Timestamps + Ansicolor based segregation

jenkins/pipelines/QE/sgw/Jenkinsfile

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ pipeline {
 //         string(name: 'CBL_VERSION', description: 'Couchbase Lite Version to use, eg : "4" for latest version-build, or "4.1.0-18" for specific version and build')
 //         string(name: 'SGW_VERSION', description: 'Sync Gateway Version to use, eg : its the same way, check out "resolveProgetVersion" function for more details)')
 //         string(name: 'TS_TEST_FILTER', description: 'An optional filter for running a subset of tests')
+    options {
+        ansiColor('xterm')
+        timestamps()
+    }
     stages {
         stage('Init') {
             agent any

jenkins/pipelines/QE/sgw/teardown.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)
 source $SCRIPT_DIR/../../shared/config.sh
 
+section_start "$COLOR_GREEN" "TEARDOWN"
 export PYTHONPATH=$SCRIPT_DIR/../../../
 pushd $AWS_ENVIRONMENT_DIR
 # The tests now run from the tests/ root (both QE and dev_e2e in one session),

jenkins/pipelines/QE/sgw/test.sh

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ done
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/../../shared/config.sh
 
-echo "Setup backend..."
+section_start "$COLOR_CYAN" "INFRA SETUP"
 pushd "$AWS_ENVIRONMENT_DIR" >/dev/null
 uv run "$SCRIPT_DIR"/setup_test.py "$CBL_VERSION" "$SGW_VERSION"
 popd >/dev/null
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 # this single-cluster topology does not provide; it is deferred until the
 # multi-cluster topology is sorted out rather than left to fail every night. See CBL-8686
 
-echo "Run tests..."
+section_start "$COLOR_YELLOW" "RUN TESTS"
 pushd "$TESTS_DIR" >/dev/null
 if [ -n "$TEST_FILTER" ]; then
   uv run pytest -v --no-header --config QE/config.json \

jenkins/pipelines/shared/config.sh

@@ -86,6 +86,66 @@ print_box() {
   echo "$border"
 }
 
+# Colored, timed section banners for Jenkins console output (rendered by the
+# ansiColor('xterm') pipeline option; the raw escape codes are harmless on a
+# plain terminal too). Usage: section_start "$COLOR_CYAN" "INFRA SETUP" ...
+# work... ; the next section_start call (or script exit, via the EXIT trap
+# below) closes the previous section and prints how long it took.
+readonly COLOR_RESET='\033[0m'
+readonly COLOR_CYAN='\033[1;36m'
+readonly COLOR_YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+readonly COLOR_GREEN='\033[1;32m'
+
+_section_color=""
+_section_label=""
+_section_start_ts=""
+
+_format_duration() {
+  local total=$1 h m s
+  h=$((total / 3600))
+  m=$(((total % 3600) / 60))
+  s=$((total % 60))
+  if [ "$h" -gt 0 ]; then
+    printf '%dh%dm%ds' "$h" "$m" "$s"
+  elif [ "$m" -gt 0 ]; then
+    printf '%dm%ds' "$m" "$s"
+  else
+    printf '%ds' "$s"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Closes whichever section is currently open (no-op if none is). Registered
+# as an EXIT trap so the closing banner -- and the duration -- still prints
+# even if the section's work fails (set -e / the caller's ERR trap exits the
+# script from inside the section), not just on a clean finish.
+_section_close() {
+  [ -z "$_section_label" ] && return 0
+  local end_ts
+  end_ts=$(date +%s)
+  echo -e "${_section_color}=== ${_section_label} END (took $(_format_duration $((end_ts - _section_start_ts)))) ===${COLOR_RESET}"
+  _section_label=""
+}
+
+section_start() {
+  _section_close
+  _section_color="$1"
+  _section_label="$2"
+  _section_start_ts=$(date +%s)
+  echo -e "${_section_color}=== ${_section_label} START ===${COLOR_RESET}"
+}
+
+# Append to any existing EXIT trap instead of overwriting it (some pipeline scripts
+# install their own EXIT traps before sourcing this file).
+_existing_exit_trap=$(trap -p EXIT | awk -F"'" '{print $2}')
+if [ -n "$_existing_exit_trap" ]; then
+  if [[ "$_existing_exit_trap" != *"_section_close"* ]]; then
+    trap "${_existing_exit_trap}; _section_close" EXIT
+  fi
+else
+  trap _section_close EXIT
+fi
+unset _existing_exit_trap
+
 if ! command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "Installing uv..."
   curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh