Replay the sandbox test for one or more suites against captured mocks — re-runs the suite's steps against the dev's locally-running app while keploy serves outbound calls (DB, downstream HTTP, etc.) from the captured mocks. Use this when the dev says "replay", "run my sandbox tests", "integration-test", "check if mocks still match" — keywords "sandbox" / "replay" / "mocks" / "integration-test" all map here. Also the REPLAY STEP of FROM-SCRATCH: call this LAST (after create_test_suite + record_sandbox_test) to give the dev the whole-app regression picture against the freshly captured mocks. Output produces a SANDBOX RUN REPORT — it answers "does the suite still hold up against its captured baseline?".
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DISAMBIGUATION — pick this tool vs. replay_test_suite:
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USE replay_sandbox_test (THIS TOOL) when the dev says:
* "run my sandbox tests" / "replay my sandbox tests"
* "integration-test my app" / "run the integration tests"
* "check if my mocks still match" / "replay against the captured mocks"
* "rerun my sandbox suite" (with the word "sandbox")
Trigger keyword: an explicit "sandbox" / "replay" / "mocks" / "integration-test" — silent signal that the dev wants captured-mock replay, NOT live-app execution.
USE replay_test_suite INSTEAD when the dev says:
* "run the test suite" / "run my test suites" (bare — no "sandbox")
* "execute test suite X" / "run suite 810d3ebe…"
* "test the suite again" / "smoke test against the live app"
Bare verbs ("run / test / execute") applied to "the suite" without the word "sandbox" mean LIVE-APP execution, NOT captured-mock replay. replay_test_suite hits the dev's running localhost app directly via HTTP — no docker spin-up, no mocks.
After a record_sandbox_test run, the natural next step is THIS tool (replay against the just-captured mocks). After create_test_suite / update_test_suite, the natural next step is replay_test_suite (validate against the live app). When the dev's verb is bare and the prior turn doesn't make the intent obvious, ASK rather than picking sandbox-replay silently — code-change regressions can hide under "mock didn't match" failures.
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DISCOVERY — when the dev hands you a bare suite_id with no app_id / branch_id:
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Suites live on a (app_id, branch_id) tuple. A bare suite_id has NO on-disk hint about which app or branch holds it; you have to RESOLVE both before calling this tool. Walk these steps in order — STOP as soon as getTestSuite returns 200:
1. Detect the dev's git branch: Bash `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` in app_dir.
If exit non-zero / output is "HEAD" → not a git repo / detached HEAD; ASK the dev for the Keploy branch name.
2. Resolve candidate apps via the cwd basename: Bash `basename $(pwd)` → call listApps with q=<basename>. Usually 1–2 candidates. If 0 → ASK; if >1 → walk every candidate in step 4.
3. For each candidate app, call list_branches({app_id}) and find the branch whose `name` matches the git branch from step 1. That gives you {branch_id}. If no match → not this app, try next.
4. Verify with getTestSuite({app_id, suite_id, branch_id=<from step 3>}). 200 → resolved; 404 → wrong app/branch, try next.
5. If steps 2–4 exhaust, walk every OPEN branch on each candidate app via list_branches → getTestSuite. Then try main (branch_id omitted). If still nothing → ASK the dev for the {app_id, branch_id} pair.
After resolving once in a session, REUSE the {app_id, branch_id} for subsequent suite-targeted calls; don't re-walk discovery for every action.
SCOPE — whole-app vs single-suite:
* Default: LEAVE suite_ids UNSET → the tool resolves "every suite for the app that has a sandbox test (test_set_id populated)" and replays them all. Use this for "run my sandbox tests" / "check if my tests still pass" — whole-app regression. New suites auto-pick up.
* Single / subset: PASS suite_ids when the dev names specific suites — "replay sandbox test for suite 810d3ebe-…", "replay only the auth suite", "run suite X and Y". The tool validates each requested id is actually a suite with a sandbox test (has test_set_id); an unlinked id gets a precise "record first" error instead of an opaque downstream CLI failure.
This tool resolves the app, picks the suite set per the rule above, and returns a single playbook that drives the replay for them. It does NOT record.
WHAT THIS TOOL DOES INTERNALLY (so you don't have to):
1. Resolves app_id — use the explicit app_id if the caller has one; otherwise pass app_name_hint (usually the cwd basename) and the server does listApps with a substring match. Multiple matches → error listing them; zero matches → error suggesting the dev generate a suite first.
2. Lists test suites for the app, keeps only those with a non-empty test_set_id. Zero linked → typed "no linked sandbox tests" error.
3. If suite_ids was passed, validates every requested id is in the linked-suites set; unlinked ids → typed error pointing to record_sandbox_test.
4. Returns the headless playbook — walk it exactly: spawn CLI in background, tail the progress file (PID-alive guard built in), read the terminal event, fetch the report. No separate cleanup step — the CLI exits on its own.
===== PREREQUISITES =====
(Same as record_sandbox_test — if you just recorded, you already have them. Same docker-compose network rule applies: use the same compose file + service, stop the app service before calling, leave deps running.)
- app_command: shell command that starts the dev's app (e.g. "docker compose up producer").
- app_url: base URL the app listens on, e.g. http://localhost:8080.
- app_dir: absolute path to repo root.
- container_name if app_command is docker-compose.
- keploy binary on PATH. If `which keploy` returns nothing, install it before calling this tool with: `curl --silent -O -L https://keploy.io/install.sh && source install.sh`.
===== AFTER CALLING — walk the playbook =====
Same headless playbook shape as record_sandbox_test: spawn `keploy test sandbox --cloud-app-id …` in the background via Bash, poll `tail -n 1 $PROGRESS_FILE` repeatedly (no sleep loops; the wait_for_done step has a built-in `kill -0 $KEPLOY_PID` guard so the loop exits if the CLI dies silently), read the terminal NDJSON event (phase=done, data.ok, data.test_run_id), and — if ok=true — call get_session_report(app_id, test_run_id) with verbose=true at the end. No separate cleanup step needed; the CLI exits cleanly once phase=done is written.
===== MANDATORY OUTPUT — Phase 3 section =====
Your final message to the dev MUST contain a section with this exact heading (do NOT merge with Phase 2; do NOT compress the failed-steps table even when failures are homogeneous):
### Phase 3 — Sandbox run report
Under it, emit the uniform three-subsection format owned by get_session_report:
(i) per-suite table — one row per suite in per_suite, passing suites included, columns = Suite name | passed/total steps.
(ii) failed-steps table — ONE ROW per entry in failed_steps[], columns = Suite | Step name | Method + URL | Expected → Actual status | mock_mismatch y/n. Never collapse rows.
(iii) Diagnosis + Recommendation (see get_session_report description for case-specific rules around mock_mismatch_dominant, repo-diff inspection, and the SKIP / FIX-CODE / FIX-TEST branching for fix-it follow-ups).
Do NOT print aggregate step totals across suites — they mix unrelated suites and hide where damage actually is.
===== ROLLUP LINE =====
Close the message with a final one-line rollup paragraph (no heading), in addition to the three phase sections. Mention the TOTAL number of suites replayed (which may exceed the count created in this session, because replay_sandbox_test covers every linked suite the app has). Example:
"_Rollup: inserted 4 suites, 4/4 with sandbox tests after record, 3/4 suites passed sandbox replay across the app's 6 linked suites — 1 failure is likely keploy egress-hook, file an issue with the IDs above._"
===== DO NOT =====
* DO NOT call update_test_suite or record_sandbox_test after this. The dev said RUN, not REFRESH.
* DO NOT fall back to raw keploy CLI (`keploy test …`) if the MCP tool drops mid-flow — CLI runs test-sets directly and does NOT write results back to the MCP-visible TestSuiteRun. See MCP DISCONNECT RECOVERY in the top-level instructions.
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