Run Integration Tests

Run integration tests to verify that multiple components (managers, API, settings) work together correctly.

When to Use This Skill

• After modifying how components communicate (events, state sharing)
• After changing the API surface
• After modifying managers or their interactions
• When components seem out of sync (UI shows stale data, events not firing)

Quick Reference

How Integration Tests Work

Integration tests run in a real VS Code instance but focus on component interactions:

• Does the API reflect manager state?
• Do events fire when state changes?
• Do different scopes return appropriate data?

They're faster than E2E (which test full workflows) but more thorough than smoke tests.

Workflow

Step 1: Compile and Run

npm run compile && npm run compile-tests && npm run integration-test

Step 2: Interpret Results

Pass:

  Integration: Environment Manager + API
    ✓ API reflects manager state after refresh
    ✓ Different scopes return appropriate environments
    ✓ Environment objects have consistent structure

  3 passing (25s)

Fail: Check error message and see Debugging section.

Debugging Failures

For detailed debugging: Debug panel → "Integration Tests" → F5

Adding New Integration Tests

Create files in src/test/integration/ with pattern *.integration.test.ts:

import * as assert from 'assert';
import * as vscode from 'vscode';
import { waitForCondition, TestEventHandler } from '../testUtils';
import { ENVS_EXTENSION_ID } from '../constants';

suite('Integration: [Component A] + [Component B]', function () {
    this.timeout(120_000);

    let api: ExtensionApi;

    suiteSetup(async function () {
        const extension = vscode.extensions.getExtension(ENVS_EXTENSION_ID);
        assert.ok(extension, 'Extension not found');
        if (!extension.isActive) await extension.activate();
        api = extension.exports;
    });

    test('[Interaction test]', async function () {
        // Test component interaction
    });
});

Test Files

Prerequisites

• CI needs webpack build - Run npm run compile (webpack) before tests, not just npm run compile-tests (tsc)
• Extension builds - Run npm run compile before tests

Notes

• Integration tests are faster than E2E (30s-2min vs 1-3min)
• Focus on testing component boundaries, not full user workflows
• First run downloads VS Code (~100MB, cached in .vscode-test/)

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