Run Acceptance Tests
Guide for running acceptance tests for a Terraform provider. Use this when asked to run an acceptance test or to run a test with the prefix `TestAcc`.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-hashicorp-agent-skills-run-acceptance-tests ✓ scanned · ✓ verified — works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
About
An acceptance test is a Go test function with the prefix TestAcc.
To run a focussed acceptance test named TestAccFeatureHappyPath:
- Run
go test -run=TestAccFeatureHappyPathwith the following environment
variables:
TF_ACC=1
Default to non-verbose test output.
- The acceptance tests may require additional environment variables for
specific providers. If the test output indicates missing environment variables, then suggest how to set up these environment variables securely.
To diagnose a failing acceptance test, use these options, in order. These options are cumulative: each option includes all the options above it.
- Run the test again. Use the
-count=1option to ensure thatgo testdoes
not use a cached result.
- Offer verbose
go testoutput. Use the-voption. - Offer debug-level logging. Enable debug-level logging with the environment
variable TF_LOG=debug.
- Offer to persist the acceptance test's Terraform workspace. Enable
persistance with the environment variable TF_ACC_WORKING_DIR_PERSIST=1.
A passing acceptance test may be a false negative. To "flip" a passing acceptance test named TestAccFeatureHappyPath:
- Edit the value of one of the TestCheckFuncs in one of the TestSteps in the
TestCase.
- Run the acceptance test. Expect the test to fail.
- If the test fails, then undo the edit and report a successful flip. Else,
keep the edit and report an unsuccessful flip.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: hashicorp
- Source: hashicorp/agent-skills
- License: MPL-2.0
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.