WEBUI-2038 : Migrate unit tests from Karma to Web Test Runner

[madhurkulshrestha-hyland]

Summary

• Replace @open-wc/karma-esm / Karma with @web/test-runner + Mocha TDD for unit tests
• Reorganize test helper scripts under scripts/test/unit/ and scripts/test/ftest/
• Restore full-tree coverage reporting for Sonar (bulk import + zero-coverage lcov injection)
• Add dev-server fallbacks to suppress benign 404 / invalid JSON noise during tests
• Fix related unit test failures (i18n stubs, bulk edit warning string)

Test plan

• npm test — 1888 tests pass, coverage generated
• npm run lint
• CI test workflow green

JIRA: https://hyland.atlassian.net/browse/WEBUI-2038

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Pull request overview

Migrates the project’s unit-test harness from Karma (@open-wc/karma-esm) to Web Test Runner while keeping the existing “single barrel entry” approach (test/load-all-tests.js) and preserving broad coverage reporting for Sonar.

Changes:

• Replace Karma config/runtime with web-test-runner.config.mjs and WTR-based npm test/npm run test:watch.
• Reorganize test helper scripts into scripts/test/unit/ and scripts/test/ftest/, including coverage post-processing (zero-coverage injection).
• Update docs/CI guidance to reflect the new unit test runner and the 1-entry-file execution model.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 27 out of 29 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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File	Description
web-test-runner.config.mjs	Adds Web Test Runner configuration (single entry file, coverage config, log filtering).
test/setup.js	Updates shared Mocha bootstrap for WTR, coverage materialization tweaks, and async-error suppression logic.
test/nuxeo-edit-documents-button.test.js	Updates expected i18n warning string.
test/nuxeo-dropzone.test.js	Stubs i18n to avoid test failures under the new runner behavior.
test/nuxeo-document-create.test.js	Stubs i18n to avoid test failures under the new runner behavior.
sonar-project.properties	Updates comments to reference WTR-based coverage.
scripts/test/unit/web-test-runner-fallback-plugin.mjs	Adds dev-server fallback responses to reduce noisy 404/invalid JSON during tests.
scripts/test/unit/web-test-runner-coverage-flag-plugin.mjs	Injects a browser flag to let test/setup.js detect native V8 coverage runs.
scripts/test/unit/print-test-runner-notice.js	Prints a banner explaining why WTR reports “1/1 test files”.
scripts/test/unit/inject-zero-coverage.js	Post-processes lcov to add explicit 0%-coverage entries for manifest files missing from the report.
scripts/test/unit/generate-test-load-all.js	Generates test/load-all-tests.js barrel used as the single WTR entry point.
scripts/test/unit/generate-coverage-imports.js	Generates test/coverage-imports-data.js manifest for coverage materialization.
scripts/test/ftest/runner.js	Moves functional test runner script under scripts/test/ftest/.
scripts/karma-esm-sequential-test-imports.js	Removes unused Karma workaround script.
README.md	Updates unit test description to mention WTR’s 1 entry file with many Mocha tests.
package.json	Replaces Karma deps/scripts with WTR deps and new test pipeline scripts.
karma.conf.js	Removes Karma configuration.
eslint.config.mjs	Updates config-file linting target from karma.conf.js to web-test-runner.config.mjs.
CONTRIBUTING.md	Updates test docs and CI description for WTR.
ARCHITECTURE.md	Updates tech stack docs for WTR and script layout.
AGENTS.md	Updates contributor workflow/testing notes for WTR.
.gitignore	Updates comments for generated test barrel/coverage manifest scripts.
.github/workflows/test.yaml	Updates workflow comments to reflect WTR-based npm test.
.github/skills/write-unit-test/SKILL.md	Updates skill guidance to WTR workflow (regenerate barrel).
.github/skills/update-ai-context/SKILL.md	Updates context guidance to reference WTR instead of Karma.
.github/instructions/unit-tests.instructions.md	Updates unit-test instructions to WTR + barrel model.
.github/instructions/build-config.instructions.md	Updates build-config instructions from Karma to WTR.
.github/copilot-instructions.md	Updates repo instructions to reflect WTR unit testing.

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Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 28 out of 30 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)

test/setup.js:180

• The capture-phase unhandledrejection/error listeners stop propagation and preventDefault unconditionally. This can suppress real unhandled errors that occur during a test (not just “after test boundary”), causing tests to pass while errors are silently ignored. Consider only suppressing known-benign failures (e.g. based on _isBenignNuxeoNetworkFailure) or gating suppression to post-test situations so genuine async errors still fail the suite.

window.addEventListener(
  'unhandledrejection',
  (event) => {
    const reason = event.reason;
    _logIgnoredAsyncFailure('unhandledrejection', reason);
    event.stopImmediatePropagation();
    event.preventDefault();
  },
  true,
);

window.addEventListener(
  'error',
  (event) => {
    _logIgnoredAsyncFailure('error', event.error || event.message);
    event.stopImmediatePropagation();
    event.preventDefault();
  },
  true,

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Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 28 out of 30 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 28 out of 30 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 28 out of 30 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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Pull request overview

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Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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