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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Commercial
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025-2026 Christian Galo
+
+package server
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.coopcloud.tech/wiki-cafe/member-console/internal/testkit/htmltest"
+)
+
+// actAnswer is what an act answered, as text for a golden file: the status;
+// each HX-* header the handler set, in name order, HX-Trigger as one line
+// per event it fires with its message; then, for each selector in regions,
+// the text of every element it selects, in document order. A region that
+// selects nothing prints nothing, so the file shows which regions an answer
+// filled. Pass the text through the fixture's normalizer before comparing.
+func actAnswer(t *testing.T, rec *httptest.ResponseRecorder, regions ...string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	var b strings.Builder
+	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "status %d\n", rec.Code)
+	for _, name := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(rec.Header())) {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(name, "Hx-") {
+			continue
+		}
+		value := rec.Header().Get(name)
+		if name != "Hx-Trigger" {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "%s %s\n", name, value)
+			continue
+		}
+		var fired map[string]any
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(value), &fired); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("HX-Trigger %q: %v", value, err)
+		}
+		for _, event := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(fired)) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "%s %s: %v\n", name, event, fired[event])
+		}
+	}
+	page := htmltest.Parse(t, rec.Body.String())
+	for _, sel := range regions {
+		for _, text := range page.Texts(sel) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "%s: %s\n", sel, text)
+		}
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// TestActAnswerPrintsStatusHeadersAndRegions: the status, the HX-* headers in
+// name order with each fired event on its own line, and the selected regions'
+// text with its spaces collapsed; other headers and unselected markup stay
+// out.
+func TestActAnswerPrintsStatusHeadersAndRegions(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	fireErrorToast(rec, "Removal failed and nothing was changed.")
+	rec.Header().Set("HX-Retarget", "#main")
+	rec.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
+	rec.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity)
+	_, _ = rec.WriteString(`<main><div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
+		Choose  whether to keep
+		or migrate.</div><p>Other</p><div class="alert alert-danger">Second.</div></main>`)
+	got := actAnswer(t, rec, ".alert-danger", ".alert-success")
+	want := "status 422\n" +
+		"Hx-Retarget #main\n" +
+		"Hx-Trigger showErrorToast: Removal failed and nothing was changed.\n" +
+		".alert-danger: Choose whether to keep or migrate.\n" +
+		".alert-danger: Second.\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("actAnswer =\n%s\nwant\n%s", got, want)
+	}
+}