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**This PR changes configurations in a backward incompatible way.**
Run configs today repeat full SQLite/Postgres snippets everywhere a
store is needed, which means duplicated credentials, extra connection
pools, and lots of drift between files. This PR introduces named storage
backends so the stack and providers can share a single catalog and
reference those backends by name.
## Key Changes
- Add `storage.backends` to `StackRunConfig`, register each KV/SQL
backend once at startup, and validate that references point to the right
family.
- Move server stores under `storage.stores` with lightweight references
(backend + namespace/table) instead of full configs.
- Update every provider/config/doc to use the new reference style;
docs/codegen now surface the simplified YAML.
## Migration
Before:
```yaml
metadata_store:
type: sqlite
db_path: ~/.llama/distributions/foo/registry.db
inference_store:
type: postgres
host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST}
port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT}
db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB}
user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER}
password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
conversations_store:
type: postgres
host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST}
port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT}
db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB}
user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER}
password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
```
After:
```yaml
storage:
backends:
kv_default:
type: kv_sqlite
db_path: ~/.llama/distributions/foo/kvstore.db
sql_default:
type: sql_postgres
host: ${env.POSTGRES_HOST}
port: ${env.POSTGRES_PORT}
db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB}
user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER}
password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
stores:
metadata:
backend: kv_default
namespace: registry
inference:
backend: sql_default
table_name: inference_store
max_write_queue_size: 10000
num_writers: 4
conversations:
backend: sql_default
table_name: openai_conversations
```
Provider configs follow the same pattern—for example, a Chroma vector
adapter switches from:
```yaml
providers:
vector_io:
- provider_id: chromadb
provider_type: remote::chromadb
config:
url: ${env.CHROMADB_URL}
kvstore:
type: sqlite
db_path: ~/.llama/distributions/foo/chroma.db
```
to:
```yaml
providers:
vector_io:
- provider_id: chromadb
provider_type: remote::chromadb
config:
url: ${env.CHROMADB_URL}
persistence:
backend: kv_default
namespace: vector_io::chroma_remote
```
Once the backends are declared, everything else just points at them, so
rotating credentials or swapping to Postgres happens in one place and
the stack reuses a single connection pool.
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| common | ||
| containers | ||
| external | ||
| integration | ||
| unit | ||
| __init__.py | ||
| README.md | ||
There are two obvious types of tests:
| Type | Location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | tests/unit/ |
Fast, isolated component testing |
| Integration | tests/integration/ |
End-to-end workflows with record-replay |
Both have their place. For unit tests, it is important to create minimal mocks and instead rely more on "fakes". Mocks are too brittle. In either case, tests must be very fast and reliable.
Record-replay for integration tests
Testing AI applications end-to-end creates some challenges:
- API costs accumulate quickly during development and CI
- Non-deterministic responses make tests unreliable
- Multiple providers require testing the same logic across different APIs
Our solution: Record real API responses once, replay them for fast, deterministic tests. This is better than mocking because AI APIs have complex response structures and streaming behavior. Mocks can miss edge cases that real APIs exhibit. A single test can exercise underlying APIs in multiple complex ways making it really hard to mock.
This gives you:
- Cost control - No repeated API calls during development
- Speed - Instant test execution with cached responses
- Reliability - Consistent results regardless of external service state
- Provider coverage - Same tests work across OpenAI, Anthropic, local models, etc.
Testing Quick Start
You can run the unit tests with:
uv run --group unit pytest -sv tests/unit/
For running integration tests, you must provide a few things:
-
A stack config. This is a pointer to a stack. You have a few ways to point to a stack:
server:<config>- automatically start a server with the given config (e.g.,server:starter). This provides one-step testing by auto-starting the server if the port is available, or reusing an existing server if already running.server:<config>:<port>- same as above but with a custom port (e.g.,server:starter:8322)- a URL which points to a Llama Stack distribution server
- a distribution name (e.g.,
starter) or a path to arun.yamlfile - a comma-separated list of api=provider pairs, e.g.
inference=fireworks,safety=llama-guard,agents=meta-reference. This is most useful for testing a single API surface.
-
Any API keys you need to use should be set in the environment, or can be passed in with the --env option.
You can run the integration tests in replay mode with:
# Run all tests with existing recordings
uv run --group test \
pytest -sv tests/integration/ --stack-config=starter
Re-recording tests
Local Re-recording (Manual Setup Required)
If you want to re-record tests locally, you can do so with:
LLAMA_STACK_TEST_INFERENCE_MODE=record \
uv run --group test \
pytest -sv tests/integration/ --stack-config=starter -k "<appropriate test name>"
This will record new API responses and overwrite the existing recordings.
You must be careful when re-recording. CI workflows assume a specific setup for running the replay-mode tests. You must re-record the tests in the same way as the CI workflows. This means
- you need Ollama running and serving some specific models.
- you are using the `starter` distribution.
Remote Re-recording (Recommended)
For easier re-recording without local setup, use the automated recording workflow:
# Record tests for specific test subdirectories
./scripts/github/schedule-record-workflow.sh --test-subdirs "agents,inference"
# Record with vision tests enabled
./scripts/github/schedule-record-workflow.sh --test-suite vision
# Record with specific provider
./scripts/github/schedule-record-workflow.sh --test-subdirs "agents" --test-provider vllm
This script:
- 🚀 Runs in GitHub Actions - no local Ollama setup required
- 🔍 Auto-detects your branch and associated PR
- 🍴 Works from forks - handles repository context automatically
- ✅ Commits recordings back to your branch
Prerequisites:
- GitHub CLI:
brew install gh && gh auth login - jq:
brew install jq - Your branch pushed to a remote
Supported providers: vllm, ollama
Next Steps
- Integration Testing Guide - Detailed usage and configuration
- Unit Testing Guide - Fast component testing