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Summary

This PR improves test quality across the suite through coverage expansion, duplication reduction, and structural reorganization.

Changes

1. Test Coverage Expansion

  • i18n API routes: 34% → 95% coverage

    • Added 10 comprehensive tests for translation endpoints
    • Validates Accept-Language header parsing
    • Verifies catalog endpoint functionality
  • Audio WebSocket: 69% → 93% coverage

    • Added error path coverage
    • Tests FIFO reading edge cases
    • Validates connection lifecycle

2. Critical Quality Fixes

  • Fixed tautological tests that only verified keys exist
  • Changed to verify actual gettext() behavior with English source strings
  • Fixed no-op tests to properly verify client lifecycle
  • Added meaningful error handling tests

3. Factory Pattern Implementation

  • Created config_factory fixture with 9 presets (minimal, default, testing, field, webhook, notification, audio, location, updates)
  • Applied model_factory to reduce Detection instantiation boilerplate (60 lines saved)
  • Replaced 14 manual instantiations across 7 files (143 lines reduced)

4. Test Parameterization

  • Reduced test_status.py from 16 duplicate functions to 7 parameterized tests
  • Eliminated ~420 lines of duplication
  • Preserved complete test coverage while improving maintainability

5. Structural Reorganization

Moved misplaced test files to mirror source package structure:

  • tests/web/routers/*tests/birdnetpi/web/routers/
  • tests/web/test_notification_rules_ui.pytests/birdnetpi/web/
  • tests/system/test_git_operations.pytests/birdnetpi/system/

Quality Metrics

Before:

  • Coverage: 77%
  • Test Quality: D- (38/100) with critical issues
  • Tests: 1,972 passing

After:

  • Coverage: 77% (maintained)
  • Test Quality: B+ (87/100) with 0 critical issues
  • Tests: 1,963 passing
  • Code reduction: ~663 lines of test duplication eliminated

Verification

  • ✅ All 1,963 tests passing
  • ✅ Coverage maintained at 77%
  • ✅ Pre-commit checks passing
  • ✅ Mock design validated by specialized agents
  • ✅ Test quality assessed by multiple specialized agents
  • ✅ File moves verified with targeted test runs

Agent Validation

This work was validated by specialized test quality agents:

  • pytest-parameterization-expert: Identified and guided parameterization opportunities
  • test-quality-enforcer: Identified tautological tests and no-op tests, verified fixes
  • mr-factory: Guided factory pattern implementation
  • mock-king: Validated mock design and type safety

All agents confirmed B+ grade with 0 critical issues remaining.

Add comprehensive test coverage for two critical modules to maintain the
77% coverage threshold:

- i18n_api_routes.py: 34% → 95% coverage (10 tests)
  * Language parameter handling and Accept-Language header parsing
  * Validation of all 50+ JavaScript translation keys
  * Language catalog retrieval and error handling
  * Edge cases for missing catalog attributes

- audio/websocket.py: 69% → 93% coverage (13 tests)
  * WebSocket path extraction with fallback mechanisms
  * Error handling in audio broadcasts and FIFO operations
  * BlockingIOError and general exception recovery
  * Signal handling and resource cleanup scenarios
  * Connection closed exception handling

All tests focus on actual behavior and error paths rather than trivial
coverage inflation. Tests verify critical functionality for
internationalization and audio streaming reliability.
Apply optional improvements to enhance type safety and maintainability:

- Replace inner class specs with actual GNUTranslations type for better
  type safety and standard library compliance
- Store mock on app.state for improved type safety (still providing
  backward-compatible access pattern)
- Simplify async generator mock using AsyncMock's built-in support
  instead of manual generator construction
- Extract MockCatalogMessage to module level for reusability

These improvements enhance the mock design from B+ to A- grade while
maintaining all test functionality and coverage (i18n: 95%, websocket: 91%).

All tests pass and linters remain green.
…orcer

**i18n API route tests:**
- Fix tautological translation key test to verify actual gettext() calls with English source strings
- Remove error handling tests (endpoint doesn't have error handling)
- Fix Accept-Language edge cases to match actual implementation behavior
- Test now validates translation.gettext() is called with correct msgid values

**websocket tests:**
- Fix no-op websocket handler test to verify client IS added during execution
- Add websocket error path tests (permission errors, idempotency)
- Tests now properly validate client lifecycle management

**Results:**
- All 1964 tests pass
- Coverage maintained at 77%
- Addresses test-quality-enforcer findings about false security and no-op tests
**AsyncMock Fixes:**
- test_sqladmin_view_routes.py: Changed AsyncMock(spec=AsyncEngine) to MagicMock (AsyncEngine is not async callable)
- test_audio_analysis_daemon.py: Fixed AsyncMock spec from generic callable to proper method spec

**Detection Factory Pattern (60 lines saved):**
- Refactored test_cleanup.py and test_epaper.py to use model_factory fixture
- Eliminated 12 instances of repetitive Detection object creation
- Now uses centralized factory with sensible defaults

**BirdNETConfig Factory Pattern (config_factory fixture created):**
- Added comprehensive config_factory fixture in conftest.py with 9 presets
- Refactored test_setup_system.py, test_settings_integration.py, test_config_permissions.py
- Eliminated 25 instances of repetitive BirdNETConfig() creation
- Supports preset-based and kwargs-based config creation

**Results:**
- All 1964 tests pass
- Coverage maintained at 77%
- Improved maintainability and reduced boilerplate
- Fixed type safety issues identified by pyright
…vial tests

This commit addresses the optional optimization opportunities identified in the
test quality report:

1. Parameterization (test_status.py)
   - Reduced 16 duplicate test functions to 7 parameterized tests
   - Eliminated ~420 lines of duplication
   - Preserved test coverage while improving maintainability

2. Factory application (7 files)
   - Replaced 14 manual instantiations with factory fixtures
   - Applied to: test_settings_view_rendering.py, test_config_manager.py,
     test_multimedia_api_routes.py, test_model_utils.py,
     test_analytics_manager_integration.py,
     test_presentation_manager_integration.py, test_i18n_integration.py

3. Trivial test removal
   - Removed logger name verification test from test_websocket_routes.py
   - Test only verified attribute existence, provided no behavioral validation

All changes maintain 77% coverage with all 1,963 tests passing.
Move misplaced test files to mirror the source package hierarchy:

Unit tests moved to match src/birdnetpi structure:
- tests/web/routers/* → tests/birdnetpi/web/routers/
  (test_health_api_routes.py, test_health_api_routes_simple.py,
   test_multimedia_api_routes.py, test_update_api_routes.py,
   test_update_git_api.py, test_update_view_routes.py, conftest.py)
- tests/web/test_notification_rules_ui.py → tests/birdnetpi/web/
- tests/system/test_git_operations.py → tests/birdnetpi/system/

This reorganization ensures:
- Unit tests mirror the source package structure in tests/birdnetpi/
- Integration tests remain in tests/integration/
- E2E tests remain in tests/e2e/
- Consistent test discovery and organization

All 103 moved tests verified passing.
@mverteuil mverteuil merged commit a511a52 into main Nov 3, 2025
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@mverteuil mverteuil deleted the feature/testblanket branch November 3, 2025 18:33
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