e2e

E2E Test Harness

This repository includes an end-to-end (E2E) testing harness for kongctl that builds the CLI once per test run, executes commands against real Konnect, and captures detailed artifacts for triage.

• Default profile: e2e
• Default output: JSON, unless a command overrides it
• Isolation: each test uses its own XDG_CONFIG_HOME under the artifacts dir
• No mocks: tests call real Konnect and skip when required auth is missing
• Test model: E2E coverage is scenario-first under test/e2e/scenarios

Quick Start

Run the full E2E suite:

make test-e2e

Run only scenarios:

make test-e2e-scenarios

Run a single scenario by exact scenario path:

make test-e2e-scenarios SCENARIO=portal/edit

Run one shard locally:

KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT=$(cat ~/.konnect/your-pat) \
KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_TOTAL=4 \
KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_INDEX=1 \
make test-e2e-scenarios

Include the opt-in user profile smoke scenario:

KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT=$(cat ~/.konnect/your-user-pat) \
KONGCTL_E2E_RUN_USER_ME=1 \
make test-e2e-scenarios

Reuse a prebuilt binary instead of building during tests:

make build
KONGCTL_E2E_BIN=./kongctl make test-e2e

Environment Variables

Core harness settings:

• KONGCTL_E2E_LOG_LEVEL: Harness and CLI log level (trace|debug|info|warn|error). Default: warn.
• KONGCTL_E2E_CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL: Console log level while preserving richer logs in artifacts. Default: same as harness log level.
• KONGCTL_E2E_OUTPUT: Default CLI output (json|yaml|text). Default: json.
• KONGCTL_E2E_TEST_TIMEOUT: Go test timeout for local Make targets and the CI scenario test binary. Default: 55m.
• KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_DECLARATIVE_MAX_CONCURRENCY: Standard e2e profile env var for declarative execution concurrency. It maps to konnect.declarative.max-concurrency and applies to all declarative commands unless a command passes --max-concurrency or a scenario override is set. Valid range: 1..200.
• KONGCTL_E2E_MAX_CONCURRENCY_VALUES: Optional suite-wide concurrency sweep. When set, the harness hashes each scenario path and picks one value from the comma-separated list, such as 1,2,5,10, then injects that value as the scenario's declarative concurrency default. Use this to run the same suite with mixed concurrency settings without editing each scenario. Explicit scenario YAML overrides and KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_DECLARATIVE_MAX_CONCURRENCY take precedence.
• KONGCTL_E2E_CAPTURE: Per-command artifact capture. 0 disables it.
• KONGCTL_E2E_JSON_STRICT: When 1, JSON parsing fails on unknown fields. Default: lenient.
• KONGCTL_E2E_ARTIFACTS_DIR: Root folder for artifacts for this run. Default: a temp dir.
• KONGCTL_E2E_BIN: Path to an existing kongctl binary to skip building.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET: Reset the Konnect org before tests. Destructive. Defaults to enabled; set to 0 or false to disable.
• KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_BASE_URL: Base URL for Konnect API. Default: https://us.api.konghq.com.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_TIMEOUT: Per-request timeout for raw Konnect HTTP helpers used by scenario create/delete flows. The harness also writes the same value into the generated e2e.http-timeout profile setting so SDK-backed CLI commands share the same default. Default: 15s.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_TCP_USER_TIMEOUT: Linux-only TCP_USER_TIMEOUT applied to raw harness HTTP sockets. The harness also writes the same value into the generated e2e.http-tcp-user-timeout profile setting so SDK-backed CLI commands use the same socket setting. Default: unset.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_DISABLE_KEEPALIVES: Disable raw harness HTTP keepalive reuse. The harness also writes the same value into the generated e2e.http-disable-keepalives profile setting so SDK-backed CLI commands share the same setting. Default: false.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_RECYCLE_CONNECTIONS_ON_ERROR: Close idle pooled harness HTTP connections after a raw HTTP error before retrying. The harness also writes the same value into the generated e2e.http-recycle-connections-on-error profile setting so SDK-backed CLI commands share the same setting. Default: false.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_RETRY_ATTEMPTS: Default retry attempts for raw Konnect HTTP helpers. Default: 4.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_RETRY_INTERVAL: Base retry interval for raw Konnect HTTP helpers. Default: 1s.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_RETRY_MAX_INTERVAL: Max retry interval for raw Konnect HTTP helpers. Default: 5s.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR: Backoff multiplier for raw Konnect HTTP helpers. Default: 2.
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_RETRY_JITTER: Jitter applied to raw Konnect HTTP helper retries. Default: 250ms.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET_HTTP_TIMEOUT: Per-request timeout for destructive org reset API calls. Default: 15s.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET_TIMEOUT: Total time budget for a single org reset before the harness aborts the remaining reset steps. Default: 3m.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET_RETRY_ATTEMPTS: Retry attempts for reset API calls. Default: 3.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET_RETRY_INTERVAL: Base retry interval for reset API calls. Default: 1s.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET_RETRY_MAX_INTERVAL: Max retry interval for reset API calls. Default: 5s.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR: Backoff multiplier for reset API calls. Default: 2.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RESET_RETRY_JITTER: Jitter applied to reset API call retries. Default: 250ms.
• KONGCTL_E2E_SKIP_STEPS: Comma-separated glob patterns to skip scenario steps by name.
• KONGCTL_E2E_STOP_AFTER: Stop after a matching step or command.

Scenario selection and sharding:

• KONGCTL_E2E_SCENARIO: Exact scenario selector. Examples: portal/edit, scenarios/portal/edit, or a full scenario.yaml path.
• KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_INDEX: Zero-based shard index for this test process.
• KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_TOTAL: Total number of shards in the run.
• KONGCTL_E2E_MATRIX_ORG: Optional diagnostic label for the current CI job.
• KONGCTL_E2E_ORGS_JSON: JSON array of matrix org entries. Used in CI to validate scenario environment assignments. Each entry must include org_name.

Authentication and opt-in scenarios:

• KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT: PAT used by the e2e profile for authenticated scenarios. Most scenarios require this.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RUN_USER_ME: Opt in to the auth/get-me scenario.
• KONGCTL_E2E_RUN_PORTAL_APPLICATIONS: Opt in to the Gmail-backed portal applications scenario.

Gmail automation for portal developer scenarios:

• KONGCTL_E2E_GMAIL_ADDRESS: Base Gmail inbox. Tests append +<uuid> so mail lands in unique sub-inboxes.
• KONGCTL_E2E_GMAIL_CLIENT_ID
• KONGCTL_E2E_GMAIL_CLIENT_SECRET
• KONGCTL_E2E_GMAIL_REFRESH_TOKEN
• KONGCTL_E2E_GMAIL_ACCESS_TOKEN
• KONGCTL_E2E_GMAIL_SUBJECT (optional): override the Gmail subject filter.
• KONGCTL_E2E_AUTH_STRATEGY_ID (optional): override the auth strategy ID used when creating developer applications.

Scenario Execution Model

Test_Scenarios discovers all scenario.yaml files under test/e2e/scenarios, sorts them, and runs them as subtests.

Most scenarios are authenticated and will skip unless KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT is set. A scenario can opt out of that preflight check with:

test:
  requiresPAT: false

That is how the smoke/version scenario runs without Konnect credentials.

If both KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_INDEX and KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_TOTAL are set, the runner assigns scenarios to shards by sorted position:

scenario i belongs to shard (i % shard_total)

Example with 10 scenarios and 4 shards:

• shard 0 runs scenarios 0, 4, 8
• shard 1 runs scenarios 1, 5, 9
• shard 2 runs scenarios 2, 6
• shard 3 runs scenarios 3, 7

If KONGCTL_E2E_SCENARIO is set, sharding is bypassed so local single-scenario iteration stays predictable.

A scenario can be pinned to a specific GitHub Actions environment by setting test.assignedEnvironment to the matrix org_name:

test:
  assignedEnvironment: kongctl-e2e-users

Pinned scenarios run only in the matrix job whose KONGCTL_E2E_MATRIX_ORG matches that value. They are excluded from normal modulo sharding so they do not run in any other org. Unpinned scenarios continue to be sharded by sorted position. In CI, the harness validates pinned environments against KONGCTL_E2E_ORGS_JSON and fails if a scenario names an environment that is not present in the org pool.

For local full-suite runs without sharding, assignments are not enforced by default because the run targets a single developer-selected org. To emulate a CI environment locally, set KONGCTL_E2E_MATRIX_ORG:

KONGCTL_E2E_MATRIX_ORG=kongctl-e2e-users \
KONGCTL_E2E_SCENARIO=org/teams/roles \
make test-e2e-scenarios

Skipping Steps

Use KONGCTL_E2E_SKIP_STEPS to selectively skip scenario steps. This is useful for preserving resources for manual CLI verification.

Skip all deletion steps:

KONGCTL_E2E_SKIP_STEPS="*delete*" \
KONGCTL_E2E_SCENARIO=portal/applications \
KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT=$(cat ~/.konnect/token) \
make test-e2e-scenarios

Skip specific numbered steps:

KONGCTL_E2E_SKIP_STEPS="006-*,007-*,008-*" \
KONGCTL_E2E_SCENARIO=portal/applications \
make test-e2e-scenarios

Skip multiple pattern types:

KONGCTL_E2E_SKIP_STEPS="*reset*,*delete*,*cleanup*" \
make test-e2e-scenarios

Artifacts Layout

Each test run creates a single artifacts directory. The Makefile prints the path at the end of the run and records logs in run.log.

<artifacts_dir>/
  bin/
    kongctl
  run.log
  tests/
    Test_Scenarios_scenarios_portal_edit_scenario_yaml/
      config/
        kongctl/
          config.yaml
      steps/
        000-reset-org/
          commands/
            000-reset-org/
              command.txt
              stdout.txt
              stderr.txt
              env.json
              meta.json
        001-apply-initial/
          inputs/
            portal.yaml
          commands/
            000-apply-initial/
              command.txt
              stdout.txt
              stderr.txt
              env.json
              meta.json
              observation.json
            001-get-portal/
              command.txt
              stdout.txt
              stderr.txt
              env.json
              meta.json
              observation.json

The harness keeps artifacts by default for local debugging and CI upload.

Behavior And Conventions

• Build once: the binary is built, or copied from KONGCTL_E2E_BIN, once per run and reused.
• Default JSON: the harness injects -o json unless the command already sets an output flag.
• Log level: the harness injects --log-level unless the command already sets one.
• Profile config: the harness writes config.yaml for the e2e profile.
• Declarative concurrency: scenarios can set maxConcurrency at the default, step, or command level. Command wins over step, step wins over defaults, and explicit --max-concurrency in run still has normal CLI precedence.
• Sanitization: token-like env vars are redacted in env.json and logs.
• HTTP dumps: when Konnect SDK dump env vars are enabled, the harness stores each exchange under the command’s http-dumps/ directory.
• Observations: observation.json is attached to captured commands for apply summaries and read observations.

Example scenario concurrency overrides:

defaults:
  maxConcurrency: 5

steps:
  - name: cleanup
    maxConcurrency: 1
    commands:
      - name: delete
        maxConcurrency: 1
        run:
          - delete
          - -f
          - "{{ .workdir }}/config.yaml"
          - --auto-approve

CI Notes

The E2E GitHub Actions workflow scales wall-clock time by running one matrix job per Konnect org. Each job gets:

• one environment-scoped PAT
• the shared Konnect base URL from the repository variable
• one shard index
• the common shard total from the matrix size

The workflow derives sharding directly from GitHub Actions strategy context:

• KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_INDEX=${{ strategy.job-index }}
• KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_TOTAL=${{ strategy.job-total }}
• KONGCTL_E2E_MATRIX_ORG=${{ matrix.org_name }}
• KONGCTL_E2E_ORGS_JSON=${{ vars.KONGCTL_E2E_ORGS_JSON }}

The workflow also exposes the test timeout, HTTP timeout, and retry knobs above as repository or organization variables of the same names, so CI can tune runtime behavior without changing Go code.

For transport debugging, the workflow currently defaults to:

• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_TCP_USER_TIMEOUT=60s
• KONGCTL_E2E_HTTP_RECYCLE_CONNECTIONS_ON_ERROR=1

Override either one with a repository or organization variable if you want to disable or change the experiment for CI runs.

Each matrix leg writes an assigned-scenarios.txt manifest into its artifact directory. A final E2E Verify job downloads those manifests and fails unless:

• every shard index from 0 through KONGCTL_E2E_SHARD_TOTAL-1 appears once
• no scenario appears in more than one shard manifest
• the combined manifest set matches the full discovered scenario list

That verification step is the guardrail that keeps sharding regressions from silently dropping or duplicating scenario coverage.

The workflow summary also includes aggregated execution results from all shard jobs, including assigned scenario count, pass/fail/skip totals, per-shard durations, exit codes, and a failed-scenarios table when applicable.

For temporary GitHub-runner network debugging, the workflow can also capture packet traces for Konnect endpoints:

• set the workflow_dispatch input capture_tcpdump=true, or
• set the repository or organization variable KONGCTL_E2E_CAPTURE_TCPDUMP=1

When enabled, each matrix job records a tcpdump/ directory in the normal E2E artifact bundle containing:

• konnect.pcap: packet capture filtered to the regional Konnect host and global.api.konghq.com on port 443
• tcpdump.log: tcpdump startup and shutdown output
• context.txt: runner host, DNS resolution, interfaces, and routes

The org pool is defined as JSON in the repository or organization variable KONGCTL_E2E_ORGS_JSON. Example:

[
  { "org_name": "kongctl-e2e-us-1" },
  { "org_name": "kongctl-e2e-us-2" }
]

Each org_name must match a GitHub Actions environment that defines the secret KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT.

Set the shared Konnect API endpoint as the repository or organization variable KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_BASE_URL.

If the org-pool variable is unset, the workflow falls back to a single-org matrix entry named default, which is useful during migration if you still have a default environment or a temporary repository-level KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT secret in place.

SDK Prerelease Preview Automation

• Workflow SDK Prerelease Preview runs daily, and on manual dispatch, to fetch the latest prerelease tag from Kong/sdk-konnect-go, bump go.mod, and execute make build, make test, and make test-e2e.
• It requires repository secret KONGCTL_E2E_KONNECT_PAT.
• The workflow publishes harness artifacts and opens or updates a PR under automation/sdk-preview/<tag> when dependency changes are detected.

Troubleshooting

• Enable verbose logs with KONGCTL_E2E_LOG_LEVEL=debug.
• Inspect <artifacts_dir>/run.log for created paths, command lines, and durations.
• Check per-command command.txt, stderr.txt, and meta.json for the exact invocation and exit codes.
• Reset and scenario raw HTTP calls use a separate backoff policy from CLI subprocess retries. The harness honors Retry-After when Konnect returns throttling responses and fails faster after repeated full request timeouts.
• If JSON parsing fails due to extra fields, either add those fields to the relevant test struct or keep the default lenient mode.