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# Gateway Testing
Gateway tests run without installed MXAccess by using fake workers, fake
transports, and in-process gRPC service fakes. Live MXAccess verification belongs
in opt-in integration tests because it depends on installed COM components and
provider state.
## Fake Worker Harness
`FakeWorkerHarness` in `src/MxGateway.Tests/Gateway/Workers/Fakes/` provides an
in-process worker side for named-pipe IPC tests. It uses the same
`WorkerFrameReader`, `WorkerFrameWriter`, and `WorkerEnvelope` contract as the
gateway so tests exercise real frame validation and worker-client state changes.
Use the harness when a gateway or session test needs worker behavior without
starting `MxGateway.Worker.exe` or loading MXAccess COM. The harness scripts:
- `WorkerHello` and `WorkerReady` startup,
- command replies with matching correlation ids,
- ordered `WorkerEvent` frames,
- `WorkerFault` frames,
- shutdown acknowledgements,
- malformed protobuf payloads and oversized frame headers,
- slow or hung workers by withholding a reply.
Session-level tests can connect the harness to the pipe created by
`SessionWorkerClientFactory` with `ConnectToGatewayPipeAsync`. Lower-level
`WorkerClient` tests can use `CreateConnectedPairAsync` to create both pipe ends
inside the test.
`GatewayEndToEndFakeWorkerSmokeTests` composes the real gRPC service,
`SessionManager`, `SessionWorkerClientFactory`, `WorkerClient`, and
`EventStreamService` with a scripted fake worker launcher. The smoke test covers
`OpenSession`, `Register`, `AddItem`, `Advise`, one streamed `OnDataChange`
event, and `CloseSession` without loading MXAccess COM.
## Focused Commands
Run the fake worker tests after changing gateway worker IPC, session startup, or
event streaming behavior:
```bash
dotnet test src/MxGateway.Tests/MxGateway.Tests.csproj --filter FullyQualifiedName~FakeWorkerHarnessTests
dotnet test src/MxGateway.Tests/MxGateway.Tests.csproj --filter FullyQualifiedName~SessionWorkerClientFactoryFakeWorkerTests
dotnet test src/MxGateway.Tests/MxGateway.Tests.csproj --filter FullyQualifiedName~GatewayEndToEndFakeWorkerSmokeTests
```
Run the gateway test project after shared gateway test infrastructure changes:
```bash
dotnet test src/MxGateway.Tests/MxGateway.Tests.csproj
```
## Related Documentation
- [Gateway Process Design](./gateway-process-design.md)
- [Worker Frame Protocol](./WorkerFrameProtocol.md)
- [MXAccess Worker Instance Detailed Design](./mxaccess-worker-instance-design.md)