# Specification: Test Suite Stabilization & Consolidation (test_stabilization_20260302)

## Overview
The goal of this track is to stabilize and unify the project's test suite. This involves resolving pervasive `asyncio` lifecycle errors, consolidating redundant testing paradigms (specifically manual GUI subprocesses), ensuring artifact isolation in `./tests/artifacts/`, and implementing functional assertions for currently mocked-out tests.

## Functional Requirements
- **Asyncio Lifecycle Stabilization:**
  - Resolve `RuntimeError: Event loop is closed` across the suite.
  - Implement `ThreadPoolExecutor` for blocking calls in GUI-bound tests.
  - Audit and fix fixture cleanup in `conftest.py`.
- **Paradigm Consolidation (from testing_consolidation_20260302):**
  - Refactor integration/visual tests to exclusively use the `live_gui` pytest fixture.
  - Eliminate all manual `subprocess.Popen` calls to `gui_2.py` in the `tests/` and `simulation/` directories.
- **Artifact Isolation & Discipline:**
  - All test-generated files (temporary projects, mocks, sessions) MUST be isolated in `./tests/artifacts/`.
  - Prevent leakage into `conductor/tracks/` or project root.
- **Enhanced Test Reporting:**
  - Implement structured, sectioned logging in `./tests/logs/` with timestamps.
- **Assertion Implementation:**
  - Replace `pytest.fail` placeholders with full functional implementation.
- **Simulation Regression Fixes:**
  - Debug and resolve `test_context_sim_live` entry count issues.

## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Full suite run completes without `RuntimeError: Event loop is closed` warnings.
- [ ] No `subprocess.Popen` calls to `gui_2.py` exist in the test codebase.
- [ ] All test artifacts are isolated in `./tests/artifacts/`.
- [ ] All tests previously marked with `pytest.fail` now have passing functional assertions.
- [ ] Simulation tests pass with correct entry counts.