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+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createServer, type Server } from "node:http";
+
+import { A2ATaskManager } from "../../src/lib/a2a/taskManager.ts";
+import { createConductorBridge } from "../../src/lib/conductor/bridge.ts";
+
+const managers: A2ATaskManager[] = [];
+const servers: Server[] = [];
+const bridges: { stop(): void }[] = [];
+
+function createManager() {
+  const manager = new A2ATaskManager(5);
+  managers.push(manager);
+  return manager;
+}
+
+test.afterEach(async () => {
+  while (bridges.length > 0) bridges.pop()?.stop();
+  while (managers.length > 0) managers.pop()?.destroy();
+  while (servers.length > 0) {
+    const s = servers.pop();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => s?.close(resolve));
+  }
+});
+
+const sse = (id: number, type: string, payload: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+  `id: ${id}\nevent: ${type}\ndata: ${JSON.stringify({ id: String(id), type, ts: "2026-07-22T00:00:00Z", payload })}\n\n`;
+
+interface FakeHub {
+  url: string;
+  requests: { lastEventId: string | null; auth: string | null }[];
+}
+
+/** Fake hub SSE: each handler invocation pops the next script entry {events, thenClose}. */
+function fakeHub(script: { events: string[]; thenClose: boolean }[]): Promise<FakeHub> {
+  const requests: FakeHub["requests"] = [];
+  let call = 0;
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    const u = new URL(req.url ?? "/", "http://x");
+    requests.push({ lastEventId: u.searchParams.get("last_event_id"), auth: req.headers.authorization ?? null });
+    const step = script[Math.min(call, script.length - 1)];
+    call++;
+    res.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "text/event-stream" });
+    for (const e of step.events) res.write(e);
+    if (step.thenClose) res.end();
+    // senão: conexão fica aberta (o teste encerra via bridge.stop() + server.close())
+  });
+  servers.push(server);
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
+      const addr = server.address();
+      resolve({ url: `http://127.0.0.1:${typeof addr === "object" && addr ? addr.port : 0}`, requests });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function waitFor(cond: () => boolean, ms = 3000): Promise<void> {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + ms;
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const tick = () => {
+      if (cond()) return resolve();
+      if (Date.now() > deadline) return reject(new Error("waitFor timeout"));
+      setTimeout(tick, 10);
+    };
+    tick();
+  });
+}
+
+test("mirrors events from the hub SSE, advancing the injected cursor (incl. canceled→cancelled)", async () => {
+  const hub = await fakeHub([
+    {
+      events: [
+        sse(1, "task.created", { task_id: "t_x", mode: "solo", from: "orch" }),
+        sse(2, "task.scheduled", { task_id: "t_x", runner_id: "r_1" }),
+        sse(3, "task.canceled", { task_id: "t_x" }),
+      ],
+      thenClose: false,
+    },
+  ]);
+  const tm = createManager();
+  let cursor: string | null = null;
+  const bridge = createConductorBridge({
+    hubUrl: hub.url,
+    token: "tok-spk",
+    tm,
+    cursor: { get: () => cursor, set: (v) => (cursor = v) },
+    backoffBaseMs: 10,
+  });
+  bridges.push(bridge);
+  bridge.start();
+  await waitFor(() => cursor === "3");
+  assert.equal(hub.requests[0].lastEventId, "0", "sem cursor persistido, começa do 0 (replay total)");
+  assert.equal(hub.requests[0].auth, "Bearer tok-spk");
+  const tasks = tm.listTasks();
+  assert.equal(tasks.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(tasks[0].state, "cancelled");
+});
+
+test("reconnects with backoff and resumes from the persisted cursor", async () => {
+  const hub = await fakeHub([
+    { events: [sse(1, "task.created", { task_id: "t_r", mode: "solo", from: "o" })], thenClose: true },
+    { events: [sse(2, "task.completed", { task_id: "t_r", manifest: { summary: "ok" } })], thenClose: false },
+  ]);
+  const tm = createManager();
+  let cursor: string | null = null;
+  const bridge = createConductorBridge({
+    hubUrl: hub.url,
+    token: "tok",
+    tm,
+    cursor: { get: () => cursor, set: (v) => (cursor = v) },
+    backoffBaseMs: 10,
+  });
+  bridges.push(bridge);
+  bridge.start();
+  await waitFor(() => hub.requests.length >= 2 && cursor === "2");
+  assert.equal(hub.requests[1].lastEventId, "1", "reconexão retoma do cursor persistido");
+  assert.equal(tm.listTasks()[0].state, "completed");
+});
+
+test("stop() aborts and never reconnects", async () => {
+  const hub = await fakeHub([{ events: [sse(1, "task.created", { task_id: "t_s", mode: "solo", from: "o" })], thenClose: true }]);
+  const tm = createManager();
+  let cursor: string | null = null;
+  const bridge = createConductorBridge({
+    hubUrl: hub.url,
+    token: "tok",
+    tm,
+    cursor: { get: () => cursor, set: (v) => (cursor = v) },
+    backoffBaseMs: 10,
+  });
+  bridges.push(bridge);
+  bridge.start();
+  await waitFor(() => cursor === "1");
+  bridge.stop();
+  const before = hub.requests.length;
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+  assert.equal(hub.requests.length, before, "nenhuma reconexão após stop()");
+  assert.equal(bridge.state(), "stopped");
+});