# Testing
PermitEx runs integration tests against PostgreSQL because the migrations
use PostgreSQL partial indexes for global and context-specific assignments.
## Local PostgreSQL Container
Start PostgreSQL:
```bash
docker compose up -d postgres
```
Run the test suite:
```bash
DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:55432/permit_ex_test mix test
```
Stop the container:
```bash
docker compose down
```
## GitHub Actions
The repository includes a GitHub Actions workflow with a PostgreSQL service
container. It runs:
```bash
mix format --check-formatted
mix compile --warnings-as-errors
mix test
MIX_ENV=dev mix docs
mix hex.build
```
This gives the SDK a real database verification path without requiring a
runtime dependency on a testcontainers library.