git.stella-ops.org/docs/19_TEST_SUITE_OVERVIEW.md

# Automated Test-Suite Overview

This document enumerates **every automated check** executed by the Stella Ops
CI pipeline, from unit level to chaos experiments. It is intended for
contributors who need to extend coverage or diagnose failures.

> **Build parameters** – values such as `{{ dotnet }}` (runtime) and
> `{{ angular }}` (UI framework) are injected at build time.

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## Test Philosophy

### Core Principles

1. **Determinism as Contract**: Scan verdicts must be reproducible. Same inputs → byte-identical outputs.
2. **Offline by Default**: Every test (except explicitly tagged "online") runs without network access.
3. **Evidence-First Validation**: Assertions verify the complete evidence chain, not just pass/fail.
4. **Interop is Required**: Compatibility with ecosystem tools (Syft, Grype, Trivy, cosign) blocks releases.
5. **Coverage by Risk**: Prioritize testing high-risk paths over line coverage metrics.

### Test Boundaries

- **Lattice/policy merge** algorithms run in `scanner.webservice`
- **Concelier/Excitors** preserve prune source (no conflict resolution)
- Tests enforce these boundaries explicitly

### Model taxonomy

See `docs/testing/testing-strategy-models.md` and `docs/testing/TEST_CATALOG.yml` for
the required test types per project model and the module-to-model mapping.

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## Layer Map

| Layer | Tooling | Entry-point | Frequency |
|-------|---------|-------------|-----------|
| **1. Unit** | `xUnit` (<code>dotnet test</code>) | `*.Tests.csproj` | per PR / push |
| **2. Property-based** | `FsCheck` | `SbomPropertyTests`, `Canonicalization` | per PR |
| **3. Integration (API)** | `Testcontainers` suite | `test/Api.Integration` | per PR + nightly |
| **4. Integration (DB-merge)** | Testcontainers PostgreSQL + Valkey | `Concelier.Integration` | per PR |
| **5. Contract (OpenAPI)** | Schema validation | `docs/api/*.yaml` | per PR |
| **6. Front-end unit** | `Jest` | `ui/src/**/*.spec.ts` | per PR |
| **7. Front-end E2E** | `Playwright` | `ui/e2e/**` | nightly |
| **8. Lighthouse perf / a11y** | `lighthouse-ci` (Chrome headless) | `ui/dist/index.html` | nightly |
| **9. Load** | `k6` scripted scenarios | `tests/load/*.js` | nightly |
| **10. Chaos** | `pumba`, custom harness | `tests/chaos/` | weekly |
| **11. Interop** | Syft/Grype/cosign | `tests/interop/` | nightly |
| **12. Offline E2E** | Network-isolated containers | `tests/offline/` | nightly |
| **13. Replay Verification** | Golden corpus replay | `bench/golden-corpus/` | per PR |
| **14. Dependency scanning** | `Trivy fs` + `dotnet list package --vuln` | root | per PR |
| **15. License compliance** | `LicenceFinder` | root | per PR |
| **16. SBOM reproducibility** | `in-toto attestation` diff | GitLab job | release tags |

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## Test Categories (xUnit Traits)

```csharp
[Trait("Category", "Unit")]           // Fast, isolated unit tests
[Trait("Category", "Property")]       // Property-based checks (sub-trait)
[Trait("Category", "Snapshot")]       // Golden/snapshot assertions (sub-trait)
[Trait("Category", "Integration")]    // Tests requiring infrastructure
[Trait("Category", "Contract")]       // Schema and API contract checks
[Trait("Category", "E2E")]            // Full end-to-end workflows
[Trait("Category", "AirGap")]         // Must work without network
[Trait("Category", "Interop")]        // Third-party tool compatibility
[Trait("Category", "Performance")]    // Performance benchmarks
[Trait("Category", "Chaos")]          // Failure injection tests
[Trait("Category", "Security")]       // Security-focused tests
[Trait("Category", "Live")]           // Opt-in upstream connector tests
```

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## Quality Gates

| Metric | Budget | Gate |
|--------|--------|------|
| API unit coverage | ≥ 85% lines | PR merge |
| API response P95 | ≤ 120 ms | nightly alert |
| Δ-SBOM warm scan P95 (4 vCPU) | ≤ 5 s | nightly alert |
| Lighthouse performance score | ≥ 90 | nightly alert |
| Lighthouse accessibility score | ≥ 95 | nightly alert |
| k6 sustained RPS drop | < 5% vs baseline | nightly alert |
| **Replay determinism** | 0 byte diff | **Release** |
| **Interop findings parity** | ≥ 95% | **Release** |
| **Offline E2E** | All pass with no network | **Release** |
| **Unknowns budget (prod)** | ≤ configured limit | **Release** |
| **Router Retry-After compliance** | 100% | Nightly |

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## Local Runner

```bash
# minimal run: unit + property + frontend tests
./scripts/dev-test.sh

# full stack incl. Playwright and lighthouse
./scripts/dev-test.sh --full

# category-specific
dotnet test --filter "Category=Unit"
dotnet test --filter "Category=AirGap"
dotnet test --filter "Category=Interop"
```

The script spins up PostgreSQL/Valkey via Testcontainers and requires:

* Docker ≥ 25
* Node 20 (for Jest/Playwright)

### PostgreSQL Testcontainers

Multiple suites (Concelier connectors, Excititor worker/WebService, Scheduler)
use Testcontainers with PostgreSQL for integration tests. If you don't have
Docker available, tests can also run against a local PostgreSQL instance
listening on `127.0.0.1:5432`.

### Local PostgreSQL Helper

Some suites (Concelier WebService/Core, Exporter JSON) need a full
PostgreSQL instance when you want to debug or inspect data with `psql`.
A helper script is available under `tools/postgres/local-postgres.sh`:

```bash
# start a local PostgreSQL instance
tools/postgres/local-postgres.sh start

# stop / clean
tools/postgres/local-postgres.sh stop
tools/postgres/local-postgres.sh clean
```

By default the script uses Docker to run PostgreSQL 16, binds to
`127.0.0.1:5432`, and creates a database called `stellaops`. The
connection string is printed on start and you can export it before
running `dotnet test` if a suite supports overriding its connection string.

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## New Test Infrastructure (Epic 5100)

### Run Manifest & Replay

Every scan captures a **Run Manifest** containing all inputs (artifact digests, feed versions, policy versions, PRNG seed). This enables deterministic replay:

```bash
# Replay a scan from manifest
stella replay --manifest run-manifest.json --output verdict.json

# Verify determinism
stella replay verify --manifest run-manifest.json
```

### Evidence Index

The **Evidence Index** links verdicts to their supporting evidence chain:
- Verdict → SBOM digests → Attestation IDs → Tool versions

### Golden Corpus

Located at `bench/golden-corpus/`, contains 50+ test cases:
- Severity levels (Critical, High, Medium, Low)
- VEX scenarios (Not Affected, Affected, Conflicting)
- Reachability cases (Reachable, Not Reachable, Inconclusive)
- Unknowns scenarios
- Scale tests (200 to 50k+ packages)
- Multi-distro (Alpine, Debian, RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu)
- Interop fixtures (Syft-generated, Trivy-generated)
- Negative cases (malformed inputs)

### Offline Testing

Inherit from `NetworkIsolatedTestBase` for air-gap compliance:

```csharp
[Trait("Category", "AirGap")]
public class OfflineTests : NetworkIsolatedTestBase
{
    [Fact]
    public async Task Test_WorksOffline()
    {
        // Test implementation
        AssertNoNetworkCalls();  // Fails if network accessed
    }
}
```

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## Concelier OSV↔GHSA Parity Fixtures

The Concelier connector suite includes a regression test (`OsvGhsaParityRegressionTests`)
that checks a curated set of GHSA identifiers against OSV responses. The fixture
snapshots live in `src/Concelier/StellaOps.Concelier.PluginBinaries/StellaOps.Concelier.Connector.Osv.Tests/Fixtures/` and are kept
deterministic so the parity report remains reproducible.

To refresh the fixtures when GHSA/OSV payloads change:

1. Ensure outbound HTTPS access to `https://api.osv.dev` and `https://api.github.com`.
2. Run `UPDATE_PARITY_FIXTURES=1 dotnet test src/Concelier/StellaOps.Concelier.PluginBinaries/StellaOps.Concelier.Connector.Osv.Tests/StellaOps.Concelier.Connector.Osv.Tests.csproj`.
3. Commit the regenerated `osv-ghsa.*.json` files that the test emits (raw snapshots and canonical advisories).

The regen flow logs `[Parity]` messages and normalises `recordedAt` timestamps so the
fixtures stay stable across machines.

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## CI Job Layout

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  subgraph fast-path
    U[xUnit] --> P[FsCheck] --> I1[Testcontainer API]
  end

  I1 --> FE[Jest]
  FE --> E2E[Playwright]
  E2E --> Lighthouse

  subgraph release-gates
    REPLAY[Replay Verify]
    INTEROP[Interop E2E]
    OFFLINE[Offline E2E]
    BUDGET[Unknowns Gate]
  end

  Lighthouse --> INTEG2[Concelier]
  INTEG2 --> LOAD[k6]
  LOAD --> CHAOS[Chaos Suite]
  CHAOS --> RELEASE[Attestation diff]

  RELEASE --> release-gates
```

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## Adding a New Test Layer

1. Extend `scripts/dev-test.sh` so local contributors get the layer by default.
2. Add a dedicated workflow in `.gitea/workflows/` (or GitLab job in `.gitlab-ci.yml`).
3. Register the job in `docs/19_TEST_SUITE_OVERVIEW.md` *and* list its metric
   in `docs/metrics/README.md`.
4. If the test requires network isolation, inherit from `NetworkIsolatedTestBase`.
5. If the test uses golden corpus, add cases to `bench/golden-corpus/`.

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## Related Documentation

- [Sprint Epic 5100 - Testing Strategy](implplan/SPRINT_5100_0000_0000_epic_summary.md)
- [Testing Strategy Models](testing/testing-strategy-models.md)
- [Test Catalog](testing/TEST_CATALOG.yml)
- [tests/AGENTS.md](../tests/AGENTS.md)
- [Offline Operation Guide](24_OFFLINE_KIT.md)
- [Module Architecture Dossiers](modules/)

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*Last updated 2025-12-23*