/testdriver-events

name: testdriver:events
description: Listen to SDK lifecycle events with wildcard support

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Overview

TestDriver uses [EventEmitter2](https://github.com/EventEmitter2/EventEmitter2) for its event system. Events use a colon-delimited namespace pattern and support wildcard listeners.

Access the emitter through `testdriver.emitter`:

testdriver.emitter.on('command:start', (data) => {
  console.log(`Running: ${data.command}`);
});

Configuration

The internal emitter is created with:

new EventEmitter2({
  wildcard: true,
  delimiter: ':',
  maxListeners: 20,
  verboseMemoryLeak: false,
  ignoreErrors: false,
});

Wildcard Listeners

Use `*` to match a single level or `**` to match multiple levels:

// Match all log events
testdriver.emitter.on('log:*', (message) => {
  console.log(message);
});

// Match all events in any namespace
testdriver.emitter.on('**', (...args) => {
  console.log('Event:', this.event, args);
});

Event Reference

Command Events

Emitted during the execution of SDK commands (`click`, `type`, `find`, etc.).

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `command:start` | `{ command, depth, data, timestamp, sourcePosition }` | | `command:success` | `{ command, depth, data, duration, response, timestamp, sourcePosition }` | | `command:error` | `{ command, depth, data, error, duration, timestamp, sourcePosition }` | | `command:status` | `{ command, status: "executing", data, depth, timestamp }` | | `command:progress` | `{ command, status: "completed", timing, data, depth, timestamp }` |

testdriver.emitter.on('command:start', ({ command, data }) => {
  console.log(`Starting ${command}`, data);
});

testdriver.emitter.on('command:error', ({ command, error, duration }) => {
  console.error(`${command} failed after ${duration}ms: ${error}`);
});

Step Events

Emitted for each AI reasoning step within a command.

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `step:start` | `{ stepIndex, prompt, commandCount, timestamp, sourcePosition }` | | `step:success` | `{ stepIndex, prompt, commandCount, duration, timestamp, sourcePosition }` | | `step:error` | `{ stepIndex, prompt, error, duration?, timestamp, sourcePosition? }` |

testdriver.emitter.on('step:start', ({ stepIndex, prompt }) => {
  console.log(`Step ${stepIndex}: ${prompt}`);
});

Test Events

Emitted when a test file execution starts.

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `test:start` | `{ filePath, timestamp }` | | `test:success` | *Emitted on test completion* | | `test:error` | *Emitted on test failure* |

Log Events

Emitted for all log output from the SDK.

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `log:log` | `(message: string)` — general log message | | `log:warn` | `(message: string)` — warning message | | `log:debug` | `(message: string)` — debug output (only when `VERBOSE`/`DEBUG`/`TD_DEBUG` env set) | | `log:info` | `(message: string)` — informational message | | `log:error` | `(message: string)` — error message | | `log:narration` | `(message: string, overwrite?: boolean)` — in-place status line | | `log:markdown` | `(markdown: string)` — full static markdown content | | `log:markdown:start` | `(streamId: string)` — begin streaming markdown | | `log:markdown:chunk` | `(streamId: string, chunk: string)` — incremental chunk | | `log:markdown:end` | `(streamId: string)` — end streaming markdown |

// Capture all logs
testdriver.emitter.on('log:*', function (message) {
  console.log(`[${this.event}]`, message);
});

Screen Capture Events

Emitted during screenshot capture.

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `screen-capture:start` | `{ scale, silent, display }` | | `screen-capture:end` | `{ scale, silent, display }` | | `screen-capture:error` | `{ error, scale, silent, display }` |

Sandbox Events

Emitted for sandbox WebSocket lifecycle and communication.

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `sandbox:connected` | *No payload* — WebSocket connection established | | `sandbox:authenticated` | `{ traceId }` — authentication successful | | `sandbox:error` | `(err: Error \| string)` — connection or sandbox error | | `sandbox:sent` | `(message: object)` — WebSocket message sent | | `sandbox:received` | *No payload* — successful message reply received | | `sandbox:progress` | `{ step, message }` — sandbox setup progress |

testdriver.emitter.on('sandbox:connected', () => {
  console.log('Connected to sandbox');
});

testdriver.emitter.on('sandbox:progress', ({ step, message }) => {
  console.log(`Sandbox: [${step}] ${message}`);
});

Redraw Events

Emitted during screen stability detection. See [Redraw](/redraw) for more details.

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `redraw:status` | `{ redraw: { enabled, settled, hasChangedFromInitial, consecutiveFramesStable, diffFromInitial, diffFromLast, text }, network: { enabled, settled, rxBytes, txBytes, text }, timeout: { isTimeout, elapsed, max, text } }` | | `redraw:complete` | `{ screenSettled, hasChangedFromInitial, consecutiveFramesStable, networkSettled, isTimeout, timeElapsed }` |

testdriver.emitter.on('redraw:complete', (result) => {
  if (result.isTimeout) {
    console.warn('Redraw timed out after', result.timeElapsed, 'ms');
  }
});

File Events

Emitted during file load/save operations in the agent.

| Event | Payload | |---|---| | `file:start` | `{ operation: "load" \| "save" \| "run", filePath, timestamp }` | | `file:stop` | `{ operation, filePath, duration, success, sourceMap?, reason?, timestamp }` | | `file:load` | `{ filePath, size, timestamp }` | | `file:save` | `{ filePath, size, timestamp }` | | `file:diff` | `{ filePath, diff: { patches, sourceMaps, summary: { additions, deletions, modifications } }, timestamp }` | | `file:error` | `{ operation, filePath, error, duration?, timestamp }` |

Error Events

Emitted for errors at various severity levels.

| Event | P