ci: prove the lavapipe GPU path draws (FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1)

The drawing tests skipped silently without an adapter. Under
FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1 they fail instead, and the snapshot and MCP
screenshot tests require a GPU renderer. CI runs them with
FIELDCRAFT_GPU=software on lavapipe.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UhhZMBTviDQxZvwnyP89fo

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -133,10 +133,13 @@ jobs:
           shared-key: ci
           save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' }}
       - name: Software GPU (lavapipe), so headless snapshots run the GPU pipeline
-        run: sudo apt-get update -q && sudo apt-get install -y -q --no-install-recommends mesa-vulkan-drivers
+        run: sudo apt-get update -q && sudo apt-get install -y -q --no-install-recommends mesa-vulkan-drivers libvulkan1
       - name: cargo xtask ci (the affected crates, or everything)
         env:
           BASE: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.base }}
+          # The drawing tests run on lavapipe and fail, instead of skipping, without it.
+          FIELDCRAFT_GPU: software
+          FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU: "1"
         run: |
           if [ -n "$BASE" ]; then cargo xtask ci --affected "$BASE"; else cargo xtask ci; fi
 

apps/fieldcraft-cli/src/snapshot.rs

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// The cantilever drawn headless: a PNG of the size asked for, with the model in it (pixels
     /// of the hex colour) and its element edges (dark pixels). `auto` draws on the GPU when the
-    /// machine has one and on the CPU otherwise (a CI box without a software GPU); `cpu` always
+    /// machine has one and on the CPU otherwise (it must be the GPU under `FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1`); `cpu` always
     /// on the CPU, and both pictures show the same model. A section and a field change it.
     #[test]
     fn snapshots_the_model_and_its_mesh_headless() {
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(edges > 100, "{drawn:?}: {edges} edge pixels");
             if policy == Policy::Cpu {
                 assert_eq!(drawn, Renderer::Cpu { why: None });
+            } else if fieldcraft_gpu::select::gpu_required() {
+                assert!(matches!(drawn, Renderer::Gpu { .. }), "FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1 but drawn by {drawn:?}");
             }
         }
         // A section along the beam draws half of it.

crates/gpu/src/capture.rs

@@ -304,12 +304,14 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// A picture on whatever adapter the machine has: the right size, the triangle's red and
-    /// the edge's black on the white background. A machine with no adapter (a CI box without
-    /// a software GPU) is reported, not failed: `auto` then draws on the CPU.
+    /// the edge's black on the white background. A machine with no adapter is reported, not
+    /// failed (`auto` then draws on the CPU), unless `FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1` (CI).
     #[test]
     fn draws_offscreen_when_an_adapter_exists() {
-        let cap = match Capturer::open(Policy::Auto) {
+        let cap = match Capturer::open(Policy::from_env().unwrap()) {
             Ok(Some(c)) => c,
+            Ok(None) if crate::select::gpu_required() => panic!("FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1 but no GPU adapter"),
+            Err(e) if crate::select::gpu_required() => panic!("FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1 but no GPU device: {e}"),
             Ok(None) => return eprintln!("no GPU adapter: skipped"),
             Err(e) => return eprintln!("no GPU device ({e}): skipped"),
         };

crates/gpu/src/select.rs

@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ impl Policy {
 
 pub use crate::Tier;
 
+/// Set to `1` where a GPU adapter must exist (CI with lavapipe): tests that draw then fail
+/// instead of skipping when none is found, so the GPU path is proven to draw.
+pub const REQUIRE_ENV: &str = "FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU";
+
+/// Whether [`REQUIRE_ENV`] is set to `1`.
+pub fn gpu_required() -> bool {
+    std::env::var(REQUIRE_ENV).is_ok_and(|v| v.trim() == "1")
+}
+
 /// An adapter's tier and its rank within it (lower is better).
 pub fn rank(t: wgpu::DeviceType) -> (Tier, u8) {
     match t {

crates/mcp/src/tests.rs

@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ fn screenshot_takes_a_camera_orientation() {
     assert_eq!(info["view"], json!({"yaw": 30.0, "pitch": 90.0, "distance": 1e9, "target": {"center_of": "mass"}}), "{info}");
     // The reply names what drew it: the viewport's pipeline on a GPU, or the CPU rasterizer.
     assert!(matches!(info["renderer"]["kind"].as_str(), Some("hardware" | "software" | "cpu")), "{info}");
+    if fieldcraft_gpu::select::gpu_required() {
+        assert!(matches!(info["renderer"]["kind"].as_str(), Some("hardware" | "software")), "FIELDCRAFT_REQUIRE_GPU=1: {info}");
+    }
     let (again, _) = picture(&mut s, json!({"width": 64, "height": 48}));
     assert_eq!(again, turned);
     // Aimed at a point, the camera looks at it; a section cuts the mesh.