manual_slop/conductor/tracks/live_gui_testing_20260223/plan.md

Implementation Plan: Live GUI Testing Infrastructure

Phase 1: Infrastructure & Core Utilities [checkpoint: db251a1]

Establish the mechanism for managing the live GUI process and providing it to tests.

• Task: Create tests/conftest.py with a session-scoped fixture to manage the gui.py --enable-test-hooks process.
• Task: Enhance api_hook_client.py with robust connection retries and health checks to handle GUI startup time.
• Task: Update conductor/workflow.md to formally document the "Live GUI Testing" requirement and the use of the --enable-test-hooks flag.
• Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 1: Infrastructure & Core Utilities' (Protocol in workflow.md)

Phase 2: Test Suite Migration [checkpoint: 6677a6e]

Migrate existing tests to use the live GUI fixture and API hooks.

• Task: Refactor tests/test_api_hook_client.py and tests/test_conductor_api_hook_integration.py to use the live GUI fixture.
• Task: Refactor GUI performance tests (tests/test_gui_performance_requirements.py, tests/test_gui_stress_performance.py) to verify real metrics (FPS, memory) via hooks.
• Task: Audit and update all remaining tests in tests/ to ensure they either use the live server or are explicitly marked as pure unit tests.
• Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 2: Test Suite Migration' (Protocol in workflow.md)

Phase 3: Conductor Integration & Validation

Ensure the Conductor framework itself supports and enforces this new testing paradigm.

• Task: Verify that new track creation generates plans that include specific API hook verification tasks.
• [~] Task: Perform a full test run using run_tests.py (or equivalent) to ensure 100% pass rate in the new environment.
• Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 3: Conductor Integration & Validation' (Protocol in workflow.md)