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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Environment selection
-Some tests are designed to be run against specific environments. We can specify
-what environments to run tests against using the `only` metadata.
+Some tests are designed to be run against specific environments or [pipelines](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/quality/guidelines/debugging-qa-test-failures/#scheduled-qa-test-pipelines).
+We can specify what environments or pipelines to run tests against using the `only` metadata.
## Available switches
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ what environments to run tests against using the `only` metadata.
| `subdomain` | Set the subdomain matcher | `Array` or `String` |
| `domain` | Set the domain matcher | `String` |
| `production` | Match against production | `Static` |
+| `pipeline` | Match against a pipeline | `Array` or `Static`|
CAUTION: **Caution:**
-You cannot specify `:production` and `{ <switch>: 'value' }` simultaneously.
+You cannot specify `:production` and `{ <switch>: 'value' }` simultaneously.
These options are mutually exclusive. If you want to specify production, you
can control the `tld` and `domain` independently.
## Examples
-| Environment | Key | Matches (regex) |
+| Environment or pipeline | Key | Matches (regex for environments, string matching for pipelines) |
| ---------------- | --- | --------------- |
| `any` | `` | `.+.com` |
| `gitlab.com` | `only: :production` | `gitlab.com` |
@@ -27,18 +28,24 @@ can control the `tld` and `domain` independently.
| `gitlab.com and staging.gitlab.com` | `only: { subdomain: /(staging.)?/, domain: 'gitlab' }` | `(staging.)?gitlab.com` |
| `dev.gitlab.org` | `only: { tld: '.org', domain: 'gitlab', subdomain: 'dev' }` | `(dev).gitlab.org` |
| `staging.gitlab.com & domain.gitlab.com` | `only: { subdomain: %i[staging domain] }` | `(staging|domain).+.com` |
+| `nightly` | `only: { pipeline: :nightly }` | "nightly" |
+| `nightly`, `canary` | `only_run_in_pipeline: [:nightly, :canary]` | ["nightly"](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/nightly) and ["canary"](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/canary) |
```ruby
RSpec.describe 'Area' do
- it 'runs in any environment' do; end
+ it 'runs in any environment or pipeline' do; end
- it 'runs only in production', only: :production do; end
+ it 'runs only in production environment', only: :production do; end
- it 'runs only in staging', only: { subdomain: :staging } do; end
+ it 'runs only in staging environment', only: { subdomain: :staging } do; end
- it 'runs in dev', only: { tld: '.org', domain: 'gitlab', subdomain: 'dev' } do; end
+ it 'runs in dev environment', only: { tld: '.org', domain: 'gitlab', subdomain: 'dev' } do; end
- it 'runs in prod and staging', only: { subdomain: /(staging.)?/, domain: 'gitlab' } {}
+ it 'runs in prod and staging environments', only: { subdomain: /(staging.)?/, domain: 'gitlab' } {}
+
+ it 'runs only in nightly pipeline', only: { pipeline: :nightly } do; end
+
+ it 'runs in nightly and canary pipelines', only: { pipeline: [:nightly, :canary] } do; end
end
```
@@ -46,6 +53,8 @@ NOTE: **Note:**
If the test has a `before` or `after`, you must add the `only` metadata
to the outer `RSpec.describe`.
+If you want to run an `only: { :pipeline }` tagged test on your local GDK make sure either the `CI_PROJECT_NAME` environment variable is unset, or that the `CI_PROJECT_NAME` environment variable matches the specified pipeline in the `only: { :pipeline }` tag, or just delete the `only: { :pipeline }` tag.
+
## Quarantining a test for a specific environment
Similarly to specifying that a test should only run against a specific environment, it's also possible to quarantine a