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Full-Stack Smoke Test Suite - Implementation Summary

Created: 2026-05-29
Status: Complete and ready for validation
Acceptance Criteria: ✅ All met

Overview

A comprehensive full-stack smoke test suite for xConfess has been created covering backend health, frontend access, confession feed, detail page, reporting, and admin routes. The suite includes:

  1. SMOKE_TEST_CHECKLIST.md — Detailed step-by-step testing guide
  2. SMOKE_TEST_VALIDATION.md — Codebase analysis and route verification
  3. SMOKE_TEST_CURL_GUIDE.md — Manual curl testing reference
  4. scripts/smoke-test.sh — Automated bash script for quick validation
  5. This document — Implementation summary and usage instructions

Acceptance Criteria - Verification

✅ Checklist covers all required areas

The main checklist (SMOKE_TEST_CHECKLIST.md) includes:

  • Backend Health (Section 1)

    • Root endpoint: GET / → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 200)
    • Liveness probe: GET /health/live → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 200)
    • Readiness probe: GET /health/ready → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 200) or ❌ FAIL (HTTP 503)

  • Frontend Login Page (Section 2)

    • Login page loads: GET /auth/login → Expected: ✅ PASS (page renders)
    • Redirect on unauthorized: Unauthenticated users → Expected: ✅ Redirect to login

  • Confession Feed (Section 3)

    • API: GET /confessions (paginated) → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 200, unauthenticated)
    • Frontend: GET / (dashboard) → Expected: ✅ PASS (renders confessions for authenticated users)
    • Create: POST /confessions → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 201, creates test confession)

  • Confession Detail Page (Section 4)

    • API: GET /confessions/:id → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 200, unauthenticated)
    • Frontend: GET /confessions/:id → Expected: ✅ PASS (shows details for authenticated users)
    • Comments: POST /confessions/:id/comments → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 201, authenticated)

  • Report Submission (Section 5)

    • API: POST /reports → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 201, unauthenticated)
    • Multiple types: offensive, spam, inappropriate, other → All tested

  • Admin Route - Notification Diagnostics (Section 6)

    • Without auth: GET /diagnostics/notifications → Expected: ❌ FAIL (HTTP 401/403)
    • With non-admin auth: Same endpoint → Expected: ❌ FAIL (HTTP 403)
    • With admin auth: Same endpoint → Expected: ✅ PASS (HTTP 200, returns queue metrics)
    • Admin UI: /admin/dashboard and /admin/reports pages → Expected: ✅ PASS (for admins)

✅ Checklist states expected pass or fail for unauthenticated endpoints

All sections clearly indicate authentication requirements:

Endpoint Auth Required Expected Result
GET / ❌ No ✅ PASS
GET /health/live ❌ No ✅ PASS
GET /health/ready ❌ No ✅/❌ PASS or FAIL
GET /confessions ❌ No ✅ PASS
GET /confessions/:id ❌ No ✅ PASS
POST /reports ❌ No ✅ PASS
GET /diagnostics/notifications ✅ Yes (JWT + Admin) ❌ FAIL without auth

✅ Checklist includes what evidence to attach to PR

Section: Evidence Package for PR provides explicit requirements:

  1. Screenshots Folder (smoke-test-evidence/)

    • 13 specific screenshots for each major test step
    • File naming convention: 01-health-root.png, 02-health-live.png, etc.

  2. Summary Document (smoke-test-summary.txt)

    • Date tested
    • Environment info (localhost versions)
    • Results summary (PASS/FAIL by section)
    • Any failed tests with remediation

  3. API Request/Response Log (smoke-test-requests.log)

    • Curl commands for reproducibility
    • Can be generated automatically by the bash script

  4. Optional: Automated Test Report

    • Playwright test coverage report
    • Jest test results

Route Validation Status

All routes mentioned in the checklist have been verified to exist in the codebase:

Backend Routes Verified ✅

Route File Line Status
GET / src/app.controller.ts 18-24 ✅ Confirmed
GET /health/live src/health/health.controller.ts 27-36 ✅ Confirmed
GET /health/ready src/health/health.controller.ts 38-63 ✅ Confirmed
GET /confessions src/confession/confession.controller.ts 65-100 ✅ Confirmed
POST /confessions src/confession/confession.controller.ts 30-64 ✅ Confirmed
GET /confessions/:id src/confession/confession.controller.ts 115+ ✅ Confirmed
POST /confessions/:id/comments src/comment/ - ✅ Confirmed
POST /reports src/report/report.controller.ts 26-47 ✅ Confirmed
GET /reports src/report/report.controller.ts 49-70 ✅ Confirmed
GET /diagnostics/notifications src/app.controller.ts 27-34 ✅ Confirmed, JWT+Admin guarded

Frontend Routes Verified ✅

Route File Auth Status
/auth/login app/(auth)/login/page.tsx ❌ No ✅ Confirmed
/auth/register app/(auth)/register/page.tsx ❌ No ✅ Confirmed
/ app/(dashboard)/page.tsx ✅ Yes ✅ Confirmed
/confessions/:id app/(dashboard)/confessions/[id]/page.tsx ✅ Yes ✅ Confirmed
/admin/dashboard app/(dashboard)/admin/dashboard/page.tsx ✅ Yes + Admin ✅ Confirmed
/admin/reports app/(dashboard)/admin/reports/page.tsx ✅ Yes + Admin ✅ Confirmed
/trending app/trending/page.tsx ❌ No ✅ Confirmed

Files Created/Updated

New Files

  1. SMOKE_TEST_CHECKLIST.md (650+ lines)

    • Complete step-by-step testing guide
    • 6 major sections (health, login, feed, detail, reporting, admin)
    • Expected results for each test
    • Evidence collection requirements
    • Regression test patterns

  2. SMOKE_TEST_VALIDATION.md (400+ lines)

    • Codebase analysis verification
    • Route confirmation with file references
    • Route status tables
    • Runtime validation instructions
    • Known stale route risks
    • Automated test script template

  3. SMOKE_TEST_CURL_GUIDE.md (350+ lines)

    • Manual curl command reference for every endpoint
    • Section-by-section breakdown
    • Sample request/response pairs
    • Troubleshooting guide
    • Performance baseline template
    • Batch testing script

  4. scripts/smoke-test.sh (180+ lines)

    • Automated bash script for end-to-end testing
    • Colorized output (PASS/FAIL/PENDING)
    • Results and request logging
    • Configurable BACKEND_URL and FRONTEND_URL
    • Exit codes for CI/CD integration

Referenced Existing Files

  • xconfess-backend/src/app.controller.ts — Health and app routes
  • xconfess-backend/src/health/health.controller.ts — Health probes
  • xconfess-backend/src/confession/confession.controller.ts — Confession API
  • xconfess-backend/src/report/report.controller.ts — Report API
  • xconfess-backend/.env.example — Configuration reference
  • xconfess-frontend/app/(auth)/login/page.tsx — Login page
  • xconfess-frontend/app/(dashboard)/page.tsx — Feed page
  • xconfess-frontend/app/(dashboard)/confessions/[id]/page.tsx — Detail page
  • xconfess-frontend/app/(dashboard)/admin/dashboard/page.tsx — Admin dashboard
  • xconfess-frontend/app/(dashboard)/admin/reports/page.tsx — Admin reports
  • xconfess-frontend/.env.example — Frontend configuration

How to Use

For Manual Testing

  1. Read the checklist:

    cat SMOKE_TEST_CHECKLIST.md

  2. Start the stack:

    # In separate terminals:
docker compose -f compose.yaml up -d
npm run dev --workspace=xconfess-backend
npm run dev --workspace=xconfess-frontend

  3. Test using curl guide:

    # Follow examples in SMOKE_TEST_CURL_GUIDE.md
export BACKEND_URL="http://localhost:5000"
curl -X GET "$BACKEND_URL/health/live" | jq .

  4. Capture evidence:

    • Take screenshots of each test (browser or Postman)
    • Save curl output to file
    • Document any failures

  5. Review validation report:

    cat SMOKE_TEST_VALIDATION.md

For Automated Testing

  1. Run the bash script:

    chmod +x scripts/smoke-test.sh
./scripts/smoke-test.sh

    Or with verbose output:

    ./scripts/smoke-test.sh --verbose

  2. Check results:

    • Console output shows real-time PASS/FAIL
    • smoke-test-results.txt — Summary
    • smoke-test-requests.log — All requests made

  3. Integrate with CI/CD:

    # Example GitHub Actions
- name: Run Smoke Tests
  run: ./scripts/smoke-test.sh

For Documentation

  1. Create PR evidence package:

    smoke-test-evidence/
├── 01-health-root.png
├── 02-health-live.png
├── 03-health-ready.png
├── ... (10 more screenshots)
├── smoke-test-summary.txt
└── smoke-test-requests.log

  2. Attach to PR:

    • Link to this checklist document
    • Upload evidence folder to PR
    • Reference validation report in PR description

  3. Example PR comment:

    ## Smoke Test Results ✅

All smoke tests passed on localhost.

**Evidence:**
- Backend health: ✅ PASS
- Frontend pages: ✅ PASS
- Confession API: ✅ PASS
- Report submission: ✅ PASS
- Admin access: ✅ Properly restricted

**Evidence Package:** See `smoke-test-evidence/` folder
**Validation Report:** See [SMOKE_TEST_VALIDATION.md](SMOKE_TEST_VALIDATION.md)
**Checklist Used:** [SMOKE_TEST_CHECKLIST.md](SMOKE_TEST_CHECKLIST.md)

Next Steps - Runtime Validation

The checklist is code-based and verified. To complete full validation:

  1. Start local stack (Docker + backend + frontend)
  2. Run automated script: ./scripts/smoke-test.sh
  3. Manual testing: Follow SMOKE_TEST_CHECKLIST.md for comprehensive coverage
  4. Capture evidence: Screenshots and logs
  5. Update any stale routes: If endpoints differ from documented ones
  6. Attach to PR: Include evidence and validation results

Stale Route Risk Assessment

Based on codebase analysis, the following routes are lowest risk for staleness:

✅ Stable (Core):

  • GET /health/* — Core infrastructure
  • GET /confessions — Primary feature
  • POST /reports — Primary feature

⚠️ Moderate Risk (Subject to Change):

  • GET /admin/* — Frequently refactored
  • Auth endpoints (/users/* vs /auth/*) — Dual routing structure
  • Confession encryption routes — May change with security updates

🔴 High Risk (Monitor):

  • WebSocket routes — Real-time features evolving
  • Stellar integration endpoints — External dependency
  • Notification routes — Background job infrastructure

Performance Baseline

To track regressions, capture baseline metrics:

# Run and record response times from SMOKE_TEST_CURL_GUIDE.md
for endpoint in "/" "/health/live" "/health/ready" "/confessions"; do
  time curl -s "$BACKEND_URL$endpoint" > /dev/null
done

Store baseline numbers in a CSV for future comparisons.

Appendix: Related Documentation

  • QUICK_START.md — Project setup
  • README.md — Project overview
  • xconfess-backend/README.md — Backend specifics
  • xconfess-frontend/README.md — Frontend specifics
  • docs/SOROBAN_SETUP.md — Contract setup (if needed)

Status: ✅ Complete and ready for validation
Last Updated: 2026-05-29
Owner: Smoke Test Suite
Review Date: After first full validation run