copilotkit__copilotkit/showcase/integrations/langgraph-python/qa/a2ui-fixed-schema.md

QA: Declarative Generative UI (A2UI — Fixed Schema) — LangGraph (Python)

Prerequisites

• Demo is deployed and accessible at /demos/a2ui-fixed-schema on the dashboard host
• Agent backend is healthy; OPENAI_API_KEY is set on Railway; LANGGRAPH_DEPLOYMENT_URL points at a LangGraph deployment exposing the a2ui_fixed graph (registered as agent name a2ui-fixed-schema — see src/app/api/copilotkit-a2ui-fixed-schema/route.ts)
• Note: the demo source contains no data-testid attributes. Checks below rely on verbatim visible text, DOM structure, and the two JSON schemas under src/agents/a2ui_schemas/

Test Steps

1. Basic Functionality

• Navigate to /demos/a2ui-fixed-schema; verify the page renders within 3s and a single CopilotChat pane is centered (max-width ~896px, rounded-2xl, full-height)
• Verify the chat is wired to runtimeUrl="/api/copilotkit-a2ui-fixed-schema" and agent="a2ui-fixed-schema" (DevTools → Network: sending a message hits that endpoint)
• Verify the single suggestion pill is visible with verbatim title "Find SFO → JFK" (message body: "Find me a flight from SFO to JFK on United for $289.")
• Send "Hello" and verify an assistant text response appears within 10s (no flight card for plain text)

2. Feature-Specific Checks

Schema Wiring (fixed catalog + includeBasicCatalog)

• DevTools → Network: after the first successful display_flight call, verify the response stream contains an a2ui_operations container with catalogId: "copilotkit://flight-fixed-catalog" (matches CATALOG_ID in src/agents/a2ui_fixed.py and src/app/demos/a2ui-fixed-schema/a2ui/catalog.ts)
• Verify the same container carries the full FLIGHT_SCHEMA component tree (12 nodes from src/agents/a2ui_schemas/flight_schema.json: root, content, title, route, from, arrow, to, meta, airline, price, bookButton, bookButtonLabel)

Search-Flights Prompt (display_flight tool → flight_schema.json)

• Click the "Find SFO → JFK" suggestion; within 20s verify a single flight card renders in-transcript assembled per flight_schema.json:
  • outer Card with a Column of children in this order: title row, route row, meta row, book button
  • Title node renders the literal text "Flight Details" (1.15rem / 600 weight, color #010507)
  • route row shows Airport "SFO" → Arrow (→, color #AFAFB7) → Airport "JFK" (both monospaced, 1.5rem, 600 weight, 0.05em letter-spacing)
  • meta row shows AirlineBadge "UNITED" (uppercase pill, lilac #BEC2FF border, 0.08em tracking) on the left and PriceTag "$289" (monospaced, color #189370, 1.1rem / 600 weight) on the right
  • Button renders full-width with label "Book flight" (black #010507 background, white text, 12px radius)
• Verify all four data-model fields resolved correctly (origin=SFO, destination=JFK, airline=United, price=$289) — each is a { path: "/..." } binding in the schema and must reach the DOM as a plain string via the GenericBinder (no literal {path} leak and no React error #31)

Book-Flight Interaction (stateful Button override)

• Click the "Book flight" button inside the rendered card; verify it transitions to the confirmed state WITHOUT re-rendering the surface:
  • button background becomes the mint tint rgba(133, 236, 206, 0.15) with border #85ECCE4D
  • label text changes to "Booked" (color #189370)
  • a green check SVG (polyline 20 6 9 17 4 12, stroke #189370) appears to the left of the label
  • button is disabled; further clicks are no-ops
• Note: the agent-side action handler for book_flight is intentionally not wired (see comment in src/agents/a2ui_fixed.py — SDK doesn't yet accept action_handlers=). So the booked_schema.json swap is NOT expected to occur. Verify only the local optimistic button state change.

Booked Schema Readiness (booked_schema.json — wired-but-inert)

• Verify src/agents/a2ui_schemas/booked_schema.json exists and declares a 3-node tree (root Column with children title + detail, both Text with path bindings /title and /detail). No runtime check — the schema is kept so the handoff is ready once the SDK supports action_handlers. Log a test note if this file is ever removed.

Follow-up Prompt (data-model refresh)

• Send "Find me a flight from LAX to ORD on Delta for $412."; within 20s verify the card updates in place with origin=LAX, destination=ORD, airline=DELTA, price=$412 (same schema, new data model — proves the fixed-schema pattern: schema once, data streams)

3. Error Handling

• Send an empty message; verify it is a no-op (no user bubble, no assistant response)
• Send "What is the capital of France?"; verify the agent replies in plain text without invoking display_flight (no flight card rendered, no a2ui_operations in the response)
• DevTools → Console: walk through all flows above; verify no uncaught errors and specifically no React error #31 ("objects are not valid as a React child, found: object with keys {path}") — the DynString union in a2ui/definitions.ts is what prevents this, so a single occurrence is a regression

Expected Results

• Chat loads within 3s; plain-text response within 10s; flight card renders within 20s of the search prompt
• display_flight is called exactly once per search prompt; result contains an a2ui_operations container with catalogId: "copilotkit://flight-fixed-catalog" and the full 12-node flight schema
• All five custom renderers in a2ui/renderers.tsx (Title, Airport, Arrow, AirlineBadge, PriceTag, plus the stateful Button override) render at least once per search-flights run
• Clicking "Book flight" produces a local optimistic confirmation (mint background + check icon + disabled state)
• No UI layout breaks, no {path} leak into the DOM, no uncaught console errors