ci: run inherited smoke tests

Author: darwin67

.github/workflows/build-ssdb.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ on:
         description: 'enable ccache for non-reproducibility builds'
         type: boolean
         default: true
+      run_smoke_tests:
+        description: 'run a focused inherited test.py smoke suite after building'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
     outputs:
       md5sum:
         description: 'the md5sum for the inherited database executable'
@@ -52,10 +56,29 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate the building system
         run: |
           git config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+          artifacts=(--with scylla)
+          if [ "${{ inputs.run_smoke_tests }}" = "true" ]; then
+            artifacts+=(--with test/boost/UUID_test)
+          fi
           # The .#cpp shell's compiler wrappers use ccache when CCACHE_DIR is set.
-          nix develop .#cpp -c ./configure.py --mode ${{ inputs.build_mode }} --with scylla --no-seastar-unused-result-error
+          nix develop .#cpp -c ./configure.py --mode ${{ inputs.build_mode }} "${artifacts[@]}" --no-seastar-unused-result-error
       - run: |
           nix develop .#cpp -c ninja build/${{ inputs.build_mode }}/scylla
+      - name: Build inherited smoke tests
+        if: ${{ inputs.run_smoke_tests }}
+        run: |
+          nix develop .#cpp -c ninja build/${{ inputs.build_mode }}/test/boost/UUID_test
+      - name: Run inherited smoke tests
+        if: ${{ inputs.run_smoke_tests }}
+        run: |
+          nix develop .#cpp -c ./test.py --mode ${{ inputs.build_mode }} --jobs 1 --timeout 900 --tmpdir testlog boost/UUID_test
+      - name: Upload inherited test logs
+        if: ${{ always() && inputs.run_smoke_tests }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: inherited-testlog-${{ inputs.build_mode }}
+          path: testlog
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
       - id: checksum
         run: |
           checksum=$(md5sum build/${{ inputs.build_mode }}/scylla | cut -c -32)

.github/workflows/pr-builds.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-ssdb.yaml
     with:
       build_mode: dev
+      run_smoke_tests: true
 
   rust:
     name: Rust checks and tests

Makefile

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules
 INVENTORY_GENERATOR := docs/relicensing/generate-inventory.py
 INVENTORY_OUTPUTS := docs/relicensing/inventory.md docs/relicensing/inventory.tsv
 RUST_MANIFEST ?= rust/Cargo.toml
+CPP_TEST_MODE ?= dev
+CPP_TEST_SMOKE ?= boost/UUID_test
+CPP_TEST_SMOKE_ARTIFACTS ?= test/boost/UUID_test
+CPP_TEST_SMOKE_TARGETS ?= build/$(CPP_TEST_MODE)/test/boost/UUID_test
 
 .PHONY: help
 help: ## Show available targets.
@@ -54,6 +58,12 @@ rust-fmt-check: ## Check Rust formatting in the current Rust workspace.
 cpp-configure: ## Configure the inherited C++ build inside the Linux C++ shell.
 	$(NIX) develop .#cpp -c ./configure.py --mode dev --with scylla --disable-dpdk
 
+.PHONY: cpp-test-smoke
+cpp-test-smoke: ## Build and run the focused inherited C++ test.py smoke suite.
+	$(NIX) develop .#cpp -c ./configure.py --mode $(CPP_TEST_MODE) --with scylla $(addprefix --with ,$(CPP_TEST_SMOKE_ARTIFACTS)) --disable-dpdk --no-seastar-unused-result-error
+	$(NIX) develop .#cpp -c ninja build/$(CPP_TEST_MODE)/scylla $(CPP_TEST_SMOKE_TARGETS)
+	$(NIX) develop .#cpp -c ./test.py --mode $(CPP_TEST_MODE) --jobs 1 --timeout 900 --tmpdir testlog $(CPP_TEST_SMOKE)
+
 .PHONY: inventory
 inventory: ## Regenerate relicensing inventory files.
 	@$(PYTHON) $(INVENTORY_GENERATOR)

docs/ci/workflow-audit.md

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ changes, and which should be removed.
 
 | Workflow                          | File                                     | Category    | Current role                                                                                                                  | Audit note                                                                                     |
 |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| SSDB Build and Test          | `.github/workflows/pr-builds.yml`        | Core PR CI  | Installs Nix, validates the flake, runs the C++ configure smoke through the C++ shell, runs the reusable inherited binary build, and runs Rust checks/tests through Makefile/Nix targets. | Keep as the fork's primary PR signal. Expand as Rust replacement modules become testable.      |
+| SSDB Build and Test          | `.github/workflows/pr-builds.yml`        | Core PR CI  | Installs Nix, validates the flake, runs the C++ configure smoke through the C++ shell, runs the reusable inherited binary build with a focused `test.py` smoke test, and runs Rust checks/tests through Makefile/Nix targets. | Keep as the fork's primary PR signal. Expand inherited test coverage and Rust replacement modules as they become testable. |
 | SSDB PR                      | `.github/workflows/ssdb-pr.yaml`      | Core PR CI  | Runs relicensing Phase 1 checks and prints relicensing status.                                                                | Keep until provenance checks are merged into broader CI.                                       |
 | PR Conventional Commit Validation | `.github/workflows/commits.yml`          | Core PR CI  | Validates conventional PR titles without adding labels.                                                                       | Keep for release-note hygiene.                                                                 |
 | codespell                         | `.github/workflows/codespell.yaml`       | Core PR CI  | Warns on spelling issues.                                                                                                     | Keep, but consider making it fail once inherited false positives are cleaned up.               |
-| Build SSDB                   | `.github/workflows/build-ssdb.yaml` | Reusable CI | Installs Nix, enters the C++ shell, and builds the inherited database executable for a requested mode.                         | Keep as reusable CI. Internal target paths still use `scylla` until the build tree is renamed. |
+| Build SSDB                   | `.github/workflows/build-ssdb.yaml` | Reusable CI | Installs Nix, enters the C++ shell, builds the inherited database executable for a requested mode, and can optionally run focused inherited `test.py` smoke tests. | Keep as reusable CI. Internal target paths still use `scylla` until the build tree is renamed. |
 
 ## Modify