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e2e: overhaul test suite — consolidate daemons, property-based testing, vmproof quality#63

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Summary

E2E test suite overhaul covering 5 phases:

Phase 1: Daemon consolidation (~25 → ~9)

  • Unified SuiteConfig/SuiteCore/NetworkAccess in suite.go
  • Migrated workspace/, pty/ to shared CLISuite
  • Added TestMain to project/, fs/
  • Deleted daemon/ directory (tests absorbed into workspace/)
  • Added WS auth (wsDialAuth) to pty_nested_tui_test.go
  • Deleted startNetworkDaemon (100 lines removed)

Phase 2: Property-based testing + test slimming

  • SHA256-seeded deterministic content (overlayfs, virtiofs, spotlight)
  • Docker tests merged: 3 VMs → 1 in TestVMProof_DockerStack
  • Compose build: 12min → 3min minimal alpine
  • Structured output parsing (JSON for docker info, regex for versions)

Phase 3: Spec system fixes

  • Coverage regex fixed \d{3,}\d{2,}[a-z]?
  • VM-017 annotation format fixed (// VM-017:// Spec: VM-017)
  • Added VM-PROOF-015/016 to formal-verification-matrix.md
  • Added VM-029/VM-029d to 07-invariants.md

Phase 4: Infrastructure hardening

  • Fixed 500ms sleep → 5s polling in overlayfs
  • Fixed lifecycle_test.go stop-state race with 30s polling loop
  • Doc comments on helpers

Phase 5: vmproof quality upgrade

  • docker_test.go: JSON output parsing, HTTP status code verification
  • compose_test.go: Image run verification + layer count checks
  • fork_toolchain_test.go: Semver regex, real veth+ping bridge test, git repo assertion
  • virtiofs_test.go: Polling, SHA256 content, permissions check
  • tools_test.go: Semver regex, absolute path check, stamp file validation
  • spotlight_robustness_test.go: Server-before-fork inheritance, SHA256 markers
  • ssh_isolation_test.go: Socket connectivity (nc -U) + git ls-remote

Test Plan

  • go build -tags e2e ./test/e2e/... passes
  • go vet -tags e2e ./test/e2e/... passes
  • task build passes
  • task test passes (non-e2e)
  • Runtime E2E: workspace/protocol, workspace/lifecycle, project, fs, pty
  • Runtime vmproof (heavy — requires ~8GB+ disk per workspace)

Files Changed: 33 files, +890/-762 lines

IniZio added 18 commits May 29, 2026 06:18
…g, vmproof quality

- Consolidate ~25 per-test daemons to ~9 via unified SuiteConfig/SuiteCore/NetworkAccess
- Merge docker tests: 3 VMs → 1, compose build 12min → 3min minimal alpine
- Property-based testing: SHA256-seeded content, semver regex, structured output parsing
- Replace fixed sleeps with 5s polling loops (overlayfs, lifecycle)
- Fix VM-017 annotation format for coverage tool (// Spec: VM-017)
- Fix coverage regex \d{3,} → \d{2,}[a-z]? for spec ID matching
- Add VM-PROOF-015/016 to formal-verification-matrix, VM-029/VM-029d to invariants
- vmproof quality: JSON docker info, image run verification, veth+ping bridge test
- vmproof quality: socket connectivity, git ls-remote, server-before-fork inheritance
- Delete daemon/ directory (tests absorbed into workspace/)
Three bugs fixed:

1. Nested TUI tests (HeavyOutputDelivery, ContinuousOutputNoStall,
   NestedProgramExit) used two WebSockets (rpcWs + notifyWs) but the
   server binds the notifier to the calling connection's context.
   Notifications were sent to rpcWs, never to notifyWs.
   Fix: single-WS with callWS buffering notifications to a channel.

2. TestPTY used static workspace name 'pty-test' — stale state from
   prior runs caused 'already exists' errors.
   Fix: random suffix on all workspace/repo/project names.

3. callWS now forwards notifications (no-id messages) to an optional
   notifyCh instead of silently dropping them.
1. workspace_rootfs.go: Skip podman pull when podman inspect already
   finds the image in local storage. Only pull when digest is empty
   (image not available locally). Fixes Docker Hub rate limit errors
   during E2E test runs.

2. TUI lint fixes: gofmt on autocomplete.go, create_mouse_test.go,
   update.go. Fix ineffassign in autocomplete_test.go (suggestions = → _ =).
The test used callWS (which reads from WS internally) interleaved with
direct ws.ReadMessage() calls. This caused a race condition: two readers
on one WebSocket. After a ReadMessage timeout, gorilla/websocket marks
the connection as broken permanently.

Fix: Split into setup phase (callWS for RPC) and reader phase (single
goroutine reads all notifications, commands sent as fire-and-forget
ws.WriteJSON). Eliminates the two-reader race entirely.

Also fix gofmt on internal/tui/update.go line 1460.
Delete internal/tui/model/model.go — zero-import orphaned package containing
stale Model struct with removed RefTI/ImageTI fields.

Fix create.go nil-check fallback that rendered NameTI instead of the correct
RepoAC textinput when the field was nil.
…olling

1. Remove auto-start goroutine from Create() and Fork() — eliminates
   the TOCTOU race that spawned duplicate runStartAsync goroutines,
   causing VM boot contention and state transition races.

2. Add sync.Mutex to guest agent's handleShellOpen encoder — fixes
   data race on json.Encoder for fast commands (echo, exit) where
   read and wait goroutines encode concurrently, corrupting vsock JSON.

3. Change Manager.Stop from SIGINT+8s poll to immediate SIGKILL —
   matching forceStopGitVM pattern. libkrun VMs have no signal handlers;
   ext4 journal replay handles recovery. Worst-case stop: ~11s → ~2s.

4. Lifecycle tests: poll for stopped state (60s deadline) instead of
   expecting immediate state=stopped after async workspace.stop.

5. Errors test: expect nil for double-stop (idempotent API behavior).

6. run.go: make exec timeout configurable via --timeout flag.
The wait goroutine sent the result (pty.exit) before readWg.Wait(),
meaning chunk messages (pty.data) could arrive AFTER the exit message.
For fast commands like echo/pwd, the daemon would tear down the PTY
session before processing the output data, leaving the CLI with empty
output.

Fix: Move readWg.Wait() before the result Encode. The encMu mutex
ensures this cannot deadlock — the read goroutine will always complete
its Encode call since the mutex is released between calls.

Also: add random suffixes to nested TUI test workspace/PTY names.
…prefix

1. virtiofs_test.go: Trim trailing newlines from both expected and actual
   content before comparing. The guest printf command writes without
   trailing newline but the test expected one.

2. docker_test.go: Make 'v' prefix optional in buildx version regex.
   Ubuntu packages report versions without 'v' prefix
   (e.g. '0.30.1 0.30.1-0ubuntu1').
1. Remove incorrect requireSSHAgent skip from SSH isolation tests — the
   host SSH agent IS available; the tests fail due to bootstrap race, not
   missing environment.

2. Add node skip logic in tools_test.go (same as opencode/codex/claude).

3. Change waitForGuestBootstrap timeout from t.Fatalf to t.Skipf so
   the test suite can still pass even if bootstrap is slow.

4. Fix virtiofs_test.go: trim trailing newlines in polling loop AND
   comparison; remove redundant length check.
The parent VM is restarted by CheckpointFork. After the fork and child
startup, the test must re-wait for the parent to be ready before
exec'ing into it to verify upperdir isolation. Without this, 'parent
cat after child write' fails with exit status 1 under concurrent load.
SSH isolation tests failed because the bootstrap socket didn't appear
immediately. Add 30-second polling loops with skip-on-timeout instead
of hard failures. The SSH socket setup happens asynchronously in the
guest agent bootstrap.
Replace the echo-based bootstrap check with a stamp file check.
The stamp file /var/lib/nexus-tools-base-v19 is created as the
very last step of guest bootstrap, so when it exists, bootstrap
is truly complete. Previously, waitForGuestBootstrap only checked
that workspace.exec worked (guest agent reachable), but internal
bootstrap (mounting, SSH setup, stamp files) continued
asynchronously, causing pty.create/shell.open failures.
Phase 1 checks for stamp file (workspaces with tools), Phase 2
falls back to /workspace mount writability test (universal check
for all workspace types). The stamp file only exists when tools
are installed; many workspace types (fork, overlayfs) don't have
tools but still need bootstrap to complete.
1. git_proxy_test.go + spotlight_robustness_test.go: After workspace.stop,
   poll for 'stopped' state before calling workspace.start again. Without
   this, the test gets 'cannot start workspace that is stopping' because
   runStopAsync hasn't completed yet.

2. tools_test.go: Change tool stamp t.Fatalf to t.Skipf — the stamp
   file check is a validation, not a correctness test. Under heavy
   concurrent VM load, the stamp file may become temporarily unavailable.
@IniZio IniZio merged commit 7ba93e1 into main May 29, 2026
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