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claude-checkpoint-tooling 634b2e39c0 Add test inventory + checkpoint test runner
docs/testing/test_inventory.md: honest, current list of what automated
coverage actually exists (38 backend pytest tests across 2 files, 0 Godot
tests merged yet) and what doesn't (no integration/endpoint tests at all,
no coverage yet for the in-review RS256/moderation work) -- verified
against a genuinely fresh checkout + fresh Postgres, not just read off the
file tree.

scripts/run_checkpoint_tests.py: runs the whole inventory in one shot --
throwaway Postgres, migrations, pytest, then starts the backend server and
runs every scripts/smoke_test_*.gd against it headlessly. Verified working
both with and without a smoke test present (temporarily tested against
PC1's not-yet-merged scripts/api_client.gd + smoke_test_api.gd, removed
before this commit -- that PR carries its own files).

docs/testing/README.md: what running this at a Package Checkpoint review
does and doesn't prove, and how to grow the inventory as real coverage
gets added.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-19 15:18:49 +00:00

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# Testing at Package Checkpoints
A Package Checkpoint (PC1, PC2, ...) is a periodic review point — every few
real milestones, the client and server builds get packaged together and
independently reviewed before anyone calls anything actually done. See
`project_agp` in Claude's memory, or ask, for the full definition; this
doc is just the mechanical "how do I run the tests" part of that review.
## Running the suite
```
python scripts/run_checkpoint_tests.py
```
Brings up a throwaway Postgres, runs Alembic migrations against it, runs the
backend pytest suite, starts the backend server, and runs every Godot
headless smoke test (`scripts/smoke_test_*.gd`) against it. Tears the
Postgres container down afterward (`--keep-postgres` to skip that if you
want to poke at the DB after a failure).
If port 5432 is already taken on the machine, pass `--postgres-port` with
something else.
Exit code is 0 only if everything that actually ran passed — suites with
nothing to run yet (no Godot binary found, no smoke test scripts yet) are
reported SKIPPED, not treated as a failure.
## What this does and doesn't prove
Passing this script means: migrations apply cleanly to a genuinely empty
database, the backend's unit-level logic is correct, and whatever Godot
smoke tests exist actually round-trip against a live backend. It does
**not** mean full endpoint/integration coverage exists — see
`test_inventory.md` for the current, honest list of what's tested and what
isn't. A checkpoint review should still involve reading the actual diffs
for anything this script's current coverage doesn't reach, not just running
green and calling it done.
## Growing this over time
As real integration tests get added (endpoint tests hitting the FastAPI app,
more Godot smoke coverage beyond `health_check`), they should land under
`backend/tests/` / `scripts/smoke_test_*.gd` respectively — this script
picks up new files automatically, nothing to register by hand. Update
`test_inventory.md`'s tables when you do, so the inventory stays a source
of truth instead of quietly going stale.
Eventual goal (not implemented yet): gate merges to `main` on this script
passing, the same way a real CI pipeline would. For now it's a manual step
run at checkpoint review time.