Add expected stdout and stderr fixtures to wave-test metadata
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 53
- Forks
- 16
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
## Problem
The Wave E2E runner can validate exit status and compiled artifacts, but successful native tests are not able to declare their expected stdout or stderr. Output regressions may therefore pass as long as the process exits successfully and does not match a generic failure pattern.
## Proposed contract
Support fixture-backed metadata such as:
```wave
// wave-test: stdout-file=expected/hello.stdout, stderr-file=expected/hello.stderr
```
## Scope
- Add optional stdout/stderr fixture fields to `TestMetadata`.
- Resolve paths under a documented test fixture root.
- Reject absolute paths and path traversal.
- Compare exact UTF-8 output after documenting newline behavior.
- Show a readable diff on mismatch.
- Add metadata parser and runner unit tests.
- Migrate at least two stable E2E cases.
## Completion criteria
- [ ] Output contracts are optional and do not affect existing tests.
- [ ] Mismatches fail with expected/actual context.
- [ ] Empty output can be asserted explicitly.
- [ ] JSON test reports record output-contract failures.
- [ ] The metadata guide in #357 is updated.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating TestMetadata, the metadata parser, and the E2E runner, then inspect existing metadata and stable E2E cases. Read the metadata guide from #357 and the parser/runner unit tests; done means optional safe fixture paths, exact output checks with readable diffs, JSON failure reporting, migrated cases, and updated documentation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100