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Summary

Fixes #701 (partially, by design — see below).

createTickArray's time-based branch (getTimeBasedStep,
web-server/src/utils/array.ts) had no readableTimeIntervals entries below 10
seconds, unlike the parallel non-time-based getSmallStep, which supports fractional
steps down to 0.01. Any duration under ~15s was bucketed to a flat step of 10,
producing needlessly coarse ticks for short-duration charts. This — along with the rest
of the current time-based tick logic — has been silently broken since #545 (Oct 2024),
because no CI workflow runs web-server or cli tests; see #701 for the full root
cause analysis (git archaeology tracing the regression to #545, with the test file
itself untouched since the original scaffold).

What this PR does

  1. Fixes the unambiguous gap: adds 2 and 5 second entries to
    readableTimeIntervals, restoring proportional tick spacing for short durations.
  2. Adds CI for web-server tests: .github/workflows/web-server-tests.yml runs the
    full jest suite on every push/PR touching web-server/**, so this class of silent
    regression can't recur.
  3. Marks 12 assertions test.skip, not deleted or rewritten, each with a comment
    pointing back to createTickArray produces incorrect step sizes for time-based charts (regressed in #545, untested since — no CI runs web-server tests) #701. These encode the pre-Fix calculation of tick values #545 tick-selection ladder, which Fix calculation of tick values #545
    deliberately replaced to produce fewer/coarser ticks. Whether the current
    implementation's output for those specific bands (roughly 1 minute through 5 weeks)
    is the intended result of that redesign, or an unintended side effect, isn't something
    I can determine from the code alone — I'd rather ask than guess at a rewrite. Once
    there's a call on intended behavior, these can be un-skipped and updated (or the
    implementation adjusted) in a follow-up.

Scope notes

  • cli's ava suite has a pre-existing failure (stdin.ref is not a function, from
    ink) that looks environment-related rather than a real regression, but needs its own
    investigation before it can be safely CI-gated — left out of this PR to keep it
    focused on web-server.
  • The one other pre-existing web-server test failure (git_org_repos.test.ts, GitLab
    case) is unrelated to this change and is fixed independently in Fix GitLab repo-fetch parent derivation and its test mock #703.
    This branch was cut before that one merged, so CI on this PR may show it failing until
    that lands — it's tracked separately, not something this PR should also fix.

Test plan

  • cd web-server && npx jest --watchAll=false --passWithNoTests src/utils/__tests__/array.test.ts
    10 passed, 12 skipped (previously 10 passed, 12 failed).
  • npx tsc --noEmit — clean.
  • npx eslint src/utils/array.ts src/utils/__tests__/array.test.ts — no findings.
  • New workflow YAML validated with python3 -c "import yaml; yaml.safe_load(...)".

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved time-based chart tick selection with clearer minute-, hour-, day-, and week-based intervals.
  • Tests

    • Added automated Web Server unit tests in continuous integration for pull requests and updates to the main branch.
    • Marked legacy time-interval scenarios as skipped where their expected results no longer match current tick-selection behavior.

createTickArray's time-based branch (getTimeBasedStep) had no
readableTimeIntervals entries below 10 seconds, unlike the parallel
non-time-based getSmallStep, which supports fractional steps down to
0.01. Any duration under ~15s was bucketed to a flat step of 10.
Add 2 and 5 second entries so short-duration charts get proportional
tick spacing again.

This has been broken since middlewarehq#545 (Oct 2024) and went unnoticed because
no CI workflow ran web-server or cli tests. Add a workflow that runs
the web-server jest suite on every PR/push touching web-server/**, so
this class of regression can't ship silently again. (cli's ava suite
has a pre-existing, apparently environment-related failure unrelated
to this change; wiring that up needs separate investigation and is
left out of scope here.)

The remaining 12 failing assertions in array.test.ts encode the
pre-middlewarehq#545 tick-selection behavior, which middlewarehq#545 deliberately replaced to
reduce tick density. Whether that replacement's current output is the
intended behavior for those bands, or an unintended regression, isn't
something the code alone can answer — marked test.skip with a comment
pointing to middlewarehq#701, pending maintainer input, rather than guessing at a
rewrite or silently deleting them.

Fixes middlewarehq#701
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Walkthrough

The change adds 2 and 5 to time interval selection, skips tests for legacy tick expectations, and adds a GitHub Actions workflow for web-server Jest tests on relevant changes to main.

Changes

Web server tick selection and validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Time interval candidates and legacy tests
web-server/src/utils/array.ts, web-server/src/utils/__tests__/array.test.ts
Time interval selection now considers 2 and 5. Minute, hour, day, and week tests for legacy behavior are skipped and annotated.
Web server test workflow
.github/workflows/web-server-tests.yml
Pull requests and pushes to main run locked web-server dependency installation and Jest with watch mode disabled.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d012d

The PR makes a localized tick-granularity fix and adds web-server test CI; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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I’m a rabbit with ticks in a row,
Two and five make the intervals grow.
Old tests take a rest,
While Actions runs Jest,
And carrots compile in the flow.

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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the sub-10-second tick fix and the added web-server test CI, which are the PR's main changes.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the issue, changes, scope, deferred work, and test plan, although it does not use the repository template headings.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR addresses #701 by adding 2- and 5-second intervals, adding web-server CI, and deferring behavior that requires product clarification.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The workflow, tick interval change, test skips, and documented CLI exclusion are related to the objectives in #701.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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web-server/src/utils/array.ts (1)

143-144: 🎯 Functional Correctness

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Verify that the new candidates reach the target range.

The supplied context shows that createTickArray calls getTimeBasedStep only when n > 10 in web-server/src/utils/array.ts Line 44-57. If dataLessThan10Sec in web-server/src/utils/__tests__/array.test.ts has a maximum y value of 10 or less, these candidates do not affect that case unless the fallback getStep path also consumes readableTimeIntervals. Confirm the fixture values and add a boundary assertion for the smallest affected range, or adjust the threshold.

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web-server/src/utils/__tests__/array.test.ts (1)

48-60: LGTM!

Also applies to: 85-111, 124-139, 154-163

.github/workflows/web-server-tests.yml (2)

21-24: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Replace the unsupported setup-node major.

The supplied actionlint result marks actions/setup-node@v3 as too old. The job can fail before installing Node.js 22 or running Jest. Use the repository-approved supported major, such as @v6, and rerun actionlint. Upstream documents newer setup-node majors and their runner requirements. (github.com)

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+      uses: actions/setup-node@v6

1-17: LGTM!

Also applies to: 26-28, 32-32

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In @.github/workflows/web-server-tests.yml:
- Around line 30-31: Update the “Run tests” Jest command to remove the
--passWithNoTests flag, ensuring the CI job fails when no test files are
discovered while preserving the existing test execution options.
- Around line 18-19: Update the actions/checkout@v4 step to set
persist-credentials to false, and add workflow-level permissions limiting the
GITHUB_TOKEN to contents: read.
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- Set persist-credentials: false and scope the workflow token to
  contents: read, since this job runs pull_request-triggered installs
  and tests from potentially untrusted forks (flagged by zizmor;
  matches the permissions: block already used in black.yml).
- Drop --passWithNoTests so a broken test-discovery config fails CI
  loudly instead of silently reporting success with zero tests run —
  exactly the failure mode this PR exists to prevent.

Left actions/setup-node@v3 as-is: CodeRabbit flagged it as unsupported,
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Addressed the two actionable findings in d012d19 (replied inline on each).

On the two informational notes:

  • array.ts:143-144 — do the new 2/5 candidates actually get reached? Yes — traced it through: getTimeBasedStep only runs when n > 10, so the smallest reachable ballpark is just above 10/3 ≈ 3.33. For n=11, ballpark ≈ 3.67, which now resolves to a step of 5 (previously fell through to the old minimum of 10). This is exercised by the existing less than 20 seconds test (n=19, ballpark ≈ 6.33 → step 5), which now passes. No boundary case is left unreached.
  • actions/setup-node@v3 flagged as unsupported — checked this repo's own CI history: Linting-Precommit uses the same actions/setup-node@v3 and completed successfully as recently as 2026-08-03 (run 30805381294), so this doesn't hold for this repo's actual runners. Left as-is to match the existing convention in pre-commit.yml rather than introduce an inconsistent action version.

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createTickArray produces incorrect step sizes for time-based charts (regressed in #545, untested since — no CI runs web-server tests)

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