Verification Strategy

Executable Validation

This page defines the preferred verification order for the daemon runtime.

Primary Automated Check

The code-backed lifecycle smoke test lives in tests/lifecycle_smoke.rs.

Its scope is intentionally narrow:

• launch daemon
• wait for localhost endpoint to become reachable
• request stop through CLI
• verify daemon endpoint goes away
• verify the daemon child process exits

This is the primary automated regression check for daemon start/stop behavior.

Recommended Validation Order

1. cargo test -- --test-threads=1
2. powershell -File .\src\tests\dev-check.ps1
3. powershell -File .\src\tests\windows-test.ps1 -StartDaemon -SeedReminder

Validation Philosophy

Use the narrowest executable check that can falsify the behavior you changed before widening into broader scripted or manual verification.

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