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Test Strategy — Unit CI vs Live Verification

Tier: B (Derived). References Canon: AGENTS.md, docs/CANON.md.
Date: June 12, 2026

The split (Option A)

Unit CI  (.github/workflows/ci.yml)          — runs on every push/PR, BLOCKING on guardrails
  Validate (blocking):  typecheck · lint · build      ← all green
  Unit Tests (non-blocking signal): active-package vitest        ← see harness debt below

Live Verification  (.github/workflows/live-verification.yml)     — manual / post-deploy
  e2e:          Projection-context regression (CS persona) + Playwright suite
                (onboarding · workspace · gateway-wiring)
  integration:  Flow A/B/C (needs deployed infra)

First-class guard: Projection Context (CS persona)

apps/web/e2e/projection-context.spec.ts runs as the first step of the e2e job. It asserts a
CUSTOMER_SUCCESS persona resolves to ONE context across header/nav/workbench
(data-iw-projection-department === data-iw-active-domain === CUSTOMER_SUCCESS; no
"Business Operations" leak). Proven bidirectional locally: it passes with the single-authority
seed in useProjection() and fails if that seed regresses (falls back to bizops). This moves
the CUSTOMER_SUCCESS → Business Operations defect from known-bug to guarded regression
(PROJECTION_MODEL.md §5, CURRENT_CONTEXT_FLOW.md).

Runtime env note: the test boots the full SPA, which needs runtime config. Locally it uses the
repo .env. In CI the e2e job is non-blocking (continue-on-error) and reads
PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL / VITE_* from secrets — point it at a deployed app for true live
verification, or supply the VITE_* secrets so the dev server boots. playwright.config.ts starts
the dev server unless PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL is set. The local run is the authoritative guard today.

Why: deprecated services and integration tests cannot pass on a bare runner, so they must not
fail "Build & Validate." The real guardrails (doctrine/typecheck/lint/build) are green and block
merges; everything that needs a deployed stack or full runtime moves to Live Verification.

Excluded from unit CI (run in Live Verification or deprecated)

Deprecated services (merged per v3.6, AGENTS.md): act, normalizer, think, govern,
store, loader, agents.
integration-tests: Flow A/B/C E2E — require deployed endpoints + secrets.

Known unit-test harness debt (tracked — non-blocking until fixed)

These are test-environment issues, not product regressions. Unit tests run as a non-blocking
signal until each is repaired:

Package	Symptom	Fix direction
`mcp-connector`	module calls `process.exit` when `CODA_API_TOKEN` unset at import	guard import / inject test env
`intelligence`	vitest cannot resolve `cloudflare:workers` (bulk-swarm.ts)	`@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` or alias/mocks
`gateway`	Node-22 fetch requires `duplex` on body; content-type assertion drift	update test harness to Node-22 fetch semantics
`pipeline`	`pipeline.test.ts` routing mock — `spine/index` mock missing named exports	complete the `vi.mock` exports

When a package's harness is fixed, it should pass in unit CI; once all are green, flip the
unit-tests job to blocking (remove continue-on-error).

Local commands

pnpm run typecheck     # 37 packages + web — green
pnpm run lint          # green
pnpm run build         # green
pnpm exec turbo test --continue   # full test signal (includes known-debt suites)