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Valkey Test Suite
=================
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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Overview
--------
Integration tests are written in Tcl, a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language [[source](https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/What+is+Tcl)].
`runtest` is the main entrance point for running integration tests.
For example, to run a single test;
```shell
./runtest --single unit/your_test_name
# For additional arguments, you may refer to the `runtest` script itself.
```
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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The normal execution mode of the test suite involves starting and manipulating
local `valkey-server` instances, inspecting process state, log files, etc.
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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The test suite also supports execution against an external server, which is
enabled using the `--host` and `--port` parameters. When executing against an
external server, tests tagged `external:skip` are skipped.
There are additional runtime options that can further adjust the test suite to
match different external server configurations. All options are listed by
`./runtest --help`. The following table is just a subset of the options:
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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| Option | Impact |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--singledb` | Only use database 0, don't assume others are supported. |
| `--ignore-encoding` | Skip all checks for specific encoding. |
| `--ignore-digest` | Skip key value digest validations. |
| `--cluster-mode` | Run in strict Valkey Cluster compatibility mode. |
| `--large-memory` | Enables tests that consume more than 100MB |
| `--tls` | Run tests with TLS. See below. |
| `--tls-module` | Run tests with TLS, when TLS support is built as a module. |
| `--other-server-path PATH` | Run compatibility tests with an other server executable. |
| `--help` | Displays the full set of options. |
Running with TLS requires the following preparations:
* Build Valkey is TLS support, e.g. using `make BUILD_TLS=yes`, or `make BUILD_TLS=module`.
* Run `./utils/gen-test-certs.sh` to generate a root CA and a server certificate.
* Install TLS support for TCL, e.g. the `tcl-tls` package on Debian/Ubuntu.
Additional tests
----------------
Not all tests are included in the `./runtest` scripts. Some additional entry points are provided by the following scripts, which support a subset of the options listed above:
* `./runtest-cluster` runs more extensive tests for Valkey Cluster.
Some cluster tests are included in `./runtest`, but not all.
* `./runtest-sentinel` runs tests of Valkey Sentinel.
* `./runtests-module` runs tests of the module API.
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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Debugging
---------
You can set a breakpoint and invoke a minimal debugger using the `bp` function.
```
... your test code before break-point
bp 1
... your test code after break-point
```
The `bp 1` will give back the tcl interpreter to the developer, and allow you to interactively print local variables (through `puts`), run functions and so forth [[source](https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/A+minimal+debugger)].
`bp` takes a single argument, which is `1` for the case above, and is used to label a breakpoint with a string.
Labels are printed out when breakpoints are hit, so you can identify which breakpoint was triggered.
Breakpoints can be skipped by setting the global variable `::bp_skip`, and by providing the labels you want to skip.
The minimal debugger comes with the following predefined functions.
* Press `c` to continue past the breakpoint.
* Press `i` to print local variables.
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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Tags
----
Tags are applied to tests to classify them according to the subsystem they test,
but also to indicate compatibility with different run modes and required
capabilities.
Tags can be applied in different context levels:
* `start_server` context
* `tags` context that bundles several tests together
* A single test context.
The following compatibility and capability tags are currently used:
| Tag | Indicates |
| ------------------------- | --------- |
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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| `external:skip` | Not compatible with external servers. |
| `cluster` | Uses cluster with multiple nodes. |
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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| `cluster:skip` | Not compatible with `--cluster-mode`. |
| `large-memory` | Test that requires more than 100MB |
| `tls` | Uses TLS. |
| `tls:skip` | Not compatible with `--tls`. |
| `ipv6` | Uses IPv6. |
| `needs:repl`, `repl` | Uses replication and needs to be able to `SYNC` from server. |
| `needs:debug` | Uses the `DEBUG` command or other debugging focused commands (like `OBJECT REFCOUNT`). |
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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| `needs:pfdebug` | Uses the `PFDEBUG` command. |
| `needs:config-maxmemory` | Uses `CONFIG SET` to manipulate memory limit, eviction policies, etc. |
| `needs:config-resetstat` | Uses `CONFIG RESETSTAT` to reset statistics. |
| `needs:reset` | Uses `RESET` to reset client connections. |
| `needs:save` | Uses `SAVE` or `BGSAVE` to create an RDB file. |
| `needs:other-server` | Requires `--other-server-path`. |
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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When using an external server (`--host` and `--port`), filtering using the
`external:skip` tags is done automatically.
When using `--cluster-mode`, filtering using the `cluster:skip` tag is done
automatically.
When not using `--large-memory`, filtering using the `largemem:skip` tag is done
automatically.
Improve test suite to handle external servers better. (#9033) This commit revives the improves the ability to run the test suite against external servers, instead of launching and managing `redis-server` processes as part of the test fixture. This capability existed in the past, using the `--host` and `--port` options. However, it was quite limited and mostly useful when running a specific tests. Attempting to run larger chunks of the test suite experienced many issues: * Many tests depend on being able to start and control `redis-server` themselves, and there's no clear distinction between external server compatible and other tests. * Cluster mode is not supported (resulting with `CROSSSLOT` errors). This PR cleans up many things and makes it possible to run the entire test suite against an external server. It also provides more fine grained controls to handle cases where the external server supports a subset of the Redis commands, limited number of databases, cluster mode, etc. The tests directory now contains a `README.md` file that describes how this works. This commit also includes additional cleanups and fixes: * Tests can now be tagged. * Tag-based selection is now unified across `start_server`, `tags` and `test`. * More information is provided about skipped or ignored tests. * Repeated patterns in tests have been extracted to common procedures, both at a global level and on a per-test file basis. * Cleaned up some cases where test setup was based on a previous test executing (a major anti-pattern that repeats itself in many places). * Cleaned up some cases where test teardown was not part of a test (in the future we should have dedicated teardown code that executes even when tests fail). * Fixed some tests that were flaky running on external servers.
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In addition, it is possible to specify additional configuration. For example, to
run tests on a server that does not permit `SYNC` use:
./runtest --host <host> --port <port> --tags -needs:repl