moav-e2e

Testing & Quality

Run and debug MoaV's end-to-end tests — real protocol connectivity (client-test.sh) and the moav CLI smoke test — against a LIVE server, via the self-hosted e2e workflow or a local test VPS. Use when validating a branch before release, diagnosing a protocol that won't connect, or checking that moav CLI commands still work after a change. Knows the domainless (no-cert) vs domain (full-protocol) modes, how to read the pass/warn/skip/fail matrix, and the known failure modes with their fixes.

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MoaV end-to-end testing

Two layers run against a live server (not mocks):

tests/client-test.sh (moav test <user> [--json] [-v]) — stands up a client-side tunnel per protocol and checks the exit IP. This is the protocol matrix.
tests/cli-smoke-test.sh — exercises the moav tool (help/status/users/doctor/cert/ export→import/user add+revoke/admin password/…), each hang-guarded.

The per-PR CI (ci.yml) only lints + unit-tests; it never brings the stack up. Full e2e is .github/workflows/e2e.yml on a self-hosted runner (a test VPS with a real test domain), because it builds ~25 images and needs real TLS certs. Human setup doc: docs/devdocs/E2E-TESTING.md.

How to run

Preferred: the self-hosted workflow

# domainless — no cert, no Let's Encrypt dependency. Fast to iterate, validates the
# IP-only protocols + the client image build. START HERE when debugging.
gh workflow run e2e.yml -R MotherofallVPNs/moav --ref <branch> -f verbose=true -f domainless=true

# domain — full matrix incl. the TLS-domain protocols (Trojan/Hysteria2/AnyTLS/CDN).
# Reuses the cert across runs; DON'T run more than ~5/week (LE limit).
gh workflow run e2e.yml -R MotherofallVPNs/moav --ref <branch> -f verbose=true

# full — also build --local + a second domainless phase + image-removal uninstall (slow).
gh workflow run e2e.yml -R MotherofallVPNs/moav --ref <branch> -f full=true

Then get the run id and watch it (watch in the background so tool output stays out of context):

sleep 8
gh run list -R MotherofallVPNs/moav --workflow e2e.yml --limit 1 --json databaseId,status
gh run watch <id> -R MotherofallVPNs/moav   # run in background; you're re-invoked on finish

The workflow must live on the default branch (main) for workflow_dispatch to show up; dispatch then runs the selected branch's copy.

Local (on the test VPS itself)

cp .env.example .env      # set DOMAIN, ACME_EMAIL, ADMIN_PASSWORD, SERVER_IP,
                          # INITIAL_USERS=1, DEFAULT_PROFILES=all  (empty DOMAIN = domainless)
./moav.sh build
./moav.sh bootstrap --yes
./moav.sh start all
sleep 45
./moav.sh user add e2e-test
./moav.sh test e2e-test --json   # machine-readable matrix; add -v for per-protocol debug

If moav ran as root in containers but you invoke the CLI as non-root, reclaim ownership first: sudo chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" configs state outputs.

Reading the result

moav test --json emits { overall_status, summary:{pass,fail,warn,skip}, tests:{<proto>:{status}} }.

pass — connected, confirmed a real exit IP. fail — should have worked, didn't → fails the run.
warn — reachable but not fully confirmed (throttled DNS tunnel, IPv6-only path, telemt w/o openssl). Does not fail.
skip — not in the bundle (disabled / no client binary). Does not fail.

The workflow's Evaluate step fails only on fail. A domainless run correctly shows the TLS-domain protocols (trojan/anytls/hysteria2/cdn) and DNS tunnels as skip (disabled), and Reality/Shadowsocks/XHTTP/WireGuard/AmneziaWG/telemt as pass.

Pull the matrix from a finished run:

gh run view <id> -R MotherofallVPNs/moav --json conclusion,jobs \
  --jq '.conclusion, (.jobs[].steps[] | select(.conclusion=="failure") | "FAILED: \(.name)")'
gh run view <id> -R MotherofallVPNs/moav --log | \
  awk -F'\t' '$2=="Evaluate results"' | sed 's/^[^\t]*\t[^\t]*\t//' | grep -E ': (pass|fail|warn|skip)|Failed protocols'

Known failure modes → fixes

Fix the repo, don't paper over it in the test. Each of these was a real bug.

Symptom in the log	Cause	Fix
`sing-box: cannot execute: required file not found`	Prebuilt sing-box is glibc-dynamic (`/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2`); client image is Alpine/musl	`Dockerfile.client` installs real glibc + the `/lib64` loader symlink. Verify: `docker run --rm moav-client sing-box version`
Protocol error unchanged after a client fix	`moav test` reused a stale `moav-client` image	`moav test` always rebuilds now; if editing older code, `docker rmi moav-client` first
`too many certificates … retry after <date>`	LE 5/week per-domain limit — a run re-issued the cert	Domain runs reuse the `moav_certs` volume; only `full` wipes it. Blocked? use `-f domainless=true`.
`certbot … exit 1` on first issue	Apex A record missing / port 80 closed / Cloudflare-proxied (HTTP-01 needs DNS-only)	Fix DNS; diagnostics step dumps the certbot log
`Skipping sing-box (not configured)` → empty bundle (only README.html)	Host CLI (non-root runner) can't read root-owned `configs/`	Reclaim step `chown`s configs/state/outputs before the CLI runs; assert bundle has ≥1 non-README file
Bootstrap `[y/N]` then `Bootstrap cancelled` (`/dev/tty: No such device`)	Re-bootstrap prompts; no TTY defaults to no	`moav bootstrap --yes`
`User '<u>' already exists`	State persisted from a prior run	Revoke-then-add: `moav user revoke 2>/dev/null
`moav test --json` output truncated (no `overall_status`)	`((count++))` returns 1 at 0→1 under `set -e`, killing the script	set-e-safe arithmetic (`x=$((x+1))`) — general bash-under-`set -e` gotcha
`moav export` → `Permission denied` on `state/keys/*.key`	Root containers stage root-owned files; host `tar` (non-root) can't read them	export chowns the staged copy via a root container before tarring
`tar: stdout: write error` late in export	`tar -tzf … \| head` SIGPIPE under `pipefail` (>30 files)	tolerate the broken pipe (`… \| head -30 \|\| true`)
`No such file or directory: …/config.json.template` after a wipe	Over-eager cleanup deleted repo-tracked templates in `configs/`	Wipe only the docker volumes (`down -v`), never `configs/` — it holds tracked `*.template`

Cross-run state coupling (important)

Preserving volumes for cert reuse couples runs: moav_state keeps .bootstrapped + keys, so a re-bootstrap can skip regenerating host configs and leave user add with nothing — intermittently. Rule of thumb: only DOMAIN runs keep state (they need the cert); domainless/full runs start from a clean slate (docker compose --profile all down -v — volumes only). Known open follow-up: re-bootstrap on existing state doesn't reliably regenerate host configs — a real bootstrap.sh bug worth fixing so 2nd+ domain runs are repeatable.

Client round-trip (moav-client — Epic 5, planned)

Server-side e2e is done. The client analogue is not built yet: provision a user on the server, import the bundle into MotherofallVPNs/moav-client, connect per protocol, verify the exit IP, and diff against the server's expected matrix. moav-client already has Go unit tests + CI (go test -race, tsc+vite build, shellcheck); the gap is the live round-trip. Wire it here when Epic 5 starts, sharing this file's result-interpretation + failure-mode tables.