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Use when downloading test logs, artifacts, or outputs.zip from EngFlow build invocations. Use when investigating CockroachDB CI test failures hosted on mesolite.cluster.engflow.com.

cockroachdb By cockroachdb schedule Updated 3/31/2026

name: engflow-artifacts description: Use when downloading test logs, artifacts, or outputs.zip from EngFlow build invocations. Use when investigating CockroachDB CI test failures hosted on mesolite.cluster.engflow.com.

EngFlow Artifact Download

Download test logs and artifacts from EngFlow CI invocations (mesolite.cluster.engflow.com) using engflow_artifacts.py (co-located in this skill directory).

Prerequisites

The engflow_auth CLI must be installed and authenticated:

# One-time login (opens browser for Google SSO)
engflow_auth login mesolite.cluster.engflow.com

# Verify authentication
engflow_auth export mesolite.cluster.engflow.com

Quick Reference

Use run.sh to invoke the script — it manages a local venv with dependencies automatically. The script is at .claude/skills/engflow-artifacts/run.sh:

Command Purpose
targets <ID> List failed targets in an invocation
list <ID> --target <LABEL> List per-shard artifacts for a target
download <ID> --target <LABEL> --shard N Download artifacts for a shard
download <ID> --target <LABEL> --shard N --run M Download a specific run
blob <HASH> <SIZE> Download a specific CAS blob
url '<FULL_URL>' Download from a full EngFlow invocation URL

Typical Investigation Workflow

EF=.claude/skills/engflow-artifacts/run.sh

# 1. Find what failed
./$EF targets daa807a0-3589-40a5-94b5-3440c7490d6a

# 2. List shards for the failed target
./$EF list daa807a0-3589-40a5-94b5-3440c7490d6a \
  --target '//pkg/sql/ttl:ttl_test'

# 3. Download the failing shard's logs
./$EF download daa807a0-3589-40a5-94b5-3440c7490d6a \
  --target '//pkg/sql/ttl:ttl_test' --shard 100 --outdir /tmp/engflow-test

# 4. Read the test log
cat /tmp/engflow-test/test.log

# 5. Inspect extracted CockroachDB server logs from outputs.zip
ls /tmp/engflow-test/

Per-Shard Artifacts

Every shard has:

  • test.xml — JUnit XML test results (referenced via CompactDigest: raw 32-byte SHA-256 hash)
  • test.log — stdout/stderr from the test run (referenced via bytestream:// URL)

Some shards also have:

  • outputs.zip — CockroachDB server logs captured during the test
  • manifest — lists files in outputs.zip

How It Works

  • engflow_auth export provides a JWT token.
  • gRPC-web calls via curl to EngFlow's internal v1alpha ResultStore API (GetTarget, GetTargetLabelsByStatus).
  • Protobuf parsing via google.protobuf with a reverse-engineered .proto schema (resultstore.proto). Responses are properly deserialized — shard numbers and run numbers come from actual protobuf fields, not byte-pattern heuristics.
  • CAS blob downloads via curl with the auth token as a cookie.
  • outputs.zip is auto-extracted after download.

Each test target has multiple shards (parallel test splits) and runs (repeated executions). Use --shard to select a shard and --run to select a run (defaults to run 1). Shard numbers are 1-based and match the testReportShard parameter in EngFlow URLs.

EngFlow's gRPC-web endpoint requires HTTP/2, so the script uses curl (which negotiates HTTP/2 via ALPN) rather than Python HTTP libraries that only speak HTTP/1.1. Dependencies are installed automatically by run.sh.

Extracted outputs.zip Structure

logTestName123456/
  test.log                                    # short log
  test.{node-id}.roach.{timestamp}.log        # full structured log
  test-health.log                             # health channel
  test-storage.log                            # storage channel
  test-kv-distribution.log                    # KV distribution channel

URL Structure

Invocation page: https://mesolite.cluster.engflow.com/invocations/default/{INVOCATION_ID}

With filters: ?testReportRun=1&testReportShard={N}&testReportAttempt=1&treeFilterStatus=failed#targets-{BASE64_TARGET}

Tips

  • Blob hashes are SHA-256. Sizes are in bytes.
  • Use list to find which shard has outputs.zip (not all shards produce one).
  • If engflow_auth export fails, re-authenticate with engflow_auth login mesolite.cluster.engflow.com.
  • Default output directory is /tmp/engflow-artifacts.
  • --all flag on targets shows both passed and failed targets.
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach --skill engflow-artifacts
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