test(mutation): what the first full run found - nineteen entries caught now by donislawdev · Pull Request #113 · donislawdev/ChronoMock

donislawdev · 2026-10-16T21:41:57Z

What

The first run of every mutation entry in CI (the run on #112, 745 entries in sixteen parts) came back:

verdict	entries
caught	693
MISSED	17
BROKEN	1
BASELINE RED	1
NOT HERE	33

Each of the nineteen that were neither caught nor NOT HERE had a cause. This PR fixes each one in the guard, or in the entry where the entry no longer said what it was named for. No mutation was changed to fit a test.

finding	cause	fix
11 shim entries MISSED	the Node scenarios did not check what the old harness outside the repository did	new checks in `cdp::shim_exec` (constructor, `Date()` text and count, `formatToParts`, zone read past a replaced `Date`, second install with a change to come, foreign marker untouched, first read past a change, wall corrected past the instant, zone after release)
`r4-6 r1 first look detaches` MISSED	opening a file arms a thread-pool timer inside Windows through the timer detour, which started the watcher during the session (measured with a stack taken in the hook)	the probe waits on a named mutex and reads the clock before it writes anything
`r4-16b reset before release` MISSED	the fake browser answered the busy page's count the moment its release arrived	`fake_browser_paced` answers a held reply once the client has gone quiet
`guards window background off the palette` MISSED	the cards alone cover 50.8% of the window, so "our grounds cover more than half" passed with the base gone	no single colour outside the grounds may cover a tenth of the window (largest measured 0.5%)
two `wire_keys` entries MISSED	the `UNREACHED` list they were judged through is empty	the both-ends check is a function with a test on a planted list
`pr-a complaint without the element text` MISSED	the known-defect list it was judged through is empty	the spill rule's test asks for the words in the complaint
N36 BROKEN	the decision moved to a function where the civil time is not in scope	the entry makes the same mistake where it is
`r4-13 s24 start despite close` BASELINE RED	the runner built the test projects only, and the test reads the sample target	a part with a C# entry builds the whole solution, as CI does, and the entry asks for the release cores

The session close test also passed with no core built, because then nothing could start. It now fails and says the core is missing.

Measured

Each of the nineteen entries locally with -Only: all caught.
The runner change reverted on a copy, with the sample target taken away: the entry was BASELINE RED again.
The release cores taken away: the close test passed before, and fails now with its own message.
mutate.ps1 -SelfTest and report.ps1 -SelfTest green. The fifteen reversal probes of the runner still turn its self test red.
Gates for the changed areas 10/10 (Rust 1075, C# 875), PowerShell lint 178 files.

The runner changed, so this PR's mutation run selects every entry. That run is the check of the whole registry.

Review round

The drift scenario now also asks for the rate after the wall correction. Measured with the rate change taken out of settle: "does not step back" still passed, and the new check fails (60000 where 1000 is due).
fake_browser_paced no longer reads a socket after a receive timed out, which Winsock documents as leaving the connection in an indeterminate state. A thread of its own reads with plain blocking reads, and the quiet is a timed wait on what it hands over. All 188 CDP tests pass on it.
The late-read test waits for the core with a deadline. A core that came to wait for its target would otherwise hold the test for good. On the deadline the gate opens, the core is killed and the test fails with what the core said. Measured with the deadline set to 300 ms: it fails in 0.3 s and leaves no process behind.

Not in this PR

The full mutation run on the first commit read the flaky held::tests::a_view_is_unmapped_unless_the_session_takes_it as red before any mutation in two parts, so two chrono-mech entries came back BASELINE RED. The test asks whether anything is mapped at a freed address while the other tests of its binary map memory in parallel. That fix is a change of its own.

The timer detour counts, and in a session that scales durations scales, a thread-pool timer that Windows arms inside CreateFileW. That is a separate question about coverage and scaling, not about these guards.

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…id not catch, each caught now by a stronger guard or a re-anchored entry The first run of every entry in CI (745 entries, sixteen parts) came back 693 caught, 17 MISSED, 1 BROKEN, 1 BASELINE RED and 33 NOT HERE. Each of the nineteen had a cause, and each entry is caught now, measured locally with -Only. - Shim, eleven entries: the Node scenarios did not check what the old harness outside the repository did. New checks: a date built from a date's own constructor, Date() in the engine's words when the page replaced the prototype's toString, Intl formatToParts for now, Date() counted, the zone read through the engine's Date when the page replaced Date, a second install carrying a change still to come, a foreign __chronomock left as the page made it, performance.now or a timer as the first clock read past a scheduled change, the duration axis not stepping back when a correction of the wall carries it past the instant, and a page let go judged against no zone. The harness gets drift(). - The hook's first look (session_identity): the probe reached a detour before the end. Measured with a stack taken in the hook: opening a file arms a thread-pool timer inside Windows, through the timer detour, which starts the watcher while the session runs, so with the first look taken out the late read was real all the same. The probe now waits on a named mutex the test holds until the core has gone (a wait on an object is only counted), reads the clock first and writes its lines after. - The release order (cdp_attach): the fake browser answered the busy page's count the moment its release arrived, so an attacher that gave the zone back right after sending the release went through. fake_browser_paced answers a held reply once the client has gone quiet. - The window background: the cards and the base cover 46.8% and 45.5% of the window, so with the base gone the grounds still came to 50.8% and the share above half passed. No single colour outside the grounds may now cover a tenth of the window, where the largest measured is 0.5%. - wire_keys: the both-ends check of UNREACHED runs over a list that is empty today, so its two entries had nothing to judge. The check is a function with a test on a planted list, and the entries mutate the function. - The layout complaint: the known-defect list it was judged by is empty. The spill rule's test now asks for the words in the complaint, and the entry is judged by that test. - N36 (BROKEN): the decision moved to reading_shows_time, where the civil time is not in scope. The entry makes the same mistake in reading_text. - BASELINE RED: the session close test reads the sample target, which the runner did not build. A part with a C# entry now builds the whole solution, as CI does before its C# tests (with that reverted on a copy of the runner and the target taken away, the entry was BASELINE RED again). The entry asks for the release cores, and the test itself now fails when the core is missing instead of passing because nothing could start - measured, with the core taken away it passed before and fails now. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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The pull request expands clock-shim and CDP test coverage, makes a late session-identity read deterministic, tightens translation and GUI guard assertions, and updates mutation targets and C# solution build behavior in the mutation runner.

Changes: Clock shim test coverage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Date, zone, and installation checks `crates/cli/src/cdp/shim_exec.rs`	Tests cover session `Date` construction and formatting, zone reads after page replacement of `Date`, marker preservation, and zone auditing after release.
Scheduled rate changes `crates/cli/src/cdp/shim_exec.rs`, `crates/cli/src/cdp/shim_harness.js`	Tests cover scheduled changes first observed through `performance.now()` or a timer, wall-clock correction, and a pending change across installation. The harness can advance wall and performance clocks independently without running timers.

Paced CDP test browser

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Paced browser request handling `crates/cli/src/cdp/mod.rs`, `crates/cli/src/cdp/ws.rs`, `crates/cli/src/cdp_attach.rs`	The test helper adds optional quiet-period callbacks. The attachment test delays a release reply until after the held count reply.

Session identity timing test

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Gate the post-exit clock read `crates/cli/tests/session_identity.rs`	The probe waits on a named mutex before reading the clock. The test drains process output, waits for core exit, and then opens the gate.

Translation reachability checks

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate unreached translation keys `crates/cli/tests/wire_keys.rs`, `tests/mutation/entries.json`	A helper reports excused keys that are absent or reached again. Tests cover both failures and a valid unreached key, and mutation entries target these checks.

GUI guard assertions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Background and layout guard checks `gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests/BackgroundGuardTests.cs`, `gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests/LayoutGuardTests.cs`, `tests/mutation/entries.json`	The background test adds a limit for non-ground color coverage. The layout test checks that the spill complaint names the overflowing text, and its mutation target now uses that test.

Mutation runner updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build and mutation target updates `gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests/SessionCloseTests.cs`, `tests/mutation/entries.json`, `tests/mutation/mutate.ps1`	The session-close test checks for the sample substitution core. Mutation entries update session-close and time-display analysis targets. The mutation runner builds `gui/ChronoMock.slnx` when a selected part has C# entries.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 443ea

This change only touches tests and the mutation runner. One test can hang rather than fail if a future regression occurs. Another test may be flaky because it reuses a socket after a read timeout. One new check is weaker than intended. These are worth fixing but carry little production risk.

Pre-merge checks: 13 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Scope, Duplication And Docs		The PR changes the mutation runner's clean-tree C# build step from building each selected test project to building gui/ChronoMock.slnx. The PR description mentions this change, but the repository's mu…	Update CONTRIBUTING.md's Mutation testing section to document that C# mutation parts build gui/ChronoMock.slnx before tests, and clarify when release cores are required. Keep the script comments as implementation detail.

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Tests For Changed Behavior		PASS. The pull request does not change production runtime behavior. Rust CDP changes are inside `#[cfg(test)]` modules or test-only re-exports, and the JavaScript harness is test input. The C# files u…
No Secrets Or Debug Leftovers		The PR changes only the 12 listed source and test files. The diff adds no CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .claude/, or .env files. Scans of added lines found no credentials, tokens, private URLs, absolute local…
No Hardcoded Ui Styling		The PR changes only WPF test code under `gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests`. The added lines add assertions, comments, and a coverage threshold. They do not add or change XAML, WPF code-behind styling, shared …
No Obvious Performance Problems		No clear performance problem was introduced. The Rust CDP, browser pacing, shim, session-identity, and attach changes are test-only. The WPF addition performs one linear scan over sampled colour count…
Desktop Robustness		The pull request changes only test, test-harness, mutation-registry, and mutation-runner code. The changed Rust helpers are under test scopes, and the GUI changes are under `ChronoMock.App.Tests`; no …
Safe File Parsing		No unsafe file parsing was introduced. The changes use test-controlled paths with `std::fs::OpenOptions`, `std::fs::read_to_string`, and C# `File.Exists`; they do not parse files into executable objec…
System Changes Are Reversible		The pull request changes test code, test fixtures, and the mutation runner only. The changed CDP browser helpers are under `#[cfg(test)]` and use a loopback socket; they do not change network filters,…
Clear User-Facing Text		No application user-facing text changes were introduced. The diff changes test descriptions, comments, harness strings, test assertion diagnostics, and mutation-runner diagnostics; it does not change …
No Resource Leaks		No leak condition is introduced. The changes are test and mutation-runner changes; the new CDP browser helper is under `#[cfg(test)]`. Its server socket and thread are joined by the updated test. The …
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Title check		The title clearly identifies mutation-test changes and the nineteen entries addressed by the first full run. It is specific, related to the changeset, and within the length limit.

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Explanation

PASS. The pull request does not change production runtime behavior. Rust CDP changes are inside #[cfg(test)] modules or test-only re-exports, and the JavaScript harness is test input. The C# files update tests, while entries.json and mutate.ps1 change mutation-test tooling. The diff adds or strengthens coverage, including shim cases, paced renderer ordering, translation checks, background-color detection, complaint text, and release-core presence. No tests are deleted or skipped, and no assertion is weakened.

Full details: No Secrets Or Debug Leftovers

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The PR changes only the 12 listed source and test files. The diff adds no CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .claude/, or .env files. Scans of added lines found no credentials, tokens, private URLs, absolute local paths, IPs, personal email addresses, or debug-output calls. The named Windows mutex is a test synchronization object, not a private path or host identifier. No breakpoint or debugger call was added.

Full details: No Hardcoded Ui Styling

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The PR changes only WPF test code under gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests. The added lines add assertions, comments, and a coverage threshold. They do not add or change XAML, WPF code-behind styling, shared resources, or reusable controls.

Full details: No Obvious Performance Problems

Explanation

No clear performance problem was introduced. The Rust CDP, browser pacing, shim, session-identity, and attach changes are test-only. The WPF addition performs one linear scan over sampled colour counts off the UI invocation. The mutation runner changes C# builds to one solution build instead of one build per selected project. No new UI polling, large collection insertion, per-item external call, or O(n^2) processing is present.

Full details: Desktop Robustness

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The pull request changes only test, test-harness, mutation-registry, and mutation-runner code. The changed Rust helpers are under test scopes, and the GUI changes are under ChronoMock.App.Tests; no application asset loading, settings persistence, user-facing long operation, destructive action, admin request, or network call was added. The date and number code is test coverage and diagnostic formatting, not application parsing or persistence.

Full details: Safe File Parsing

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No unsafe file parsing was introduced. The changes use test-controlled paths with std::fs::OpenOptions, std::fs::read_to_string, and C# File.Exists; they do not parse files into executable objects, expand formulas, resolve entities, or add archive/XML/XAML parsing. The new JSON values are CDP test messages, and entries.json remains processed by the existing runner logic.

Full details: System Changes Are Reversible

Explanation

The pull request changes test code, test fixtures, and the mutation runner only. The changed CDP browser helpers are under #[cfg(test)] and use a loopback socket; they do not change network filters, proxy, firewall, or system state. The session identity changes add a named mutex and adjust test process timing, but do not change the existing clock hook or injection implementation. No changed code modifies system time, services, registry, drivers, or other listed system controls.

Full details: Clear User-Facing Text

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No application user-facing text changes were introduced. The diff changes test descriptions, comments, harness strings, test assertion diagnostics, and mutation-runner diagnostics; it does not change UI, localization, or runtime error/confirmation text. No tooltip, vague button label, raw exception, or inconsistent user-facing term is introduced.

Full details: No Resource Leaks

Explanation

No leak condition is introduced. The changes are test and mutation-runner changes; the new CDP browser helper is under #[cfg(test)]. Its server socket and thread are joined by the updated test. The session identity probe closes the opened mutex handles, releases and closes the creator handle, and joins both output-drain threads. The clock harness only adds test clock movement. No application timer, subscription, cache, stream, process, or native allocation gains an unbounded lifetime.

Full details: Scope, Duplication And Docs

Explanation

The PR changes the mutation runner's clean-tree C# build step from building each selected test project to building gui/ChronoMock.slnx. The PR description mentions this change, but the repository's mutation-testing documentation in CONTRIBUTING.md is unchanged and does not document the new solution-build requirement. No public API or duplicate helper issue is evident.

Resolution

Update CONTRIBUTING.md's Mutation testing section to document that C# mutation parts build gui/ChronoMock.slnx before tests, and clarify when release cores are required. Keep the script comments as implementation detail.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/cli/src/cdp/shim_exec.rs:
- Around line 314-315: Extend the drift scenario after the wall correction:
advance the harness again and assert that performance.now() advances at the new
duration rate, rather than only checking that it did not move backward. Ensure
the assertion detects a failed rate transition.

Review comments at @crates/cli/src/cdp/ws.rs:
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detect the quiet period with a separate reader channel or timer that triggers
answer(None). Remove the read-timeout approach so the connection is never read
again after a receive timeout.

Review comments at @crates/cli/tests/session_identity.rs:
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crates/cli/src/cdp/mod.rs
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crates/cli/src/cdp/shim_harness.js
crates/cli/src/cdp/ws.rs
crates/cli/src/cdp_attach.rs
crates/cli/tests/session_identity.rs
crates/cli/tests/wire_keys.rs
gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests/BackgroundGuardTests.cs
gui/ChronoMock.App.Tests/LayoutGuardTests.cs
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