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This is a sweeping change to clean up some gunk around our "Tool" definitions. First, we had two types `Tool` and `ToolDef`. The first of these was a "Resource" type for the registry but we had stopped registering tools inside the Registry long back (and only registered ToolGroups.) The latter was for specifying tools for the Agents API. This PR removes the former and adds an optional `toolgroup_id` field to the latter. Secondly, as pointed out by @bbrowning in https://github.com/llamastack/llama-stack/pull/3003#issuecomment-3245270132, we were doing a lossy conversion from a full JSON schema from the MCP tool specification into our ToolDefinition to send it to the model. There is no necessity to do this -- we ourselves aren't doing any execution at all but merely passing it to the chat completions API which supports this. By doing this (and by doing it poorly), we encountered limitations like not supporting array items, or not resolving $refs, etc. To fix this, we replaced the `parameters` field by `{ input_schema, output_schema }` which can be full blown JSON schemas. Finally, there were some types in our llama-related chat format conversion which needed some cleanup. We are taking this opportunity to clean those up. This PR is a substantial breaking change to the API. However, given our window for introducing breaking changes, this suits us just fine. I will be landing a concurrent `llama-stack-client` change as well since API shapes are changing. |
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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:
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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.
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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