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ref #443

Adds test fixtures for running e2e tests on elt-pipelines. This is very much not complete but is at the stage that I think it's useful to include, and could do with a) checking that this structure is reasonable (it does involve a bit of 'magic' based on the pipeline directories), and b) discussion on how to move forward with it.

test_statusdisplay and test_proposal show the kind of code the fixtures let us write. The tests can be invoked as specified in the README - environment variables for the DB config need to be set for test_proposal.

Things which need further work:

  • Something (I think iceberg) is creating directories in the working directory which contain data files for the warehouses. Need to work out how to put these in the temporary directory instead
  • The API of AssertableCatalog. The current methods are examples of the kinds of things we could do:
    • The specific assert_... etc. methods are useful, but narrow and would probably proliferate quite a lot over time
    • do_something is kind of the opposite, allowing callers to do basically whatever they want, but it's a bit clunky to use, and not reusable, so I'm not a big fan
    • We may want to do something in between those extremes, possibly with an assertion library?
  • Getting rid of the existing fixtures.py when finalizing Replace dlt framework and overhaul ingestion code #321 so that the awkward plugin arguments aren't necessary
  • Possibly making clean_catalog automatic/available as a context manager; it'll be very easy to forget to use atm done in 0e922f6
  • Writing more tests - the ones in this PR are very barebones to just give an idea of the kinds of things I imagine being useful

ref #443

Planned test harness will directly call run_ingest, so we need to move
this out of cli to ensure parity. I believe all uses of requests happen
as part of run_ingest, so this doesn't effect behaviour.
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The PR moves IPv6 configuration into ingest execution, exposes ingest manifest creation, adds caller-managed SQL catalog work directories, and introduces reusable pipeline fixtures, documentation, and end-to-end tests.

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Pipeline testing and ingest runtime

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Ingest runtime and manifest API
elt-common/src/elt_common/cli.py, elt-common/src/elt_common/ingest.py, elt-common/src/elt_common/pipeline.py
IPv6 disablement moves from cli.py to ingest.py. _create_ingest_manifest becomes create_ingest_manifest.
Temporary SQL catalog lifecycle
elt-common/src/elt_common/testing/sqlcatalog.py, elt-common/src/elt_common/testing/fixtures.py
SqlCatalogWarehouse accepts a caller-provided work directory. The SQL catalog fixture owns and cleans the temporary directory.
Pipeline fixtures and validation
elt-common/src/elt_common/testing/pipelines.py, elt-pipelines/README.md, elt-pipelines/pyproject.toml, elt-pipelines/facility_ops/.../test_statusdisplay.py, elt-pipelines/fase/.../test_proposal.py
Adds catalog assertion helpers, SQL warehouse fixtures, ingest execution fixtures, pytest setup, testing documentation, and coverage for columns, tables, row limits, row counts, overwrite behaviour, and cleanup.

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In `@elt-common/src/elt_common/ingest.py`:
- Line 33: Remove the module-level mutation of urllib3’s shared HAS_IPV6 setting
in elt_common.ingest, and scope IPv4-only behavior to the ingest client through
an ingest-specific transport or equivalent isolated client configuration. Ensure
unrelated requests clients retain normal IPv6 resolution while ingest requests
preserve their intended connectivity behavior.

In `@elt-common/src/elt_common/testing/pipelines.py`:
- Around line 102-104: Update the fixture teardown around AssertableCatalog and
catalog.close() to invoke clean_catalog() before closing the catalog, ensuring
cleanup also occurs after failed assertions and across session-scoped fixture
reuse.
- Line 97: Update the PyIceberg warehouse environment setup in the test fixture
to use warehouse.warehouse_path instead of test_warehouse_name, ensuring ingest
data is written to the temporary warehouse location used by
SqlCatalogWarehouse.connect().

In `@elt-pipelines/README.md`:
- Around line 101-103: Update the test instructions near the pytest command to
document the database environment variables required by test_proposal and where
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that test when no database is available.

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I like the general structure here. It pulls away the messy details of setting up a test catalog and leaves the tests to validate the things important to that pipeline.

I'm personally happy with the slightly rigid requirement that the test file be next to the extraction file along with the standard directory structure. The aim is to make the pipelines as standardised as possible so I think this is a strength.

Comment thread elt-common/src/elt_common/testing/fixtures.py
Both rely on the test file being named 'test_<job>.py' and existing in the same
directory as the pipeline it tests, in the elt-common directory structure:

<warehouse_name>/

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I'm happy with this as a standard as I think it's simple follows the pre-existing structures.

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from minio import Minio
import pytest
import tenacity
from minio import Minio

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This isn't necessary as part of these changes but I was thinking we could swap out the minio library for boto3 (it's used by pyarrow/s3fs anyway) and then we can drop any minio references.

We also use boto3 elsewhere in the iceberg bootstrap script so it would harmonise across the codebase too.

Some time ago I had slightly wondered whether the bootstrap script referenced above should be rewritten to use facilities in this library as it feels like there is a lot of duplication but that's a discussion for another day I think.

ref #464 (comment)

Will likely be expanded over time, but this kind of pattern seems like a good place to start
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