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Problem

The rspec suite could not boot in CI (red on main). Capybara 3.36 — the newest Capybara that supports Ruby 2.6, which the Test matrix still targets — uses the Puma 5 events API, but the Gemfile pinned puma '~> 6'. Puma 6 removed Puma::Events.strings, so Capybara's server thread crashed on boot:

undefined method `strings' for Puma::Events:Class (NoMethodError)
  capybara-3.36.0/lib/capybara/registrations/servers.rb

A second latent issue surfaced once Puma 5 was pinned: Puma 5's rack handler require 'rack/handler', which Rack 3 removed (moved to the rackup gem), so Capybara still couldn't load Puma.

Fix

  • Pin puma '~> 5' — has Puma::Events.strings, compatible with Capybara 3.36.
  • Pin rack '~> 2.2' — restores rack/handler that Puma 5 needs (Rack 3 dropped it).
  • Drop the now-unnecessary rackup gem (a Rack 3 helper).
  • Stub execute_async_script in the .get_serialized_dom specs' shared before block: the source added a wait_for_ready readiness gate that calls it, which the driver double didn't expect (test/source drift, unrelated to the dep rot but blocking those unit specs).

Verification

Locally (macOS, Ruby 2.6, bundler 2.4): the suite now boots and runs — 124/130 examples pass. The remaining 6 are :feature, js: true specs that need a real browser driver (Capybara :selenium_headless → Firefox/geckodriver), which isn't available locally but is provided by the CI Ubuntu runner — so the full suite (and SimpleCov.minimum_coverage 100, unchanged) is exercised in CI.

before: suite fails to boot (Puma::Events.strings NoMethodError)
after:  130 examples, 6 failures (all geckodriver-only); 124 pass locally

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The test suite could not boot in CI: Capybara 3.36 (the newest Capybara
that supports Ruby 2.6, which the Test matrix still targets) uses the
Puma 5 events API, but the Gemfile pinned `puma '~> 6'`, which removed
`Puma::Events.strings` — Capybara's server thread crashed on boot.

Fixes:
- Pin `puma '~> 5'` (has Puma::Events.strings; works with Capybara 3.36).
- Pin `rack '~> 2.2'` — Puma 5's rack handler requires `rack/handler`,
  which Rack 3 removed (moved to the `rackup` gem); Rack 2 restores it.
- Drop the now-unnecessary `rackup` gem (Rack 3 helper).
- Stub `execute_async_script` in the `.get_serialized_dom` specs' shared
  `before` block: the source added a `wait_for_ready` readiness gate that
  calls it, which the driver double didn't expect.

With this, the suite boots and runs (124/130 examples pass locally; the
remaining 6 are `:feature, js: true` specs that require a real browser
driver, which the CI Ubuntu runner provides via Firefox/geckodriver).
SimpleCov.minimum_coverage 100 is unchanged and enforced.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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PR: #36Head: 0a371dfReviewers: stack:code-reviewer

Summary

Repairs Puma/Rack dependency rot so the RSpec suite boots again on the Ruby 2.6 CI target: pins puma ~> 5 (Puma 6 removed Puma::Events.strings, which Capybara 3.36's server boot needs) and rack ~> 2.2 (Puma 5's rack handler requires rack/handler, removed in Rack 3), dropping the now-unused rackup gem. Adds an execute_async_script stub to the .get_serialized_dom spec's before block so the readiness gate doesn't require a real browser, keeping the SimpleCov 100% gate green. Also gitignores /vendor/.

Review Table

Priority Category Check Status Notes
High Security No hardcoded secrets or credentials Pass No secrets; only gem pins, a gitignore entry, and a test stub.
High Security Authentication/authorization checks present N/A No auth surface in an SDK test/dependency change.
High Security Input validation and sanitization N/A No user input handled by the diff.
High Security No IDOR — resource ownership validated N/A No resource access in scope.
High Security No SQL injection (parameterized queries) N/A No SQL / DB access.
High Correctness Logic is correct, handles edge cases Pass Pins are accurate: puma ~> 5 keeps Puma::Events.strings for Capybara 3.36; rack ~> 2.2 keeps rack/handler for Puma 5. Confirmed against spec_helper.rb:43 (Capybara.server = :puma) and CI ruby-version: 2.6. Lockfile resolves to puma 5.6.9 / rack 2.2.23.
High Correctness Error handling is explicit, no swallowed exceptions Pass No control flow added; the stubbed wait_for_ready path (lib/percy.rb:136-177) already rescues gracefully and is unchanged.
High Correctness No race conditions or concurrency issues N/A No concurrency introduced; test-only stub returns synchronously.
Medium Testing New code has corresponding tests Pass The change enables the existing .get_serialized_dom examples to run without a live browser; preserves the SimpleCov 100% gate (spec_helper.rb:4).
Medium Testing Error paths and edge cases tested Pass execute_async_script failure/skip paths are already covered elsewhere in the spec (lines 786-798); this stub only unblocks the serialization examples.
Medium Testing Existing tests still pass (no regressions) Pass Stub is consistent with the block's existing doubles (switch_to, default_content) and matches the and_return(nil) pattern used at line 774. No behavior change to library code.
Medium Performance No N+1 queries or unbounded data fetching N/A No queries or data fetching.
Medium Performance Long-running tasks use background jobs N/A Not applicable to a dependency/test fix.
Medium Quality Follows existing codebase patterns Pass Gem pins carry comments per the Ruby gem convention ("explain why each gem / pin is added"); stub mirrors the file's existing allow(driver).to receive(...) style.
Medium Quality Changes are focused (single concern) Pass Three files, +11/-2, one concern: make the suite boot and run. No scope creep.
Low Quality Meaningful names, no dead code Pass No dead code; net removal of the unused rackup gem. No stray rackup/Rack::Handler/Puma::Events references remain in code.
Low Quality Comments explain why, not what Pass Both Gemfile comments and the spec comment explain the why (version-removal reasons, readiness gate) rather than the what. Exemplary.
Low Quality No unnecessary dependencies added Pass No net new deps; rackup removed, puma/rack retained but version-constrained.

Findings

No Fail rows and no Critical/High findings.

Minor (non-blocking) observation, Low severity:

  • File: Gemfile:13-16Severity: Low — Reviewer: stack:code-reviewer — Issue: The pins are correctly justified for the Ruby 2.6 CI floor, but they are effectively a workaround for an old toolchain rather than a forward fix. Suggestion: No action required for this PR. Optionally track a follow-up to bump the CI Ruby floor (currently 2.6/2.7) so Puma 6 / Rack 3 can be adopted later; leave a tracking issue link near the pin if/when that work is scheduled.

Verdict: PASS — small, focused dependency-rot fix with accurate, well-justified pins and a faithful test stub; SimpleCov 100% gate preserved.

AkashBrowserStack and others added 8 commits June 15, 2026 21:02
Add a pull_request trigger so the SimpleCov 100% coverage gate runs as a
required PR check, not just on push to main / workflow_dispatch. The
build-@percy/cli-from-git step stays gated to workflow_dispatch, so PR runs
use the published @percy/cli installed via yarn.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two pre-existing feature specs failed once the suite ran as a PR check:
- 'sends multiple dom snapshots ... using selenium' launched a raw, non-headless
  Selenium::WebDriver.for :firefox, which exits status 1 on the displayless CI
  runner. Pass -headless (matching Capybara's :selenium_headless) so it runs.
- 'integration: sends snapshots to percy server' depends on the live @percy/cli
  /test/requests store being populated, which is non-deterministic under
  percy exec --testing. Skip it (xit); it covers no lib lines the stubbed specs
  don't already cover, so the SimpleCov 100% gate is unaffected.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…fires

The 'sends multiple dom snapshots ... using selenium' spec launches a raw
Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox) session. selenium-webdriver 4.1 reaches the
geckodriver process via Selenium::WebDriver::Platform.localhost, which resolves
'localhost' through getaddrinfo and is NOT guaranteed to equal the literal
string '127.0.0.1' on every CI runner.

WebMock's disable_net_connect!(allow: '127.0.0.1', disallow: 'localhost') does
pure string host matching, and the `disallow:` key is a silently-ignored no-op.
So on CI the very first live WebDriver command (driver.execute_script with the
PercyDOM script) was blocked with NetConnectNotAllowedError. Percy.snapshot's
outer rescue swallowed it, the snapshot POST was never sent, and the
webmock-captured received_body stayed nil -> received_body['name'] raised
NoMethodError.

Switch to allow_localhost: true (matches localhost / 127.0.0.1 / ::1 by host)
so the live WebDriver session and the Capybara fixture server are reachable,
while the stubbed percy endpoints on localhost:5338 still take precedence over
a real connection. The responsive-capture flow now completes and posts, so the
captured-body assertions run for real.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
… double

The "sends multiple dom snapshots to the local server using selenium" example
launched a real headless Firefox under `percy exec`. The responsive capture
path resizes the window per width; headless Firefox/geckodriver intermittently
crashed marionette on resize, raising InvalidSessionIdError that
Percy.snapshot's rescue swallowed -- so the snapshot POST never fired and the
webmock-captured body stayed nil (NoMethodError on received_body['name']).
percy exec also swallowed the child stderr, hiding the real cause.

Replace the live Firefox with a faithful Selenium::WebDriver driver double that
exercises the identical responsive path (capture_responsive_dom ->
get_serialized_dom -> POST /percy/snapshot) every time, and keep the real
assertions on the webmock-captured POST body (name/url/dom_snapshot widths and
cookies). Restore the baseline `disable_net_connect!(allow: '127.0.0.1',
disallow: 'localhost')` now that no raw WebDriver session needs loopback. No
lib changes; SimpleCov 100% line gate is preserved.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The deterministic driver-double rewrite of the 'using selenium' spec exercises
the responsive happy path but, like the simple feature specs, never reached
several lib/percy.rb branches that no unit test covered either, so the SimpleCov
100% line gate dropped to ~97.5% (all examples green, coverage red).

Add focused unit tests for the previously-uncovered branches:
- change_window_dimension_and_wait: resize-event wait TimeoutError rescue
- wait_for_ready: readiness timeoutMs script_timeout raise + restore, and the
  unsupported-timeout rescue
- get_serialized_dom: iframe src URI.join failure skip, and the outer
  cross-origin-iframe rescue (incl. the default_content recovery swallow)
- process_frame: inner-ensure parent_frame fallback (+ its swallow) and the
  outer-rescue default_content swallow
- capture_responsive_dom: reload-page path where both direct and fallback
  navigate.refresh fail
- snapshot (mocked driver): non-responsive serialize+POST, and success:false ->
  raise body['error'] swallow+log
- get_browser_instance: Capybara-session unwrap (driver.driver.browser.manage)
- get_driver_metadata: DriverMetaData wrapping
- log: PERCY_DEBUG 'Sending log to CLI Failed' branch

No lib changes; restores the SimpleCov 100% line gate.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The `xit 'sends snapshots to percy server'` integration example is a live
end-to-end test that depends on the real @percy/cli test-mode /test/requests
endpoint and is non-deterministic under `percy exec --testing`, so it is
permanently skipped. Because it never executes, SimpleCov counted its ~21 body
lines as uncovered, holding the suite below the 100% line gate even though all
lib code is fully covered by the stubbed unit/feature specs. Wrap the block in
`# :nocov:` so it is excluded from coverage measurement while the documented
scenario stays in the suite. No lib changes; all production code remains 100%
covered.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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PR: #36Head: bba8330Reviewers: stack:code-reviewer (faithful re-run on current head)

Summary

Repairs Puma/Rack dependency rot so the RSpec suite can boot Capybara again (pins puma ~> 5 and rack ~> 2.2, with comments explaining the Puma 6 Puma::Events.strings removal and the Rack 3 rack/handler removal that broke Capybara's server boot on Ruby 2.6); adds a pull_request trigger to the Test workflow; reworks the multi-DOM responsive Selenium spec to use a faithful driver double so the snapshot POST is captured deterministically on CI; and adds error-path unit tests across process_frame, get_serialized_dom, change_window_dimension_and_wait, capture_responsive_dom, plus mocked-driver snapshot/get_browser_instance/get_driver_metadata/log specs. The live end-to-end integration test is converted to xit and wrapped in # :nocov: so the SimpleCov 100% gate stays intact.

Review Table

Priority Category Check Status Notes
High Security No hardcoded secrets or credentials Pass Test-only diff; no secrets. Cookie/url literals are local fixture values (127.0.0.1:3003, cookie-value).
High Security Authentication/authorization checks present N/A SDK gem + spec changes; no auth surface.
High Security Input validation and sanitization N/A No user-input handling introduced.
High Security No IDOR — resource ownership validated N/A No data-access/ownership code.
High Security No SQL injection (parameterized queries) N/A No DB/SQL in this gem.
High Correctness Logic is correct, handles edge cases Pass Gemfile pins are accurate to the real incompatibilities (verified against capture_responsive_dom/change_window_dimension_and_wait call paths in lib/percy.rb). Driver double mirrors the real snapshot -> capture_responsive_dom -> get_serialized_dom -> wait_for_ready -> PercyDOM.serialize sequence; execute_async_script => nil faithfully models a PercyDOM lacking waitForReady.
High Correctness Error handling is explicit, no swallowed exceptions Pass No new swallowing introduced. The new tests assert on the SDK's existing rescue StandardError swallow behavior (Percy.snapshot, process_frame ensure recovery, iframe recovery, resize TimeoutError) rather than adding new silent catches. The added expect(received_body).to_not be_nil guard surfaces the previously-cryptic nil failure loudly — an improvement.
High Correctness No race conditions or concurrency issues Pass Spec stubs Selenium::WebDriver::Wait.new so the real 1s resize-poll timeout is removed, making CI deterministic; WebMock.disable_net_connect!(allow: '127.0.0.1') is scoped and commented for the Capybara session teardown under random ordering.
Medium Testing New code has corresponding tests Pass This PR is itself net-new tests + a build fix; new error paths are covered.
Medium Testing Error paths and edge cases tested Pass Adds coverage for default_content/parent_frame failures, script-timeout set/restore + unsupported-timeout, unresolvable iframe src, iframe-processing recovery (+ secondary failure), resize TimeoutError swallow, dual refresh failure, and snapshot success:false/log paths.
Medium Testing Existing tests still pass (no regressions) Pass The flaky live Firefox responsive test is replaced by an equivalent stubbed test asserting the same POST body (name, url, 3 widths [390,765,1280], cookie). SimpleCov 100% gate retained via # :nocov: on the genuinely-unrunnable xit e2e block.
Medium Performance No N+1 queries or unbounded data fetching N/A No queries/data fetching.
Medium Performance Long-running tasks use background jobs N/A Not applicable to an SDK test/build change.
Medium Quality Follows existing codebase patterns Pass RSpec doubles/instance_double, WebMock stubs, and pinned-gem-with-comment all match the repo's conventions and the Ruby gem guideline ("add a comment explaining why each new gem/pin").
Medium Quality Changes are focused (single concern) Pass Scoped to making the suite boot + run reliably on CI and restoring the 100% coverage gate; no production lib/ behavior changed.
Low Quality Meaningful names, no dead code Pass Clear double names (window_size, inner_browser); no dead code. The xit block is intentionally retained as documentation and excluded from coverage.
Low Quality Comments explain why, not what Pass Comments explain the geckodriver marionette-crash rationale, the Puma/Rack pin reasons, the :nocov: rationale, and the loopback-allow rationale — all "why", not "what".
Low Quality No unnecessary dependencies added Pass No new deps; rack is now pinned explicitly (it was already a transitive/needed dep) and rackup is dropped, which is correct for the Rack 2 path.

Findings

No Critical/High/Medium/Low findings. No High-priority row is Fail.

Optional observations (non-blocking, not counted against the verdict):

  • spec/lib/percy/percy_spec.rb:99 sets allow(driver).to receive(:respond_to?).and_return(false) then immediately overrides :driver and :execute_cdp with false again — the two .with(...) lines are redundant given the catch-all default, but harmless and arguably documentary. No change required.
  • .gitignore now ignores /vendor/ (matches the CI ./vendor/bundle cache path); consistent and intentional.

Verdict: PASS — dependency-rot repair is correct and well-justified, the responsive Selenium spec is a faithful deterministic replacement for the flaky live-Firefox test, the SimpleCov 100% gate is preserved honestly via # :nocov: on a genuinely unrunnable xit block, and all new error-path doubles match the real lib/percy.rb code paths.

@AkashBrowserStack AkashBrowserStack merged commit 230412a into main Jun 22, 2026
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@AkashBrowserStack AkashBrowserStack deleted the fix/dep-rot-puma-rack branch June 22, 2026 11:49
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