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Ignacy Łątka 82db9e2f9f test: stop tests leaving files in the shared system temp directory (#1057)
Three issues, one theme: tests and the shared system temp directory.

- **#858 / #854** were live leaks — three call sites captured a real
temp path and never removed it. One reaches the cleanup its file already
had; the other two get a cleanup the file lacked.
- **#836** turned out to be **already fixed on `main`** by #714, which
scoped those three tests' `TMPDIR` to a directory they own. This PR
verifies that rather than changing it — reproduction and mutation
evidence below.
- Sweeping the same shape across the two packages turned up **six more
test files** doing it, worth **44** leftover entries per run.
- A third shape, in **two** more files: `resolveFileInputs` hands its
caller a `cleanup` for whatever it materialized — the dispatcher's job
in production. Five call sites kept the result and never called it,
stranding 5 dirs per run.

A scoped-`TMPDIR` run of all 12 affected files leaves **one** entry
behind: an empty `argent-chromium-media/`, production's own fixed
staging dir. 173 tests, no other file or directory.

Fixes #858
Fixes #854
Closes #836

<details>
<summary>#858 — before/after temp scope</summary>

```
rm -rf /tmp/scope && mkdir -p /tmp/scope
TMPDIR=/tmp/scope TMP=/tmp/scope TEMP=/tmp/scope \
  npx vitest run --root packages/tool-server test/chromium-server-screenshot.test.ts
```

| site | before | after |
|---|---|---|
| `chromium-server-screenshot.test.ts` |
`argent-chromium-media/argent-screenshot-test-1788803062089-38318.png` |
*(no PNG)* |
| `chromium-cdp-blueprint.test.ts` |
`argent-chromium-media/argent-screenshot-chromium-cdp-52204-1788803091335-39401.png`
| *(no PNG)* |

Both files keep an empty `argent-chromium-media/` — that is production's
fixed staging dir (`src/chromium-server/cdp-session.ts:218`), shared
with any live chromium-server on the machine and not per-run garbage. A
test `rm`ing it would be the machine-global-resource defect #714 removed
elsewhere, so it is left alone deliberately.
</details>

<details>
<summary>#854 — before/after temp scope</summary>

```
TMPDIR=/tmp/scope … npx vitest run --root packages/argent-mcp test/content.test.ts
```

Before (`34 passed`, two directories left):
```
argent-mcp-content-kPfgYa/context.diff.png
argent-artifacts/test-temp-dir-hygiene-037c31/20260907-174453-39458/home-diff.png
```

After: **empty**. The `mkdtemp` moved onto a `beforeEach`/`afterEach`
pair mirroring the sibling describe, and `flowRunToMcpContent` now pins
`ARGENT_ARTIFACTS_DIR` the way the artifact describe above it already
did.

The unconditional `delete process.env.ARGENT_ARTIFACTS_DIR` is kept, not
converted to a save/restore: it is what keeps any future unpinned write
landing in `tmpdir` rather than a developer's configured artifacts
directory.

The pin is not hygiene-only — it is asserted. Removing
`process.env.ARGENT_ARTIFACTS_DIR = root` fails the test:
```
- diff: /tmp/scopeM4/content-flow-artifacts-LZKPAl
+   diff: /tmp/scopeM4/argent-artifacts/test-temp-dir-hygiene-037c31/20260908-100837-89701/home-diff.png
❯ test/content.test.ts:627  expect(artifactText?.text).toContain(`diff: ${root}`)
```
</details>

<details>
<summary>#836 — why no code changed, and the evidence</summary>

(This PR does change `file-inputs.test.ts`, but for the unrelated third
shape above — not for the sites #836 cites.)

The issue cites `readdir(os.tmpdir())` at `file-inputs.test.ts:180-197`
and `flow-visual.test.ts:586-602`. On current `main` neither exists:
#714 replaced both (and the `http-upload.test.ts:154-158` sibling the
issue also flags) with a per-test scratch directory the test creates,
points `os.tmpdir()` at via `redirectTmpdir`, and removes. There is now
**no** `readdir` of `os.tmpdir()` anywhere in either package.

The per-path assertion the issue asks for is not reachable at these
three sites — every name is a `mkdtemp` random suffix or a server-side
`randomUUID`, so the test cannot know the path. Scoping the tmpdir to a
directory the test owns is the same guarantee, and is what landed.

**Reproduced the reported failure** by reverting each site to the
global-listing shape, then running two simultaneous instances in a loop:

| file | pre-#714 shape | current |
|---|---|---|
| `file-inputs.test.ts` | **1 / 12** — `expected [
'argent-file-input-00mPU7', …(1371) ] to deeply equal [ …(1370) ]` | **0
/ 12** |
| `flows/flow-visual.test.ts` | **12 / 12** — `expected [
'argent-flow-crop-00R9XZ', …(4853) ] to deeply equal []` | **0 / 12** |
| `http-upload.test.ts` | — | **0 / 12** |

**Mutation-tested all three assertions** — each still catches a real
leak; production cleanup broken, test run, source restored:

| assertion | mutation | result |
|---|---|---|
| `file-inputs.test.ts:249` | drop `await cleanup()` from
`resolveFileInputs`' catch path | ✗ `+ [ "argent-file-input-amPJuK" ]` |
| `flow-visual.test.ts:610` | drop `cleanupDiffDir(cropDir, …)` from the
outer `finally` | ✗ `+ [ "argent-flow-crop-rWT9Bd" ]` |
| `http-upload.test.ts:187` | drop `rm(tarPath)` from the
`req.on("close")` handler | ✗ `+ [ "argent-upload-43d82021-….tar.gz" ]`
|
</details>

<details>
<summary>Sibling sweep — the same two shapes across both
packages</summary>

**Shape "assertion diffing a listing of `os.tmpdir()`": zero
remaining.** No `readdir`/`readdirSync`/`glob` over `os.tmpdir()`,
`tmpdir()` or a literal `/tmp` in either test tree. Every literal `/tmp`
string left is a fixture handed to a mocked API; the three that do touch
disk were checked by hand and are clean
(`native-devtools-socket-bind.test.ts` mkdtemps and removes,
`flow-utils.test.ts` is pure path math,
`native-profiler-external-device.test.ts` writes only inside its own
per-test `mkdtemp`).

**Shape "a captured temp path never cleaned up": six files fixed.** Each
gets one recording choke point plus an `afterEach`.

Running those six under a scoped `TMPDIR` (`48 passed` both times):

```
before: 44 entries      after: 1 entry
```

| file | sites |
|---|---|
| `screenshot-diff-tool.test.ts` | 9 |
| `react-profiler/ast-index.test.ts` | 6 |
| `event-log.test.ts` | 1 helper (4 dirs/run) |
| `screenshot-diff.test.ts` | 1 helper |
| `react-profiler/component-source-duplicates.test.ts` | 2 |
| `ios-instruments/combined-report-frozen-anchor.test.ts` | 1 |
| `flows/flow-visual.test.ts` | production's crop + diff dirs (5/run) |

**Left deliberately (1 entry):** an **empty** `argent-chromium-media/` —
production's fixed staging dir
(`src/chromium-server/cdp-session.ts:218`), shared with any live
chromium-server on the machine. A test `rm`ing it would be the
machine-global-resource defect #714 removed elsewhere.

Two further shapes turned up while checking that claim, both
*production* dirs a test drove and then abandoned:

| site | per run | why the test could not just `rm` it |
|---|---|---|
| `screenshot-diff-tool.test.ts` | 2 dirs + 2 PNGs | `resolveOutputDir`
mints `argent-screenshot-diff/<hex>` before anything validates the call,
so the path exists before the test can learn it — and on a throw it
never learns it at all |
| `flows/flow-visual.test.ts` | 5 dirs + 5 PNGs | `runSnapshot` leaves
the file it registered as an artifact inside its `argent-flow-crop-*` /
`argent-flow-diff-*` scratch dir; from there the dir belongs to whoever
consumes the artifact, which here is the test |

Both are fixed the same way, with `redirectTmpdir` (already used by
seven other test files): point `os.tmpdir()` at a directory the test
already owns and removes, so whatever production mints lands inside it
whether the call returns or throws. The `<hex>` and `mkdtemp` suffixes
are per-call and never shared, so nothing a concurrent tool-server owns
is touched — verified with a decoy file planted under the shared root,
which survives the run.

Measured under a scoped `TMPDIR`, three consecutive runs each:
`screenshot-diff-tool` 6 dirs + 6 PNGs → **0 + 0**; `flow-visual` 15 +
15 → **0 + 0**. The underlying production leak behind the first is still
#790.

`argent-mcp` is now clean end to end: every `mkdtemp` in the package has
a matching `rm`.
</details>

<details>
<summary>Checks</summary>

Run from the worktree root, exit codes read unpiped:

- `npm run format` → 0, no files rewritten
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/tool-server/tsconfig.test.json` → 0
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/argent-mcp/tsconfig.test.json` → 0
- `npm run lint` → 0
- `npm run knip` → 0
- no `it.only` / `describe.only` in the diff

Suites: `argent-mcp` **90 passed**; `tool-server` run as six shards
under a scoped `TMPDIR`.

`lens-tools-platform-gate.test.ts` times out at the 5 s default under
full-suite load and passes in isolation (`2 passed`, 3.14 s). It is not
in this diff and #714 recorded the same behaviour before it.
</details>


<!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Tests**
- Improved test isolation by consistently cleaning up temporary files
and directories after each test.
- Added coverage verifying generated artifacts are stored under the
configured artifacts directory.
- Ensured screenshot, upload, event-log, profiling, visual-flow, and
diff-test artifacts are removed reliably after execution.
- Standardized temporary-directory handling and cleanup across test
scenarios to reduce leftover test data and improve repeatability.
<!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
2026-09-09 12:39:02 +02:00
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