Fix acceptance test failures: git identity, headRepository JSON, obsolete traversal test by BagToad · Pull Request #13037 · cli/cli

BagToad · 2026-03-25T18:49:21Z

Description

Fixes several acceptance test failures found while running the suite locally. Each fix is in its own commit.

Fix 1: Git identity in testscript sandbox

The testscript sandbox overrides HOME, so git inside the sandbox can't find the user's global user.name/user.email. This causes "Author identity unknown" errors in any acceptance test that makes commits (e.g. extensions, PRs). The fix writes a minimal .gitconfig into the sandbox during sharedSetup.

Fix 2: Fetch `nameWithOwner` in `headRepository` GraphQL query

dd424d8 (agent-task listings) added NameWithOwner to the PRRepository struct but didn't update the headRepository GraphQL query to fetch it. Since export_pr.go dumps the raw struct, gh pr view --json headRepository started emitting "nameWithOwner":"" - breaking the pr-create-respects-simple-pushdefault acceptance test assertion.

The fix adds nameWithOwner to the GraphQL query so the field is actually populated, and updates the test assertion to expect it.

Fix 3: Remove `run-download-traversal` acceptance test

GitHub's Artifact API now rejects artifact names like .. server-side (400 Bad Request), making it impossible to create artifacts with path traversal names. The test scenario can no longer be reproduced through normal artifact creation. The client-side traversal check in gh run download remains as defense-in-depth.

Known failures not addressed

These were observed during the acceptance run but are not bugs in gh:

Test	Failure	Root cause
`TestExtensions/extension`	Search doesn't find repo after 10s sleep	GitHub search indexing latency on private repos - flaky timing
`TestRepo/repo-list-rename`	HTTP 409 during deferred cleanup	GitHub API race condition - repo operation still in progress at cleanup time. Test itself passes.
`TestRepo/repo-archive-unarchive`	HTTP 409 during deferred cleanup	Same as above. Test itself passes.
`TestRulesets/ruleset`	HTTP 403 on `gh ruleset check`	Requires GitHub Pro or public repos - plan limitation of the test org
`TestSecrets/secret-org`	Workflow assertion step fails	Secret value doesn't match in Actions runner - needs further investigation

Commits

ed97fa9 - Set git identity in testscript sandbox so acceptance tests that make commits don't fail with "Author identity unknown"
0433096 - Fetch nameWithOwner in headRepository GraphQL query to fix regression from dd424d8 that broke pr-create-respects-simple-pushdefault
9fd5f06 - Remove run-download-traversal test since GitHub's Artifact API now prevents the scenario server-side

The sandbox overrides HOME so git cannot find the user's global config, causing 'Author identity unknown' errors when acceptance test scripts make commits. Write a minimal .gitconfig with user.name and user.email into the sandbox working directory during sharedSetup. Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

GitHub's Artifact API now rejects artifact names like '..' server-side with a 400 Bad Request, making it impossible to create artifacts with path traversal names. This means the scenario this test was verifying (that gh run download catches traversal names) can no longer be reproduced through normal artifact creation. The client-side traversal check in gh run download remains in place as a defense-in-depth measure. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Commit dd424d8 added NameWithOwner to PRRepository for agent-task listings but didn't update the headRepository GraphQL query to fetch it. This caused gh pr view --json headRepository to emit an empty "nameWithOwner":"" field, breaking the pr-create-respects-simple- pushdefault acceptance test. Fetch nameWithOwner in the query and update the test assertion to expect it. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Pull request overview

Fixes multiple acceptance test failures by ensuring git commits work inside the testscript sandbox, correcting a GraphQL selection regression for headRepository.nameWithOwner, and removing an acceptance test scenario that can no longer be reproduced due to upstream API validation.

Changes:

Write a minimal .gitconfig into the acceptance test sandbox so git commit doesn’t fail due to missing identity.
Fetch nameWithOwner for headRepository in the PR GraphQL fragment and update the affected acceptance assertion.
Remove the obsolete run-download-traversal acceptance test.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
`acceptance/acceptance_test.go`	Sets up sandbox git identity via `.gitconfig` so commit-making scripts succeed.
`api/query_builder.go`	Extends `headRepository` GraphQL fragment to include `nameWithOwner`.
`acceptance/testdata/pr/pr-create-respects-simple-pushdefault.txtar`	Updates expected JSON output to include `headRepository.nameWithOwner`.
`acceptance/testdata/workflow/run-download-traversal.txtar`	Removes an acceptance test that’s no longer viable due to server-side artifact name validation.

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Copilot · 2026-03-25T18:52:44Z

acceptance/acceptance_test.go

 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghcmd"
 	"github.com/cli/go-internal/testscript"
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 )


Import block isn’t gofmt-sorted (third-party imports should be lexicographically ordered). As-is, the gofmt formatter (enabled in golangci-lint) will report this file; please run gofmt/goimports to normalize the import order.

Well that's just not true. Our linter seems happy.

Copilot · 2026-03-25T18:52:45Z

api/query_builder.go

 		case "headRepository":
-			q = append(q, `headRepository{id,name}`)
+			q = append(q, `headRepository{id,name,nameWithOwner}`)
 		case "assignees":


This change to the headRepository fragment isn’t currently covered by api/query_builder_test.go. Since there are already unit tests asserting the generated fragments for other fields, consider adding a case that asserts IssueGraphQL([]string{"headRepository"}) (or via PullRequestGraphQL) includes nameWithOwner to prevent regressions.

Not super concerned with this personally.

williammartin

Fix 2 here looks like it breaks a lot of other tests, which are skipped by default right now:

 - pr-create-push-default-upstream-no-merge-ref-fork.txtar:50
 - pr-create-respects-push-destination.txtar:53
 - pr-create-remote-ref-with-branch-name-slash.txtar:46
 - pr-create-respects-remote-pushdefault.txtar:49
 - pr-create-guesses-remote-from-sha.txtar:48
 - pr-create-respects-user-colon-branch-syntax.txtar:47
 - pr-create-guesses-remote-from-sha-with-branch-name-slash.txtar:50
 - pr-create-respects-branch-pushremote.txtar:49

Or at least, maybe they were already broken? In any case, we should fix them.

williammartin · 2026-03-26T12:24:04Z

I fixed these failures in 971be97

williammartin

LGTM thanks

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Add nameWithOwner to necessary tests

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williammartin merged commit 39407e6 into trunk Mar 26, 2026
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Fix acceptance test failures: git identity, headRepository JSON, obsolete traversal test#13037

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Fix 1: Git identity in testscript sandbox

Fix 2: Fetch nameWithOwner in headRepository GraphQL query

Fix 3: Remove run-download-traversal acceptance test

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Fix 2: Fetch `nameWithOwner` in `headRepository` GraphQL query

Fix 3: Remove `run-download-traversal` acceptance test

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