Happy Shark is the regression test framework for Wireshark consisting of a tool and a collection of capture files.

Simply invoke make or make -j4 for more parallelism.

Create a new subdirectory under tests/ with the following files:

• FOO.pdml - the expected processed output (e.g. dns.pcapng.pdml).
• FOO - the source capture file (e.g. dns.pcapng).
• filter.xsl - the post-processor.

When proposing a new test, please include the source of the packet capture file in the commit message. The source could be a link to https://bugs.wireshark.org/ or https://wiki.wireshark.org/SampleCaptures for example. Try to keep capture files small and specific to a small number of protocols.

The initial desired features were:

• Matching fields (the displayed text, byte offsets and length).
• Take a packet capture file and produce the expected "output".
• Have a filter that strips layers or just keeps a single layer.
• Allow preferences to be applied (SSL keys, port numbers, ...).
• Maybe check both single and second pass mode (tshark -2) to catch issues related to maintained state within a dissector.

This project including the tools and capture files are provided under the terms of version 2 of the GPL or any later version.