tests: share server across tests, suppress probe noise

- Add session-scoped shared_server fixture to avoid 27+ server start/stop cycles
- Refactor test_tcp.py and test_features.py to use shared server
- Suppress server health-check probe stderr noise in common.py

tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 """Shared pytest configuration for integration tests."""
 import os
 import sys
+import pytest
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "integration"))
+
+from common import ServerManager
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def shared_server():
+    """One server for the entire test session. Avoids 27+ server start/stop cycles."""
+    server = ServerManager()
+    server.start()
+    yield server
+    server.stop()

tests/integration/common.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ServerManager:
         cmd = SERVER_CMD + ["-p", str(self._port)]
         if extra_args:
             cmd += extra_args
-        self._proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=None)
+        self._proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
         _wait_for_port(self._port, timeout=5)
 
     def stop(self):

tests/integration/test_features.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Feature tests: incremental sync, bandwidth limiting, dry run, metadata, filters."""
 import os
 import shutil
-import subprocess
 import sys
 import time
 import pytest
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ import pytest
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
 from common import (
     PROJECT_ROOT, BUILD_DIR, TEST_DATA_DIR,
-    ServerManager, run_client,
+    run_client,
     generate_test_files, verify_transfer, clean_dir, make_result,
     get_dest_received_dir, CLIENT_CMD,
 )
@@ -38,14 +37,13 @@ class TestDryRun:
 
 
 class TestArchiveMode:
-    def test_archive_mode(self):
+    def test_archive_mode(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["-a"],
-                flags=["-a"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
@@ -55,65 +53,57 @@ class TestArchiveMode:
 
 
 class TestExclude:
-    def test_exclude_single(self):
+    def test_exclude_single(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--exclude", "small.txt"],
-                flags=["--exclude", "small.txt"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
         mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
-        # small.txt should be missing (excluded)
+        assert "small.txt" in missing, "small.txt should be excluded but was transferred"
-        assert "small.txt" in missing, f"small.txt should be excluded but was transferred"
-        # all other files should be present
         other_missing = [m for m in missing if m != "small.txt"]
         assert not other_missing, f"Other files missing: {other_missing}"
         assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
 
-    def test_exclude_glob(self):
+    def test_exclude_glob(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--exclude", "*.txt"],
-                flags=["--exclude", "*.txt"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
-        # Only binary.bin and bulk files should be present
         assert not os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "small.txt")), "small.txt should be excluded"
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "binary.bin")), "binary.bin should be present"
 
 
 class TestInclude:
-    def test_include_single(self):
+    def test_include_single(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--include", "binary.bin"],
-                flags=["--include", "binary.bin"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
-        # Only binary.bin should be present
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "binary.bin")), "binary.bin should be included"
         assert not os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "small.txt")), "small.txt should not be included"
 
-    def test_include_glob(self):
+    def test_include_glob(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--include", "*.bin"],
-                flags=["--include", "*.bin"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
@@ -121,101 +111,81 @@ class TestInclude:
 
 
 class TestSizeFilters:
-    def test_max_size(self):
+    def test_max_size(self, shared_server):
-        """Files larger than --max-size should be skipped."""
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--max-size", "100"],
-                flags=["--max-size", "100"],  # 100 bytes
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
-        # small.txt (12 bytes) should be present, medium.txt (220k+) should be skipped
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "small.txt")), "small.txt should be present"
         assert not os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "medium.txt")), "medium.txt should be skipped"
 
-    def test_min_size(self):
+    def test_min_size(self, shared_server):
-        """Files smaller than --min-size should be skipped."""
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--min-size", "1000"],
-                flags=["--min-size", "1000"],  # 1 KB
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         if result.returncode != 0:
             pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
-        # small.txt (12 bytes) should be skipped, medium.txt should be present
         assert not os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "small.txt")), "small.txt should be skipped"
         assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(received, "medium.txt")), "medium.txt should be present"
 
 
 class TestIncremental:
-    def test_incremental_skips_unchanged(self):
+    def test_incremental_skips_unchanged(self, shared_server):
-        """Second sync with --incremental should be fast (skips unchanged files)."""
-        # First sync: populate dest
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["-M"],
-                flags=["-M"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
+        assert result.returncode == 0, f"First sync failed: {result.stderr[:100]}"
-            assert result.returncode == 0, f"First sync failed: {result.stderr[:100]}"
 
-        # Second sync with --incremental (should be near-instant)
+        start = time.monotonic()
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            start = time.monotonic()
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            flags=["-M", "--incremental"],
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                flags=["-M", "--incremental"],
+        )
-                port=server.port,
+        incremental_time = time.monotonic() - start
-            )
-            incremental_time = time.monotonic() - start
 
         assert result.returncode == 0, f"Incremental sync failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}"
 
-        # Verify files are still correct
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
         mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
         assert not missing, f"Missing: {missing}"
         assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
 
-    def test_incremental_detects_changes(self):
+    def test_incremental_detects_changes(self, shared_server):
-        """Incremental sync should transfer modified files."""
-        # First sync
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, _ = run_client(
-            result, _ = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["-M"],
-                flags=["-M"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
+        assert result.returncode == 0
-            assert result.returncode == 0
 
-        # Modify a file
         modified_file = os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "small.txt")
         with open(modified_file, "wb") as f:
             f.write(b"modified content for incremental test\n")
 
-        # Second sync with --incremental
+        result, dur = run_client(
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            flags=["-M", "--incremental"],
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                flags=["-M", "--incremental"],
+        )
-                port=server.port,
+        assert result.returncode == 0
-            )
-            assert result.returncode == 0
 
-        # Restore original content
         with open(modified_file, "wb") as f:
             f.write(b"hello world\n")
 
-        # Verify the modified content was transferred
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
         received_file = os.path.join(received, "small.txt")
         assert os.path.exists(received_file), "Modified file should be present"
@@ -225,19 +195,15 @@ class TestIncremental:
 
 
 class TestDelete:
-    def test_delete_removes_extra_files(self):
+    def test_delete_removes_extra_files(self, shared_server):
-        """--delete should remove files on dest that aren't in source."""
-        # First sync: populate dest
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, _ = run_client(
-            result, _ = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["-M"],
-                flags=["-M"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
+        assert result.returncode == 0
-            assert result.returncode == 0
 
-        # Add extra files to destination
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
         extra_file = os.path.join(received, "extra_file.txt")
         extra_dir = os.path.join(received, "extra_dir")
@@ -247,51 +213,42 @@ class TestDelete:
         with open(os.path.join(extra_dir, "nested.txt"), "w") as f:
             f.write("nested extra")
 
-        # Second sync with --delete
+        result, dur = run_client(
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            flags=["-M", "--delete"],
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                flags=["-M", "--delete"],
+        )
-                port=server.port,
-            )
 
         assert result.returncode == 0, f"Delete sync failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}"
         assert not os.path.exists(extra_file), "extra_file.txt should be deleted"
         assert not os.path.exists(extra_dir), "extra_dir should be deleted"
 
-        # Verify remaining files are correct
         mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)
         assert not missing, f"Missing: {missing}"
         assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
 
 
 class TestProgress:
-    def test_progress_output(self):
+    def test_progress_output(self, shared_server):
-        """--progress should produce some output."""
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--progress"],
-                flags=["--progress"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         assert result.returncode == 0, f"Exit {result.returncode}: {result.stderr[:100]}"
-        # Progress output goes to stderr or stdout
         output = result.stdout + result.stderr
-        # Just verify it ran successfully; progress output format may vary
+        assert len(output) >= 0
-        assert len(output) >= 0  # No assertion on specific output format
 
 
 class TestBandwidthLimit:
-    def test_bwlimit_runs(self):
+    def test_bwlimit_runs(self, shared_server):
-        """--bwlimit should run without error."""
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        with ServerManager() as server:
+        result, dur = run_client(
-            result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--bwlimit", "10240"],
-                flags=["--bwlimit", "10240"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
-                port=server.port,
+        )
-            )
         assert result.returncode == 0, f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}"
         received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
         mismatches, missing = verify_transfer(SOURCE_DIR, received)

tests/integration/test_tcp.py

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 """TCP transport correctness tests."""
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 import pytest
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
 from common import (
     PROJECT_ROOT, BUILD_DIR, TEST_DATA_DIR,
-    ServerManager, run_client, run_client_posix,
+    run_client, run_client_posix,
     generate_test_files, verify_transfer, clean_dir, make_result,
     get_dest_received_dir, CLIENT_CMD,
 )
@@ -20,22 +21,20 @@ def setup_test_data():
     generate_test_files(SOURCE_DIR, full=False)
     clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
     yield
-    import shutil
     shutil.rmtree(TEST_DATA_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
 
 
-def _run_tcp_test(name, flags, use_metadata=True, posix=False):
+def _run_tcp_test(name, port, flags, use_metadata=True, posix=False):
-    """Run a single TCP test case with a fresh server."""
+    """Run a single TCP test case against a shared server."""
     clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-    with ServerManager() as server:
+    if posix:
-        if posix:
+        result, dur = run_client_posix(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-            result, dur = run_client_posix(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+                                       flags=(["-M"] if use_metadata else []) + flags,
-                                           flags=(["-M"] if use_metadata else []) + flags,
+                                       port=port)
-                                           port=server.port)
+    else:
-        else:
+        result, dur = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-            result, dur = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+                                 flags=(["-M"] if use_metadata else []) + flags,
-                                     flags=(["-M"] if use_metadata else []) + flags,
+                                 port=port)
-                                     port=server.port)
 
     if result.returncode != 0:
         return make_result(name, False, dur, f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:100]}")
@@ -50,62 +49,62 @@ def _run_tcp_test(name, flags, use_metadata=True, posix=False):
 
 
 class TestTCPStandard:
-    def test_standard(self):
+    def test_standard(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Standard", [])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Standard", shared_server.port, [])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_posix_args(self):
+    def test_posix_args(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Posix Args", [], posix=True)
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Posix Args", shared_server.port, [], posix=True)
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_no_metadata(self):
+    def test_no_metadata(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Standard (no metadata)", [], use_metadata=False)
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Standard (no metadata)", shared_server.port, [], use_metadata=False)
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
 
 class TestTCPFlags:
-    def test_multithreading(self):
+    def test_multithreading(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithreading (-m)", ["-m"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithreading (-m)", shared_server.port, ["-m"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_compression(self):
+    def test_compression(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Compression (-c)", ["-c"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Compression (-c)", shared_server.port, ["-c"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_chunk_serialization(self):
+    def test_chunk_serialization(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Chunk Serialization (-s)", ["-s"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Chunk Serialization (-s)", shared_server.port, ["-s"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_compression_chunk(self):
+    def test_compression_chunk(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Compression + Chunk (-c -s)", ["-c", "-s"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Compression + Chunk (-c -s)", shared_server.port, ["-c", "-s"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_multithread_compression(self):
+    def test_multithread_compression(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithreading + Compression (-m -c)", ["-m", "-c"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithreading + Compression (-m -c)", shared_server.port, ["-m", "-c"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_multithread_chunk(self):
+    def test_multithread_chunk(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithreading + Chunk (-m -s)", ["-m", "-s"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithreading + Chunk (-m -s)", shared_server.port, ["-m", "-s"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_all_flags(self):
+    def test_all_flags(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithread + Compression + Chunk (-m -c -s)", ["-m", "-c", "-s"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Multithread + Compression + Chunk (-m -c -s)", shared_server.port, ["-m", "-c", "-s"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_sendfile(self):
+    def test_sendfile(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Sendfile (-f)", ["-f"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Sendfile (-f)", shared_server.port, ["-f"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_sendfile_multithread(self):
+    def test_sendfile_multithread(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Sendfile + Multithreading (-f -m)", ["-f", "-m"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Sendfile + Multithreading (-f -m)", shared_server.port, ["-f", "-m"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
 
 class TestTCPChunkSize:
-    def test_custom_chunk_size(self):
+    def test_custom_chunk_size(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Chunk size 5MB", ["--chunk-size", "5242880"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Chunk size 5MB", shared_server.port, ["--chunk-size", "5242880"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]
 
-    def test_small_chunk_size(self):
+    def test_small_chunk_size(self, shared_server):
-        r = _run_tcp_test("Chunk size 1KB", ["--chunk-size", "1024"])
+        r = _run_tcp_test("Chunk size 1KB", shared_server.port, ["--chunk-size", "1024"])
         assert r["status"] == "Success", r["error"]