---
title: "Test Implementation Template"
by: "khive-tester"
created: "2025-04-12"
updated: "2025-04-12"
version: "1.1"
description: "Template for creating comprehensive test suites for khive components"
---

# Guidance

**Purpose**\
Document the planned and actual test implementation. Clarify unit, integration,
performance, mocking details, and test data.

**When to Use**

- Before/during writing tests, especially if it’s a large feature or
  microservice.
- As a blueprint to ensure coverage is complete.

**Best Practices**

- Keep tests short and focused.
- Use mocking for external calls.
- Outline coverage goals.

---

# Test Implementation Plan: [Component Name]

## 1. Overview

### 1.1 Component Under Test

_Short intro about the component or module(s)._

### 1.2 Test Approach

_Unit, integration, E2E, performance, etc._

### 1.3 Key Testing Goals

_What critical aspects you must verify? (e.g., error handling, concurrency.)_

## 2. Test Environment

### 2.1 Test Framework

```
# Python example
pytest
pytest-asyncio
pytest-mock
pytest-cov
```

### 2.2 Mock Framework

```
# For Python
unittest.mock
pytest-mock
```

### 2.3 Test Database

_Approach: ephemeral container, in-memory, or stubs?_

## 3. Unit Tests

### 3.1 Test Suite: [Module/Class Name]

#### 3.1.1 Test Case: [Function/Method] - [Scenario]

**Purpose:**\
**Setup:**

```python
@pytest.fixture
def mock_dependency():
    return Mock(spec=Dependency)
```

**Test Implementation:**

```python
def test_process_valid_input(service, mock_dependency):
    ...
```

#### 3.1.2 Test Case: [Another Scenario]

_Similar structure._

### 3.2 Test Suite: [Another Module/Class]

_And so on._

## 4. Integration Tests

### 4.1 Test Suite: [Integration Scenario]

**Components Involved:**\
**Setup:**

```python
async def test_end_to_end_flow(client):
    # Arrange
    ...
    # Act
    ...
    # Assert
    ...
```

## 5. API Tests

### 5.1 Endpoint: [Method] /path

**Purpose:**\
**Request:**\
**Expected Response:**

```python
async def test_create_entity_valid_input(client):
    response = await client.post("/entities", json={"name": "Test Entity"})
    assert response.status_code == 201
```

## 6. Error Handling Tests

### 6.1 Test Suite: [Error Scenario Group]

```python
def test_service_handles_dependency_failure(service, mock_dependency):
    mock_dependency.some_call.side_effect = DependencyError("Failure")
    with pytest.raises(ServiceError):
        service.process(...)
```

## 7. Performance Tests

### 7.1 Benchmark / Load Testing

```python
def test_service_performance(benchmark, service):
    def do_process():
        for _ in range(1000):
            service.process(...)
    result = benchmark(do_process)
    assert result.stats.mean < 0.01
```

## 8. Mock Implementation Details

```python
class MockDatabase:
    def __init__(self):
        self.storage = {}
    ...
```

## 9. Test Data

```python
test_entities = [
  {"id": "1", "name": "Test A"},
  {"id": "2", "name": "Test B"}
]
```

## 10. Helper Functions

```python
def create_test_jwt(user_id: str):
    # ...
```

## 11. Test Coverage Targets

- **Line Coverage Target:** 80%
- **Branch Coverage Target:** 75%
- **Critical Modules:** 90% coverage

## 12. Continuous Integration

```yaml
name: Test
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install & Test
        run: |
          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
          pytest --cov=src tests/ --cov-report=xml
      - name: Upload coverage
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
```

## 13. Notes and Caveats

### 13.1 Known Limitations

### 13.2 Future Improvements
