pytest-session-trace

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Pytest plugin that turns a recorded agent session (Claude Code JSONL, henhouse tools.v1 JSON, or legacy call list) into deterministic tool-call assertions. No LLM in CI. No network. No MCP SDK.

Install

Python 3.10+. Requires henhouse:

pip install henhouse pytest-session-trace

Or install tagged releases from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/gmhoward9289-ops/henhouse@v0.1.2
pip install git+https://github.com/gmhoward9289-ops/pytest-session-trace@v0.1.5

Develop from sibling clones under dev/:

pip install -e ../henhouse
pip install -e .
pytest tests -v --session-trace tests/fixtures/one_write.jsonl

Example

from session_trace.assert_tools import assert_tool_called, assert_tool_order

def test_wrote(session_trace):
    assert_tool_called(session_trace, "Write")
    assert_tool_order(session_trace, ["Write"])

Point the fixture at a transcript or henhouse envelope:

pytest --session-trace path/to/session.jsonl
pytest --session-trace path/to/calls.json
# or
set SESSION_TRACE=path/to/session.jsonl

If neither --session-trace nor SESSION_TRACE is set, tests that request the session_trace fixture are skipped so this plugin can be installed globally without breaking unrelated suites.

Recorders

roost and leghorn record and display live Claude Code sessions. This plugin only asserts against a saved JSONL or python -m henhouse output.

Parsing is delegated to henhouse (load_tool_calls, ToolCall).

Pair with pytest-mcp-contract in the same repo: that plugin asserts the MCP server registers the right tools, read-only annotations, and input JSON schemas; this plugin asserts a saved session actually called them. Public starter: pytest-mcp-contract/examples/proof_stack/. swamp-ops docs/SESSION_TRACE.md documents the private dogfood pattern.

python -m session_trace codegen emits assert_tool_input_contains for MCP args (query, repo, limit, …) as well as editor tools.

Optional extra [anchor] uses trust_but_anchor.locate to fail closed when a quoted argument is not in a source file:

pip install -e ".[anchor]"

Starter test from a transcript

python -m session_trace path/to/session.jsonl > test_session.py
python -m session_trace --anchor path/to/session.jsonl > test_session.py

With --anchor, codegen emits assert_arg_anchored when a Write/Edit contents quotes text from a prior Read tool_result in the JSONL (requires [anchor] extra).

That file is a copy-pasteable starting point, not a required CI step for this package.

Have a recorded session and a pytest file that pins it? Post the workflow in Show and tell.

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Author: George M. Howard

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Python >=3.10

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