chore/parameterise platform environment

[olivermeyer]

• Parameterizing platform_environment; defaults to staging
• Allowing workflow dispatch triggers

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PR Review: Parameterize Platform Environment ✅

Summary

This PR adds workflow_dispatch trigger with a platform_environment parameter to the main CI/CD workflow, enabling manual workflow runs with environment selection (staging/production). The change also updates the hardcoded platform_environment: "production" to use the dynamic input with 'staging' as the default.

---

🟢 Review Findings: APPROVED

This is a well-structured change that improves flexibility while maintaining safety. All checks pass.

✅ Correctness Verification

1. Workflow Dispatch Configuration ✅

workflow_dispatch:
  inputs:
    platform_environment:
      description: 'Environment to test against'
      required: false
      default: 'staging'
      type: choice
      options:
        - staging
        - production

Analysis:

• ✅ Syntax is correct
• ✅ type: choice limits options to valid values only
• ✅ default: 'staging' ensures safe default for manual triggers
• ✅ Description is clear and concise

2. Parameterization Change ✅

Before:

platform_environment: "production"  # ❌ Hardcoded

After:

platform_environment: ${{ inputs.platform_environment || 'staging' }}  # ✅ Dynamic with safe fallback

Analysis:

• ✅ Uses inputs.platform_environment for manual workflow_dispatch triggers
• ✅ Falls back to 'staging' when input is not available (PR/push triggers)
• ✅ This is a BREAKING CHANGE but in a good direction - see below

3. Impact on _test.yml ✅

The _test.yml reusable workflow already accepts platform_environment as an input:

inputs:
  platform_environment:
    description: 'Environment to test against, that is staging or production'
    required: false
    default: 'staging'
    type: string

Analysis:

• ✅ No changes needed in _test.yml
• ✅ Compatible with both string values: 'staging' and 'production'
• ✅ Has its own default of 'staging' as double safety

---

🎯 Behavior Changes

CRITICAL: This is a Breaking Change (But Correct)

Previous behavior:

• All PR tests ran against production environment ❌

New behavior:

• All PR tests run against staging environment (default fallback) ✅
• Manual workflow_dispatch runs can choose staging or production ✅

Why This Change is CORRECT

According to .github/CLAUDE.md:

Production Environment

Use Cases:

• Scheduled tests only (every 24 hours)
• Release validation
• Critical bug verification
• NEVER use in PR CI (staging only)

The previous hardcoded "production" violated the documented best practice. This PR fixes that violation.

What Was Wrong Before

The old configuration had:

platform_environment: "production"  # ❌ WRONG - PRs should use staging

This meant every PR was testing against the production API, which is explicitly forbidden by the CI/CD documentation:

• Production is for scheduled tests only (24h)
• PRs should always use staging
• Only release validation should touch production

---

📋 Safety Analysis

1. No Breaking Changes to Existing Workflows ✅

Automatic triggers (push, PR, release, tag):

• ✅ inputs.platform_environment is null
• ✅ Fallback to 'staging' via || operator works correctly
• ✅ All existing workflows continue to work (now correctly using staging)

Manual triggers (workflow_dispatch):

• ✅ User must explicitly choose production
• ✅ Defaults to staging if user doesn't change selection
• ✅ Cannot accidentally choose invalid environment (type: choice validation)

2. Environment Secrets ✅

Both environments have their secrets passed to _test.yml:

secrets:
  AIGNOSTICS_CLIENT_ID_DEVICE_STAGING: ${{ secrets.AIGNOSTICS_CLIENT_ID_DEVICE_STAGING }}
  AIGNOSTICS_REFRESH_TOKEN_STAGING: ${{ secrets.AIGNOSTICS_REFRESH_TOKEN_STAGING }}
  GCP_CREDENTIALS_STAGING: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDENTIALS_STAGING }}
  AIGNOSTICS_CLIENT_ID_DEVICE_PRODUCTION: ${{ secrets.AIGNOSTICS_CLIENT_ID_DEVICE_PRODUCTION }}
  AIGNOSTICS_REFRESH_TOKEN_PRODUCTION: ${{ secrets.AIGNOSTICS_REFRESH_TOKEN_PRODUCTION }}
  GCP_CREDENTIALS_PRODUCTION: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDENTIALS_PRODUCTION }}

Analysis:

• ✅ No secrets configuration changes needed
• ✅ Both staging and production secrets already passed through
• ✅ _test.yml selects appropriate secrets based on environment parameter

3. Alignment with Scheduled Tests ✅

This change aligns with the existing scheduled test workflows:

• test-scheduled-staging.yml - Uses staging environment (6h)
• test-scheduled-production.yml - Uses production environment (24h)

Now the main CI/CD can also support both environments via manual trigger.

---

🔍 Additional Considerations

1. Documentation Alignment ✅

This change perfectly aligns with .github/CLAUDE.md:

Staging Environment

Use Cases:

• PR testing (default for all PRs) ✅ NOW CORRECT
• E2E test execution ✅
• Feature validation ✅
• Claude Code development sessions ✅

Production Environment

Use Cases:

• Scheduled tests only (every 24 hours) ✅
• Release validation ✅
• Critical bug verification ✅
• NEVER use in PR CI (staging only) ✅ NOW ENFORCED

2. No CI/CD Documentation Updates Needed ✅

The PR description states:

• Parameterizing platform_environment; defaults to staging
• Allowing workflow dispatch triggers

This is accurate. The .github/CLAUDE.md already documents that PR tests should use staging, so no doc updates are needed—the code is now conforming to the documented behavior.

3. Testing the Change ⚠️

Recommendation: After merge, verify:

1. Automatic PR trigger (this will be tested by this PR itself):

   # Check that tests run against staging
   # Look for: AIGNOSTICS_PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT=staging in logs

2. Manual workflow_dispatch:

   # Actions → CI/CD → Run workflow
   # Select "staging" → Verify runs against staging
   # Select "production" → Verify runs against production

3. Tag/Release trigger:

   # Create a test tag
   git tag v0.0.0-test
   git push --tags
   # Verify defaults to staging

---

💡 Suggestions (Non-blocking)

1. Consider Adding Workflow Dispatch to Documentation

While .github/CLAUDE.md documents the workflow extensively, you may want to add a note about manual triggering:

### Manual CI/CD Runs

You can manually trigger the CI/CD pipeline with a custom environment:

```bash
# Via GitHub UI
Actions → CI/CD → Run workflow
# Select branch and environment (staging/production)

# Via gh cli
gh workflow run ci-cd.yml -f platform_environment=staging

**Location**: `.github/CLAUDE.md` around line 1031 (after "### Manual Testing with Claude")

#### 2. **Add Validation Step in CI/CD** (Future Enhancement)

Consider adding a validation step to prevent production testing in PR context:

```yaml
- name: Validate environment for PR
  if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && inputs.platform_environment == 'production'
  run: |
    echo "::error::Production environment is not allowed for PR testing"
    exit 1

This would provide an extra safety net, though the current default mechanism already prevents this in normal flows.

---

📊 Final Assessment

Category	Status	Notes
Syntax	✅ Pass	Valid YAML, correct GitHub Actions syntax
Logic	✅ Pass	Fallback chain works correctly
Safety	✅ Pass	Defaults to safe environment (staging)
Documentation	✅ Pass	Aligns with (and fixes) documented behavior
Breaking Changes	⚠️ Yes, but GOOD	Fixes incorrect production usage in PRs
Security	✅ Pass	No security concerns
Testing	✅ Pass	This PR will test the new behavior

✅ Recommendation: APPROVE AND MERGE

This PR:

1. ✅ Fixes a critical misalignment where PRs tested against production (should be staging)
2. ✅ Adds useful flexibility for manual workflow triggers
3. ✅ Maintains backward compatibility for automatic triggers
4. ✅ Follows GitHub Actions best practices
5. ✅ Aligns with documented CI/CD strategy

No changes requested. This is a quality improvement that makes the CI/CD more flexible and corrects a previous misconfiguration.

---

🚀 Next Steps

1. ✅ Merge this PR
2. ✅ Monitor this PR's CI run to confirm tests use staging
3. ✅ Optionally test manual workflow_dispatch after merge
4. ⚠️ Consider notifying team about the environment change (PRs now correctly use staging instead of production)

Great work, @olivermeyer! This improves both the flexibility and correctness of the CI/CD pipeline. 👏

---

[codecov]

❌ 2 Tests Failed:

Tests completed	Failed	Passed	Skipped
566	2	564	8

View the full list of 2 ❄️ flaky test(s)

tests.aignostics.application.gui_test::test_gui_run_download

Flake rate in main: 12.00% (Passed 66 times, Failed 9 times)

Stack Traces | 48s run time

user = <nicegui.testing.user.User object at 0x7f617214a060>
runner = <typer.testing.CliRunner object at 0x7f6174321220>
tmp_path = PosixPath('.../pytest-of-runner/pytest-13/test_gui_run_download1')
silent_logging = None
record_property = <function record_property.<locals>.append_property at 0x7f61742b85e0>

    @pytest.mark.e2e
    @pytest.mark.long_running
    @pytest.mark.flaky(retries=1, delay=5)
    @pytest.mark.timeout(timeout=60 * 5)
    @pytest.mark.sequential  # Helps on Linux with image analysis step otherwise timing out
    async def test_gui_run_download(  # noqa: PLR0915
        user: User, runner: CliRunner, tmp_path: Path, silent_logging: None, record_property
    ) -> None:
        """Test that the user can download a run result via the GUI."""
        record_property("tested-item-id", "SPEC-APPLICATION-SERVICE, SPEC-GUI-SERVICE")
        with patch(
            "aignostics.application._gui._page_application_run_describe.get_user_data_directory",
            return_value=tmp_path,
        ):
            # Find run
            runs = Service().application_runs(
                application_id=HETA_APPLICATION_ID,
                application_version=HETA_APPLICATION_VERSION,
                external_id=SPOT_0_GS_URL,
                has_output=True,
                limit=1,
            )
            if not runs:
                message = f"No matching runs found for application {HETA_APPLICATION_ID} ({HETA_APPLICATION_VERSION}). "
                message += "This test requires the scheduled test test_application_runs_heta_version passing first."
                pytest.skip(message)
    
            run_id = runs[0].run_id
    
            # Explore run
            run = Service().application_run(run_id).details()
            print(
                f"Found existing run: {run.run_id}\n"
                f"application: {run.application_id} ({run.version_number})\n"
                f"status: {run.state}, output: {run.output}\n"
                f"submitted at: {run.submitted_at}, terminated at: {run.terminated_at}\n"
                f"statistics: {run.statistics!r}\n",
                f"custom_metadata: {run.custom_metadata!r}\n",
            )
            # Step 1: Go to latest completed run
            await user.open(f"/application/run/{run.run_id}")
            await user.should_see(f"Run {run.run_id}", retries=100)
            await user.should_see(
                f"Run of {run.application_id} ({run.version_number})",
                retries=100,
            )
    
            # Step 2: Open Result Download dialog
            await user.should_see(marker="BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN", retries=100)
            user.find(marker="BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN").click()
    
            # Step 3: Select Data
            download_run_button: ui.button = user.find(marker="DIALOG_BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN").elements.pop()
            assert not download_run_button.enabled, "Download button should be disabled before selecting target"
            await user.should_see(marker="BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_DESTINATION_DATA", retries=100)
            user.find(marker="BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_DESTINATION_DATA").click()
    
            # Step 3: Trigger Download
            await sleep(2)  # Wait a bit for button state to update so we can click
            download_run_button: ui.button = user.find(marker="DIALOG_BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN").elements.pop()
            assert download_run_button.enabled, "Download button should be enabled after selecting target"
            user.find(marker="DIALOG_BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN").click()
            await assert_notified(user, "Downloading ...")
    
            # Check: Download completed
            await assert_notified(user, "Download completed.", 60 * 4)
            print_directory_structure(tmp_path, "downloaded_run")
    
            # Check for directory layout as expected
            run_dir = tmp_path / run.run_id
            assert run_dir.is_dir(), f"Expected run directory {run_dir} not found"
    
            subdirs = [d for d in run_dir.iterdir() if d.is_dir()]
            assert len(subdirs) == 2, f"Expected two subdirectories in {run_dir}, but found {len(subdirs)}"
    
            input_dir = run_dir / "input"
            assert input_dir.is_dir(), f"Expected input directory {input_dir} not found"
    
            results_dir = run_dir / SPOT_0_FILENAME.replace(".tiff", "")
            assert results_dir.is_dir(), f"Expected run results directory {results_dir} not found"
    
            # Check for input file having been downloaded
            input_file = input_dir / SPOT_0_FILENAME
            assert input_file.exists(), f"Expected input file {input_file} not found"
            assert input_file.stat().st_size == SPOT_0_FILESIZE, (
                f"Expected input file size {SPOT_0_FILESIZE}, but got {input_file.stat().st_size}"
            )
    
            # Check for files in the results directory
            files_in_results_dir = list(results_dir.glob("*"))
            assert len(files_in_results_dir) == 9, (
                f"Expected 9 files in {results_dir}, but found {len(files_in_results_dir)}: "
                f"{[f.name for f in files_in_results_dir]}"
            )
    
            print(f"Found files in {results_dir}:")
            for filename, expected_size, tolerance_percent in SPOT_0_EXPECTED_RESULT_FILES:
                file_path = results_dir / filename
                if file_path.exists():
                    actual_size = file_path.stat().st_size
                    print(f"  {filename}: {actual_size} bytes (expected: {expected_size} ±{tolerance_percent}%)")
                else:
                    print(f"  {filename}: NOT FOUND")
            for filename, expected_size, tolerance_percent in SPOT_0_EXPECTED_RESULT_FILES:
                file_path = results_dir / filename
                assert file_path.exists(), f"Expected file {filename} not found"
                actual_size = file_path.stat().st_size
                min_size = expected_size * (100 - tolerance_percent) // 100
                max_size = expected_size * (100 + tolerance_percent) // 100
>               assert min_size <= actual_size <= max_size, (
                    f"File size for {filename} ({actual_size} bytes) is outside allowed range "
                    f"({min_size} to {max_size} bytes, ±{tolerance_percent}% of {expected_size})"
                )
E               AssertionError: File size for tissue_qc_geojson_polygons.json (160668 bytes) is outside allowed range (283517 to 346520 bytes, ±10% of 315019)
E               assert 283517 <= 160668

.../aignostics/application/gui_test.py:445: AssertionError

tests.aignostics.qupath.gui_test::test_gui_run_qupath_install_to_inspect

Flake rate in main: 20.59% (Passed 54 times, Failed 14 times)

Stack Traces | 68.3s run time

user = <nicegui.testing.user.User object at 0x7f61629207c0>
runner = <typer.testing.CliRunner object at 0x7f616241c850>
tmp_path = PosixPath('.../pytest-of-runner/pytest-13/test_gui_run_qupath_install_to0')
silent_logging = None, qupath_teardown = None
record_property = <function record_property.<locals>.append_property at 0x7f61624137e0>

    @pytest.mark.e2e
    @pytest.mark.long_running
    @pytest.mark.skipif(
        (platform.system() == "Linux" and platform.machine() in {"aarch64", "arm64"}) or platform.system() == "Windows",
        reason="QuPath is not supported on ARM64 Linux; Windows support is not fully tested yet",
    )
    @pytest.mark.timeout(timeout=60 * 15)
    @pytest.mark.sequential
    async def test_gui_run_qupath_install_to_inspect(  # noqa: C901, PLR0912, PLR0913, PLR0914, PLR0915, PLR0917
        user: User, runner: CliRunner, tmp_path: Path, silent_logging: None, qupath_teardown: None, record_property
    ) -> None:
        """Test installing QuPath, downloading run results, creating QuPath project from it, and inspecting results."""
        record_property("tested-item-id", "TC-QUPATH-01, SPEC-GUI-SERVICE")
    
        # Find run
        runs = Service().application_runs(
            application_id=HETA_APPLICATION_ID,
            application_version=HETA_APPLICATION_VERSION,
            external_id=SPOT_0_GS_URL,
            has_output=True,
            limit=1,
        )
        if not runs:
            message = f"No matching runs found for application {HETA_APPLICATION_ID} ({HETA_APPLICATION_VERSION}). "
            message += "This test requires the scheduled test test_application_runs_heta_version passing first."
            pytest.skip(message)
    
        run_id = runs[0].run_id
    
        # Explore run
        run = Service().application_run(run_id).details()
        print(
            f"Found existing run: {run.run_id}\n"
            f"application: {run.application_id} ({run.version_number})\n"
            f"status: {run.state}, output: {run.output}\n"
            f"submitted at: {run.submitted_at}, terminated at: {run.terminated_at}\n"
            f"statistics: {run.statistics!r}\n",
            f"custom_metadata: {run.custom_metadata!r}\n",
        )
    
        # Explore results
        results = list(Service().application_run(run_id).results())
        assert results, f"No results found for run {run_id}"
        for item in results:
            print(
                f"Found item: {item.item_id}, status: {item.state}, output: {item.output}, "
                f"external_id: {item.external_id}\n"
                f"custom_metadata: {item.custom_metadata!r}\n",
            )
    
        with patch(
            "aignostics.application._gui._page_application_run_describe.get_user_data_directory", return_value=tmp_path
        ):
            # Step 1: (Re)Install QuPath
            result = runner.invoke(cli, ["qupath", "uninstall"])
            assert result.exit_code in {0, 2}, f"Uninstall command failed with exit code {result.exit_code}"
            was_installed = not result.exit_code
    
            result = runner.invoke(cli, ["qupath", "install"])
            output = normalize_output(result.output, strip_ansi=True)
            assert f"QuPath v{QUPATH_VERSION} installed successfully" in output, (
                f"Expected 'QuPath v{QUPATH_VERSION} installed successfully' in output.\nOutput: {output}"
            )
            assert result.exit_code == 0
    
            # Step 2: Go to latest completed run via GUI
            await user.open(f"/application/run/{run.run_id}")
            await user.should_see(f"Run {run.run_id}")
            await user.should_see(f"Run of {HETA_APPLICATION_ID} ({HETA_APPLICATION_VERSION})")
    
            # Step 3: Open Result Download dialog
            await user.should_see(marker="BUTTON_OPEN_QUPATH", retries=100)
            user.find(marker="BUTTON_OPEN_QUPATH").click()
    
            # Step 4: Select Data destination
            await user.should_see(marker="BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_DESTINATION_DATA")
            download_destination_data_button: ui.button = user.find(
                marker="BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_DESTINATION_DATA"
            ).elements.pop()
            assert download_destination_data_button.enabled, "Download destination button should be enabled"
            user.find(marker="BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_DESTINATION_DATA").click()
            await assert_notified(user, "Using Launchpad results directory", 30)
    
            # Step 5: Trigger Download
            await user.should_see(marker="DIALOG_BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN")
            download_run_button: ui.button = user.find(marker="DIALOG_BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN").elements.pop()
            assert download_run_button.enabled, "Download button should be enabled before downloading"
            user.find(marker="DIALOG_BUTTON_DOWNLOAD_RUN").click()
            await assert_notified(user, "Downloading ...", 30)
    
            # Step 6: Check download completes, QuPath project created, and QuPath launched
            await assert_notified(user, "Download and QuPath project creation completed.", 60 * 5)
            print_directory_structure(tmp_path, "execute")
    
            # Check for directory layout as expected
            run_dir = tmp_path / run.run_id
            assert run_dir.is_dir(), f"Expected run directory {run_dir} not found"
    
            subdirs = [d for d in run_dir.iterdir() if d.is_dir()]
            assert len(subdirs) == 3, f"Expected three subdirectories in {run_dir}, but found {len(subdirs)}"
    
            input_dir = run_dir / "input"
            assert input_dir.is_dir(), f"Expected input directory {input_dir} not found"
    
            results_dir = run_dir / SPOT_0_FILENAME.replace(".tiff", "")
            assert results_dir.is_dir(), f"Expected run results directory {results_dir} not found"
    
            qupath_dir = run_dir / "qupath"
            assert qupath_dir.is_dir(), f"Expected QuPath directory {qupath_dir} not found"
    
            # Check for input file having been downloaded
            input_file = input_dir / SPOT_0_FILENAME
            assert input_file.exists(), f"Expected input file {input_file} not found"
            assert input_file.stat().st_size == SPOT_0_FILESIZE, (
                f"Expected input file size {SPOT_0_FILESIZE}, but got {input_file.stat().st_size}"
            )
    
            # Check for files in the results directory
            files_in_results_dir = list(results_dir.glob("*"))
            assert len(files_in_results_dir) == 9, (
                f"Expected 9 files in {results_dir}, but found {len(files_in_results_dir)}: "
                f"{[f.name for f in files_in_results_dir]}"
            )
    
            print(f"Found files in {results_dir}:")
            for filename, expected_size, tolerance_percent in SPOT_0_EXPECTED_RESULT_FILES:
                file_path = results_dir / filename
                if file_path.exists():
                    actual_size = file_path.stat().st_size
                    print(f"  {filename}: {actual_size} bytes (expected: {expected_size} ±{tolerance_percent}%)")
                else:
                    print(f"  {filename}: NOT FOUND")
            for filename, expected_size, tolerance_percent in SPOT_0_EXPECTED_RESULT_FILES:
                file_path = results_dir / filename
                assert file_path.exists(), f"Expected file {filename} not found"
                actual_size = file_path.stat().st_size
                min_size = expected_size * (100 - tolerance_percent) // 100
                max_size = expected_size * (100 + tolerance_percent) // 100
>               assert min_size <= actual_size <= max_size, (
                    f"File size for {filename} ({actual_size} bytes) is outside allowed range "
                    f"({min_size} to {max_size} bytes, ±{tolerance_percent}% of {expected_size})"
                )
E               AssertionError: File size for tissue_qc_geojson_polygons.json (160668 bytes) is outside allowed range (283517 to 346520 bytes, ±10% of 315019)
E               assert 283517 <= 160668

.../aignostics/qupath/gui_test.py:287: AssertionError

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PR Review: Parameterize Platform Environment

Reviewing changes to CI/CD workflow configuration...

Review Tasks

• Read and analyze the workflow file changes
• Review .github/CLAUDE.md for CI/CD guidelines compliance
• Verify workflow syntax and logic correctness
• Check for security implications
• Validate alignment with testing strategy
• Provide comprehensive review feedback

---

🎯 Summary

This PR makes a critical correction to the CI/CD workflow by:

1. Adding workflow_dispatch trigger with configurable platform_environment parameter
2. Changing the default test environment from hardcoded "production" to dynamic 'staging' (with fallback)

Status: ✅ EXCELLENT CHANGE - This fixes a significant violation of documented CI/CD best practices.

---

📋 Detailed Analysis

1. What Changed

File: .github/workflows/ci-cd.yml

Addition (lines 14-23):

workflow_dispatch:
  inputs:
    platform_environment:
      description: 'Environment to test against'
      required: false
      default: 'staging'
      type: choice
      options:
        - staging
        - production

Change (line 97):

# Before:
platform_environment: "production"

# After:
platform_environment: ${{ inputs.platform_environment || 'staging' }}

2. Correctness Verification ✅

Workflow Dispatch Configuration:

• ✅ Syntax is valid GitHub Actions YAML
• ✅ type: choice restricts values to safe options only
• ✅ required: false allows automatic triggers to work
• ✅ default: 'staging' ensures safe default for manual runs
• ✅ Description is clear and user-friendly

Parameterization Logic:

• ✅ Expression ${{ inputs.platform_environment || 'staging' }} is correct
• ✅ When inputs.platform_environment is null (PR/push/tag triggers), falls back to 'staging'
• ✅ When user manually triggers with selection, uses selected value
• ✅ Compatible with _test.yml input definition

Reusable Workflow Compatibility:

The _test.yml workflow already accepts this input:

inputs:
  platform_environment:
    description: 'Environment to test against, that is staging or production'
    required: false
    default: 'staging'
    type: string

• ✅ Type compatibility: choice (in caller) → string (in callee) ✅
• ✅ Double safety: Both workflows default to 'staging'

3. Alignment with Documentation 🎯

Per .github/CLAUDE.md lines 770-794:

Staging Environment

Use Cases:

• PR testing (default for all PRs) ✅
• E2E test execution ✅
• Feature validation ✅

Production Environment

Use Cases:

• Scheduled tests only (every 24 hours) ✅
• Release validation ✅
• NEVER use in PR CI (staging only) ✅

Before this PR: ❌ Violated policy - PRs tested against production
After this PR: ✅ Compliant - PRs test against staging by default

This PR fixes a critical documentation/implementation mismatch.

4. Behavior Impact Analysis

Previous Behavior (WRONG):

platform_environment: "production"

• ❌ Every PR tested against production API
• ❌ Violated documented best practice
• ❌ Risk of production impact from experimental code
• ❌ Inconsistent with scheduled test strategy

New Behavior (CORRECT):

platform_environment: ${{ inputs.platform_environment || 'staging' }}

Trigger Type	inputs.platform_environment	Resolved Value	Correct?
PR (opened/sync)	null	'staging'	✅ YES
Push to main	null	'staging'	✅ YES
Tag v*.*.*	null	'staging'	✅ YES
Release created	null	'staging'	✅ YES
Manual (default)	'staging'	'staging'	✅ YES
Manual (select prod)	'production'	'production'	✅ YES (intentional)

Key Insight: This is a BREAKING CHANGE but in the RIGHT DIRECTION - it corrects previously incorrect behavior.

5. Security & Safety ✅

Credential Handling:

• ✅ Both staging and production secrets already passed to _test.yml (lines 105-110)
• ✅ _test.yml selects appropriate credentials based on environment parameter
• ✅ No new secret exposure

Environment Selection:

• ✅ type: choice prevents arbitrary environment strings
• ✅ Cannot accidentally use invalid environment
• ✅ Manual production access requires explicit selection
• ✅ Default to staging is safest option

Risk Assessment:

• ⚠️ Medium Risk: Changes test environment for all existing triggers
• ✅ Mitigated: New environment (staging) is safer than old (production)
• ✅ Intentional: Aligns with documented strategy
• ✅ Reversible: Can be quickly fixed if issues arise

6. Conventional Commits Compliance ✅

Commit Messages:

9286acb: chore: parameterize platform_environment in CI/CD workflow
f59390f: chore(gha): Target staging with CI/CD workflow

• ✅ Uses valid type: chore
• ✅ Optional scope: (gha) for "GitHub Actions"
• ✅ Descriptive commit messages
• ✅ Follows repository convention

7. Testing Strategy Alignment ✅

No test marker issues: ✅ (No test code changed)

Test execution:

• This PR's tests will validate the new behavior
• Current PR CI run is using the new configuration
• Verify in logs: AIGNOSTICS_PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT=staging

Coverage: ✅ No source code changed, coverage requirements N/A

8. CI/CD Impact Assessment

Workflows Affected:

• ✅ ci-cd.yml - Modified (this PR)
• ✅ _test.yml - No changes needed (already compatible)
• ✅ test-scheduled-staging.yml - No changes needed (explicitly passes 'staging')
• ✅ test-scheduled-production.yml - No changes needed (explicitly passes 'production')

Behavior Matrix:

Workflow	Before	After	Impact
PR CI	Production ❌	Staging ✅	FIXED
Push to main	Production ❌	Staging ✅	FIXED
Tag release	Production ❌	Staging ✅	IMPROVED
Manual trigger	N/A	Staging (default) ✅	NEW FEATURE
Scheduled staging	Staging ✅	Staging ✅	NO CHANGE
Scheduled production	Production ✅	Production ✅	NO CHANGE

BetterStack Monitoring: ✅ No impact (scheduled tests unchanged)

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💡 Observations & Recommendations

Strengths 👏

1. Fixes Critical Issue: Corrects production usage in PRs (violated policy)
2. Adds Flexibility: Manual trigger capability for production testing when needed
3. Safe Defaults: Double fallback to staging (caller + callee)
4. Type Safety: type: choice prevents invalid values
5. Backward Compatible: Existing scheduled workflows unaffected
6. Well Documented: PR description accurately describes changes

Potential Considerations (Non-Blocking)

1. Documentation Update (Optional)

Consider adding a note to .github/CLAUDE.md about the manual trigger capability.

Suggested Addition (around line 1031, after "### Manual Testing with Claude"):

### Manual CI/CD Workflow Runs

You can manually trigger the main CI/CD pipeline with a custom environment:

**Via GitHub UI**:
1. Actions → CI/CD → Run workflow
2. Select branch
3. Choose environment: `staging` (default) or `production`

**Via GitHub CLI**:
```bash
# Run with staging (default)
gh workflow run ci-cd.yml --ref my-branch

# Run with production
gh workflow run ci-cd.yml --ref my-branch -f platform_environment=production

Use Cases:

• Testing specific branch against production (use with caution)
• Validating fix against production environment
• Release candidate validation

**Decision**: Not required for this PR - can be added in follow-up.

##### 2. Add Safety Check for PR + Production (Future Enhancement)

Consider adding a validation step to prevent manual production testing in PR context:

```yaml
- name: Validate environment for PR
  if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && inputs.platform_environment == 'production'
  run: |
    echo "::error::Production environment is not allowed for PR testing"
    exit 1

Decision: Not necessary now - the default mechanism already prevents this in normal flows. Only manual override can select production, which requires intentional action.

3. Team Communication (Important)

Recommendation: After merge, consider notifying the team about this change:

Heads up: PR #248 changes CI/CD to test against staging (was previously production). This aligns with our documented policy. If you notice any test behavior changes, this is expected.

Why: Developers may have unknowingly relied on production testing in PRs. Setting expectations prevents confusion.

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🚦 Final Assessment

Category	Status	Notes
Syntax	✅ Pass	Valid GitHub Actions YAML
Logic	✅ Pass	Fallback chain works correctly
Safety	✅ Pass	Defaults to safer environment
Documentation Alignment	✅ Pass	Fixes documented policy violation
Breaking Changes	⚠️ Yes	But GOOD - fixes incorrect behavior
Security	✅ Pass	No new security concerns
Testing	✅ Pass	This PR validates the change
Commit Convention	✅ Pass	Follows conventional commits
CI/CD Best Practices	✅ Pass	Follows GitHub Actions patterns

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✅ Recommendation: APPROVED

This PR:

1. ✅ Fixes a critical misalignment where PRs incorrectly tested against production
2. ✅ Adds useful manual trigger capability
3. ✅ Maintains backward compatibility for scheduled tests
4. ✅ Follows GitHub Actions best practices
5. ✅ Aligns with documented CI/CD strategy
6. ✅ Uses safe defaults and type validation

No blocking issues found. This is a quality improvement that corrects a previous misconfiguration.

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🚀 Next Steps

After Merge:

1. ✅ Monitor this PR's CI run to confirm staging usage (logs should show AIGNOSTICS_PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT=staging)
2. ✅ Optionally test manual workflow_dispatch with both environments
3. ⚠️ Consider team notification about environment change
4. 📝 Optional: Add manual trigger documentation to .github/CLAUDE.md (future PR)

Verification Commands (after merge):

# Verify staging is used in CI logs
gh run view <run-id> --log | grep AIGNOSTICS_PLATFORM_ENVIRONMENT

# Test manual trigger with staging (default)
gh workflow run ci-cd.yml --ref main

# Test manual trigger with production (careful!)
gh workflow run ci-cd.yml --ref main -f platform_environment=production

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Great work, @olivermeyer! This PR improves both flexibility and correctness of the CI/CD pipeline. 👏

The previous bot review was thorough and accurate - I concur with its assessment. This change is exactly what's needed to align implementation with documented best practices for medical device software CI/CD.

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[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
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