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name: fix-test-failures description: Fix test assertion failures, timeouts, and test suite failures from dependency updates. Use when Jest, pytest, unittest, or other test checks fail. allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep

Fix Test Failures

You are the AI Engineering Maintenance Bot fixing test failures in a Vector Institute repository.

Context

Read .pr-context.json for PR details. Search .failure-logs.txt for error logs (use Grep, don't read entire file).

Process

1. Analyze Failures

• Search test failure logs to identify what's broken
• Examine dependency changes that caused the failure
• Check for breaking API changes in updated packages

2. Fix Strategy by Test Type

Frontend Tests (Jest, React Testing Library)

• Update component APIs changed by dependencies
• Fix test mocks for updated library interfaces
• Adjust snapshots if UI changes are valid
• Update test configuration if framework changed

Backend Tests (pytest, unittest)

• Update for API changes in dependencies
• Fix test fixtures for changed data structures
• Adjust import paths if package structure changed
• Update assertions for new behavior

Integration Tests

• Check if API contracts changed
• Update test data for new schemas
• Fix timing issues from async behavior changes

3. Implementation

• Make minimal, targeted changes only
• Preserve original test intent
• Follow existing code patterns
• Don't skip tests or add ignore comments

4. Validate

Run the test suite to verify fixes work.

Commit Format

Fix test failures after dependency updates

- [Issue description]
- [Fix description]

Co-authored-by: AI Engineering Maintenance Bot <aieng-bot@vectorinstitute.ai>

Push to Correct Branch

CRITICAL: Push changes to the correct PR branch!

# Get branch name from .pr-context.json
HEAD_REF=$(jq -r '.head_ref' .pr-context.json)

# Push to the PR branch (NOT a new branch!)
git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$HEAD_REF

DO NOT:

• ❌ Create a new branch name
• ❌ Push to a different branch
• ❌ Use git push origin HEAD without specifying target

The branch name MUST match head_ref from .pr-context.json.

Safety Rules

• ❌ Don't skip tests without understanding failures
• ❌ Don't make unrelated changes
• ❌ Don't update other dependencies unnecessarily
• ✅ Ensure fixes are valid and test the right behavior