[Test]:QA Plan for Shortlist of Plugins

[monshri]

✅ Test Summary

Create a shortlist of security plugins and make it production ready for client adoption.

Plugins:

• Guardrails (llmguard)
• PII filter
• OPA
• RBAC plugin using Cedar
• Secret detection
• Auth claims extraction plugin
• Auth delegation plugin

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Things to ensure readiness

• Documentation
• Unit Tests
• Error handling and logs
• Configuration and environment variables
• Performance and Load testing
• Deployment, build passes in CI/CD pipeline without errors.

🧪 Test Type

Choose one or more applicable categories:

• Unit tests (Python)
• Integration / end-to-end tests

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🧬 Scope & Affected Components

Select what this test covers or validates:

• mcpgateway core (API logic, handlers)
• Admin UI (HTMX / Alpine / Tailwind)
• Tool/Resource/Prompt logic
• Federation sync/discovery
• Server interactions or SSE
• Auth / JWT / security flows
• Observability (logging, metrics)
• Makefile, shell scripts or CLI
• Containerized setup (Docker/Podman)
• Other (explain below)

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📋 Acceptance Criteria

What should pass or be verified?

• All relevant assertions are covered
• No side-effects or regressions observed
• Confirmed in multiple environments (if needed)
• Edge cases and error handling tested
• Logs and output are clean and expected

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📓 Notes & Steps

Include commands, expected behaviors, or test strategy.

# Example: run coverage locally
make test coverage
pytest tests/test_example.py

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🧠 Environment Info (if manual testing)

Key	Value
Gateway version	e.g. main@a1b2c3d
Python version	e.g. 3.11
Transport tested	http, ws, sse, stdio
OS / Platform	e.g. macOS, Ubuntu
Container	e.g. Docker, Podman, none

If applicable (ex: new type of test) add information on how to set this up using CI/CD with GitHub Actions or contribute directly to the workflow in .github/workflows

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📎 Related PRs / Issues (optional)

Link any relevant work.