ci(e2e): on-demand Meshtasticator e2e job for the docker-enabled runner

Adds .gitea/workflows/meshtasticator-e2e.yaml (workflow_dispatch until
validated green, pull_request trigger commented out): builds the pinned
Hermes contract env like release.yaml, installs the plugin with deps,
checks out Meshtasticator at a pinned commit, installs the simulator's
own (conflicting-version) requirements in an isolated venv, then runs
scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/run_e2e.sh --mode docker.

Supporting changes:
- run_e2e.sh: SIM_VENV support; automatic localhost->daemon TCP forwards
  (scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/tcp_forward.py) when DOCKER_HOST is a tcp://
  daemon, because Meshtasticator hardcodes localhost for its node control
  connections; node-boot settle wait; fixed docker cleanup (container
  'Meshtastic', volume 'Meshtasticator').
- e2e tests: connect via a module-long event loop in a background thread
  (adapter requires a running loop for watchdog + inbound dispatch, so
  per-call asyncio.run was wrong) with retry while the node TCP API boots.
- README: sim-venv guidance, remote-daemon forwarding, CI section.

Docker access follows the deployment examples in
eric/actions-docker (docker is available to runner jobs).
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name: meshtasticator-e2e
# Radio-level end-to-end validation against Meshtasticator's interactive
# simulator (real MeshtasticD per node + simulated LoRa PHY). Runs on demand
# until it is validated green on the runner; afterwards switch `on` to also
# trigger on pull_request touching plugin/ and this workflow.
#
# Docker access follows the deployment examples in
# https://git.ericxliu.me/eric/actions-docker (docker is available to jobs);
# Meshtasticator's docker mode publishes node TCP API ports (4404+n) from the
# meshtastic/meshtasticd container and the simulator connects to them on
# localhost. scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/run_e2e.sh starts localhost->daemon
# TCP forwards automatically when DOCKER_HOST is a tcp:// daemon, which is how
# this job is configured.
on:
workflow_dispatch:
# pull_request:
# paths:
# - 'plugin/**'
# - 'scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/**'
# - '.gitea/workflows/meshtasticator-e2e.yaml'
concurrency:
# One e2e run at a time: Meshtasticator hardcodes the container/volume name
# ("Meshtastic"/"Meshtasticator") on the shared docker daemon.
group: meshtasticator-e2e
cancel-in-progress: true
jobs:
e2e:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 60
env:
DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker.local:2375
MESHTASTICATOR_COMMIT: 17ceb8231079d87b070abc6132181e4c6b20202d
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Set up Python 3.13 (matches Hermes image)
uses: actions/setup-python@v5
with:
python-version: '3.13'
- name: Install uv
run: pip install uv
# --- Hermes gateway contract env (mirrors .gitea/workflows/release.yaml) ---
- name: Clone pinned Hermes gateway source (deployed image tag)
run: |
git clone --depth 1 --branch v2026.8.31 \
https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git plugin/.hermes-src
test "$(git -C plugin/.hermes-src rev-parse HEAD)" = \
"29112bef099274229cadff79cdff7bf7b99c4b77"
- name: Editable install hermes-agent + pytest + plugin (meshtastic client lib)
run: |
uv venv --python 3.13 plugin/.venv-contract
uv pip install --python plugin/.venv-contract/bin/python -e plugin/.hermes-src
uv pip install --python plugin/.venv-contract/bin/python pytest
uv pip install --python plugin/.venv-contract/bin/python -e plugin
# --- Simulator env (isolated: meshtasticator pins meshtastic~=2.6.1) ---
- name: Clone Meshtasticator at pinned commit
run: |
git clone https://github.com/meshtastic/meshtasticator.git "$HOME/meshtasticator"
git -C "$HOME/meshtasticator" checkout "$MESHTASTICATOR_COMMIT"
test "$(git -C "$HOME/meshtasticator" rev-parse HEAD)" = "$MESHTASTICATOR_COMMIT"
- name: Simulator venv (its own requirements + docker SDK)
run: |
uv venv --python 3.13 "$HOME/sim-venv"
uv pip install --python "$HOME/sim-venv/bin/python" \
-r "$HOME/meshtasticator/requirements.txt" docker
- name: Run Meshtasticator e2e suite
run: |
export MESHTASTICATOR_DIR="$HOME/meshtasticator"
export SIM_VENV="$HOME/sim-venv"
export E2E_VENV="plugin/.venv-contract"
scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/run_e2e.sh --mode docker
- name: Print simulator log (on failure)
if: failure()
run: |
echo "===== meshtasticator-sim.log ====="
tail -n 200 meshtasticator-sim.log 2>/dev/null || true
echo "===== docker ps ====="
docker ps -a 2>/dev/null || true
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@@ -126,19 +126,60 @@ def adapter():
@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def node0(adapter):
"""Connect the adapter to simulated node 0; disconnect afterwards."""
async def _connect():
return await adapter.connect()
def loop():
"""Long-lived event loop in a background thread.
assert asyncio.run(_connect()) is True, (
The adapter mirrors the Hermes gateway contract: connect()/watchdog/
handle_message() assume a *running* loop (the gateway's). A per-call
asyncio.run() would close the loop right after connect() and strand both
the watchdog and inbound dispatch, so the e2e module keeps one loop alive
and drives coroutines into it with run_coroutine_threadsafe.
"""
import threading
_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
thread = threading.Thread(target=_loop.run_forever, daemon=True)
thread.start()
try:
yield _loop
finally:
_loop.call_soon_threadsafe(_loop.stop)
thread.join(timeout=5)
def _run_in_loop(loop, coro, timeout_s=CONNECT_TIMEOUT_S):
import concurrent.futures
try:
return asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, loop).result(timeout=timeout_s)
except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
pytest.fail(f"coroutine did not finish within {timeout_s}s")
@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def node0(adapter, loop):
"""Connect the adapter to simulated node 0 (retrying while the node's TCP
API comes up); disconnect afterwards."""
import time
deadline = time.monotonic() + CONNECT_TIMEOUT_S
last_ok = False
while time.monotonic() < deadline:
last_ok = bool(_run_in_loop(loop, adapter.connect()))
if last_ok:
break
time.sleep(3)
assert last_ok, (
f"adapter failed to connect to simulated node at {E2E_HOST}:{NODE0_PORT} "
"(is the simulator running and the node reachable?)"
)
try:
yield adapter
finally:
asyncio.run(adapter.disconnect())
try:
_run_in_loop(loop, adapter.disconnect(), timeout_s=10)
except Exception: # loop teardown must not mask test failures
pass
def _wait_for(predicate, timeout_s=15.0, interval_s=0.5, what="condition"):
@@ -187,7 +228,7 @@ def test_adapter_receives_broadcast_from_peer(node0):
peer.close()
def test_adapter_chunked_send_reaches_peer(node0):
def test_adapter_chunked_send_reaches_peer(node0, loop):
"""A long outbound message must be chunked and arrive at the peer node."""
import time
@@ -200,9 +241,7 @@ def test_adapter_chunked_send_reaches_peer(node0):
def _on_receive(packet, interface):
decoded = packet.get("decoded", {}) or {}
text = decoded.get("text", "")
if text and text.startswith("(1/"): # our chunked framing
received.append(text)
elif text:
if text:
received.append(text)
peer = tcp_interface.TCPInterface(hostname=E2E_HOST, portNumber=NODE1_PORT)
@@ -214,7 +253,7 @@ def test_adapter_chunked_send_reaches_peer(node0):
result = await node0.send("channel_e2e", content)
assert result.success, f"adapter.send failed: {result.error}"
asyncio.run(_send())
_run_in_loop(loop, _send(), timeout_s=60)
def _all_chunks_arrived():
# Adapter frames multi-part sends as "(i/n) <chunk>"; the final
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```
scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/
run_e2e.sh orchestrator: boots N nodes, runs pytest, tears down
tcp_forward.py localhost->daemon TCP forward (remote docker daemons)
README.md this file
plugin/tests/e2e/
test_meshtasticator_e2e.py the e2e assertions (skip-gated)
.gitea/workflows/
meshtasticator-e2e.yaml on-demand CI job (docker-enabled runner)
```
## Prerequisites
@@ -38,10 +41,20 @@ plugin/tests/e2e/
(`-e plugin` installs the meshtastic client library the tests also use.)
* A clone of Meshtasticator: `git clone https://github.com/meshtastic/meshtasticator`
* Runtime for the simulator — pick one:
* **Docker** (simplest, works on macOS/Windows): the simulator builds
MeshtasticD from a container image on first run (slow once).
* **Docker** (simplest, works on macOS/Windows): the simulator pulls the
`meshtastic/meshtasticd` image on first run (slow once). Node TCP API ports
are published on your docker host's localhost, which is what the simulator
itself expects.
* **Linux native**: build MeshtasticD's `native` PlatformIO target and pass
the build dir with `--program`.
* Optional but recommended: an isolated simulator venv, because Meshtasticator
pins old client libs (`meshtastic~=2.6.1` in its requirements.txt):
```bash
uv venv --python 3.13 /tmp/sim-venv
uv pip install --python /tmp/sim-venv/bin/python \
-r <meshtasticator>/requirements.txt docker
export SIM_VENV=/tmp/sim-venv # else the script uses plain `python3`
```
## Run
@@ -64,9 +77,26 @@ connections (Meshtasticator assigns node *n* → port `4404 + n`), then runs
`pytest plugin/tests/e2e` with `MESHTASTICATOR_E2E=1`. Simulator output lands in
`meshtasticator-sim.log` at the repo root.
**Remote docker daemon** (`DOCKER_HOST=tcp://host:2375`): the simulator's own
control connections assume nodes listen on localhost, so the script starts a
`tcp_forward.py` per node port (localhost → daemon host) before booting the
simulator. Nothing is forwarded when the daemon is local (unset/unix
`DOCKER_HOST`).
Without `MESHTASTICATOR_E2E=1` the e2e module skips, so ordinary unit/CI runs
stay fast and gateway-free.
## CI
`.gitea/workflows/meshtasticator-e2e.yaml` runs the whole flow on a
docker-enabled runner (on demand via `workflow_dispatch` until validated, then
flip on the commented `pull_request` trigger): it builds the Hermes contract
env (pinned like `release.yaml`), installs the plugin with deps, clones
Meshtasticator at a pinned commit, installs the simulator's own requirements in
an isolated venv, and calls `run_e2e.sh --mode docker`. Simulator logs print on
failure. Only one e2e run at a time (the sim hardcodes the `Meshtastic`
container/volume name on the shared daemon).
## What the tests do
1. **Inbound**: peer node 1 broadcasts text; the adapter (connected to node 0)
@@ -95,5 +125,9 @@ items are expected to need iteration there:
lifecycle control (native mode subprocesses; docker mode currently runs all
nodes in one container), so the adapter's watchdog reconnect is **not** yet
exercised here. See the watchdog unit coverage in the adapter for now.
* **CI wiring**: an e2e job needs a docker-enabled runner and tolerates a long
first-run firmware build — deliberately left out of this PR.
* **CI validation run**: `.gitea/workflows/meshtasticator-e2e.yaml` is drafted
and on-demand only; it still needs a first green run on the docker-enabled
runner (topology assumptions: docker reachable from the job, node ports on
the job's localhost via the automatic tcp forwards). Trigger it via
`workflow_dispatch`, watch the sim log step, and only then enable the
`pull_request` trigger.
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# select 'native') and pass --program <dir containing binary 'program'>.
# * uv + python 3.13 for the contract venv (plugin/.venv-contract).
#
# Docker on a remote daemon: if DOCKER_HOST points at a tcp:// daemon, the
# simulator's own control connections assume nodes listen on localhost, so
# this script starts lightweight localhost->daemon TCP forwarders for the node
# ports first (scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/tcp_forward.py). Nothing is
# forwarded when the daemon is local (unset/unix DOCKER_HOST).
#
# Usage
# MESHTASTICATOR_DIR=/path/to/meshtasticator scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/run_e2e.sh
# # docker mode (default): ... run_e2e.sh --mode docker
@@ -24,9 +30,11 @@
# Environment
# MESHTASTICATOR_DIR path to a clone of github.com/meshtastic/meshtasticator
# E2E_VENV python env with hermes-agent + plugin deps installed
# (default: plugin/.venv-contract — set it up with
# `uv pip install -e plugin/.hermes-src` equivalents via
# scripts/contract-test.sh, then `uv pip install -e plugin`)
# (default: plugin/.venv-contract — see scripts/contract-test.sh,
# then `uv pip install --python plugin/.venv-contract/bin/python -e plugin`)
# SIM_VENV optional python env holding the simulator's deps
# (meshtasticator/requirements.txt + `pip install docker`);
# defaults to plain `python3`.
set -euo pipefail
REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
@@ -37,6 +45,11 @@ PROGRAM=""
CHANNEL_INDEX=0
HOST=127.0.0.1
VENV="${E2E_VENV:-$REPO_ROOT/plugin/.venv-contract}"
if [ -n "${SIM_VENV:-}" ]; then
SIM_PYTHON="$SIM_VENV/bin/python"
else
SIM_PYTHON="${SIM_PYTHON:-python3}"
fi
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
@@ -55,6 +68,30 @@ command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "uv required" >&2; exit 1; }
export MPLBACKEND=Agg # headless matplotlib (no display needed)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Remote-daemon port forwarding: Meshtasticator talks to nodes on localhost.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOCKER_TARGET=""
if [[ "${DOCKER_HOST:-}" == tcp://* ]]; then
DOCKER_TARGET="${DOCKER_HOST#tcp://}"
DOCKER_TARGET="${DOCKER_TARGET%%:*}"
if [ "$DOCKER_TARGET" = "127.0.0.1" ] || [ "$DOCKER_TARGET" = "localhost" ]; then
DOCKER_TARGET=""
fi
fi
FWD_PIDS=()
PORT_BASE=4404 # matches meshtasticator lib/interactive.py TCP_PORT_OFFSET
start_forwards() {
for ((i = 0; i < NODES; i++)); do
port=$((PORT_BASE + i))
"$VENV/bin/python" "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/meshtasticator_e2e/tcp_forward.py" \
--listen "127.0.0.1:$port" --target "$DOCKER_TARGET:$port" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
FWD_PIDS+=("$!")
done
sleep 1
}
SIM_LOG="$REPO_ROOT/meshtasticator-sim.log"
SIM_ARGS=("$NODES")
if [ "$MODE" = native ]; then
@@ -64,28 +101,36 @@ else
SIM_ARGS+=(-d)
fi
if [ -n "$DOCKER_TARGET" ]; then
echo "== remote docker daemon detected ($DOCKER_TARGET): starting localhost port forwards =="
start_forwards
fi
echo "== booting Meshtasticator ($MODE) with $NODES node(s) from $SIM_DIR =="
(
cd "$SIM_DIR"
python3 interactiveSim.py "${SIM_ARGS[@]}" >"$SIM_LOG" 2>&1
"$SIM_PYTHON" interactiveSim.py "${SIM_ARGS[@]}" >"$SIM_LOG" 2>&1
) &
SIM_PID=$!
PORTS=""
cleanup() {
echo "== tearing down simulator (pid $SIM_PID) =="
kill "$SIM_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
wait "$SIM_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
for pid in "${FWD_PIDS[@]:-}"; do
kill "$pid" 2>/dev/null || true
done
if [ "$MODE" = docker ]; then
# The sim container may outlive the process on abrupt kills.
docker ps -q --filter "ancestor=meshtastic-meshtasticd" 2>/dev/null | xargs -r docker rm -f >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
# The sim names its container/volume (auto_remove only fires on stop).
docker rm -f Meshtastic >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
docker volume rm Meshtasticator >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
fi
}
trap cleanup EXIT
echo "== waiting for $NODES node TCP API port(s) to accept connections =="
READY=""
for _ in $(seq 1 180); do # up to ~5 min: docker builds firmware on first run
for _ in $(seq 1 180); do # up to ~5 min: docker pulls meshtastic/meshtasticd on first run
READY="$("$VENV/bin/python" - "$HOST" "$NODES" <<'PY' || true
import socket, sys
host, count = sys.argv[1], int(sys.argv[2])
@@ -114,6 +159,11 @@ if [ -z "$READY" ]; then
fi
echo " node ports: $READY"
# Ports accept before the node firmware finished booting inside the container;
# give meshtasticd a moment to open its TCP API for real.
echo "== settling (node firmware boot) =="
sleep 15
echo "== running radio-level e2e tests =="
(
cd "$REPO_ROOT"
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Minimal TCP forwarder used by run_e2e.sh when the Docker daemon is remote.
Meshtasticator's interactive simulator always connects to its simulated nodes
at localhost:<port> (lib/interactive.py init_communication). On a Gitea
Actions runner whose Docker daemon is remote (e.g. DOCKER_HOST=tcp://docker.local:2375)
the container-published node ports live on the *daemon* host, not the job's
localhost — so we bind 127.0.0.1:<port> in the job and forward to the daemon
host, restoring the localhost view the simulator (and our e2e tests) expect.
Usage: tcp_forward.py --listen 127.0.0.1:4404 --target docker.local:4404
"""
import argparse
import socket
import threading
def _forward(src: socket.socket, dst: socket.socket):
try:
while True:
data = src.recv(65536)
if not data:
break
dst.sendall(data)
except OSError:
pass
finally:
try:
dst.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
except OSError:
pass
def _handle(client: socket.socket, target_addr):
try:
upstream = socket.create_connection(target_addr, timeout=10)
except OSError:
client.close()
return
t = threading.Thread(target=_forward, args=(client, upstream), daemon=True)
t.start()
_forward(upstream, client)
client.close()
upstream.close()
def main():
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
ap.add_argument("--listen", required=True, help="local bind, e.g. 127.0.0.1:4404")
ap.add_argument("--target", required=True, help="forward target, e.g. docker.local:4404")
args = ap.parse_args()
lhost, lport = args.listen.rsplit(":", 1)
thost, tport = args.target.rsplit(":", 1)
target_addr = (thost, int(tport))
listener = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
listener.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
listener.bind((lhost, int(lport)))
listener.listen(16)
print(f"forwarding {args.listen} -> {args.target}", flush=True)
while True:
client, _ = listener.accept()
threading.Thread(target=_handle, args=(client, target_addr), daemon=True).start()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()