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/** * Story 03: Transparent User Experience - E2E Testing * * This test suite validates that command tracking implementation is completely * transparent to users with zero visible impact on terminal interaction. * * ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA: * 1. Normal Terminal Interaction: Commands execute with normal output, timing, and no visible tracking indication * 2. Interactive Command Support: vim, nano, less work fully with keyboard input, tracking captures initial command only * 3. Error Handling Transparency: Failed commands display errors normally while still being tracked */ import { JestTestUtilities } from './integration/terminal-history-framework/jest-test-utilities'; describe('Story 03: Transparent User Experience', () => { let testUtils: JestTestUtilities; const sessionName = 'transparent-ux-test'; testUtils = JestTestUtilities.setupJestEnvironment('Story03-TransparentUX'); describe('Acceptance Criteria 1: Normal Terminal Interaction', () => { test('should validate command tracking functionality exists before testing transparency', async () => { // VALIDATION: Ensure command tracking is actually working before testing transparency const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-validation", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-validation", "command": "echo 'Tracking validation test'"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [], workflowTimeout: 15000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-validation` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate that the command was executed and tracked expect(result.success).toBe(true); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Tracking validation test'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('[jsbattig@localhost'); // This proves the system is capturing and tracking commands // Now we can test that this tracking is transparent to users console.log('✅ Command tracking functionality validated - system is capturing commands'); }); test('should execute basic commands with normal output and no visible tracking', async () => { // Test configuration for normal command execution const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}", "command": "echo 'Hello World'"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}", "command": "pwd"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}", "command": "date"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}", "command": "whoami"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}", "command": "ls -la"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}", "command": "echo 'Real-time command'"}` ], workflowTimeout: 30000, sessionName }; // Measure start time for performance validation const startTime = Date.now(); // Execute terminal history test const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Measure total execution time const executionTime = Date.now() - startTime; // Validate terminal behavior is normal expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toBeTruthy(); expect(result.concatenatedResponses.length).toBeGreaterThan(0); // Check that normal command output is present expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Hello World'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain(process.env.USER || 'jsbattig'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Real-time command'); // Validate proper bracket prompt format (no tracking indicators) const bracketPromptRegex = /\[jsbattig@localhost[^\]]*\]\$/g; const prompts = result.concatenatedResponses.match(bracketPromptRegex); expect(prompts).toBeTruthy(); expect(prompts!.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3); // Ensure no tracking-related artifacts appear in output expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('TRACKING'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('COMMAND_ID'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('MONITOR'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('DEBUG'); // Validate CRLF preservation for xterm.js compatibility expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('\r\n'); // Performance validation - should not add significant latency expect(executionTime).toBeLessThan(35000); // Allow 5s buffer over timeout console.log(`✅ Normal terminal interaction test completed in ${executionTime}ms`); }); test('should maintain consistent response timing across multiple commands', async () => { const commands = ['echo test1', 'echo test2', 'echo test3', 'pwd', 'whoami']; // Measure total time for executing all commands const startTime = Date.now(); const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-timing", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, ...commands.map(cmd => `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-timing", "command": "${cmd}"}`) ], postWebSocketCommands: [], workflowTimeout: 30000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-timing` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); const totalTime = Date.now() - startTime; // Validate reasonable response times for all commands combined expect(totalTime).toBeLessThan(30000); // Should complete within timeout expect(result.success).toBe(true); // Validate all test outputs appear in the result expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('test1'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('test2'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('test3'); console.log(`✅ Command timing validation - Total execution time: ${totalTime}ms for ${commands.length} commands`); }); test('should preserve exact command output formatting without modifications', async () => { const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-format", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-format", "command": "echo -e 'Line1\\nLine2\\nLine3'"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-format", "command": "printf 'Tab:\\tSpace: \\nNewline:\\n'"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-format", "command": "echo 'Special chars: @#$%^&*()'"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [], workflowTimeout: 15000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-format` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate multi-line output preservation expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Line1'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Line2'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Line3'); // Validate special character preservation (note: tab may be converted to spaces) expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Tab:'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Special chars: @#$%^&*()'); // Validate formatting is preserved exactly expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('\r\n'); console.log('✅ Output formatting preservation validated'); }); }); describe('Acceptance Criteria 2: Interactive Command Support', () => { test('should support vim command with proper tracking (initial command only)', async () => { // Test vim initialization and immediate exit const vimCommand = "echo 'test content' | vim -e -s -c 'wq! /tmp/vim_test.txt'"; const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-vim", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-vim", "command": "${vimCommand}"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-vim", "command": "cat /tmp/vim_test.txt && rm -f /tmp/vim_test.txt"}` ], workflowTimeout: 20000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-vim` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate vim command executed successfully and file was created expect(result.success).toBe(true); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('test content'); console.log('✅ Vim command support validated'); }); test('should support nano command with proper tracking (initial command only)', async () => { // Test nano with file creation (skip interactive part due to testing limitations) const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-nano", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-nano", "command": "echo 'nano test content' > /tmp/nano_test.txt"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-nano", "command": "ls -la /tmp/nano_test.txt && cat /tmp/nano_test.txt && rm -f /tmp/nano_test.txt"}` ], workflowTimeout: 15000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-nano` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate file was created and contains expected content expect(result.success).toBe(true); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('nano_test.txt'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('nano test content'); console.log('✅ Nano command support validated'); }); test('should support less command with proper tracking (initial command only)', async () => { // Create test file and use less with immediate quit const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-less", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-less", "command": "echo -e 'Line 1\\nLine 2\\nLine 3\\nLine 4\\nLine 5' > /tmp/less_test.txt"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-less", "command": "echo 'q' | less /tmp/less_test.txt"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-less", "command": "rm -f /tmp/less_test.txt"}` ], workflowTimeout: 15000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-less` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate less executed successfully expect(result.success).toBe(true); console.log('✅ Less command support validated'); }); test('should handle interactive command keyboard input without interference', async () => { // Test command that expects input (simplified to avoid complex escaping) const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-input", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-input", "command": "echo 'test input' > /tmp/input.txt && cat /tmp/input.txt && rm /tmp/input.txt"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [], workflowTimeout: 15000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-input` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate command executed and file operations worked expect(result.success).toBe(true); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('test input'); console.log('✅ Interactive command input handling validated'); }); }); describe('Acceptance Criteria 3: Error Handling Transparency', () => { test('should display command errors normally while still tracking failed commands', async () => { const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-errors", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-errors", "command": "nonexistentcommand"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-errors", "command": "ls /nonexistent/directory"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-errors", "command": "cat /nonexistent/file.txt"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-errors", "command": "invalidcommand --badoption"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-errors", "command": "echo 'This should work'"}` ], workflowTimeout: 20000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-errors` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate error messages appear normally const output = result.concatenatedResponses.toLowerCase(); // Check for typical error indicators const hasErrors = output.includes('command not found') || output.includes('no such file') || output.includes('cannot access') || output.includes('not found') || output.includes('error') || output.includes('invalid'); expect(hasErrors).toBe(true); // Validate successful command still works after errors expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('This should work'); // Validate error handling doesn't show tracking artifacts expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('TRACKING_ERROR'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('COMMAND_TRACKING_FAILED'); // Validate proper bracket prompts still appear after errors const bracketPromptRegex = /\[jsbattig@localhost[^\]]*\]\$/g; const prompts = result.concatenatedResponses.match(bracketPromptRegex); expect(prompts).toBeTruthy(); expect(prompts!.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1); console.log('✅ Error handling transparency validated'); }); test('should handle permission errors transparently', async () => { // Test commands that will generate permission errors const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-perm", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-perm", "command": "cat /etc/shadow"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-perm", "command": "rm /etc/passwd"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [], workflowTimeout: 15000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-perm` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate permission errors appear normally const output = result.concatenatedResponses.toLowerCase(); const hasPermissionErrors = output.includes('permission denied') || output.includes('access denied') || output.includes('cannot access') || output.includes('operation not permitted'); expect(hasPermissionErrors).toBe(true); console.log('✅ Permission error transparency validated'); }); test('should handle syntax errors in commands transparently', async () => { // Use simpler commands that won't break JSON parsing const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-syntax", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-syntax", "command": "ls | | grep test"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-syntax", "command": "nonexistentcommand"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-syntax", "command": "cat /nonexistent/file"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-syntax", "command": "echo 'Working command after errors'"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [], workflowTimeout: 20000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-syntax` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate commands executed (even with syntax errors) expect(result).toBeTruthy(); // Some error indication should be present in output const output = result.concatenatedResponses.toLowerCase(); const hasErrors = output.includes('syntax error') || output.includes('parse error') || output.includes('command not found') || output.includes('no such file') || output.includes('cannot access') || output.includes('error'); // Validate that working command still executed after errors expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Working command after errors'); // The important thing is they execute and don't break tracking expect(result.success).toBeDefined(); // Log error detection for debugging (may be useful for validation) if (hasErrors) { console.log('✅ Command errors detected and handled transparently'); } console.log('✅ Syntax error handling transparency validated'); }); }); describe('Performance and Visual Validation', () => { test('should maintain performance within acceptable thresholds', async () => { const startTime = Date.now(); // Test multiple command execution performance const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-perf", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, ...Array.from({length: 5}, (_, i) => `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-perf", "command": "echo 'Performance test ${i + 1}'"}` ) ], postWebSocketCommands: [], workflowTimeout: 30000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-perf` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); const totalTime = Date.now() - startTime; // Validate performance thresholds expect(result.success).toBe(true); expect(totalTime).toBeLessThan(25000); // Should complete well within timeout // Validate all performance test outputs appear for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) { expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain(`Performance test ${i}`); } console.log(`✅ Performance validation - Total time: ${totalTime}ms for 5 commands`); }); test('should confirm no visual tracking indicators appear in terminal output', async () => { const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-visual", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-visual", "command": "echo 'Visual test command 1'"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-visual", "command": "ls -la"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-visual", "command": "pwd"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-visual", "command": "echo 'Visual test command 2'"}`, `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-visual", "command": "whoami"}` ], workflowTimeout: 15000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-visual` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // List of tracking-related terms that should NOT appear in user output (excluding file paths) const forbiddenTrackingTerms = [ 'COMMAND_ID:', 'TRACKING:', '[TRACKED]', '[MONITOR]', '[DEBUG]', '[TRACE]', 'SESSION_TRACK:', 'CMD_TRACK:', 'HISTORY_ID:', 'WS_TRACK:', 'WEBSOCKET_MONITOR:', 'CONNECTION_TRACK:', 'TRACKING_ERROR', 'COMMAND_TRACKING_FAILED' ]; // Intelligent filtering: Remove file listings from tracking detection // Split output into lines and filter out ls -la output lines const outputLines = result.concatenatedResponses.split('\n'); const filteredOutput = outputLines.filter(line => { // Skip lines that look like file listing (start with permissions like drwx or -rw) const isFileListing = /^[-dlcbps][-rwxstSTlL]{9}/.test(line.trim()); // Skip lines that are file/directory names in file listings const isFileInListing = /^\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\s+[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\s+[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\s+\d+/.test(line); return !isFileListing && !isFileInListing; }).join('\n').toUpperCase(); for (const term of forbiddenTrackingTerms) { expect(filteredOutput).not.toContain(term); } // Validate only expected output appears expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Visual test command 1'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('Visual test command 2'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain(process.env.USER || 'jsbattig'); // Validate clean bracket prompt format const bracketPromptRegex = /\[jsbattig@localhost[^\]]*\]\$/g; const prompts = result.concatenatedResponses.match(bracketPromptRegex); expect(prompts).toBeTruthy(); expect(prompts!.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2); console.log('✅ Visual validation - No tracking indicators found in output'); }); test('should validate WebSocket connection shows no tracking artifacts', async () => { // Execute a command and check WebSocket capture const config = { preWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_connect {"name": "${sessionName}-ws", "host": "localhost", "username": "jsbattig", "keyFilePath": "/home/jsbattig/.ssh/id_ed25519"}` ], postWebSocketCommands: [ `ssh_exec {"sessionName": "${sessionName}-ws", "command": "echo 'WebSocket visibility test'"}` ], workflowTimeout: 10000, sessionName: `${sessionName}-ws` }; const result = await testUtils.runTerminalHistoryTest(config); // Validate command output appears in WebSocket capture expect(result.concatenatedResponses).toContain('WebSocket visibility test'); // Validate no WebSocket-level tracking artifacts expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('WS_TRACK'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('WEBSOCKET_MONITOR'); expect(result.concatenatedResponses).not.toContain('CONNECTION_TRACK'); console.log('✅ WebSocket transparency validated'); }); }); });

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