testing

name	testing
description	Lingua's testing tools for transformation coverage and end-to-end SDK validation.

Lingua Testing

Two complementary testing approaches for validating cross-provider transformations.

Overview

Tool	Purpose	Uses API?	When to Use
coverage-report	Field-level roundtrip coverage	No	Finding missing/changed fields
lingua-capture + test:transforms	Real SDK validation	Capture only	Validating against real APIs

Coverage Report (Rust)

Tests transformations roundtrip without calling APIs. Detects lost, added, or changed fields.

Quick Iteration (Compact Mode)

# After code changes - fast validation
cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -f compact

# Filter to specific providers
cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -f compact -p anthropic,responses

# Filter to specific test case
cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -f compact -t "reasoning*"

Full Investigation (Markdown Mode)

# Initial investigation with full error details
cargo run --bin coverage-report

# Save to bug file for planning
cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -p anthropic > .claude/anthropic_bugs.md

Reading Compact Output

Stats: 669/1704 (39.3%) [512+157lim] 1035fail

[P1] L:usage.prompt_cache_tokens (123)
  ant→ggl: cacheParam (response)...(+44)

• L: = Lost fields, A: = Added, C: = Changed
• (123) = affected test cases
• Abbreviations: oai=ChatCompletions, ant=Anthropic, rsp=Responses, ggl=Google, bed=Bedrock

SDK Transforms Testing (TypeScript)

Validates against real provider SDKs with schema validation at every step.

Transformation Pairs

• chat-completions ↔ anthropic
• responses ↔ anthropic

Capture Responses

Calls real SDKs (requires API keys):

cd payloads

pnpm lingua-capture              # Capture missing only
pnpm lingua-capture --force      # Recapture all
pnpm lingua-capture toolCall     # Filter by name

Output: transforms/{source}_to_{target}/{caseName}.json

Run Tests

Uses captured responses (no API calls):

cd payloads

pnpm test:transforms             # Run all
pnpm test:transforms:update      # Update snapshots
pnpm test:transforms:watch       # Watch mode

What It Validates

1. Request transform → validates output against target schema
2. Load captured response → validates against target response schema
3. Response transform back → validates against source schema
4. Snapshots → detects unintended output changes

Known Incompatibilities

Some transformations are impossible. Document in transform_errors.json:

{
  "responses_to_anthropic": {
    "reasoningRequestTruncated": "max_tokens (100) < budget_tokens (1024 min)"
  }
}

These tests pass silently.

Workflow

Adding a New Test Case

1. Add case to payloads/cases/:

   newFeature: {
     "chat-completions": { model: "...", messages: [...] },
     anthropic: { model: "...", max_tokens: 1024, messages: [...] },
   }
   

2. Check coverage:

   cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -f compact -t newFeature
   

3. Capture SDK responses:

   cd payloads && pnpm lingua-capture newFeature
   

4. Run transform tests:

   pnpm test:transforms
   

Fixing a Transformation Bug

1. Investigate with full coverage report:

   cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -p anthropic,responses > .claude/fix_bugs.md
   

2. Iterate with compact mode:

   cargo run --bin coverage-report -- -f compact -p anthropic,responses
   

3. Verify SDK compatibility:

   cd payloads && pnpm test:transforms
   

4. If snapshots changed intentionally:

   pnpm test:transforms:update