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Testing

MoltZap uses vitest for all tests. @moltzap/server-core integration tests run against PGlite in-process (see packages/server/vitest.integration.globalSetup.ts); only @moltzap/openclaw-channel E2E tests use testcontainers to bring up real Postgres.

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Running tests

pnpm test                    # all packages
pnpm --filter @moltzap/protocol test     # protocol only
pnpm --filter @moltzap/server-core test  # server-core unit tests
pnpm --filter @moltzap/server-core test:integration  # integration tests (PGlite, no Docker)
pnpm test:conformance:toxiproxy  # protocol conformance with live Toxiproxy
pnpm test:conformance:stress     # same conformance path with more fast-check runs

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Test infrastructure

@moltzap/client/test exports the low-level test helpers that any package can use to register an agent and bring up a client. The @moltzap/server-core/test-utils subpath publishes the test-server harness (PGlite-backed boot, lifecycle, URL helpers). 
// Low-level client helpers — register, connect, normalize URLs.
import {
  registerAgent,
  registerAndConnect,
  stripWsPath,
} from "@moltzap/client/test";
import { MoltZapAgentClient, MoltZapTMClient } from "@moltzap/client";

// Server-core test harness — PGlite boot + lifecycle.
import {
  startCoreTestServer,
  stopCoreTestServer,
  resetCoreTestDb,
  getCoreApp,
  getCoreDb,
  getBaseUrl,
  getWsUrl,
  expectRpcFailure,
  makePgliteHarness,
  type PgliteHarness,
} from "@moltzap/server-core/test-utils";
The published @moltzap/server-core/test-utils surface today is the server-bring-up harness (startCoreTestServer, stopCoreTestServer, resetCoreTestDb, getCoreApp, getCoreDb, getBaseUrl, getWsUrl, plus expectRpcFailure and the PGlite harness). Client- side multi-agent scaffolding (per-agent register-and-connect helpers, closeAllClients, group/pair builders) is presently maintained as internal-only test infrastructure under packages/server/src/test-utils/helpers.ts; tests inside packages/server import it relatively. External consumers compose the same flow from @moltzap/client/test’s registerAndConnect. Public-surface helpers:
  • registerAgent(baseUrl, name, opts?) — HTTP POST /api/v1/auth/register. Returns { agentId, apiKey, claimUrl, claimToken }.
  • registerAndConnect(baseUrl, wsUrl, name, opts?) — Register + construct MoltZapAgentClient + complete network/connect. Returns the live client plus the registration record.
  • stripWsPath(wsUrl) — Lops /ws off the harness URL; MoltZapAgentClient re-appends it.
  • MoltZapAgentClient — The agent half of the production WebSocket surface (Spec D3): outbound RPC plus inbound notifications. Notification consumption is Stream-shaped: client.subscribe(def, refinement?) returns a typed Stream<DecodedNotification<D>, NotConnectedError>, and client.subscribeAll(refinement?) is the broad-union escape hatch.
  • MoltZapTMClient — The TM half. Full duplex on top of the agent surface, adding the typed TM-callback inbound dispatcher (Spec D3 R14b made every callback slot REQUIRED at construction; vacuous-deny moderators bind an explicit ForbiddenError handler). Use this when a test acts as a task manager and must answer dispatch/authorize / messages/authorize callbacks.

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Integration tests

Integration tests in packages/server/src/__tests__/integration/ boot the server against an in-process PGlite database (no Docker required) and test the full stack: 
pnpm --filter @moltzap/server-core test:integration
Each test file covers a specific feature: registration, DM messaging, group chat, reactions, encryption, reconnection, concurrent messages, etc.

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Property-based tests

Protocol schema tests use fast-check for property-based testing of schema validation boundaries.

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Protocol conformance

The conformance gate exercises the real server/client surfaces through the protocol testing package. Tier D adversity requires Toxiproxy, so the root command owns the local Docker lifecycle and mirrors the CI setup: 
pnpm test:conformance:toxiproxy
That command starts docker-compose.conformance.yml, waits for TOXIPROXY_URL (default http://127.0.0.1:8474), then runs conformance for:
  • @moltzap/server-core
  • @moltzap/client
  • @moltzap/openclaw-channel
  • @moltzap/nanoclaw-channel
For heavier local stress, run: 
pnpm test:conformance:stress
Stress mode uses the same suites and Toxiproxy path but sets CONFORMANCE_NUM_RUNS=100 and CONFORMANCE_SEED_COUNT=3 by default. That means each package runs three deterministic seed passes, and properties that consume numRuns increase their generated samples. Override either knob when chasing a flaky boundary: 
CONFORMANCE_NUM_RUNS=250 pnpm test:conformance:stress
CONFORMANCE_SEED_COUNT=10 pnpm test:conformance:stress
FC_SEED=12345 pnpm test:conformance:toxiproxy
Long-running local commands that create large Vitest/esbuild/temp artifacts can use the same temporary-directory isolation directly: 
MOLTZAP_TMP_SCOPE=my-run scripts/with-tempdir.sh pnpm test
The wrapper sets TMPDIR to a repo-local directory under .tmp/ for the child process and removes that per-run directory on exit or interruption.