From 094c2123236a9a2d17600b30b7e37550f6b3abe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Moussa <166072409+amoussa1229@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 15:16:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Set default AWS region in conftest so boto3 clients construct
 in CI

---
 tests/conftest.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 90357e0..9b5abf1 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Sets dummy environment variables at import time so modules that read
 ``os.environ`` at module load (slackio, interactions, handler) can be imported
 without real AWS credentials.  Real values are monkeypatched per-test where
 needed.
+
+A default AWS region is set too: the handler/slackio modules construct
+``boto3.client(...)`` at import time, which raises ``NoRegionError`` on a CI
+runner with no AWS config. Client construction is offline; every real AWS call
+is monkeypatched in the tests.
 """
 
 import os
@@ -11,3 +16,5 @@ import os
 os.environ.setdefault("SLACK_SECRET_NAME", "test-slack-secret")
 os.environ.setdefault("DASHBOARD_URL_PARAM", "/test/dashboard-url")
 os.environ.setdefault("ANALYTICS_BUCKET", "test-bucket")
+os.environ.setdefault("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION", "us-east-1")
+os.environ.setdefault("AWS_REGION", "us-east-1")