pcbjam/tests/tools/screenshots/README.md
Viktor Vaczi 13551f4f22 feat(tests): screenshot regression + Discord review, perf-tracked
New tooling in tests/tools/screenshots/ (TypeScript via tsx):
- compare.ts: one pixelmatch engine (AA-excluded), connected-component
  "where to look" boxes, old|new+boxes|heatmap triptych, per-engine floors.
- promote.ts: churn-free updater — overwrite a baseline only when decoded
  pixels differ beyond the floor, copying CI bytes verbatim (no re-encode
  churn); pulls a CI run via `gh run download` or a local --from dir.
- post-discord.ts: always-on CI-on-main report (SHA + e2e status + the
  track-only runtime-perf table), then screenshot triptychs, batched +
  size-capped + flood-collapsed + 429-aware.
- perf-report.ts: perf table with Δ vs the previous main run (via gh).
- changelog.ts: no-build git-history baseline differ (Discord trigger B).
- noise.ts / gen-manifest.ts: calibration + manifest generation.

CI wiring:
- wasm-build.yml: post-test step runs the gate + report on the already-
  produced test-results (no extra build); report-only (continue-on-error),
  posts only on push to main, inert without DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL.
- ci-ubicloud.yml: secrets: inherit (pass the webhook through).
- screenshot-changelog.yml: ~30s no-build changelog on baseline changes.

screenshot-manifest.json: canonical 354-name set + best-effort engine tags
(313 chromium-swiftshader / 41 firefox-llvmpipe).

Normalize scale:'device'->'css' across 18 spec files (no-op at CI DSF=1)
so committed baselines are uniformly css-scaled.

Design: CI's Linux render is the single source of truth; no pinned
container (accept rare env drift -> re-promote); dev commits via promote.
Replaces the byte-cmp compare-screenshots.sh + file-size-proxy
update-baseline-screenshots.sh (kept for now until the first re-baseline).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-01 18:17:20 +02:00

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Screenshot regression + Discord review tooling

One comparison engine + a churn-free updater + a Discord reporter for the e2e screenshots. Design and rationale: ~/.claude/plans/…snowglobe.md (or ask).

Source of truth = CI's Linux render. The dev never authors baselines on the Mac (Mac fonts/GL ≠ CI). Instead, CI renders on every push; when a render change is intentional you promote CI's artifact into the committed baselines. The environment isn't pinned — if the host's Mesa/fonts drift, the gate lights up in Discord and you just re-promote (broad + low-intensity change ⇒ likely drift).

Files

  • config.ts — thresholds, baseline dirs, per-engine floors (calibrate!), clustering knobs.
  • image-ops.ts — PNG load/save, pixelmatch diff (AA-excluded), connected-component boxes, triptych compositing, size-cap resize.
  • compare.ts — the engine: classify baselines vs test-results/test-results/screenshot-diff/report.json + triptych/heatmap PNGs. --pair diffs two files.
  • promote.ts — churn-free updater: pull a CI run's shots (gh run download) or --from DIR; overwrite a baseline only when pixels differ beyond the floor (verbatim bytes, no re-encode) → no git churn.
  • perf-report.ts — renders the track-only runtime-perf table (loadMs/openMs/FPS) with Δ vs the previous main run (fetched via gh).
  • post-discord.ts — the always-on CI-on-main report: SHA + e2e status + perf table, then screenshot triptychs (batched, size-capped, flood-collapsed).
  • changelog.ts — Discord trigger B: git-history diff of committed baseline PNGs (no build/GPU).
  • noise.ts — calibration: diff two identical-input renders → per-engine noise floor.
  • gen-manifest.ts — regenerate screenshot-manifest.json (canonical name list + best-effort engine tag) by scanning the committed baselines + specs.

npm scripts (run from tests/)

npm run screenshots:check      # gate: baselines vs test-results → report.json (exit 0; add --fail-on-change to gate)
npm run screenshots:promote -- --run <ci-run-id>   # churn-free re-baseline from a CI run (or --from DIR)
npm run screenshots:report -- --e2e pass           # post the CI report to Discord (main+push only; needs DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL)
npm run screenshots:changelog                       # post the baseline changelog (main+push only)
npm run screenshots:noise -- run1/ run2/            # calibrate floors
npm run screenshots:manifest                        # regenerate the manifest (--check to verify it's fresh)

Activation checklist

  • screenshot-manifest.json generated (name list authoritative; engine tags best-effort until calibration).
  • scale:'device''css' normalized (no-op at CI's DSF=1).
  1. Add the DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL repo secret — until then everything is inert.
  2. Calibrate: run the suite twice in CI, screenshots:noise the two dirs, set FLOORS in config.ts.
  3. First re-baseline: promote a clean CI run's render, commit (expect a big, one-time chrome-font diff vs the Mac baselines).
  4. Delete the old scripts/{compare,update-baseline}-screenshots.sh.
  5. Once floors are proven stable, flip the gate to --fail-on-change.