push (main), pull_request (main), workflow_dispatch | paths-ignore: `README.md`, `examples/**`, `showcase/**`, `sdk-python/**` | No | Vitest unit suite across Node 20/22/24 for all TS packages | | `.github/workflows/test_unit-python-sdk.yml` | test / unit / python-sdk | push (main), pull_request (main) | `sdk-python/**`, this workflow | No | pytest against `sdk-python/` across a Python 3.10–3.14 matrix + Poetry | | `.github/workflows/test_integration-runtime.yml` | test / integration / runtime | push (main), pull_request (main), workflow_dispatch | `packages/runtime/**`, this workflow | No | Runtime server integration tests (Node, possibly others) | | `.github/workflows/test_integration-docs.yml` | test / integration / docs | push (main), pull_request | `showcase/shell-docs/src/content/**`, docs validation scripts | No | Extracts code blocks from shell-docs, runs them against aimock (model-name + doc-test) | | `.github/workflows/test_e2e-dojo.yml` | test / e2e / dojo | push (main), pull_request (main), workflow_dispatch | `packages/**`, `sdk-python/**`, this workflow | No | ag-ui dojo end-to-end matrix on Depot runners | | `.github/workflows/test_e2e-legacy-v1.yml` | test / e2e / legacy-v1 | push (main), pull_request (main), workflow_dispatch | `examples/**`, this workflow | No | Legacy v1.x examples (form-filling, travel, research-canvas, chat-with-your-data, state-machine) | | `.github/workflows/showcase_validate.yml` | Showcase: Validate | push (main), pull_request | `showcase/**`, `examples/integrations/**`, `package.json`, `pnpm-lock.yaml`, `pnpm-workspace.yaml`, validate + deploy workflow files | No | Build-pipeline Vitest + manifest/registry validation + shell build | | `.github/workflows/test_e2e-showcase-on-demand.yml` | test / e2e / showcase / on-demand | issue_comment (`/test-aimock`), workflow_dispatch | n/a (comment-gated) | No | aimock-backed Playwright E2E on demand per-package | | `.github/workflows/test_smoke-starter.yml` | test / smoke / starter | schedule (`0 */6 * * *`), workflow_run (publish / release), pull_request, workflow_dispatch | `examples/integrations/**`, this workflow | No | Docker-compose smoke for 12 starter integrations (build + curl) | ## Which tests run on a typical PR? - `packages/**` (runtime/SDK): `test / unit`, `test / integration`, `test / e2e / dojo`, `static / quality`, `static / check binaries`, plus `static / danger` if `packages/sdk-js/src/langgraph.ts` is touched. - `sdk-python/**`: `test / unit / python-sdk`, `test / e2e / dojo`, `static / quality`, `static / check binaries`, plus `static / danger` if `sdk-python/copilotkit/langgraph_agent.py` is touched. `test / unit` does NOT fire (paths-ignore excludes `sdk-python/**`). - `showcase/**`: `Showcase: Validate`, `static / quality`, `static / check binaries`. `test / unit` does NOT fire (paths-ignore excludes `showcase/**`). No Playwright E2E runs automatically -- comment `/test-aimock` on the PR to trigger `test / e2e / showcase / on-demand`. - `examples/**` (legacy v1.x): `test / e2e / legacy-v1`, `static / check binaries`. `test / unit` is excluded via paths-ignore. - `examples/integrations/**` (starters): `test / smoke / starter` (Docker), `Showcase: Validate` (for fixtures only), `static / check binaries`. - `showcase/shell-docs/src/content/**`: `test / integration / docs`, `Showcase: Validate`, and showcase build checks. - `.github/workflows/**`: each workflow that lists its own path in its trigger runs (most do). No single "workflows changed" catch-all. ## Required status checks None of the workflows above are enforced as required status checks. The active `PROTECT_OUR_MAIN` ruleset on `main` requires zero status contexts -- merges are gated only by review approval, not by CI outcome. Classic branch protection on `main` is fully disabled — `GET .../branches/main/protection` and `.../required_status_checks/contexts` both return HTTP 404 ("Branch protection has been disabled on this repository"), so there is no `required_status_checks.contexts` array to read from the live API. If you see a CI workflow marked as "required" in an older doc or script, treat that as ghost data: nothing in GitHub's current enforcement path consumes it. Practical consequence: a red CI run does not block merge. Reviewers must eyeball `gh pr checks` before approving. ## Footnotes - `test / unit` matrix is Node 20/22/24; the other workflows pin a single Node version each (22 most common). - Ten workflows run on Depot runners. Nine use `depot-ubuntu-24.04-4`: `test / e2e / dojo`, `test / unit`, `test / e2e / legacy-v1`, `test / integration / docs`, `test / integration / runtime`, `test / unit / python-sdk`, `Showcase: Validate`, `Showcase: Build & Push`, and `Showcase: Build Check (PR)`. The tenth, `showcase / eval`, runs on the larger `depot-ubuntu-24.04-16`. - `test / smoke / starter` runs every 6h and validates Docker-build integrity of `examples/integrations/`. - `workflow_run` triggers fire after another workflow completes -- they do not gate the triggering PR, they run post-merge.