Build and test

Versions

#282 • Updated Sep 19, 2026

Commands

dotnet build                          # whole solution (Conderis.slnx)
dotnet test Conderis.slnx             # both test projects
dotnet test tests/Conderis.Core.Tests # domain, no web host, seconds
dotnet test tests/Conderis.Tests      # HTTP, OAuth, MCP and rendered UI, about a minute
dotnet run --project src/Conderis     # local web app

Test projects

Project	What it covers	Database
`Conderis.Core.Tests`	Services: permissions, numbering, proposals, documentation pages, privacy deletion	SQLite in memory, one per test
`Conderis.Tests`	The running app through HTTP: sign-in, MCP tool calls, rendered pages, redirects, the contact form	SQLite
`Conderis.TestSupport`	Shared helpers such as the test database; contains no tests

SQLite tests create the schema with EnsureCreated, not with migrations. A migration is therefore not exercised by the test run; see Database and migrations.

Guards worth knowing

These tests fail on problems that are easy to miss by looking at a page:

McpDiscoveryTests.ToolListStaysWithinItsContextBudget limits how many tools MCP advertises and how many characters their descriptions take (8 tools, 6,500 characters since #317). Every connected agent pays for that list in every session. When a new capability needs more room, shorten existing descriptions first and raise the limit only by what is left; record each step in the comment above the limits.
ToolListMeasurement.BuiltV2ToolsMatchTheMeasuredSchemas compares the built MCP tools with tests/Conderis.Tests/ToolSurface/V2Prototype.cs. Change both together (#309).
HttpTests.PublishedBatchV2ExampleIsStoredAsItStandsAndRetriedWithoutDuplicates sends the published /examples/conderis-batch-v2.json through item_store, so the schema, example and server cannot drift apart.
HttpTests.ScopedStylesMatchTheMarkupTheyStyle compares the scope ids in rendered markup with the served CSS bundle. A stale obj folder after renaming a project produces a bundle that matches nothing, and component styles silently stop applying.
SourceEncodingTests rejects files that were saved with broken UTF-8.
ItemNumberConcurrencyTests runs against LocalDB, because only SQL Server shows whether two concurrent writers can receive the same item number.

Publishing and deploying

Deploying changes the live site for every user and agent: ask the owner first, and check git status, since another agent may be mid-edit.

dotnet publish src/Conderis -c Release -o artifacts/web
./scripts/Publish-Web.ps1 -Deploy

After a rename, delete src/Conderis/obj and bin first; an incremental publish can reuse generated files from before it. The deployment keeps remote files such as App_Data/keys, and the start applies pending migrations (#283). Never commit .env, publish settings or the generated artifacts/web/web.config.

Afterwards check that /connect answers 200 (the first request after a deployment waits for the start), and for MCP changes run a fresh headless session against production (claude -p with the conderis tools allowed) that recalls, creates and completes a task and changes a memory.