test-with-postgres

Testing & Quality

Run unit tests that require PostgreSQL. Use this skill when the user wants to run tests with PostgreSQL database backend. Automatically handles checking for and configuring a PostgreSQL Docker container.

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Run Unit Tests with PostgreSQL

You are helping run unit tests that require PostgreSQL.

Instructions

Starting PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL must be running before tests can execute. Use Docker to start a PostgreSQL instance:

# Check if postgres container is already running
docker ps --filter name=storj_unit_tests_postgres --format '{{.Names}}'

# If not running, start it:
docker run --rm -d -p 5433:5432 --name storj_unit_tests_postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=tmppass postgres:17

# Wait for postgres to be ready (retry until successful)
until docker exec storj_unit_tests_postgres psql -h localhost -U postgres -d postgres -c "select 1" > /dev/null 2>&1; do
  echo "Waiting for postgres server..."
  sleep 1
done

# Create test database
docker exec storj_unit_tests_postgres psql -h localhost -U postgres -c "create database teststorj;"

Alternatively, run testsuite/postgres-dev.sh which handles all setup automatically.

Running Tests

If test name is provided in arguments:
- Find the package containing the test using Grep
- Run the test with PostgreSQL configured
If only package path is provided:
- Run all tests in that package with PostgreSQL configured
Command format:

go test -v ./package/path -run TestName -postgres-test-db 'postgres://postgres:tmppass@localhost:5433/teststorj?sslmode=disable'

Report test results:
- Show whether tests passed or failed
- List all subtests that ran
- If tests failed, offer to help investigate the failures
Stop the Docker container after tests complete:
```
docker rm -f storj_unit_tests_postgres
```

Common test paths

Some common test paths in the Storj codebase:

./satellite/metabase - Metabase tests
./satellite/metainfo - Metainfo API tests
./satellite/satellitedb - Database tests

Example Usage

# Run a specific test
go test -v ./satellite/metainfo -run TestEndpoint_Object_No_StorageNodes -postgres-test-db 'postgres://postgres:tmppass@localhost:5433/teststorj?sslmode=disable'

# Run all tests in a package
go test -v ./satellite/metabase -postgres-test-db 'postgres://postgres:tmppass@localhost:5433/teststorj?sslmode=disable'

# Run tests with timeout
go test -v -timeout 10m ./satellite/metabase -run TestLoop -postgres-test-db 'postgres://postgres:tmppass@localhost:5433/teststorj?sslmode=disable'

Cleanup

To stop the PostgreSQL container when done:

docker rm -f storj_unit_tests_postgres

Notes

The container uses port 5433 to avoid conflicts with any local PostgreSQL installation on the default port 5432
Tests automatically create isolated test databases for each test run
Use STORJ_TEST_POSTGRES='omit' to skip PostgreSQL tests