source-mssql-e2e-tests

name	source-mssql-e2e-tests
description	Stand up a local SQL Server 2022 backend, apply SQL fixtures, and run airbyte-ops protocol commands (spec / check / discover / read) against airbyte/source-mssql:<tag> for ad-hoc end-to-end testing. Use when you need a deterministic, throwaway local environment for any source-mssql test or repro that is not CDC-specific.

source-mssql-e2e-tests

Local end-to-end test harness for source-mssql. Stands up a SQL Server 2022 container named source-mssql-db-backend, lets you apply arbitrary SQL fixtures, and runs Airbyte protocol commands against any airbyte/source-mssql:<tag> image via airbyte-ops cloud connector regression-test.

When to use this skill

• Reproducing a non-CDC bug against source-mssql locally.
• Running spec / check / discover / read against any airbyte/source-mssql:<tag> for connector development.
• As the building block for the source-mssql-e2e-cdc-tests skill, which adds CDC enable plus worked-example fixtures on top.

Prerequisites

• Docker.
• uv. uv tool install airbyte-internal-ops puts airbyte-ops on $PATH; alternatively prefix every call with uvx airbyte-internal-ops.
• jq.
• A clone of airbytehq/airbyte.

You do not need GSM or Cloud admin credentials. Local-only mode (no --connection-id) reads everything from local files.

Layout

source-mssql-e2e-tests/
├── SKILL.md
├── scripts/
│   ├── start-backend.sh        # docker run mcr…/mssql/server:2022-latest as source-mssql-db-backend
│   ├── stop-backend.sh         # docker rm -f source-mssql-db-backend
│   ├── apply-sql.sh            # docker cp + docker exec sqlcmd -i
│   ├── render-config.sh        # jq the backend bridge IP into a config template
│   └── run-protocol-cmd.sh     # thin wrapper around `airbyte-ops … regression-test`
└── fixtures/
    ├── configs/
    │   └── base.template.json  # non-CDC config; host=mssql-db-backend placeholder
    └── sql/
        └── 00-init-base.sql    # CREATE DATABASE TestDb + dbo.sample table

The skill expects all script paths relative to the skill root.

Conventions

• Container name: source-mssql-db-backend. Hard-coded in scripts/start-backend.sh, stop-backend.sh, apply-sql.sh, and render-config.sh. Override via BACKEND_NAME=… only for parallel test isolation; don't use customer connection names.
• Working directory for rendered configs and run output: ${REPRO_OUT:-/tmp/source-mssql-repro}. Each regression-test run writes stdout.txt and stderr.txt under $REPRO_OUT/<step-name>/. Use a fresh subdirectory per step so artifacts don't get clobbered.
• Both containers (the SQL Server backend and the connector launched by airbyte-ops) share Docker's default bridge network. The connector resolves the backend by its bridge IP, which render-config.sh substitutes into the working config at runtime. Tracked upstream in airbytehq/airbyte-ops-mcp#765; once --network is supported the bridge-IP dance can collapse.
• SQL Server image is pinned to mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest, not latest, for stable major-version behavior across CU patches.

Usage

SKILL=airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-mssql/.agents/skills/source-mssql-e2e-tests
export REPRO_OUT=/tmp/source-mssql-repro

# 1. Start the backend (ACCEPT_EULA, MSSQL_AGENT_ENABLED=true).
"$SKILL/scripts/start-backend.sh"

# 2. Apply a SQL fixture.
"$SKILL/scripts/apply-sql.sh" "$SKILL/fixtures/sql/00-init-base.sql"

# 3. Render a working config from a template, substituting the backend IP.
"$SKILL/scripts/render-config.sh" \
  "$SKILL/fixtures/configs/base.template.json" \
  "$REPRO_OUT/working/base.json"

# 4. Run a protocol command. Output lands under $REPRO_OUT/check-baseline/.
"$SKILL/scripts/run-protocol-cmd.sh" check baseline 4.4.2 \
  --config-path="$REPRO_OUT/working/base.json"

# 5. Tear down.
"$SKILL/scripts/stop-backend.sh"

run-protocol-cmd.sh <command> <step-name> <version> [extra-args…] maps to:

airbyte-ops cloud connector regression-test \
  --skip-compare=True \
  --command=<command> \
  --test-image=airbyte/source-mssql:<version> \
  --output-dir=$REPRO_OUT/<step-name> \
  <extra-args…>

Asserting on output

Inline assertions in driver scripts. Suggested helpers:

• Exit code: check $? immediately after the call.
• AirbyteMessage shape: jq -e 'select(.type == "RECORD")' $REPRO_OUT/<step>/stdout.txt.
• Connector-side log shape: grep -c '<expected substring>' $REPRO_OUT/<step>/stderr.txt.
• Connection status: jq -e 'select(.type == "CONNECTION_STATUS" and .connectionStatus.status == "SUCCEEDED")' $REPRO_OUT/<step>/stdout.txt.

run-protocol-cmd.sh accepts --enable-debug-logs=True as an extra arg to set LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG on the connector container. That surfaces the Debezium "Adding table … to the list of capture schema tables" lines that some assertions rely on.

Common gotchas

• No SQL Server Agent → CDC capture / cleanup jobs never run, and Debezium silently produces no records. start-backend.sh sets MSSQL_AGENT_ENABLED=true for this reason.
• Race on first sqlcmd → SQL Server 2022 takes around 15 seconds to accept connections cold. start-backend.sh polls until SELECT 1 succeeds before returning.
• Catalog schema drift across major versions → the bulk-CDK schema validator on source-mssql:4.3.x requires is_file_based, generation_id, minimum_generation_id, sync_id, destination_object_name, and include_files on every ConfiguredAirbyteStream. On 4.4.x they default. Catalog fixtures used by this and dependent skills populate them so the same fixtures work across both majors.

Tear-down

stop-backend.sh is idempotent: docker rm -f is a no-op if the container doesn't exist. To wipe everything:

"$SKILL/scripts/stop-backend.sh"
rm -rf "$REPRO_OUT"
unset REPRO_OUT