Viewer smoke test
SkillFiles & storageRun the end-to-end viewer smoke test (`tests/viewer_smoke.sh`). Spawns `rezolus view` in upload-only, file, A/B, and proxy modes, exercises the API endpoints, and verifies experiment attach/detach. Use after any change touching `src/viewer/` or before opening a viewer-related PR.
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Then ask your AI: use the Viewer smoke test skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by iopsystems/rezolus in .claude/skills/viewer-smoke/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Runs the viewer in four configurations against checked-in demo
parquets and asserts the public API endpoints behave correctly.
Designed to be invoked from a PR/commit hook so behavior regressions
in src/viewer/ show up before review.
Steps
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Run the script:
bash tests/viewer_smoke.sh -
Interpret the result:
- Exit 0 → all assertions passed; viewer behaves correctly across upload-only, file mode, A/B compare mode, and proxy mode, including experiment attach/detach via the HTTP API.
- Exit 1 → first failed assertion is printed, plus the failing viewer's startup log. Read both before guessing — the log usually says exactly what blew up (port collision, missing parquet, panic, etc.).
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If the script fails, do not paper over by editing the assertions. The script is the contract. If a behavioral change is intentional (e.g. a renamed JSON field), update the assertion in the same commit that changes the behavior, and call it out in the PR description.
What it covers
/api/v1/mode—loaded,compare_mode,url_loadingflags across the four startup configs/api/v1/sections— navigation list non-empty/data/<section>.json— at least one group in the lazy-section payload/api/v1/query_range— PromQL execution returnsstatus:"success"/api/v1/load_url— 403 envelope when proxy disabled,invalid_parquetenvelope when fetching non-parquet bytes from an allowed hostPOST /api/v1/captures/experiment— flipscompare_mode:trueDELETE /api/v1/captures/experiment— flipscompare_mode:false- Static assets —
/,/about,/lib/style.cssall return 200
What it does not cover
- Live mode (
rezolus view <agent-url>) — needs an actual rezolus agent listening, not reproducible without one. - Browser-rendered UI — the script only asserts on backend payload
shape. For the rendered page, use the
viewer-renderskill: it drives a headless browser and asserts on geometry, computed colours, wrap points and console errors. - Compare-mode UI rendering — the experiment attach/detach assertion
only checks the API flag flip; the rendered side-by-side view isn't
exercised. Again
viewer-render.
Requirements
cargo— builds the binary if it isn't already builtbash4+,curl,jq— assertions- Ports 18500-18503 free
- Internet access to
httpbin.orgfor the proxy assertion (skipped with a warning if unreachable)
Triggering it from a hook
A typical wiring:
- Per-PR (CI) — add a job to
.github/workflows/cargo.ymlthat runsbash tests/viewer_smoke.shaftercargo build. - Per-commit (local) —
.git/hooks/pre-pushcalling the same script. Slow (cold builds take ~60 s + 8 s of viewer warmup), so prefer the CI route unless the dev wants the early signal. - Per Claude Code session — invoke this skill via
/viewer-smokeor have the agent call it from a SessionStart / PostToolUse hook that watchessrc/viewer/**.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 274
- Forks
- 24
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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viewer-smoke- Source
- github.com/iopsystems/rezolus