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+//
+// RelayActivityAssertionTests.swift
+// bitchatTests
+//
+// This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+// For more information, see <https://unlicense.org>
+//
+
+#if os(macOS)
+
+import Foundation
+import Testing
+@testable import bitchat
+
+/// macOS App Nap freezes Tor and BLE relay work once every window is minimized
+/// or occluded (#1593). The fix holds a `ProcessInfo` activity — but only while
+/// a transport is actually relaying, so an idle configuration does not pay for
+/// an assertion it cannot use.
+@MainActor
+struct RelayActivityAssertionTests {
+
+    /// Counts assertions so a leak (begin without end) or a double-begin is
+    /// visible to the test rather than only to Instruments.
+    private final class SpyAsserter: ProcessActivityAsserting {
+        private(set) var beginCount = 0
+        private(set) var endCount = 0
+        private(set) var lastReason: String?
+        var outstanding: Int { beginCount - endCount }
+
+        func beginActivity(reason: String) -> NSObjectProtocol {
+            beginCount += 1
+            lastReason = reason
+            return NSString(string: "activity-\(beginCount)")
+        }
+
+        func endActivity(_ token: NSObjectProtocol) {
+            endCount += 1
+        }
+    }
+
+    private typealias State = RelayActivityAssertion.TransportState
+
+    private func state(tor: Bool = false, ready: Bool = false, ble: Bool = false) -> State {
+        State(torDesired: tor, torReady: ready, bluetoothPoweredOn: ble)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Policy
+
+    @Test("An idle configuration holds no assertion")
+    func idleConfigurationHoldsNothing() {
+        // Tor off and Bluetooth off: nothing to relay, so nothing to protect.
+        #expect(!RelayActivityAssertion.shouldHold(state()))
+    }
+
+    @Test("BLE alone justifies the assertion")
+    func bluetoothAloneJustifiesTheAssertion() {
+        // Mesh-only, Tor deliberately off — the BLE relay is exactly what App
+        // Nap would freeze on a minimized window.
+        #expect(RelayActivityAssertion.shouldHold(state(ble: true)))
+    }
+
+    @Test("Tor bootstrap justifies the assertion before it reports ready")
+    func torBootstrapJustifiesTheAssertion() {
+        // Dropping the assertion here is what would leave a minimized window
+        // stuck "starting tor…" indefinitely.
+        #expect(RelayActivityAssertion.shouldHold(state(tor: true)))
+    }
+
+    @Test("Tor carrying traffic holds even if the policy flag lagged")
+    func torReadyWithoutDesireStillHolds() {
+        #expect(RelayActivityAssertion.shouldHold(state(ready: true)))
+    }
+
+    @Test("Every transport combination matches the documented policy")
+    func everyTransportCombinationMatchesPolicy() {
+        for tor in [false, true] {
+            for ready in [false, true] {
+                for ble in [false, true] {
+                    #expect(
+                        RelayActivityAssertion.shouldHold(state(tor: tor, ready: ready, ble: ble))
+                            == (tor || ready || ble),
+                        "tor=\(tor) ready=\(ready) ble=\(ble)"
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Assertion lifecycle
+
+    @Test("Nothing is asserted before a transport comes up")
+    func doesNotHoldOnCreation() {
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        #expect(!assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.beginCount == 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test("The assertion begins once, with the documented reason")
+    func beginsOnceWhenATransportComesUp() {
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.apply(state(ble: true))
+
+        #expect(assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.beginCount == 1)
+        #expect(spy.lastReason == RelayActivityAssertion.activityReason)
+    }
+
+    @Test("Further active updates do not stack assertions")
+    func repeatedActiveUpdatesDoNotStack() {
+        // The three Combine sources fire independently; a second "still active"
+        // update must not leak another ProcessInfo token.
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.apply(state(ble: true))
+        assertion.apply(state(tor: true, ble: true))
+        assertion.apply(state(tor: true, ready: true, ble: true))
+
+        #expect(spy.beginCount == 1)
+        #expect(spy.outstanding == 1)
+    }
+
+    @Test("The assertion survives losing one transport and drops with the last")
+    func releasesOnlyWhenTheLastTransportGoesDown() {
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.apply(state(tor: true, ble: true))
+        assertion.apply(state(tor: true))          // bluetooth off, Tor still up
+        #expect(assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.endCount == 0)
+
+        assertion.apply(state())                   // everything off
+        #expect(!assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.outstanding == 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test("Repeated idle updates do not double-release")
+    func repeatedIdleUpdatesDoNotDoubleRelease() {
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.apply(state(ble: true))
+        assertion.apply(state())
+        assertion.apply(state())
+
+        #expect(spy.endCount == 1)
+        #expect(spy.outstanding == 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test("A transport cycling off and on re-arms the exemption")
+    func reacquiresAfterTransportsComeBack() {
+        // e.g. the Bluetooth radio cycling — the relay must not stay throttled.
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.apply(state(ble: true))
+        assertion.apply(state())
+        assertion.apply(state(ble: true))
+
+        #expect(assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.beginCount == 2)
+        #expect(spy.endCount == 1)
+        #expect(spy.outstanding == 1)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - update()
+
+    @Test("A single-flag update drives the policy")
+    func updateAppliesASingleFlag() {
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.update { $0.bluetoothPoweredOn = true }
+        #expect(assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.beginCount == 1)
+
+        assertion.update { $0.bluetoothPoweredOn = false }
+        #expect(!assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.outstanding == 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test("A no-op update does not touch the assertion")
+    func updateIgnoresUnchangedState() {
+        // `removeDuplicates()` upstream should prevent this, but the sinks are
+        // independent and the assertion must not depend on that.
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.update { $0.bluetoothPoweredOn = true }
+        assertion.update { $0.bluetoothPoweredOn = true }
+
+        #expect(spy.beginCount == 1)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Teardown
+
+    @Test("Release hands the assertion back")
+    func releaseHandsTheAssertionBack() {
+        // applicationWillTerminate path.
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.apply(state(tor: true))
+        assertion.release()
+
+        #expect(!assertion.isHolding)
+        #expect(spy.outstanding == 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test("Release is idempotent")
+    func releaseIsIdempotent() {
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.apply(state(tor: true))
+        assertion.release()
+        assertion.release()
+
+        #expect(spy.endCount == 1)
+        #expect(spy.outstanding == 0)
+    }
+
+    @Test("Release without a held assertion is safe")
+    func releaseWithoutActivityIsSafe() {
+        let spy = SpyAsserter()
+        let assertion = RelayActivityAssertion(asserter: spy)
+
+        assertion.release()
+
+        #expect(spy.beginCount == 0)
+        #expect(spy.endCount == 0)
+    }
+}
+
+#endif