Proposal: Standardizing Storybook Coverage for Plugin Components

[achalcipher]

While contributing Storybook coverage for the AI-Assistant plugin, I noticed that several core plugin components lack visual documentation for edge cases like Loading, Error, and Empty states.

The Proposal: > I suggest we make Storybook stories mandatory for all new plugin UI components. This ensures:

UI Consistency: Developers can verify components across different themes and screen sizes without a running cluster.

Robustness: Mandatory 'Error' and 'Loading' stories force us to handle these states gracefully in the code.

I have already implemented this pattern in PR #4655 using the TestContext decorator to provide proper Redux/Router context. I’m happy to help document this standard for other contributors

[vyncent-t]

Thanks for the contribution, I will look into the pattern you mentioned!

I also agree here, having new (and old) components updated to follow standardized Storybook stories guidelines would be beneficial.

I will add this to our next team discussion 👍

[achalcipher]

Thanks for the feedback — I’m really glad the idea makes sense in the context of standardizing Storybook stories.
I’d be happy to put together a small proposal with a consistent pattern and maybe apply it to a couple of components as a starting point, if that would help the discussion.
I also wanted to mention that I’ve applied for the LFX CNCF mentorship this term for the Headlamp project. Regardless of the outcome, I’m genuinely interested in continuing to contribute here and help move this forward.
Please let me know if there’s something specific you think I should focus on next.