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diff --git a/remote/README.md b/remote/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d9b8a73467 --- /dev/null +++ b/remote/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +The Firefox remote agent is a low-level debugging interface based +on the CDP protocol. + +With it, you can inspect the state and control execution of documents +running in web content, instrument Gecko in interesting ways, +simulate user interaction for automation purposes, and debug +JavaScript execution. + +This component provides an experimental and partial implementation +of a remote devtools interface using the CDP protocol and transport +layer. + +See https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/remote/ for documentation. + +It is available in Firefox and is started this way: + + % ./mach run --remote-debugging-port + + +Puppeteer +========= +Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome, +Chromium, and Firefox over the Chrome DevTools Protocol. Puppeteer runs headless +by default, but can be configured to run full (non-headless) browsers. + +To verify that our implementation of the CDP protocol is valid we do not only +run xpcshell and browser-chrome mochitests in Firefox CI but also the Puppeteer +unit tests. + +Expectation Data +---------------- + +With the tests coming from upstream, it is not guaranteed that they +all pass in Gecko-based browsers. For this reason it is necessary to +provide metadata about the expected results of each test. This is +provided in a manifest file under `test/puppeteer-expected.json`. + +For each test of the Puppeteer unit test suite an equivalent entry will exist +in this manifest file. By default tests are expected to `PASS`. + +Tests that are intermittent may be marked with multiple statuses using +a list of possibilities e.g. for a test that usually passes, but +intermittently fails: + + "Page.click should click the button (click.spec.ts)": [ + "PASS", "FAIL" + ], + +Disabling Tests +--------------- + +Tests are disabled by using the manifest file `test/puppeteer-expected.json`. +For example, if a test is unstable, it can be disabled using `SKIP`: + + "Workers Page.workers (worker.spec.ts)": [ + "SKIP" + ], + +For intermittents it's generally preferable to give the test multiple +expectations rather than disable it. + +Autogenerating Expectation Data +------------------------------- + +After changing some code it may be necessary to update the expectation +data for the relevant tests. This can of course be done manually, but +`mach` is able to automate the process: + + mach puppeteer-test --write-results + +By default it writes the output to `test/puppeteer-expected.json`. + +Given that the unit tests run in Firefox CI only for Linux it is advised to +download the expectation data (available as artifact) from the TaskCluster job. |