SP-1090: assert real CLI output and exit codes; fail commands with non-zero exit

admirjashari · admirjashari · commit 85c04e41e43d · 2026-06-11T16:27:51.000+02:00
diff --git a/src/commands/studio/manager/package.manager.ts b/src/commands/studio/manager/package.manager.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class PackageManager extends BaseManager {
             logger.error(
                 "You cannot overwrite a package and set a new key at the same time. Please use only one of the options."
             );
-            process.exit();
+            process.exit(1);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/command/module-handler.ts b/src/core/command/module-handler.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path = require("path");
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import { Command, CommandOptions, Option, OptionValues } from "commander";
 import { Context } from "./cli-context";
-import { logger } from "../utils/logger";
+import { GracefulError, logger } from "../utils/logger";
 import * as chalk from "chalk";
 
 export abstract class IModule {
@@ -216,7 +216,12 @@ export class CommandConfig {
                 this.printDeprecationNoticeIfDeprecated();
                 await handler(this.ctx, this.cmd, this.cmd.optsWithGlobals());
             } catch (error) {
+                if (error instanceof GracefulError) {
+                    logger.error(error.message);
+                    return;
+                }
                 logger.error(`An unexpected error occured executing a command: ${error}`);
+                process.exitCode = 1;
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/tests/integration/cli-process-output.spec.ts b/tests/integration/cli-process-output.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { Command, OptionValues } from "commander";
+import { runCli } from "../utls/cli-runner";
+import { mockAxiosGet, mockAxiosGetError } from "../utls/http-requests-mock";
+import {
+    ASSET_REGISTRY_DISABLED_ERROR,
+    ASSET_REGISTRY_DISABLED_USER_MESSAGE,
+} from "../../src/commands/asset-registry/asset-registry-error";
+import { AssetRegistryMetadata } from "../../src/commands/asset-registry/asset-registry.interfaces";
+import { Configurator, IModule } from "../../src/core/command/module-handler";
+import { Context } from "../../src/core/command/cli-context";
+import { FatalError, GracefulError } from "../../src/core/utils/logger";
+
+import AssetRegistryModule = require("../../src/commands/asset-registry/module");
+
+const GRACEFUL_MESSAGE = "graceful failure - should not fail the process";
+
+class DiagnosticsModule extends IModule {
+    public register(context: Context, configurator: Configurator): void {
+        const diag = configurator.command("diag").description("Diagnostics test commands");
+
+        diag.command("graceful")
+            .description("Throws a GracefulError")
+            .action(async (_ctx: Context, _cmd: Command, _opts: OptionValues): Promise<void> => {
+                throw new GracefulError(GRACEFUL_MESSAGE);
+            });
+
+        diag.command("fatal")
+            .description("Throws a FatalError")
+            .action(async (_ctx: Context, _cmd: Command, _opts: OptionValues): Promise<void> => {
+                throw new FatalError("boom");
+            });
+    }
+}
+
+describe("CLI process output and exit codes", () => {
+    const TYPES_URL = "https://myTeam.celonis.cloud/pacman/api/core/asset-registry/types";
+
+    const metadata: AssetRegistryMetadata = {
+        types: {
+            BOARD_V2: {
+                assetType: "BOARD_V2",
+                displayName: "View",
+                description: null,
+                group: "DASHBOARDS",
+                assetSchema: { version: "2.1.0" },
+                service: { basePath: "/blueprint/api" },
+                endpoints: {
+                    schema: "/schema/board_v2",
+                    validate: "/validate/board_v2",
+                    examples: "/examples/board_v2",
+                },
+                contributions: { pigEntityTypes: [], dataPipelineEntityTypes: [], actionTypes: [] },
+            },
+        },
+    };
+
+    describe("successful commands", () => {
+        it("Should print the version and exit with code 0", async () => {
+            const result = await runCli(["-V"], [AssetRegistryModule]);
+
+            expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+            expect(result.stdout).toContain("test-version");
+        });
+
+        it("Should print asset types to stdout and exit with code 0", async () => {
+            mockAxiosGet(TYPES_URL, metadata);
+
+            const result = await runCli(["asset-registry", "list"], [AssetRegistryModule]);
+
+            expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+            expect(result.output).toContain("BOARD_V2 - View [DASHBOARDS]");
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe("failing commands produce a non-zero exit code", () => {
+        it("Should exit non-zero and report the friendly message when the feature flag is disabled", async () => {
+            mockAxiosGetError(TYPES_URL, 403, { error: ASSET_REGISTRY_DISABLED_ERROR });
+
+            const result = await runCli(["asset-registry", "list"], [AssetRegistryModule]);
+
+            expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+            expect(result.output).toContain(ASSET_REGISTRY_DISABLED_USER_MESSAGE);
+        });
+
+        it("Should exit non-zero for an unknown command", async () => {
+            const result = await runCli(["this-command-does-not-exist"], [AssetRegistryModule]);
+
+            expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+        });
+
+        it("Should exit non-zero when a required option is missing", async () => {
+            const result = await runCli(["asset-registry", "get"], [AssetRegistryModule]);
+
+            expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe("action-wrapper error semantics", () => {
+        it("Should report a GracefulError without forcing a non-zero exit code", async () => {
+            const result = await runCli(["diag", "graceful"], [DiagnosticsModule]);
+
+            expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+            expect(result.output).toContain(GRACEFUL_MESSAGE);
+        });
+
+        it("Should exit non-zero for a regular error thrown by a command", async () => {
+            const result = await runCli(["diag", "fatal"], [DiagnosticsModule]);
+
+            expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/tests/utls/cli-runner.ts b/tests/utls/cli-runner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { Command } from "commander";
+import { IModuleConstructor, ModuleHandler } from "../../src/core/command/module-handler";
+import { Context } from "../../src/core/command/cli-context";
+import { HttpClient } from "../../src/core/http/http-client";
+
+export interface CliRunResult {
+    stdout: string;
+    stderr: string;
+    output: string;
+    exitCode: number;
+}
+
+const ANSI_PATTERN = /\x1B\[[0-9;]*m/g;
+const stripAnsi = (value: string): string => value.replace(ANSI_PATTERN, "");
+
+class ExitSignal extends Error {
+    constructor(public readonly code: number) {
+        super(`process.exit(${code})`);
+    }
+}
+
+function buildTestContext(): Context {
+    const context = new Context({});
+    context.profile = {
+        name: "test",
+        type: "Key",
+        team: "https://myTeam.celonis.cloud/",
+        apiToken: "test-token",
+        authenticationType: "Bearer",
+    };
+    context._httpClient = new HttpClient(context);
+    return context;
+}
+
+function buildProgram(context: Context, modules: IModuleConstructor[]): Command {
+    const program = new Command();
+    program.exitOverride();
+    program.version("test-version");
+    program.option("-q, --quietmode", "Reduce output to a minimum", false);
+    program.option("-p, --profile [profile]");
+    program.option("--gitProfile [gitProfile]", "Git profile to use");
+    program.option("--debug", "Print debug messages", false);
+    program.option("--dev", "Development Mode", false);
+
+    const moduleHandler = new ModuleHandler(program, context);
+    moduleHandler.configurator.command("list").description("Commands to list content.").alias("ls");
+
+    for (const ModuleClass of modules) {
+        new ModuleClass().register(context, moduleHandler.configurator);
+    }
+
+    return program;
+}
+
+export async function runCli(args: string[], modules: IModuleConstructor[]): Promise<CliRunResult> {
+    let stdout = "";
+    let stderr = "";
+    let exitCode = 0;
+
+    const stdoutSpy = jest
+        .spyOn(process.stdout, "write")
+        .mockImplementation(((chunk: any): boolean => {
+            stdout += typeof chunk === "string" ? chunk : chunk.toString();
+            return true;
+        }) as typeof process.stdout.write);
+
+    const stderrSpy = jest
+        .spyOn(process.stderr, "write")
+        .mockImplementation(((chunk: any): boolean => {
+            stderr += typeof chunk === "string" ? chunk : chunk.toString();
+            return true;
+        }) as typeof process.stderr.write);
+
+    const exitSpy = jest.spyOn(process, "exit").mockImplementation(((code?: number) => {
+        throw new ExitSignal(code ?? 0);
+    }) as never);
+
+    const previousExitCode = process.exitCode;
+    process.exitCode = 0;
+
+    try {
+        const context = buildTestContext();
+        const program = buildProgram(context, modules);
+        await program.parseAsync(["node", "content-cli", ...args]);
+    } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof ExitSignal) {
+            exitCode = error.code;
+        } else if (error && typeof (error as { code?: unknown }).code === "string"
+            && (error as { code: string }).code.startsWith("commander.")) {
+            exitCode = (error as { exitCode?: number }).exitCode ?? 0;
+        } else {
+            throw error;
+        }
+    } finally {
+        if (exitCode === 0 && process.exitCode && Number(process.exitCode) !== 0) {
+            exitCode = Number(process.exitCode);
+        }
+        process.exitCode = previousExitCode;
+        stdoutSpy.mockRestore();
+        stderrSpy.mockRestore();
+        exitSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+
+    const cleanStdout = stripAnsi(stdout);
+    const cleanStderr = stripAnsi(stderr);
+    return {
+        stdout: cleanStdout,
+        stderr: cleanStderr,
+        output: cleanStdout + cleanStderr,
+        exitCode,
+    };
+}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class PackageManager extends BaseManager {`
`126`	`126`	`logger.error(`
`127`	`127`	`"You cannot overwrite a package and set a new key at the same time. Please use only one of the options."`
`128`	`128`	`);`
`129`		`- process.exit();`
	`129`	`+ process.exit(1);`
`130`	`130`	`}`
`131`	`131`	`}`
`132`	`132`