CI: run the sp_PerfCheck and sp_HumanEvents assertion harnesses - #833
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The sql-tests workflow only ran basic-execution and help-output smoke tests, so the assertion harnesses added recently ran only when someone remembered to. That gap is exactly how behavioral regressions shipped: a harness existed but nothing ran it. This wires the two self-contained harnesses into CI so they run on every push to dev and every PR, across the 2017/2019/2022/2025 matrix. PerfCheck and HumanEvents build and drop their own scratch databases, Extended Events sessions, and configuration, so they need no external data - unlike the IndexCleanup and ReproBuilder harnesses, which depend on StackOverflow2013 that the CI containers do not have (a later phase). The harnesses were written and validated against the go-based sqlcmd, so CI now installs that package (already available from the Microsoft apt repo it configures) alongside mssql-tools18, rather than risk output-parsing differences from a different client. The harnesses' sqlcmd invocation is made configurable through two environment variables - SQLCMD_BIN (default "sqlcmd") and SQLCMD_CONN_ARGS (default empty) - so the same code runs locally unchanged and in CI with "-C" to trust the container's self-signed certificate. Both changes are no-ops locally: harnesses still pass 53/53 and 195/195 against SQL2022. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… runners) The 'sqlcmd' apt package is not in the Microsoft repo for the ubuntu-noble runners (E: Unable to locate package sqlcmd). Pull the latest linux-amd64 go-sqlcmd release binary instead, install to /usr/local/bin/sqlcmd, and point the harness steps at it explicitly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…e procs The harnesses connect to master (as on a local box), but CI installed the procs only into DarlingData_CI_Test, so the preflight reported sp_PerfCheck missing. Add a master install before the harness steps. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…s runs on Linux Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
On Linux SQL Server sys.traces still lists a default trace, but fn_trace_gettable cannot read it there and raises Msg 19049, which aborted the whole procedure before it returned any findings. Wrap the default-trace read in TRY/CATCH: on failure leave #trace_events empty (the trace-based checks below then simply find nothing) and record one informational finding (check_id 5004) noting the trace was unreadable. Also covers a missing or corrupt trace file on Windows. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The go-sqlcmd the harnesses use failed to connect to the SQL Server 2017 container instantly: the modern Go TLS stack rejects that old container's self-signed certificate outright, and -C (trust cert) does not bypass it, so the harness read the empty result as "proc not installed." Disable encryption (-N disable) so no TLS handshake happens - there is nothing to secure on a localhost throwaway container. Removes the temporary continue-on-error on the sp_PerfCheck step now that it degrades cleanly on Linux and passes there. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The "zero net configuration change" meta-assertion failed on the SQL Server 2017 CI container: its image ships 'clr strict security' configured on but not yet in use (value=1, value_in_use=0), a staged change. The harness's own RECONFIGURE (for its SAFE_OPTIONS) applied that pending change mid-run, so it surfaced as a net config change the harness never made. Issue RECONFIGURE before capturing the baseline so the comparison measures only the harness's own effect. Verified by staging an equivalent pending change locally: fails without this, passes with it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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sql-testsworkflow only ran basic-execution and help-output smoke tests, so the assertion harnesses ran only when someone remembered to. That gap is exactly how behavioral regressions shipped this cycle — a harness existed but nothing ran it. This wires the two self-contained harnesses into CI so they run on every push todevand every PR, across the 2017/2019/2022/2025 matrix.Why only these two (for now)
sp_PerfCheckandsp_HumanEventsbuild and drop their own scratch databases, Extended Events sessions, and configuration — no external data needed.sp_IndexCleanupandsp_QueryReproBuilderdepend onStackOverflow2013, which the CI containers don't have; those are a later phase (their fixtures need to build their own data).How
sqlcmd, so CI installs that package (already in the Microsoft apt repo it configures) alongsidemssql-tools18, rather than risk output-parsing differences from a different client.sqlcmdinvocation is now configurable viaSQLCMD_BIN(defaultsqlcmd) andSQLCMD_CONN_ARGS(default empty), so the same code runs locally unchanged and in CI with-Cto trust the container cert.Validation
Tests + CI only — no procedure
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