@specific.dev/spectest 0.107.2 → 0.109.0

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package/dist/index.d.ts CHANGED
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Android, AndroidApp } from "./android.js";
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  export type { Android, AndroidApp, AndroidElement, AndroidRecordingOptions } from "./android.js";
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  import { strict as nodeAssert } from "node:assert";
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  export type { Carrier, Wrapped, WrappedObject, WrappedArray, WrappedHeaders, WrappedBuffer, WrappedBinaryView, WrappedBytes, WrappedBlob, WrappedFile, WrappedFormData, WrappedStream, WrappedReader, WrappedBYOBReader, WrappedReadResult, WrappedResponse, Provenanced, SpectestFetch, SpectestRequestInit, Unwrap, } from "./inspect.js";
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- import type { Provenanced, SpectestFetch, Wrapped } from "./inspect.js";
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+ import type { Provenanced, SpectestFetch, Wrapped, Unwrap } from "./inspect.js";
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  export { field } from "./inspect.js";
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  export { annotate } from "./annotate.js";
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  export type { Annotated, AnnotationKind, AnnotationOptions, ChatAnnotation, ChatMessageAnnotation, ChatReactionAnnotation, EmailAnnotation, } from "./annotate.js";
@@ -563,6 +563,11 @@ export interface ServiceDefinition<H extends Record<string, any> = Record<string
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  * user chose in the services map and matches the in-VM DNS name; the
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  * rest of the {@link ServiceHelpersContext} (exec, projectRoot) lets a
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  * component reach into its containers without daemon internals.
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+ *
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+ * Direct helper functions may return `annotate(value, "email" | "chat")`.
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+ * That call becomes one named service step, its internal events are hidden,
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+ * and the caller receives `Wrapped<T>` linked to the helper. Ordinary returns
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+ * retain their existing value/type and underlying operation events.
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  */
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  helpers?: (args: ServiceHelpersContext) => H | Promise<H>;
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  /**
@@ -600,13 +605,20 @@ type HelpersOf<D> = "helpers" extends keyof D ? [NonNullable<D["helpers"]>] exte
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  /**
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  * Per-service handles derived from a concrete services map. Only
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  * services that ship a `helpers` factory appear here; `ctx.svc.<name>`
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- * is exactly the record the factory returned (e.g. `{ client: SqlClient }`
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- * for `postgres(...)`). Services without helpers don't show up at all,
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+ * preserves the factory's live handles and ordinary function results. A
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+ * function returning `annotate(value, kind)` instead returns a wrapped value
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+ * linked to one named service-helper step. Services without helpers don't show up,
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  * so plain `services: { api: { image: ... } }` adds no noise.
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  */
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  export type ServiceHandlesFor<S extends ServicesMap> = {
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- [K in keyof S as HelpersOf<S[K]> extends never ? never : K]: HelpersOf<S[K]>;
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+ [K in keyof S as HelpersOf<S[K]> extends never ? never : K]: ServiceHelpers<HelpersOf<S[K]>>;
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+ };
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+ /** Only annotated returns change type. Keeping other function types verbatim
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+ * preserves generics, overloads, and callable clients with attached methods. */
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+ type ServiceHelpers<H> = {
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+ [K in keyof H]: H[K] extends (...args: infer A) => infer R ? Extract<Awaited<R>, Annotated<unknown>> extends never ? H[K] : (...args: A) => R extends Promise<infer V> ? Promise<ServiceHelperResult<V>> : ServiceHelperResult<R> : H[K];
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  };
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+ type ServiceHelperResult<R> = R extends Annotated<infer V> ? Wrapped<Unwrap<V>> : R;
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  /** Loose, runtime-friendly shape of `ctx.svc` for code that doesn't
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  * know the concrete services map (the daemon, generic helpers). The
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  * typed `ctx.svc` in test bodies is `ServiceHandlesFor<S>`. */
@@ -1543,14 +1555,14 @@ export declare function defineFake<S = any, H extends Record<string, unknown> =
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  * at use sites. */
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  export type FakesMap = Record<string, FakeDefinition<any, any>>;
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  /** Rewrite a helpers record so each function's result is inspect-wrapped
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- * ({@link Wrapped}) — mirroring the runtime, where `trackFakeHelpers` wraps
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+ * ({@link Wrapped}) — mirroring the runtime, where `trackHelpers` wraps
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  * every helper return value for assertion provenance. Without this the raw
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  * return type (e.g. `Charge[]`) reaches `expect`, which the `Provenanced`
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  * gate rejects. Handles sync and async helpers; non-function members (and
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  * `void` side-effect helpers) pass through untouched. Mirrors `Tagged<T>` in
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  * `components/k3s.ts`, extended to cover synchronous returns. */
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  type WrappedHelpers<H> = {
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- [K in keyof H]: H[K] extends (...args: infer A) => Promise<infer R> ? (...args: A) => Promise<Wrapped<Unannotated<R>>> : H[K] extends (...args: infer A) => infer R ? (...args: A) => [R] extends [void] ? void : Wrapped<Unannotated<R>> : H[K];
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+ [K in keyof H]: H[K] extends (...args: infer A) => Promise<infer R> ? (...args: A) => Promise<Wrapped<Unwrap<Unannotated<R>>>> : H[K] extends (...args: infer A) => infer R ? (...args: A) => [R] extends [void] ? void : Wrapped<Unwrap<Unannotated<R>>> : H[K];
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  };
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  /** A helper's return type as the *test* sees it. {@link annotate} boxes the
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  * value in an {@link Annotated} to pick how the step renders; the daemon
@@ -1612,17 +1624,25 @@ export interface Project<S extends ServicesMap = ServicesMap, F extends FakesMap
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  * appear in the timeline.
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  */
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  setup?: ProjectSetupFn<S, F>;
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+ /**
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+ * Prepare a new interactive environment, after normal setup and the shared
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+ * warm-template snapshot. Runs on both cold starts and warm restores from
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+ * the dashboard or `spectest env start`, before the environment is ready.
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+ * Never runs for tests, snapshot forks, or resuming a stopped environment.
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+ * Uses the same context as `setup`; throw to fail the start.
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+ */
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+ setupInteractive?: ProjectSetupFn<S, F>;
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  tests?: TestSuite<S, F>;
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  }
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  /**
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- * Context handed to the project-level `setup` hook: the full
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+ * Context handed to the project-level `setup` and `setupInteractive` hooks: the full
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  * {@link SpectestContext}, minus only what a timeline gives a test
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  * (testName, parent, browser/mobile/terminal). Everything a test can do
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  * to the environment — exec, fetch, `svc`/`fakes` helpers, `poll`,
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  * `dnsName`, `certificate`, `startService`, and project-file access via
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- * `projectRoot`/`readProjectFile` — is available here too, and whatever it
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- * produces is captured into the warm-template snapshot, so every test
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- * inherits it without re-running.
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+ * `projectRoot`/`readProjectFile` — is available here too. Normal `setup`
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+ * state is captured into the shared warm template; `setupInteractive`
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+ * state belongs only to the new interactive environment.
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  */
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  export interface ProjectSetupContext<S extends ServicesMap = ServicesMap, F extends FakesMap = FakesMap> extends SpectestContext<S, F> {
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  }
@@ -1661,6 +1681,8 @@ export type ProjectSetupFn<S extends ServicesMap = ServicesMap, F extends FakesM
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  export interface ProjectOpts<S extends ServicesMap = ServicesMap, F extends FakesMap = FakesMap> {
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  /** Optional project-level setup. See `Project.setup`. */
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  setup?: ProjectSetupFn<S, F>;
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+ /** Optional interactive-only setup. See `Project.setupInteractive`. */
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+ setupInteractive?: ProjectSetupFn<S, F>;
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  /** Test cases for this project's suite. */
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  tests?: TestCase<unknown, S, F>[];
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  }
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  group<P = undefined>(name: string, opts?: GroupOpts<P, S, F>): TestGroup<P, S, F>;
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  /** Bundle this environment with a test suite into the project default
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  * export. Pass tests as a plain array for the common case, or an
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- * options bag to attach project-level `setup`. (Fakes are declared on
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+ * options bag to attach `setup` or `setupInteractive`. (Fakes are declared on
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  * `defineEnvironment`, not here.) */
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  project(tests?: TestCase<unknown, S, F>[]): Project<S, F>;
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  project(opts: ProjectOpts<S, F>): Project<S, F>;
package/dist/index.js CHANGED
@@ -17,13 +17,9 @@ import { adoptNullishTag, readRaw, readTag } from "./inspect.js";
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  // always wrapped (in every context), so the method is always there; there is no
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  // `unwrap(x)` free function. See the `.unwrap()` discipline section of `spectest docs`.
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  export { field } from "./inspect.js";
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- // Render annotations for fake helpers: a helper returns
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- // `annotate(value, "email", { … })` or `annotate(value, "chat", { … })`
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- // when its value is one of those, and the fake step it records gains a
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- // nested event drawing it — an email mail-client style, a conversation as
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- // bubbles — which the step's panel leads with, tabbing to the raw JSON
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- // value. The kind picks the options' type, and the test still gets the raw
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- // value, with the raw value's type — see `annotate.ts`.
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+ // Fake and service helpers return annotate(value, kind) to render their own
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+ // result as email/chat. Their boundary opens the box and links assertions to
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+ // the helper step. Annotated service returns suppress internal operation events.
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  export { annotate } from "./annotate.js";
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  // Instrumented client primitives — drop-in replacements for Bun's native
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  // clients that record each operation on the test event log and return their
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  const proj = { environment: config };
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  if (opts.setup)
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  proj.setup = opts.setup;
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+ if (opts.setupInteractive)
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+ proj.setupInteractive = opts.setupInteractive;
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  if (fakes)
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  proj.fakes = fakes;
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  if (opts.tests && opts.tests.length > 0) {
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  import type { AndroidStepDetails } from "./android-step.js";
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- export type TestEvent = ExecEvent | AssertionEvent | HttpEvent | KubeEvent | BrowserEvent | DbEvent | RedisEvent | S3Event | TerminalEvent | TerminalStepEvent | WaitEvent | FakeEvent | EnvEvent | EmailEvent | StepEvent;
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+ export type TestEvent = ExecEvent | AssertionEvent | HttpEvent | KubeEvent | BrowserEvent | DbEvent | RedisEvent | S3Event | TerminalEvent | TerminalStepEvent | WaitEvent | FakeEvent | ServiceHelperEvent | EnvEvent | EmailEvent | StepEvent;
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  interface BaseEvent {
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  /** Order of *start* within the test. Reserved when an op begins (see
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  * `reserveEvent`), so an op whose nested children finish — and record —
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  /** Set if the helper threw. */
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  error?: string;
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  }
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+ /** An annotated service helper has the same call/return shape as a fake.
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+ * Only helpers returning an annotation emit this event. */
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+ export interface ServiceHelperEvent extends Omit<FakeEvent, "kind" | "fake"> {
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+ kind: "service";
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+ /** Service name — the key in `ctx.svc`. */
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+ service: string;
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+ }
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  /**
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  * text bodies ride along (truncated to the output cap) so the dashboard
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+ /** Buffer a helper's async descendants until its return chooses between the
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+ * implementation's events and one annotated helper call. Seqs still come from
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+ * the test recorder, so concurrent calls and linked assertions stay unique.
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+ * Poll truncation/grouping inside the helper applies only to its own buffer. */
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+ export declare function captureRecording(): {
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+ run<T>(fn: () => T): T;
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+ finish(keep: boolean): void;
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+ isCurrent(): boolean;
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+ };
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  export declare function pauseRecording(): void;
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  export declare function resumeRecording(): void;
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  export declare function startRecording(startedAt?: number): void;
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  export declare function recordTerminal(ev: Omit<TerminalEvent, "seq" | "tOffsetMs" | "kind">, reservation?: EventReservation): number | undefined;
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  export declare function recordTerminalStep(ev: Omit<TerminalStepEvent, "seq" | "tOffsetMs" | "kind">, reservation?: EventReservation): number | undefined;
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  export declare function recordFake(ev: Omit<FakeEvent, "seq" | "tOffsetMs" | "kind">, reservation?: EventReservation): number | undefined;
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+ export declare function recordServiceHelper(ev: Omit<ServiceHelperEvent, "seq" | "tOffsetMs" | "kind">, reservation?: EventReservation): number | undefined;
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  export declare function recordEnv(ev: Omit<EnvEvent, "seq" | "tOffsetMs" | "kind">, reservation?: EventReservation): number | undefined;
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  /**
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package/dist/recorder.js CHANGED
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+ import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
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  import { clearPendingNullish } from "./inspect.js";
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+ }
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+ function branchAllowsRecording(branch) {
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+ branchAllowsRecording(branch.parent));
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package/package.json CHANGED
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