manual_slop/conductor/tracks/test_stabilization_20260302/spec.md

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.