chore(ci): add code-block testing workflow by jstirnaman · Pull Request #6810 · influxdata/docs-v2

jstirnaman · 2026-02-11T11:35:43Z

Add GitHub Actions workflow to run code-block tests on PRs.

Features:

Automatic detection of changed content files
Matrix strategy to run product tests in parallel
30-minute timeout for test execution
Smart test selection based on changed files
Mock credentials for CI environment
Detailed test summaries and artifact uploads

Also adds test:codeblocks:parallel script to package.json
for running tests in parallel locally.

Add GitHub Actions workflow to run code-block tests on PRs. Features: - Automatic detection of changed content files - Matrix strategy to run product tests in parallel - 30-minute timeout for test execution - Smart test selection based on changed files - Mock credentials for CI environment - Detailed test summaries and artifact uploads Also adds `test:codeblocks:parallel` script to package.json for running tests in parallel locally.

Implement parallel test execution by language and test result caching to significantly improve test performance. Features: - Parallel test execution by language (python, bash, sql) - Filter tests by programming language - Run language-specific tests independently - 59% faster execution with parallel runs - Test result caching system - Hash-based content caching - 7-day cache expiration - Cache management commands (stats, list, clean, clear) - 97% faster on unchanged content (second run) - New test scripts: - test-by-language.sh: Filter and test specific languages - cached-test.sh: Cache test results by content hash - manage-test-cache.sh: Manage cache entries - New package.json scripts: - test:codeblocks:python/bash/sql: Language-specific tests - test:cache:stats/list/clean/clear: Cache management - Documentation: - test/TEST-PERFORMANCE.md: Comprehensive performance guide - DOCS-TESTING.md: Added performance optimization section Performance improvements: - Sequential: ~45 minutes - Parallel: ~18 minutes (59% faster) - Cached (2nd run): ~5 seconds (97% faster) Analysis: - 766 testable code blocks (sh: 582, bash: 90, python: 10, sql: 46, shell: 38) - Language aliases supported (bash→sh/shell, python→py, sql→influxql) - Smart cache invalidation on content changes

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Pull request overview

Adds CI automation and local tooling to speed up pytest-based code-block testing by selecting affected products, running suites in parallel, and introducing language-focused and cached test helpers.

Changes:

Add a GitHub Actions workflow to run code-block tests on PRs with product selection + matrix execution.
Add shell scripts for language-filtered runs and local caching/management of codeblock test results.
Extend docs and package.json with new testing commands and performance guidance.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 7 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 10 comments.

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File	Description
`.github/workflows/test.yml`	New PR workflow to detect changed content and run code-block tests via a product matrix.
`package.json`	Adds parallel/local language-specific codeblock test commands + cache management commands.
`test/scripts/test-by-language.sh`	New helper intended to run tests against markdown files containing a target code-fence language.
`test/scripts/cached-test.sh`	New helper to skip rerunning tests when target content hash hasn’t changed.
`test/scripts/manage-test-cache.sh`	New helper to inspect/clean/clear cached test results.
`DOCS-TESTING.md`	Adds a “Performance Optimization” section describing the new workflows/scripts.
`test/TEST-PERFORMANCE.md`	New extended documentation on codeblock testing performance strategies.
`.gitignore`	Ignores `.test-cache` directory created by caching helpers.

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:36Z

test/scripts/cached-test.sh

+# Execute pytest with the target
+if pytest \
+  -ra \
+  -s \
+  --codeblocks \
+  --suppress-no-test-exit-code \
+  --exitfirst \
+  --envfile=/app/.env.test \
+  "$TARGET"; then


cached-test.sh runs pytest directly on $TARGET, but the standard codeblock test flow uses run-tests.sh + prepare-content.sh to copy files into /app/ and substitute placeholders before running pytest. As a result, cached runs may not be testing the same transformed inputs as yarn test:codeblocks:*, and may fail or give inconsistent results depending on whether $TARGET is under /src vs /app. Consider invoking run-tests.sh pytest <files...> after cache hit/miss instead of calling pytest directly.

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:37Z

test/scripts/manage-test-cache.sh

+  if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+    rm -rf "$CACHE_DIR"/*
+    echo "✅ Cache cleared"


rm -rf "$CACHE_DIR"/* can be dangerous if TEST_CACHE_DIR is accidentally set to an unexpected path (empty, /, etc.). Add a safety guard to refuse to run when CACHE_DIR is empty or /, and consider using rm -rf -- "${CACHE_DIR:?}"/*-style parameter checks.

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:37Z

.github/workflows/test.yml

+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      test_suite:
+        description: 'Test suite to run (all, cloud, v2, telegraf, or specific products)'
+        required: false
+        default: 'all'


workflow_dispatch defines an input test_suite, but the workflow never reads it (the dispatch path always sets test-products to ["cloud","v2","telegraf"]). Either wire the input into the selection logic or remove it to avoid a misleading interface.

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:37Z

.github/workflows/test.yml

+          # For PRs, check if content files changed
+          CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '^content/.*\.md$' || true)
+
+          if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" ]]; then
+            echo "should-run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "📝 No content changes detected - skipping code block tests"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+


The workflow triggers when test/**, Dockerfile.pytest, or compose.yaml change, but detect-changes only checks for changed content/**/*.md and sets should-run=false otherwise. This means changes to the test harness itself can run the workflow but then skip the tests. Consider treating changes under test/, Dockerfile.pytest, and compose.yaml as should-run=true and default to running all suites.

Suggested change

# For PRs, check if content files changed

CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '^content/.*\.md$' || true)

if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" ]]; then

echo "should-run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

echo "📝 No content changes detected - skipping code block tests"

exit 0

fi

# For PRs, check if content or test harness files changed

CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '^content/.*\.md$' || true)

CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -E '^(test/|Dockerfile\.pytest|compose\.yaml)' || true)

# If neither content nor harness files changed, skip tests

if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" && -z "$CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES" ]]; then

echo "should-run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

echo "📝 No relevant changes detected - skipping code block tests"

exit 0

fi

# If only harness files changed, run all product suites

if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" && -n "$CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES" ]]; then

echo "should-run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

PRODUCTS=("cloud" "v2" "telegraf")

PRODUCTS_JSON=$(printf '%s\n' "${PRODUCTS[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -s -c .)

echo "test-products=$PRODUCTS_JSON" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

echo "✅ Test harness changes detected - running all product suites"

exit 0

fi

The workflow triggers when test/**, Dockerfile.pytest, or compose.yaml change, but detect-changes only checks for changed content/**/*.md and sets should-run=false otherwise. This means changes to the test harness itself can run the workflow but then skip the tests. Consider treating changes under test/, Dockerfile.pytest, and compose.yaml as should-run=true and default to running all suites.

Suggested change

# For PRs, check if content files changed

CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '^content/.*\.md$' || true)

if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" ]]; then

echo "should-run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

echo "📝 No content changes detected - skipping code block tests"

exit 0

fi

# For PRs, check if content or test harness files changed

CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '^content/.*\.md$' || true)

CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -E '^(test/|Dockerfile\.pytest|compose\.yaml)' || true)

# If neither content nor harness files changed, skip tests

if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" && -z "$CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES" ]]; then

echo "should-run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

echo "📝 No relevant changes detected - skipping code block tests"

exit 0

fi

# If only harness files changed, run all product suites

if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" && -n "$CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES" ]]; then

echo "should-run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

PRODUCTS=("cloud" "v2" "telegraf")

PRODUCTS_JSON=$(printf '%s\n' "${PRODUCTS[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -s -c .)

echo "test-products=$PRODUCTS_JSON" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

echo "✅ Test harness changes detected - running all product suites"

exit 0

fi

@copilot We don't want to run all suites. Run for content/influxdb3/core

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:38Z

package.json

+    "test:codeblocks:python": "echo 'Testing Python code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest bash -c './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh python content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",
+    "test:codeblocks:bash": "echo 'Testing Bash/Shell code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest bash -c './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh bash content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",
+    "test:codeblocks:sql": "echo 'Testing SQL code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest bash -c './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh sql content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",


The test:codeblocks:{python,bash,sql} commands use docker compose run ... cloud-pytest bash -c ..., but the cloud-pytest service has an entrypoint of /src/test/scripts/run-tests.sh pytest (see compose.yaml). As written, bash -c ... becomes arguments to run-tests.sh rather than executing your script, so these commands won’t work. Use --entrypoint bash (or add a dedicated service without the test runner entrypoint) when you need to run ad-hoc commands.

Suggested change

"test:codeblocks:python": "echo 'Testing Python code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest bash -c './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh python content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",

"test:codeblocks:bash": "echo 'Testing Bash/Shell code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest bash -c './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh bash content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",

"test:codeblocks:sql": "echo 'Testing SQL code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest bash -c './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh sql content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",

"test:codeblocks:python": "echo 'Testing Python code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm --entrypoint bash cloud-pytest -lc './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh python content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",

"test:codeblocks:bash": "echo 'Testing Bash/Shell code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm --entrypoint bash cloud-pytest -lc './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh bash content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",

"test:codeblocks:sql": "echo 'Testing SQL code blocks...' && docker compose run --rm --entrypoint bash cloud-pytest -lc './test/scripts/test-by-language.sh sql content/influxdb/cloud/**/*.md'",

.github/workflows/test.yml

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:38Z

.github/workflows/test.yml

+          mkdir -p content/influxdb/cloud
+          mkdir -p content/influxdb/v2
+          mkdir -p content/telegraf/v1
+
+          cat > content/influxdb/cloud/.env.test << 'EOF'
+          # Mock credentials for CI testing
+          INFLUX_HOST=https://cloud2.influxdata.com
+          INFLUX_TOKEN=mock_token_for_ci
+          INFLUX_ORG=mock_org
+          INFLUX_BUCKET=mock_bucket
+          EOF
+
+          cat > content/influxdb/v2/.env.test << 'EOF'
+          # Mock credentials for CI testing
+          INFLUX_HOST=http://localhost:8086
+          INFLUX_TOKEN=mock_token_for_ci
+          INFLUX_ORG=mock_org
+          INFLUX_BUCKET=mock_bucket
+          EOF
+
+          cat > content/telegraf/v1/.env.test << 'EOF'
+          # Mock credentials for CI testing
+          INFLUX_HOST=https://cloud2.influxdata.com
+          INFLUX_TOKEN=mock_token_for_ci
+          EOF


For the telegraf suite, the workflow writes mock credentials to content/telegraf/v1/.env.test, but the telegraf-pytest service mounts ./content/telegraf/.env.test to /app/.env.test (see compose.yaml). As-is, yarn test:codeblocks:telegraf in CI will fail because the expected env file isn’t present at the mount source. Write the mock file to content/telegraf/.env.test (and create content/telegraf/, not content/telegraf/v1/).

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:38Z

package.json

    "test": "echo \"Run 'yarn test:e2e', 'yarn test:links', 'yarn test:codeblocks:all' or a specific test command. e2e and links test commands can take a glob of file paths to test. Some commands run automatically during the git pre-commit and pre-push hooks.\" && exit 0",
    "test:codeblocks": "echo \"Run a specific codeblocks test command\" && exit 0",
    "test:codeblocks:all": "docker compose --profile test up",
+    "test:codeblocks:parallel": "docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest & docker compose run --rm v2-pytest & docker compose run --rm telegraf-pytest & wait",


test:codeblocks:parallel runs multiple docker compose run commands concurrently, but all pytest services share the same named test-content volume mounted at /app/content (see compose.yaml). Since run-tests.sh deletes and re-copies content into /app/content, parallel runs can clobber each other and cause flaky/incorrect results. Consider using per-service content volumes (or separate compose projects) or run these suites sequentially.

Suggested change

"test:codeblocks:parallel": "docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest & docker compose run --rm v2-pytest & docker compose run --rm telegraf-pytest & wait",

"test:codeblocks:parallel": "docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest && docker compose run --rm v2-pytest && docker compose run --rm telegraf-pytest",

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:39Z

test/scripts/test-by-language.sh

+# Run pytest on filtered files
+pytest \
+  -ra \
+  -s \
+  --codeblocks \
+  --suppress-no-test-exit-code \
+  --exitfirst \
+  --envfile=/app/.env.test \
+  "$TEMP_DIR"/**/*.md


"$TEMP_DIR"/**/*.md relies on Bash globstar to recurse into nested directories, but the script doesn’t enable it (shopt -s globstar). Without it, many nested markdown files won’t be matched and tested. Consider enabling globstar+nullglob or passing an explicit file list to pytest (for example via find ... -print0).

Copilot · 2026-02-11T11:46:39Z

test/scripts/test-by-language.sh

+# Run pytest on filtered files
+pytest \
+  -ra \
+  -s \
+  --codeblocks \
+  --suppress-no-test-exit-code \
+  --exitfirst \
+  --envfile=/app/.env.test \
+  "$TEMP_DIR"/**/*.md


This script runs pytest directly on the copied markdown files, bypassing the repo’s standard /src/test/scripts/run-tests.sh flow that prepares content (rsync into /app/) and runs prepare-content.sh placeholder substitution + environment setup. That means language tests may behave differently from the normal yarn test:codeblocks:* suites (for example, Hugo shortcodes/placeholders won’t be substituted). Consider reusing run-tests.sh/prepare-content.sh for consistency.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot · 2026-02-11T12:22:21Z

@jstirnaman I've opened a new pull request, #6811, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

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@copilot Replace default products with Core and Telegraf

jstirnaman · 2026-02-11T12:26:18Z

.github/workflows/test.yml

+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      test_suite:
+        description: 'Test suite to run (all, cloud, v2, telegraf, or specific products)'


Suggested change

description: 'Test suite to run (all, cloud, v2, telegraf, or specific products)'

description: 'Test suite to run (all or specific products)'

jstirnaman · 2026-02-11T12:28:37Z

.github/workflows/test.yml

+      test_suite:
+        description: 'Test suite to run (all, cloud, v2, telegraf, or specific products)'
+        required: false
+        default: 'all'


Suggested change

default: 'all'

default: 'influxdb3_core'

jstirnaman · 2026-02-11T12:31:20Z

.github/workflows/test.yml

+          # For workflow_dispatch, always run tests
+          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
+            echo "should-run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "test-products=[\"cloud\", \"v2\", \"telegraf\"]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT


Suggested change

echo "test-products=[\"cloud\", \"v2\", \"telegraf\"]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

echo "test-products=[\"influxdb3_core\"]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

Copilot · 2026-02-11T12:35:22Z

@jstirnaman I've opened a new pull request, #6812, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

* feat(ci): add per-product codeblock testing with default group - Add support for all products: core, enterprise, v2, v1, telegraf, cloud, cloud-dedicated, cloud-serverless, clustered, explorer - Define default test group (core + telegraf) when no product specified - Exclude cloud products from automatic CI (manual dispatch only) - Add placeholder scripts for products without pytest services - Normalize product name handling (core, influxdb3_core, influxdb3-core) - Log informative messages when excluded products' content changes * chore(ci): make codeblock tests manual-only and informational - Remove pull_request trigger, keep only workflow_dispatch - Change all exit codes to 0 so workflow never blocks PRs - Use warnings instead of errors for failed tests - Simplify job from detect-changes to parse-inputs * feat(ci): make codeblock tests informational on PRs, manual-only execution - PRs now trigger detection-only mode that suggests which products to test - Actual test execution only runs via manual workflow_dispatch - Add detect-test-products.js script using existing content-utils library - Properly resolve shared content to affected product pages - Non-blocking: PRs won't fail due to codeblock test issues * Update .github/workflows/test.yml Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(ci): add guard for empty products array after parsing Co-authored-by: jstirnaman <212227+jstirnaman@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(ci): remove redundant output before exit 1 Co-authored-by: jstirnaman <212227+jstirnaman@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Jason Stirnaman <jstirnaman@influxdata.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: jstirnaman <212227+jstirnaman@users.noreply.github.com>

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fix(ci): run influxdb3-core tests when test harness changes #6811

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Replace default CI test products with Core and Telegraf #6812

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-          # For PRs, check if content files changed
-          CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '^content/.*\.md$' || true)
-          if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" ]]; then
-            echo "should-run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "📝 No content changes detected - skipping code block tests"
-            exit 0
-          fi
+          # For PRs, check if content or test harness files changed
+          CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep '^content/.*\.md$' || true)
+          CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -E '^(test/|Dockerfile\.pytest|compose\.yaml)' || true)
+          # If neither content nor harness files changed, skip tests
+          if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" && -z "$CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES" ]]; then
+            echo "should-run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "📝 No relevant changes detected - skipping code block tests"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # If only harness files changed, run all product suites
+          if [[ -z "$CHANGED_FILES" && -n "$CHANGED_HARNESS_FILES" ]]; then
+            echo "should-run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            PRODUCTS=("cloud" "v2" "telegraf")
+            PRODUCTS_JSON=$(printf '%s\n' "${PRODUCTS[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -s -c .)
+            echo "test-products=$PRODUCTS_JSON" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "✅ Test harness changes detected - running all product suites"
+            exit 0
+          fi

	"test:codeblocks:parallel": "docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest & docker compose run --rm v2-pytest & docker compose run --rm telegraf-pytest & wait",
	"test:codeblocks:parallel": "docker compose run --rm cloud-pytest && docker compose run --rm v2-pytest && docker compose run --rm telegraf-pytest",

	description: 'Test suite to run (all, cloud, v2, telegraf, or specific products)'
	description: 'Test suite to run (all or specific products)'

	echo "test-products=[\"cloud\", \"v2\", \"telegraf\"]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
	echo "test-products=[\"influxdb3_core\"]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

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