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hiclaw-test

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Complete HiClaw test cycle including installation, uninstallation, running tests, and exporting debug logs for analysis. Use for (1) verifying HiClaw functionality (2) CI/CD test validation (3) issue diagnosis and debugging (4) pre-merge testing. Trigger words: test HiClaw, run HiClaw tests, hiclaw test, make test, verify HiClaw installation.

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HiClaw Test Cycle

Complete HiClaw testing workflow including installation verification, functional tests, and issue diagnosis.

Quick Start

# 1. Clone/update code
git clone https://github.com/alibaba/hiclaw.git && cd hiclaw

# 2. Create config file (first time)
cp hiclaw-manager.env.example ~/hiclaw-manager.env
# Edit ~/hiclaw-manager.env and set HICLAW_LLM_API_KEY, etc.

# 3. Run full test
set -a && . ~/hiclaw-manager.env && set +a && make test

Full Test Cycle

Step 1: Prepare Environment

# Clone latest code
git clone https://github.com/alibaba/hiclaw.git
cd hiclaw

# Check if config file exists
ls ~/hiclaw-manager.env

Step 2: Run Full Test

# Load config and run tests (automatically executes install → test → uninstall)
set -a && . ~/hiclaw-manager.env && set +a && make test

Test cases:

  • test-01: Manager startup health check
  • test-02: Create Worker Alice
  • test-03: Assign task to Worker
  • test-04: Human intervention with additional instructions
  • test-05: Heartbeat query mechanism
  • test-06: Multi-Worker collaboration
  • test-08~14: GitHub/MCP related tests (requires HICLAW_GITHUB_TOKEN)

Step 3: Individual Install/Uninstall

# Install only
set -a && . ~/hiclaw-manager.env && set +a && HICLAW_YOLO=1 make install

# Uninstall only
make uninstall

# Run tests using existing installation (skip reinstall)
set -a && . ~/hiclaw-manager.env && set +a
./tests/run-all-tests.sh --skip-build --use-existing

Export Debug Logs

When tests fail or hang, use hiclaw-debug.sh to export logs:

# In hiclaw repository directory
./tests/skills/hiclaw-test/scripts/hiclaw-debug.sh all

# Analyze hang issues only
./tests/skills/hiclaw-test/scripts/hiclaw-debug.sh analyze

Manual Log Export

# Manager container logs
docker logs --tail 100 hiclaw-manager 2>&1

# Manager Agent logs
docker exec hiclaw-manager tail -100 /var/log/hiclaw/manager-agent.log

# Manager Agent error logs
docker exec hiclaw-manager tail -50 /var/log/hiclaw/manager-agent-error.log

# Worker container logs
docker ps --filter "name=hiclaw-worker" --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}"
docker logs --tail 50 hiclaw-worker-alice 2>&1

# Test output files
ls tests/output/
cat tests/output/metrics-*.json

Common Issue Diagnosis

1. Test Hangs

Use hiclaw-debug.sh to analyze PHASE_DONE messages for mention issues:

# Run in HiClaw repository directory
./tests/skills/hiclaw-test/scripts/hiclaw-debug.sh analyze 1h

# Or use export-debug-log.py directly
python3 scripts/export-debug-log.py --range 1h

hiclaw-debug.sh checks if Worker's PHASE_DONE messages include @manager:

  • ✅ Includes @manager → Message will be processed by Manager
  • ⚠️ Missing @manager → Message ignored, may cause hang

Common cause: In multi-phase collaboration projects, Worker doesn't @mention Manager after completing a phase

Solution: Fixed in v1.0.8+, Manager adds Multi-Phase Collaboration Protocol to task specs

2. Worker Not Responding

# Check if Worker container is running
docker ps --filter "name=hiclaw-worker"

# Check Worker Agent process
docker exec hiclaw-worker-alice ps aux | grep openclaw

3. LLM Call Failures

# Check error logs
docker exec hiclaw-manager grep -i "error\|fail" /var/log/hiclaw/manager-agent-error.log

4. Test Timeout

Some tests (like test-14-git-collab) take longer, you can increase timeout:

# Run test script directly with custom timeout
timeout 1200 ./tests/run-all-tests.sh --skip-build --use-existing

Test Results Interpretation

Successful Test

========================================
  Test Summary
========================================
  Total:  12
  [32mPassed: 12[0m
  [31mFailed: 0[0m
========================================

Skipped Tests

[36m[TEST INFO][0m SKIP: No GitHub token configured

Requires HICLAW_GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.

Metrics Files

Each test generates metrics-XX-testname.json containing:

  • LLM call count
  • Token usage
  • Execution time
  • Cache hit statistics

Cleanup Environment

# Full uninstall
make uninstall

# Delete all Worker containers
docker rm -f $(docker ps -aq --filter "name=hiclaw-worker")

# Delete test code
rm -rf ./hiclaw

References