Run Unit Tests after building DLStreamer from sources on host.

.github/workflows/dls-build-sources-make-build.yaml

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 env:
   dlstreamer-version: "2026.0.0"
-  DLS_REL_PATH: "./dlstreamer-repo"
+  DLS_REL_PATH: "$HOME/dlstreamer-repo"
+  MODELS_PATH: "$HOME/models"
+  VIDEO_INPUTS_PATH: "$HOME/videos"
+  RESULTS_DIR: "/home/runner/dlstreamer-repo/unit-test-results"
 
 jobs:
   setup:
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
             runner: ubuntu-22.04
           - os: ubuntu-24.04
-            runner: dlstreamer
+            runner: tgl-ubuntu24
     steps:
       - name: Skip or execute based on configuration
         if: needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'false'
@@ -58,17 +61,21 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf dlstreamer-repo
 
       - name: Check out dlstreamer repository
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # 6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           path: dlstreamer-repo
 
+      - name: Move to home directory
+        run: |
+          mv dlstreamer-repo $HOME/dlstreamer-repo
+
       - name: Init submodules
         if: needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true'
         run: |
-          cd dlstreamer-repo
+          cd ${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}
           git submodule update --init thirdparty/spdlog
+          git submodule update --init thirdparty/googletest
 
       # ======================================================== BUILDING PART ========================================================
       - name: Install prerequisites
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m venv ~/python3venv
           source ~/python3venv/bin/activate
           pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
-          pip install meson==1.4.1 ninja==1.11.1.1
+          pip install meson==1.4.1 ninja==1.11.1.1 pytest==8.3.3 openvino==2026.0.0
 
       - name: Install OpenVINO
         if: needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true'
@@ -164,7 +171,13 @@ jobs:
           source /opt/intel/openvino_genai/setupvars.sh
           echo " "
           echo "Building DL Streamer using make build..."
-          make build
+          if [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == "ubuntu-24.04" ]]; then
+            echo "Building DL Streamer with ENABLE_TESTS=ON flag..."
+            make build ENABLE_TESTS=ON
+          else
+            echo "Building only DL Streamer..."
+            make build
+          fi
 
       - name: Install DL Streamer
         if: needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true'
@@ -203,8 +216,8 @@ jobs:
           export PATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/Release/bin:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/bin:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/opencv/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/python3venv/bin:$PATH"
           export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/Release/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
           export GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK=${GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK},ximagesink:MAX
-          export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/girepository-1.0:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/lib/girepository-1.0:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0"
-          export PYTHONPATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/python3/dist-packages:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/python:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/python3/dist-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
+          export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$HOME/dlstreamer-repo/build/src/gst/metadata:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/girepository-1.0:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/lib/girepository-1.0:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0"
+          export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/dlstreamer-repo/build/deps/gstreamer-bin/lib/python3/dist-packages:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/python3/dist-packages:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/python:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/python3/dist-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
           echo " "
 
           echo "Verifying DL Streamer installation..."
@@ -216,9 +229,71 @@ jobs:
           gst-inspect-1.0 gvafpscounter
           gst-inspect-1.0 gvagenai
 
+      - name: Create test results folder
+        if: needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${{ env.RESULTS_DIR }}
+          chmod -R 777 ${{ env.RESULTS_DIR }}
+
+      - name: Run Unit tests (ctests and pytests)
+        if: needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        run: |
+          echo "Setting up DL Streamer environment..."
+          export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
+          export GST_PLUGIN_PATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/Release/lib:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/gstreamer-1.0:$GST_PLUGIN_PATH"
+          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/Release/lib:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/opencv/lib:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/rdkafka/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+          export LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri"
+          export GST_VA_ALL_DRIVERS="1"
+          export PATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/Release/bin:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/bin:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/opencv/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/python3venv/bin:$PATH"
+          export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/intel/dlstreamer/Release/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+          export GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK=${GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK},ximagesink:MAX
+          export GI_TYPELIB_PATH="${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}/build/src/gst/metadata:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/girepository-1.0:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/lib/girepository-1.0:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0"
+          export PYTHONPATH="${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}/build/deps/gstreamer-bin/lib/python3/dist-packages:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/python3/dist-packages:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/python:/opt/intel/dlstreamer/gstreamer/lib/python3/dist-packages:$HOME/dlstreamer-repo/scripts/optimizer:$PYTHONPATH"
+          export MODELS_PROC_PATH="${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}/samples/gstreamer/model_proc"
+          export MODELS_PATH="${{ env.MODELS_PATH }}"
+          export VIDEO_EXAMPLES_DIR="${{ env.VIDEO_INPUTS_PATH }}"
+          echo " "
+          source ~/python3venv/bin/activate
+          ${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}/tests/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh "${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}/build" "" "${{ env.RESULTS_DIR }}"
+
+      # this script creates output file called unit_test_summary.txt
+      - name: Run python script to get Unit Test results
+        if: always() && needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        run: |
+          source ~/python3venv/bin/activate
+          python3 ${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}/tests/scripts/unit_test_results.py ${{ env.RESULTS_DIR }}
+
+      - name: Check and display unit test results
+        if: always() && needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        run: |
+          RESULTS_FILE="${{ env.RESULTS_DIR }}/unit_test_summary.txt"
+
+          # Add results to summary
+          echo "## Test Summary for Unit Tests on ${{ matrix.runner }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          cat "$RESULTS_FILE" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+          # Check for failures and fail if any
+          CTEST_FAILED=$(grep "CTest:" "$RESULTS_FILE" | grep -o "Failed: [0-9]*" | awk '{print $2}')
+          PYTEST_FAILED=$(grep "Pytest:" "$RESULTS_FILE" | grep -o "Failed: [0-9]*" | awk '{print $2}')
+
+          TOTAL_FAILED=$((CTEST_FAILED + PYTEST_FAILED))
+          if [ "$TOTAL_FAILED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::$TOTAL_FAILED test(s) failed (CTest: $CTEST_FAILED, Pytest: $PYTEST_FAILED)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload test results
+        if: always() && needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f  # 7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: DLS_unit_tests_tgl_${{ matrix.ubuntu_version }}
+          path: ${{ env.RESULTS_DIR }}/*.xml
+
       # ======================================================== CLEANUP PART ========================================================
       - name: Clean up
         if: always() && needs.setup.outputs.should_run == 'true'
         run: |
           rm -rf ~/python3venv
-          sudo rm -rf ${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}
+          rm -rf dlstreamer-repo
+          rm -rf ${{ env.DLS_REL_PATH }}
+          rm -rf ${{ env.RESULTS_DIR }}

.github/workflows/dls-pr-workflow.yaml

@@ -387,13 +387,6 @@ jobs:
     name: "DLS BUILD: make build"
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dls-build-sources-make-build.yaml
 
-  dls-build-dev-images-and-run-unit-tests:
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: read
-    name: "DLS BUILD: dev imgs & run unit tests"
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/dls-build-dev-docker-images-and-run-unit.yaml
-
   dls-build-and-test-deb-and-deb_img:
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -481,23 +474,6 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-  check-dev-images-unit-tests-status:
-    needs: dls-build-dev-images-and-run-unit-tests
-    runs-on: dlstreamer
-    name: "Check Dev Images & Unit Tests Status"
-    if: always()
-    steps:
-      - name: Report dev images & unit tests status
-        env:
-          dls_build_dev_images_and_run_unit_tests_result: ${{ needs.dls-build-dev-images-and-run-unit-tests.result }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "${dls_build_dev_images_and_run_unit_tests_result}" == "success" ]; then
-            echo "✅ Dev images & unit tests completed successfully!"
-          else
-            echo "❌ Dev images & unit tests failed with status: ${dls_build_dev_images_and_run_unit_tests_result}"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
   check-deb-build-status:
     needs: dls-build-and-test-deb-and-deb_img
     runs-on: dlstreamer

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ endif()
 
 project(DL_Streamer C CXX)
 
-include_directories("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/install/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/gstreamer-bin/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/opencv-bin/include")
+include_directories("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/install/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/gstreamer-bin/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/opencv-bin/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/rdkafka-bin/include")
 
 if (WIN32)
     add_compile_options("$<$<C_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/utf-8>")

dependencies/opencv.cmake

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/opencv_contrib
     URL     https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/archive/${DESIRED_VERSION}.zip
     URL_MD5 2c5ac0e4fc371d3804131ab3a1266fdd
-    DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP TRUE
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ""
     BUILD_COMMAND       ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND     ""
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/opencv
     URL     https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/${DESIRED_VERSION}.zip
     URL_MD5 3774391cd16823fd4c51078cfee36e8b
-    DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP TRUE
     CMAKE_GENERATOR     Ninja
     TEST_COMMAND        ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND     ninja install

dependencies/rdkafka.cmake

@@ -12,15 +12,10 @@ set(DESIRED_VERSION 2.12.1)
 ExternalProject_Add(
     rdkafka
     PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/rdkafka
-    URL     https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/archive/v${DESIRED_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    URL     https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/v${DESIRED_VERSION}.tar.gz
     URL_MD5 86ed3acd2f9d9046250dea654cee59a8
-    DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP TRUE
-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-    BUILD_COMMAND make
-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install
     TEST_COMMAND    ""
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ./configure
-                        --prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/rdkafka-bin
+    CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/rdkafka-bin
 )
 
 if (INSTALL_DLSTREAMER)

tests/unit_tests/check/elements/metapublish/test_metapublish_kafka/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 # ==============================================================================
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2025 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2026 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 # ==============================================================================
 
 set (TARGET_NAME "test_metapublish_kafka")
 
+include_directories("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/install/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/gstreamer-bin/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/opencv-bin/include;${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/rdkafka-bin/include")
+
+
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-find_library(KAFKA rdkafka++ REQUIRED)
+find_package(RdKafka 2.12.1...<2.14 REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(GSTBASE gstreamer-base-1.0>=1.16 REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(GSTREAMER gstreamer-1.0>=1.16 REQUIRED)
 
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}
 PRIVATE
     gtest
     gmock
-    ${KAFKA}
+    RdKafka::rdkafka++
     gvametapublishkafka
     ${GSTREAMER_LIBRARIES}
     ${GSTBASE_LIBRARIES}