Gap: Testing Strategy & Guidelines

Status: 🔴 Not Started Priority: Critical (Pre-Launch) Estimated Effort: 2-3 days

What's Missing

Comprehensive testing documentation including:

• Unit Testing Standards

  • Coverage requirements (target: 80%+ for business logic)
  • Naming conventions for test files and functions
  • Table-driven test patterns in Go
  • Mocking strategies for repositories and external services

• Integration Testing

  • RLS policy testing (critical for multi-tenancy)
  • Database transaction testing
  • API endpoint integration tests
  • External service integration mocks (Clerk, Daily.co, S3)

• End-to-End Testing

  • User journey tests (patient booking, specialist consultation)
  • Critical path testing (onboarding, appointments, forms)
  • Cross-feature integration tests

• Test Data Management

  • Test fixtures and factories
  • Seeding strategies for local development
  • Anonymized production data for staging
  • Test data cleanup strategies

• Performance Testing

  • Load testing scenarios (k6 scripts)
  • Stress testing (connection pool exhaustion)
  • Query performance benchmarks
  • Concurrent user simulation

Why Critical

1. HIPAA Compliance - Must demonstrate data isolation (RLS) works correctly
2. Multi-Tenancy - One bug could leak data across organizations
3. Regression Prevention - Complex features (forms, scheduling) need test coverage
4. Confidence in Deployments - Without tests, every deploy is risky

Impact of Gap

• Difficulty onboarding new developers (no test examples)
• Risk of data leakage bugs in production
• Slow feature development (manual testing bottleneck)
• Cannot safely refactor code without test safety net

Recommended Location

docs/testing/ directory with:

• README.md - Testing philosophy and overview
• unit-testing.md - Unit test standards
• integration-testing.md - Integration test guide
• e2e-testing.md - End-to-end test scenarios
• test-data.md - Test data management
• performance-testing.md - Load and performance testing

Dependencies

• None (can start immediately)

Success Criteria

• [ ] Unit testing guide with RLS test examples
• [ ] Integration testing guide with API test examples
• [ ] E2E testing scenarios documented
• [ ] Test coverage targets defined
• [ ] Performance testing baseline established
• [ ] CI/CD runs all test suites