Governance-as-operator testing infrastructure: mock engine and cross-zome tests

[Soushi888]

Summary

Build the testing infrastructure needed to verify the governance-as-operator pattern: a mock governance engine for isolated resource zome testing, and cross-zome integration tests for the full Request-Evaluate-Apply flow.

Context

The governance-as-operator pattern introduces cross-zome dependencies that require new testing approaches:

• Resource zome tests need to mock governance decisions to test in isolation
• Integration tests need to verify the full cross-zome flow
• The pure-function GovernanceEngine needs comprehensive unit tests

Technical Implementation

1. Mock Governance Engine

pub struct MockGovernanceEngine {
    approval_mode: ApprovalMode,
}

pub enum ApprovalMode {
    ApproveAll,
    RejectAll,
    RoleBased(Vec<String>),
    Conditional(Box<dyn Fn(&GovernanceTransitionRequest) -> bool>),
}

This enables resource zome tests to:

• Test approved transitions without real governance logic
• Test rejection handling without complex rule setup
• Test specific role-based scenarios

2. Unit Tests for GovernanceEngine

Test the pure-function evaluation logic:

• Permission checks (authorized, unauthorized, various roles)
• Rule evaluation (access requirements, usage limits, transfer conditions)
• State transition validation (valid/invalid action-state combinations)
• Edge cases (empty rules, multiple failures, boundary conditions)

3. Cross-Zome Integration Tests (Tryorama)

End-to-end scenarios:

• Resource creation → use request → governance approval → state change → event generated
• Transfer request → permission check → custody change → PPR generation
• Unauthorized action → governance rejection → no state change → rejection logged
• Multi-agent scenarios with different roles requesting different actions

4. Test Helpers

• Factory functions for creating test resources, specs, agents with roles
• Assertion helpers for verifying governance results
• Test fixtures for common governance rule configurations

Acceptance Criteria

• MockGovernanceEngine with ApproveAll, RejectAll, RoleBased, Conditional modes
• Unit tests for GovernanceEngine::evaluate_transition pure function
• Unit tests cover: approvals, permission denials, rule violations, invalid states
• Cross-zome integration tests using Tryorama for full flow
• Integration tests cover: approved transfers, rejected actions, multi-agent scenarios
• Test helpers and factory functions for common setup
• All tests pass with bun run tests

Dependencies

• Define cross-zome interface types for governance-as-operator protocol #41 (Cross-zome interface types)
• Implement pure-function GovernanceEngine for state transition evaluation #42 (GovernanceEngine implementation)
• Refactor resource zome to use Request-Evaluate-Apply pattern #43 (Resource zome Request-Evaluate-Apply pattern)

Definition of Done

• Mock engine implemented
• Unit test suite comprehensive
• Integration tests pass
• Test helpers documented
• Code review completed