testing-secrets-ui

Testing & Quality

Test the Infisical secrets management UI end-to-end. Use when verifying secret CRUD operations, URL encoding fixes, or frontend API layer changes.

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Testing Secrets Management UI

Prerequisites

Docker and Docker Compose installed
The repo cloned locally

Setting Up Local Dev Environment

Start the full stack:
```
make up-dev
```
This runs docker-compose.dev.yml which starts PostgreSQL, Redis, backend (Fastify), frontend (React/Vite), and Nginx.
Wait for all containers to be healthy. The app runs on http://localhost:8080.

Common issue: Migration lock If the backend fails to start with "Migration table is already locked", unlock it:

docker exec -i infisical-dev-db psql -U infisical -d infisical -c "UPDATE infisical_migrations_lock SET is_locked = 0;"
docker exec -i infisical-dev-db psql -U infisical -d infisical -c "UPDATE infisical_migrations_startup_lock SET is_locked = 0;"
docker restart infisical-dev-api

Wait ~15 seconds for migrations to complete.

Create a test account at http://localhost:8080/signup (local dev has no email verification).
Create a test organization and project after signup.

Testing Secret CRUD Operations

Create Secret

Navigate to a project's Secret Dashboard (Project Overview page)
Click "+ Add Secret" to open the Create Secret modal
Fill in Environment (defaults to Development), Key, and Value
Click "Create Secret"
The modal uses the createSecret function from frontend/src/hooks/api/secrets/mutations.tsx

Update Secret (Inline Edit)

On the dashboard, click the secret's key field to edit it inline
Change the key or value
Click the save icon (floppy disk) that appears
This uses the useUpdateSecretV3 mutation from mutations.tsx

Testing URL Encoding

When testing that special characters in secret keys are handled correctly:

Try creating/updating secrets with /, %, #, ?, & in the key name
Verify the browser network tab shows the key is URL-encoded (e.g., / becomes %2F)
Check backend logs: docker logs infisical-dev-api 2>&1 | grep "secret" to confirm the encoded URL
The error should be a "Validation Error" (Fastify param validation), NOT "Route not found"

Key Files

frontend/src/hooks/api/secrets/mutations.tsx — Secret create/update/delete mutations
frontend/src/hooks/api/secrets/queries.tsx — Secret query hooks
Backend logs: docker logs infisical-dev-api
Database: docker exec -it infisical-dev-db psql -U infisical -d infisical

Devin Secrets Needed

No external secrets are required for local dev testing. The local environment uses:

Database: PostgreSQL with user infisical (configured in docker-compose.dev.yml)
All services run locally via Docker