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+import { test, expect, type ElectronApplication, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { currentRow, items, launch, seedHome, tid } from "./support";
+
+/**
+ * The integration path for tracker #273 (docs/conversation-fidelity.md): a request runs through the
+ * real app, main process and `claude -p` adapter against a fake Claude CLI that edits a disposable
+ * repository for real and counts what it executes. Assertions are on file bytes, execution counts,
+ * typed outcomes and note revisions, not on success text. Not live-provider acceptance.
+ */
+
+type Variant = "golden" | "deny" | "fail" | "stop";
+const BEFORE = "hello\n";
+const AFTER = "hello, fidelity\n";
+
+/** A stream-json CLI shaped like Claude Code 2.1.302: a TodoWrite plan, an Edit behind the stdio permission prompt, a check, an answer. */
+function fakeClaude(repo: string, counts: string, variant: Variant): string {
+  const file = path.join(repo, "greeting.txt");
+  const check = variant === "fail" ? "grep -q missing greeting.txt" : "grep -q fidelity greeting.txt";
+  return `#!${process.execPath}
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const { spawnSync } = require('node:child_process');
+if (process.argv.includes('--version')) { console.log('2.1.302 (Claude Code)'); process.exit(0); }
+const emit = (x) => console.log(JSON.stringify(x));
+const count = (key) => { const c = fs.existsSync(${JSON.stringify(counts)}) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(${JSON.stringify(counts)}, 'utf8')) : {}; c[key] = (c[key] || 0) + 1; fs.writeFileSync(${JSON.stringify(counts)}, JSON.stringify(c)); };
+const todos = (a, b) => emit({ type: 'assistant', message: { id: 'm-todo-' + a + b, content: [{ type: 'tool_use', id: 'todo-' + a + b, name: 'TodoWrite', input: { todos: [{ content: 'Edit greeting.txt', status: a, activeForm: 'Editing' }, { content: 'Check the file', status: b, activeForm: 'Checking' }] } }] } });
+let pending = null;
+const rl = require('node:readline').createInterface({ input: process.stdin });
+rl.on('close', () => process.exit(0));
+rl.on('line', (line) => {
+  const msg = JSON.parse(line);
+  if (msg.type === 'control_response' && pending) { const go = pending; pending = null; go(msg.response.response.behavior === 'allow'); return; }
+  if (msg.type !== 'user') return;
+  emit({ type: 'system', subtype: 'init', session_id: 'fidelity-session', claude_code_version: '2.1.302', model: 'fixture' });
+  todos('in_progress', 'pending');
+  emit({ type: 'user', message: { content: [{ type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'todo-in_progresspending', content: 'ok' }] } });
+  emit({ type: 'assistant', message: { id: 'm-say', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Editing the greeting.' }] } });
+  const edit = { file_path: ${JSON.stringify(file)}, old_string: 'hello', new_string: 'hello, fidelity' };
+  emit({ type: 'assistant', message: { id: 'm-edit', content: [{ type: 'tool_use', id: 'edit-1', name: 'Edit', input: edit }] } });
+  pending = (allowed) => {
+    if (!allowed) {
+      emit({ type: 'user', message: { content: [{ type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'edit-1', content: 'The user denied this action in Modex.', is_error: true }] } });
+      emit({ type: 'assistant', message: { id: 'm-final', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Left the file as it was.' }] } });
+      emit({ type: 'result', subtype: 'success', is_error: false, session_id: 'fidelity-session', result: 'Left the file as it was.', num_turns: 3 });
+      return;
+    }
+    count('edits');
+    fs.writeFileSync(${JSON.stringify(file)}, ${JSON.stringify(AFTER)});
+    emit({ type: 'user', message: { content: [{ type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'edit-1', content: 'The file was updated.' }] } });
+    todos('completed', 'in_progress');
+    emit({ type: 'user', message: { content: [{ type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'todo-completedin_progress', content: 'ok' }] } });
+    emit({ type: 'assistant', message: { id: 'm-check', content: [{ type: 'tool_use', id: 'check-1', name: 'Bash', input: { command: ${JSON.stringify(check)} } }] } });
+    count('checksStarted');
+    const finish = () => {
+      const run = spawnSync('/bin/sh', ['-c', ${JSON.stringify(check)}], { cwd: ${JSON.stringify(repo)} });
+      count('checksFinished');
+      const ok = run.status === 0;
+      emit({ type: 'user', message: { content: [{ type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'check-1', content: ok ? '' : 'exit ' + run.status, is_error: !ok }] } });
+      if (ok) { todos('completed', 'completed'); emit({ type: 'user', message: { content: [{ type: 'tool_result', tool_use_id: 'todo-completedcompleted', content: 'ok' }] } }); }
+      const answer = ok ? 'Changed the greeting; the check passed.' : 'Changed the greeting; the check failed.';
+      emit({ type: 'assistant', message: { id: 'm-final', content: [{ type: 'text', text: answer }] } });
+      emit({ type: 'result', subtype: 'success', is_error: false, session_id: 'fidelity-session', result: answer, num_turns: 6 });
+    };
+    if (${JSON.stringify(variant)} === 'stop') setTimeout(finish, 60000); else finish();
+  };
+  emit({ type: 'control_request', request_id: 'perm-1', request: { subtype: 'can_use_tool', tool_name: 'Edit', tool_use_id: 'edit-1', input: edit } });
+});
+`;
+}
+
+async function open(variant: Variant): Promise<{ app: ElectronApplication; page: Page; home: string; repo: string; counts: string; read: () => Record<string, number> }> {
+  const { home, repo } = seedHome({ default_backend: "claude" });
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, "greeting.txt"), BEFORE);
+  const counts = path.join(home, "fixture-counts.json");
+  const cli = path.join(home, "claude-fidelity.cjs");
+  fs.writeFileSync(cli, fakeClaude(repo, counts, variant), { mode: 0o755 });
+  const statePath = path.join(home, "app/state.json");
+  const state = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(statePath, "utf8"));
+  state.settings.claude_bin = cli;
+  fs.writeFileSync(statePath, JSON.stringify(state));
+  const { app, page } = await launch(home);
+  await page.keyboard.press("Meta+n");
+  await expect(tid(page, "composer-input")).toBeFocused();
+  await tid(page, "composer-input").fill("Change the greeting to mention fidelity and check it");
+  await page.keyboard.press("Meta+Enter");
+  await expect(tid(page, "thread-view")).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  const read = () => (fs.existsSync(counts) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(counts, "utf8")) as Record<string, number> : {});
+  return { app, page, home, repo, counts, read };
+}
+
+const approval = (page: Page) => items(page, "approval").filter({ hasText: "Edit" });
+const close = async (run: { app: ElectronApplication; home: string; repo: string }) => {
+  await run.app.close().catch(() => {});
+  fs.rmSync(run.home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  fs.rmSync(run.repo, { recursive: true, force: true });
+};
+
+test("golden path: plan, approval, a real edit and check, the answer, Save to Notes, Open, and a restart that restores without re-running", async () => {
+  let run = await open("golden");
+  try {
+    await approval(run.page).getByRole("button", { name: "Approve" }).click();
+    await expect(currentRow(run.page)).toHaveAttribute("data-status", "idle", { timeout: 20_000 });
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(run.repo, "greeting.txt"), "utf8")).toBe(AFTER);
+    expect(run.read()).toEqual({ edits: 1, checksStarted: 1, checksFinished: 1 });
+    // Typed outcomes, the reported plan and the final answer, as recorded rather than as prose says.
+    await expect(tid(items(run.page, "plan"), "plan-step")).toHaveText(["Reported done Edit greeting.txt", "Reported done Check the file"]);
+    await tid(run.page, "turn-label").last().click();
+    await expect(tid(items(run.page, "tool").filter({ hasText: "edit" }).first(), "tool-meta")).toContainText("done");
+    const check = items(run.page, "tool").filter({ hasText: "grep -q fidelity" });
+    await tid(check, "item-toggle").click();
+    await expect(tid(check, "tool-exit")).toHaveText("Exit code not reported");
+    await expect(run.page.locator('.turn-content > div[data-final="true"]').last()).toContainText("Changed the greeting; the check passed.");
+    // Save to Notes, again (same note, next revision), then Open.
+    await tid(run.page, "save-task-note").last().click();
+    await expect(tid(run.page, "task-note-saved").last()).toContainText("Saved to Notes · Task:");
+    const notes = async () => (await run.page.evaluate(() => window.modex!.invoke("space:list", undefined))) as { id: string; title: string; markdown: string; revision: number }[];
+    const first = (await notes()).find((p) => p.title.startsWith("Task:"))!;
+    expect(first.markdown).toContain("- [x] Edit greeting.txt (reported done)");
+    expect(first.markdown).toContain("`greeting.txt`");
+    expect(first.markdown).toContain("`grep -q fidelity greeting.txt` — succeeded, exit code not reported");
+    expect(first.markdown).not.toContain(run.repo);
+    await tid(run.page, "save-task-note").last().click();
+    await expect(tid(run.page, "task-note-saved").last()).toContainText("Updated in Notes · Task:");
+    const second = (await notes()).filter((p) => p.title.startsWith("Task:"));
+    expect(second.map((p) => [p.id, p.revision])).toEqual([[first.id, first.revision + 1]]);
+    // Open the note: the record reads in Notes as saved.
+    const threadId = (await currentRow(run.page).getAttribute("data-thread-id"))!;
+    const before = await run.page.evaluate((id) => window.modex!.invoke("thread:items", { threadId: id }), threadId);
+    await tid(run.page, "task-note-saved").last().getByRole("button", { name: "Open" }).click();
+    await expect(run.page.getByText(`From modex thread ${threadId}.`)).toBeVisible();
+    // Restart: the same items come back, and nothing runs again.
+    await run.app.close();
+    const relaunched = await launch(run.home);
+    run = { ...run, app: relaunched.app, page: relaunched.page };
+    const after = await run.page.evaluate((id) => window.modex!.invoke("thread:items", { threadId: id }), threadId);
+    expect(after).toEqual(before);
+    expect(run.read()).toEqual({ edits: 1, checksStarted: 1, checksFinished: 1 });
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(run.repo, "greeting.txt"), "utf8")).toBe(AFTER);
+  } finally { await close(run); }
+});
+
+test("a denial leaves the file as it was and runs nothing", async () => {
+  const run = await open("deny");
+  try {
+    await approval(run.page).getByRole("button", { name: "Deny" }).click();
+    await expect(currentRow(run.page)).toHaveAttribute("data-status", "idle", { timeout: 20_000 });
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(run.repo, "greeting.txt"), "utf8")).toBe(BEFORE);
+    expect(run.read()).toEqual({});
+    await tid(run.page, "turn-label").last().click();
+    await expect(tid(items(run.page, "tool").filter({ hasText: "edit" }).first(), "tool-meta")).toContainText("denied");
+  } finally { await close(run); }
+});
+
+test("a failing check is a failed command, whatever the reply says", async () => {
+  const run = await open("fail");
+  try {
+    await approval(run.page).getByRole("button", { name: "Approve" }).click();
+    await expect(currentRow(run.page)).toHaveAttribute("data-status", "idle", { timeout: 20_000 });
+    const check = items(run.page, "tool").filter({ hasText: "grep -q missing" });
+    await expect(check).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(tid(check, "tool-meta")).toContainText("failed");
+    await expect(tid(items(run.page, "plan"), "plan-step")).toHaveText(["Reported done Edit greeting.txt", "In progress Check the file"]);
+  } finally { await close(run); }
+});
+
+test("Stop while a check runs ends it as stopped; the check never reports, and nothing is retried", async () => {
+  const run = await open("stop");
+  try {
+    await approval(run.page).getByRole("button", { name: "Approve" }).click();
+    await expect.poll(() => run.read().checksStarted ?? 0).toBe(1);
+    await tid(run.page, "stop").click();
+    await expect(currentRow(run.page)).toHaveAttribute("data-status", "idle", { timeout: 20_000 });
+    const check = items(run.page, "tool").filter({ hasText: "grep -q fidelity" });
+    await expect(tid(check, "tool-meta")).toContainText("stopped");
+    expect(run.read()).toEqual({ edits: 1, checksStarted: 1 });
+    await expect(run.page.getByText("Stopped.")).toBeVisible();
+  } finally { await close(run); }
+});