ci: smoke-test docker-compose.yml on pull requests

.github/workflows/pr-open.yml

@@ -76,11 +76,50 @@ jobs:
     with:
       target: ${{ github.event.number }}
 
+  compose:
+    name: Docker Compose
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+        with:
+          node-version: "24.x"
+
+      # docker-compose.yml serves frontend/dist from the host
+      - name: Build frontend
+        working-directory: frontend
+        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts && npm run build
+
+      - name: Start stack
+        run: docker compose up --build --detach --wait --wait-timeout 300
+
+      - name: Smoke test
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          curl -fsS --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 3 http://localhost:3005/api/pub-code/health
+          curl -fsS --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 3 http://localhost:3002/ | grep -q '<div id="root">'
+          curl -fsS --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 3 http://localhost:3002/api/pub-code/health
+          # mongo-express may answer 401 (basic auth); anything below 500 means it's up
+          code=$(curl -sS --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 3 -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:8001/)
+          echo "mongo-express: HTTP ${code}"
+          [ "${code}" -lt 500 ]
+
+      - name: Logs
+        if: failure()
+        run: docker compose logs
+
+      - name: Stop stack
+        if: always()
+        run: docker compose down -v
+
   # This job is the merge gate for this workflow. Every job in this
   # workflow must be listed in 'needs', or its failure won't block the PR.
   results:
     name: PR Results
-    needs: [builds, deploys, tests]
+    needs: [builds, compose, deploys, tests]
     if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     timeout-minutes: 1

docker-compose.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ services:
     image: ghcr.io/bcgov/nr-containers/mongo:7.0.43
     ports: ["27017:27017"]
     restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mongosh", "--quiet", "--eval", "db.adminCommand({ ping: 1 })"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 20
 
   mongo-express: # The admin UI container for mongoDB
     image: mongo-express
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ services:
       ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_URL: mongodb://admin:DPEPGHbjUluRjetU@database:27017/
     depends_on:
       database:
-        condition: service_started
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   api:
     image: pub-code-api:latest
@@ -38,23 +43,43 @@ services:
       DB_USER: admin
       DB_PWD: DPEPGHbjUluRjetU
       DB_NAME: pubcode
+      # The API won't start without CHES settings. These placeholders let it
+      # start; set real values in your shell to send email locally.
+      CHES_TOKEN_URL: ${CHES_TOKEN_URL:-http://localhost/ches/token}
+      CHES_CLIENT_ID: ${CHES_CLIENT_ID:-placeholder}
+      CHES_CLIENT_SECRET: ${CHES_CLIENT_SECRET:-placeholder}
+      CHES_API_URL: ${CHES_API_URL:-http://localhost/ches}
     ports:
       - "3005:3000"
     restart: unless-stopped
+    # The image is distroless (no curl), so check with Node instead
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/nodejs/bin/node", "-e", "fetch('http://localhost:3000/').then(r => process.exit(r.ok ? 0 : 1)).catch(() => process.exit(1))"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 20
     depends_on:
       database:
-        condition: service_started
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   #Run npm run build-watch in local before this.
   frontend:
     image: caddy:2.11.7-alpine
     working_dir: /app
+    environment:
+      BACKEND_URL: http://api:3000
+      LOG_LEVEL: info
     volumes:
       - ./frontend/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
       - ./frontend/dist:/app/dist
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO-", "http://localhost:3001/health"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 20
     depends_on:
       api:
-        condition: service_started
+        condition: service_healthy
     ports:
       - "3002:3000"
     restart: unless-stopped